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Musings of a former hula hoop champion
Happy Rosh Hashanah!
This message comes to you from a Jew who doesn’t go to temple, keep kosher, deliberately seek out the company of other Jews, and who doesn’t agree with most of what Israel has done. Despite all this, am I proud to be a Jew? You bet. Every human should be proud of the vast acievements […]
A Bird in A Cage, With A Dream to Fly
The following was written by one of the countless young Afghan women who have, for the last five years, struggled to continue their education, maintain their self-respect, and nurture their dreams for the future, under their country’s laws which deny them all of that. Part 1 Hello. I am an Afghan girl living in Afghanistan; […]
Posted in: women's rights
Voices from Kabul
The injustices swirling around Planet Earth have always been, and continue to be, far too numerous to list. I sometimes think that man’s first words were “Hey, I’ve been waiting patiently for this cave. You can’t just walk in like you own it.” We have always been prey to all sorts of unfairness. We simply […]
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A Letter to My Mom on the Day Before My Birthday
I’m well past the age you were when you died. Unlike you, who never lived long enough to see your youngest grandchild born (and the other two were mere babies). I’ve not only gotten to see all of my grandchildren enter this world, but to thrive, and the oldest rapidly moving toward adulthood. Unlike you, […]
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How to Be Old Before You Die Part 2
If I look over the course of my life, I see that there were some notable gaps in the information that was passed down to me. At about age eight, I heard my mother mention an article in the news to my father about a baby that was found in a mailbox. My small […]
Posted in: aging
How to Be Old Before You Die
My introduction to being an old person occurred one day when I pulled out of a parking lot and positioned myself next to a mobile pet grooming van that was stopped at the light. The driver of the van interpreted my action as cutting in line. She rolled down her window and started screaming every […]
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My Thoughts Don’t Even Cost A Penny
March 5, 2025
by Life in the Boomer Lane
An apology to readers: I’ve been unable to write anything for the blog, given the current political situation. Both serious writing and parody are being done by people far more astute and clever than me. And making light of normal life seems too frivolous right now. But this week, at a dinner party, listening to […]
Everything is Being Stollen
February 10, 2025
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Revered Leader, in Missive #2,408 last week, referred to our money being “stollen.” Life in the Boomer Lane was quite concerned and checked her bank account. Sure enough, it consisted only of iced pastries, filled with dried fruits and nuts. In order to get to the bottom of this, she went to her nearest bakery. […]
Posted in: politics
The King and the Keyboard Kingpin
February 4, 2025
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Throughout the million or so years of the history of humankind, it took a certain amount of effort to commit violence on someone’s life. People were forced to use brute strength and/or some object at hand that could be used as a weapon. The eventual development of actual weapons made violence way easier, and, as […]
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The Tilt, Righted
November 4, 2026
by renee1947
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In 2008, Life in the Boomer Lane experienced euphoria when Obama was elected. In 2016, she experienced the same when it aseemed that Hiliary would take the presidency. For this reason, she fully expected that, if the seemingly irrationally-hoped-for blue wave would materialize yesterday, she would experience the same. She imagined herself jumping up and […]