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Flying With the Kardashians
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from Seattle. She spent a large portion of her time there playing “Nail Salon” with her two granddaughters, aged five and two. The nail salon products were provided by LBL as part of their Valentine’s Day gift. These products were a big hit. LBL, however, did not […]
The Benefits of Climate Change
January 30, 2019 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane must agree with our esteemed POTUS: climate change (i.e.: global warming) has a positive impact on the planet. In POTUS’ case, global warming is his own personal national thermostat. Just turn the dial. A little bit of global warming here and there can immediately raise the temps in the currently […]
This Sold House Needs Help
January 21, 2019 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane has a Facebook page for her real estate radio show (Renee and Alyssa: This Sold House). She will now give you time to immediately click the link, become a fan of the site and start listening to every single show. For those of you who have actually returned to reading […]
Natural Remedies for Arthitis Pain
November 8, 2018 by Life in the Boomer Lane
The following is a guest post from Carolyn Ridland, the founder of CaregiverConnection. Carolyn writes: About 10 years ago, my parents began reaching the point where they could not be self-sufficient anymore. I was just married with two toddlers, so I felt like I couldn’t take them in, yet I wanted to make sure they were […]
Jobs Up, Jobs Down
October 23, 2018 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Axios, Life in the Boomer Lane’s daily go-to source for news, includes more than just solid evidence that life as we know it has come to an end or that the entire world is about to explode in a giant conflagration of misdeeds. president trump (which LBL will henceforth write with lower case letters) will […]
What’s in A Name?
September 26, 2018 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Names of anything in our world are useful to different degrees during different times of our lives. Toddlers are often called upon to display their inordinate intelligence by naming animals, when shown pictures of such animals. They also shriek “Elmo!” (or some vague approximation) when confronted with an image of the lovable, red Muppet. As […]
Illusion of control: Why the world is full of buttons that don’t work
September 4, 2018 by Life in the Boomer Lane
CNN, amid all of the stories that have world import, has finally come up with a story that actually means something in our own tiny personal universes: the countless buttons in our lives that are intended to give us a sense of being in control. This is because, basically, our lives are out of control. […]
The 10 Year Plan
August 27, 2018 by Life in the Boomer Lane
About 18 months ago, LBL looked around and wondered where various members of her family had gone to in the last five years or so. Based on their departures, as well as the ages at which her parents and other assorted family members departed, LBL calculated that she, herself, had about 10 years left to […]
IQ’s Slippery Slope
July 23, 2018 by Life in the Boomer Lane
At any given moment, half of the US population is walking around wondering what on earth has happened to the other half. Are they not paying attention? Do they not realize what is happening to this country? Do they not see the erosion of human rights, the widening gap of haves and have-nots, the destruction […]
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February 12, 2019 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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