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Human vs Chipmunk
A friend of Life in the Boomer Lane (We’ll call her “Glenda” because that is her name) lives in Maine. LBL loves her because she is a gorgeous, feisty, independant creature. When stone walls needed to be built to enclose her property, Glenda built them. When trees needed to come down, Glenda felled them. When […]
Helpful Uncoupling
June 25, 2019
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from Maine, where she visited a dear friend, G. She does this on an annual basic, and she and G have developed a system that works for them. This consists of equal parts talking, shopping, eating and getting into trouble. While LBL was visiting, G received a […]
The History of Buckets and Lists
June 17, 2019
Life in the Boomer Lane has a lot of respect for the person who invented the bucket. While open-ended containers with flat bottoms have been around ever since the first humanoid said, “I need something to carry this shit in,” the earliest depictions of buckets are found on carvings dating from around 3200 BC, which […]
Precious Objects
June 8, 2019
Life in the Boomer Lane suspects that most Loyal Readers have, at some point, held garage/yard sales or attended the garage/yard sales of others. Such experiences have most likely resulted in a profound new understanding of both the human psyche and of an awareness that a lot of people are attracted to inexplicable objects. A […]
7 Reasons Why You Should be Sleeping Naked
May 21, 2019
Refinery 29 has nailed the Wow-I-Didn’t-Know-That-Shit headline. The site covers everything pop culture/fashion/anyone or anything starting with K (Kardashian/Kondo/kombucha). It’s Life in the Boomer Lane’s go-to site that allows her to wow her friends with insider knowledge, when, in effect, she has only read the headline (Example: “If you stayed alert through the series, you’d have […]
The Birthday Gathering
May 16, 2019
This week, Life in the Boomer Lane attended a birthday lunch held at the home of a close friend. Four other friends attended, all smart, accomplished women. The women gathered first in the living room, where appetizers and champagne were provided. Everyone toasted the Birthday Girl, then sat down to eat the appetizers. Shortly after […]
Can’t We All Just Agree to Agree?
May 6, 2019
All red-blooded, God-fearing Americans should be greatly relieved that Donald Trump, President of the United States, and Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, talked for an hour last week and Trump was able to see Putin smiling through a landline. This is confirmtion that Trump is the most powerful person on the planet and has powers […]
The Real Alien Menace
April 29, 2019
What with all the nonsense going on in the world right now, it is understandable that some folks might not have UFOs on their radar, so to speak. If you are one of these people, know that, while you are going about your daily business, worrying about trival items like nuclear war, climate change, the […]
Getting Buzzy Before the Omnicide
April 24, 2019
Life in the Boomer Lane has noticed for the past couple decades that various words that usually reside in her brain have either vacated permanently or have decided to take a temporary break, believing that they are no longer needed. These words include most common nouns like shoe, knife, keys, etc. LBL has ongoing internal […]
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