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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Oh, Reality!
August 6, 2024 by Life in the Boomer Lane
For most of Life in the Boomer Lane’s actual life, people have asked her how she comes up with the things that come out of her mouth. She answers that she does nothing special. Life comes at her and her brain, in effect a well-worn Cuisinart-type thing, just puts items together in various ways and […]
A Welcome
November 13, 2023 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Several evenings ago, I attended a “Welcome to the Neighborhood” gathering for new residents. This was a bit different than what one might expect. The particular couple being welcomed were educated, financially successful professionals with three children, forced to flee from one African country to another, only to find out that the second country was […]
Why Democracy Sucks
May 12, 2022 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane was far too busy enjoying her birthday to pay attention to the seemingly innocuous events that were, in fact, secretly ruining her life. It was like she believed she was bitten by a tiny, pesky insect and then she had a small itchy blob which turned into a large itchy […]
Oligarch Fever
March 9, 2022 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Because of recent activity on the part of the Russian government, many people are now hearing about the misfortunes of Russian oligarchs. We tend to associate the word “oligarch” with those very Russians. But the truth is that the oligarch species has been around for a long time and it has a rich cultural heritage. […]
Life in the Boomer Lane Meets Her Waterloo
November 9, 2021 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane and Now Husband have just returned from a week in Brussels. They stayed with close friends who live there part time, and they had a great week. One of the highlights of the week was to visit the Museum of Waterloo, the Belgian town in which Napoleon met the end […]
A Wandering Jew
June 17, 2021 by Life in the Boomer Lane
I‘m not a fan of walking. I know how to walk, and I walk when it’s necessary. Some years ago, I walked 60 miles in three days in order to raise money for breast cancer research. I walked in honor of a close friend who died in her forties of the disease. I walk 1.5 […]
The Right to Be White
March 8, 2021 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Throughout the Trump administration, Life in the Boomer Lane couldn’t make sense of what appeared to be groups of polar opposites who both thought that Trump was oh-so-swell-in-every-way. There were the educated, middle and upper middle class professionals who invested in the stock market, dutifully paid taxes, sometimes played golf and belonged to country clubs […]
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May 4, 2026 by renee1947
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