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Absence Seizures
Life in the Boomer Lane has just finished The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin. Unless you are, at this moment, being wheeled into open heart surgery, please stop anything you are doing and read this book. The best books tell us less about the characters and stories they portray than they do […]
A Goat, A Wedding, and Some IBS
April 20, 2015
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from Charleston, where she spent an entire week with two of her three children and her three grandchildren, in a glorious house on the beach. The end of the week culminated in the outdoor wedding of her youngest child. Although this may have been one of […]
We are getting smarter. Or, we are getting dumber.
August 13, 2014
Life in the Boomer Lane, in an attempt to distract herself from the current havoc being wreaked around the planet by 1) people 2) infectious disease and 3) Bob McDonald, turned, instead, to psychological research to give her the lift she deserves. Researchers, who are immune to the flotsam and jetsam of political, religious, and […]
Ointments, Salves, Lotions and Other Mysteries of Life
July 21, 2014
A friend of Life in the Boomer Lane, another woman-of-a-certain-age, was out of town, staying in a hotel, and preparing to meet her first ex-husband for lunch. In spite of the fact that there would be no interest on either of their parts for hanky panky (the vintage way of saying “sex,” not the […]
Guerrilla Aging: Finding That Happy Medium
April 19, 2014
The following is a guest post by Rebecca Latson. Photographers usually turn their lenses onto others. Now, Rebecca summons up her courage to turn her lens onto herself. You can visit Rebecca at Rebecca Latson Photography and rebeccalatsonphotography@gmail.com. […]
December 14, 2012
December 15, 2012
Life sometimes provides the best and the worst at exactly the same time. At this time of the year when children are celebrated even more than usual, 20 sets of parents are experiencing a grief that no parent should experience. And on this very same day, I watched a video of my first grandchild, now […]
Kickstarter Campaign Just Launched!!!
August 21, 2012
Kickstarter Campaign Just Launched!!!. A must-see from Myra, whose blog is tragic and hilarious and whose parents are crazier than yours.
Secret Service Agents and the Colombia Prostitution Scandal
April 19, 2012
“WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving swiftly, the Secret Service forced out three agents Wednesday in a prostitution scandal that has embarrassed President Barack Obama. A senior congressman welcomed the move to hold people responsible for the tawdry episode but warned ‘it’s not over.’” The scandal involved about 10 military service members, as many as 20 […]
The Aging of the High School Reunion
March 10, 2012
Sometimes aging can make us feel like we are naked, smeared with bacon grease and deposited near a den of rabid grizzlies who have just completed a research project involving the effects of a prolonged vegan diet. While it might seem that there is no way out, know this: There is no way out. OK, […]
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