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Calendar management for hot divorcées with full dance cards, part 2
April 17, 2026
Originally drafted on April 8-15, 2026.Revised April 16-17, 2026. The perfect meme for Casio F-91W pacifist hot divorcées I regret to inform you that in the...
Calendar management for hot divorcées with full dance cards, part 1
April 10, 2026
Originally drafted on April 8, 2026.Revised on April 9, 2026. Literally one of my favorite memes of all time The only thing that rivals my interest in how...
The healing power of the honky tonk
April 3, 2026
Originally drafted March 6 and March 30, 2026.Revised April 3, 2026. Joe’s Truck Stop at the Valentine’s Day honky tonk Something that has been an undeniably...
The divorcée urge to scream DON’T DO IT
March 20, 2026
Drafted on March 18 and 19, 2026. Revised March 20, 2026. Note: I’ll be taking next week off to refill the writing pipeline. If you’re a newer reader, you...
The cognitive load of being single
March 13, 2026
Drafted on March 11, 2026.Revised on March 13, 2026. Prior to my divorce, something that I thought I could appreciate on an intellectual level, but not...
Support and advice, camaraderie and solidarity
March 6, 2026
Originally drafted January 23, 2026. Revised March 4-6, 2026. One of the ugly truths about navigating an unexpected divorce (or really any kind of life-...
I never had children
February 27, 2026
Originally drafted November 12 and 14, and December 5, 2025. Revised February 26, 2026. This is part three of a three part series about the life choices I...
I’m glad I never changed my name
February 20, 2026
Originally drafted November 23, 2025. Revised February 13-February 19, 2026. This is part two of a three part series about the life choices I made many years...
I always had my own emergency fund
February 13, 2026
Originally drafted December 5, 2025, revised on January 15 & February 12, 2026. This is part one of a three part series about the life choices I made many...
What I did well and what I screwed up with my unexpected divorce
February 6, 2026
Originally drafted February 2 and 5, 2026 A quick note from Eira: Thank you so much for subscribing to A Vast, Unregulated Medium! It means a lot to me to...
Returning to Singlehood
January 30, 2026
Originally drafted November 5, 2025 and January 29-30, 2026. One of the most poignant and hilarious things I found while going through some of my old papers...
Things I saw the first weekend of being an official divorcee from the window of my apartment during a snowstorm
January 23, 2026
Originally drafted December 13, 2025. One of my neighbors, who I saw taking pictures earlier when I pulled into the driveway at the beginning of the snow,...
Ships in Harbor
January 16, 2026
Originally drafted September 15 and 16, 2025. Revised on November 2025-January 2026. When I was apartment hunting earlier this summer, my landlord took me to...
Going backwards and moving forward
January 9, 2026
Originally drafted September 8, 2025. Revised December 2025-January 2026. For the last eight years I had the luxury of doing laundry whenever I wanted. I...
Coming Soon
January 5, 2026
A Vast, Unregulated Medium, a new personal newsletter from Eira Tansey, will be debuting during Capricorn Season 2026.