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Solidarity, Pussy Hats, and Fake Eyebrows
January 25, 2018
Last weekend, Life in the Boomer Lane flew down to Florida in order to visit friends and participate in the Women’s March in St Petersburg. On the day of the March, everyone got ready. The three wore shoes that would be comfortable to walk in, warm (for Florida) clothing, and carried bottles of water. In […]
Women in Cars
July 15, 2017
Life in the Boomer Lane has always wished that she could secretly video any number of times that she has been in cars with groups of women. These video-worthy events are usually precipitated by being lost, concern about potentially getting lost, inability to find where one’s car is parked, confusion about how to exit parking […]
A Shopping Trip
May 9, 2017
Life in the Boomer Lane has a close friend who is a brilliant, highly accomplished visionary. Listening to her is both mesmerizing and inspiring. This weekend, she took a break from her international and political work in order to accompany LBL on a trip to a popular antiques/home accessories store. The shopping trip went something […]
The Hospital Stay
January 18, 2017
Life in the Boomer Lane has a close friend who picks atypical places for her normal life events. She fell in love with someone who was living in her basement, then married him in the winner’s circle at Monmouth racetrack. Not to be outdone by these diversions from the norm, she has just […]
Friendship Friday: Laughing Through the Worst to get to the Best
December 2, 2016
Back in the fall of 1973, Life in the Boomer Lane met Miki, a fellow special ed teacher. Miki was tall. Her legs started at her ankles and ended at LBL’s neck. Her life experiences were as different from LBL’s as could possibly be. There were a lot of reasons why they connected. But the […]
Friendship Friday: Shopping Mayhem
November 18, 2016
Life in the Boomer Lane has been thinking a lot about friendship, lately. She has written about friendship and friends in many blog posts. But in this current era of political uncertainly, she finds her friends to be even more of a comfort than they have been in the past. In addition, she appreciates the […]
March 19, 2018
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