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The Answer to Age-Related Memory Loss
This entire presidential election season aside, most humans dislike forgetting things. They especially dislike forgetting things when those things consist of cell phones, credit cards, medical appointments, and the locations of our cars and grandchildren. Forgetting can cause confusion and subsequent embarrassment. A close friend of Life in the Boomer Lane, already owning a long […]
One Day U: College, Boomer Style
August 22, 2016
If the thought of going back to college for one day brings up memories solely of being strung out or being hung over, you might want to skip this post. On the other hand, it conjures up one of the most exciting and amazing periods of your life, you are in luck: One Day U […]
An Honest Conversation about Sex After 70
July 27, 2016
Life in the Boomer Lane has been visiting the home of a close friend who lives in Maine. We’ll call this friend Francine, because that is the first name LBL could think of. The itinerary for the week includes eating, drinking, shopping, kayaking, going to the beach, and talking about sex. As Francine is […]
The Heeby Jobbies and the Heebie Jeebies
July 5, 2016
A woman at a recent Trump rally asked “Why aren’t we putting our military retirees on that border or in TSA? Get rid of all these heeby jobbies they wear at TSA?” Trump didn’t correct her, either by clarifying that the word was “hijabis,” nor that the question mark at the end of the […]
The Case of the Lost Hip
June 28, 2016
Life in the Boomer Lane has been well aware for some time that one of the great mysteries plaguing women-of-a-certain-age is the loss of body parts. Back in 2011, she posted a piece, The Missing Body Parts of Women Over 50, dealing with this issue. In the five years that have passed, she, herself, has lost two […]
Top Six Apps for Boomers
May 27, 2016
Life in the Boomer Lane spends a lot of time reading about apps that boomers need. While she agrees that some of these might be quite useful in certain circumstances, she has yet to find apps that she would consider indispensible. She is forced, therefore, to create her own and present them to […]
The Panties, the Plastic, and the Pico de Gallo
May 25, 2016
For the last couple days, Life in the Boomer Lane’s carton-infested attic has been occupied not with a contractor, but with a house guest. The aforementioned houseguest is actually a dear friend, who we shall call Joyce, because that is her name. Joyce lives in Florida but makes a twice-yearly drive up to Baltimore, where […]
Getting A Head
May 2, 2016
There are few news items now that can pierce the mind-numbing miasma emanating from the run for the presidential nomination. In spite of this, Life in the Boomer Lane found her brain cells standing (albeit gingerly) at attention (albeit with as much attention as one with ADD can muster) to see the following: Italian […]
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