The time of human life between youth and old age, usually reckoned as the years between 40 and 60. Also called Mid-Life .
Some people buy a new sports car.
I have far too many already. My name is Martha Johnson, born in Iowa, grew up in Nebraska, and still love these Great Plains. After raising two kids and a dozen years of doing clerical work while working on my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, then apprenticing in New York City as a book binder and a photographer, and then working freelance as a computer guru for several major companies in Detroit, I returned to Nebraska and began freelancing as a graphic designer for several local companies. This allowed me to choose my own schedule so I could make time to create paper and photographs. Thus was born plain paper and Johnson Photography .