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Guerrilla Aging: Reinventing. Again.
The following is a guest post from Anna “Muddy River Muse” Schmidt. Anna, like so many of us at this age, has reinvented herself more than once. And she has discovered, as so many of us have, that it is the questions that often move us forward, rather than the answers. ***** I was offered the […]
Posted in: aging, women over 50
Running for Her Life
April 30, 2014
We live in a world that has always contained both the best and the worst of which human beings are capable. Across the ages, as we utilized technology for the good of mankind, we utilized that same technology for its destruction. The Nazis will be remembered for many things, among them the industrial genocide of […]
The Shopping Maul
April 28, 2014
Life in the Boomer Lane loves to shop. Anywhere, anytime, anyplace. (A digression here: LBL is not a shopaholic. Nor is she wealthy. Often, she buys nothing when she shops. When she does buy, it is mostly items on sale or on discount. And most of what she buys she returns anyway, which is […]
Guerrilla Aging: The Serious Signs of Aging (sort of) by Kate Crimmins
April 25, 2014
The following is a guest post from Kate Crimmins, whose blog is Views and Mews by Coffee Kat. The subtitle of Kate’s blog is Kate’s Views on Life Edited by Four Opinionated Cats. Kate is lucky, indeed, that the cats have such strong editing skills. ***** “I don’t feel any different than […]
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LBL Improves Her Brain
April 23, 2014
Lumosity is an online brain training and neuroscience research company that offers a brain training program consisting of more than 40 games in the areas of memory, attention, flexibility, speed of processing, and problem solving. Life in the Boomer Lane has several friends who subscribe to their service and all speak highly of it. LBL decided to look into it. LBL […]
Things I Don’t Understand
April 21, 2014
There are a lot of things Life in the Boomer Lane doesn’t understand anymore, and she fears she is running out of time to make any sense of them. 1. She doesn’t understand why, when she flies (on a plane, mostly), TSA officials are always staring her down, ordering her to get into (or […]
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. […]
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QVC Solves Global Warming
April 16, 2014
In 1690, the Massachusetts Bay Colony issued the first paper money in the colonies which would later become the United States. In 1691, QVC (Quality and Value for the Colonies) was created as a way for people to spend the new money they had. Today, QVC (in 1986, the C was changed to stand for […]
How to Look Beautiful, Dead or Alive
April 13, 2014
Throw out every single beauty product you have. Jill Kargman, the daughter of the former chairman of Chanel (BIG money, access to all of the best beauty secrets on the planet) has revealed in the New York Times every single beauty procedure and beauty product she uses. Let’s skip over the fact […]
Guerrilla Aging: Becoming A Reinventionista
April 10, 2014
The following is a guest post from Sherman Bedford. She usually writes poetry, and I am grateful that she has taken a departure from that to write the following. Her blog is in process. ***** My life is nothing like I ever imagined it would be. A year ago I almost died, but I […]
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