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Musings of a former hula hoop champion
Tangier: It’s Right There
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from Tangier, in Northern Morocco. Now Husband spent part of his youth there and wanted to visit the high school he attended, the store where he purchased individual cigarettes as a 14-year-old, and the marble columns in front of one particular building, in which his name had […]
NeNe Wreaks Havoc in the Liquor Store
March 3, 2019
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from a swell trip to Florida. She visited a close friend in Palmetto and stayed at a lovely Airbnb on a beautiful street in St Pete. She also narrowly escaped being incarcerated. When she and her friends arrived at the Airbnb, they realized they needed several essentials. […]
Laptop Cop
February 27, 2019
Last week, Life in the Boomer Lane hosted a neighborhood group whose goal is quite simple: dramatically change the world in as short a time as possible. After the meeting was over and most people had gone, LBL noticed a swell-looking laptop that someone had left behind. She asked the group coordinator to put something […]
16,000
February 21, 2019
According to WordPress, Life in the Boomer Lane now has reached the 16,000 mark. Sixteen thousand followers. Or, to be exact, 16,047. But who is counting, right? To put this into perspective, we shall look at the number 16000 and review its signifigance in history and in the world in general. The New York Times […]
When Shallow Has Depth
February 18, 2019
Life in the Boomer Lane has been, for the last couple years, obsessed with a TV series that, to her, is unique. The series is Schitt’s Creek, on POP TV (shoutout to all Canandians) and now streaming on Netflix. She has a ticket to see the cast live this month and so she has been […]
Flying With the Kardashians
February 12, 2019
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 […]
Why Things Aren’t As Bad As They Seem
February 5, 2019
In this age of rapid-fire communication, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by all of the bad news that keeps popping up everywhere: Horrific weather events keep gently nudging us that we are on a collision course with the environment, and that far worse is in store. Democracies around the world are failing, replaced by dictators, […]
March 14, 2019
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