January 23, 2014
One of the gifts I’ve received from blogging is that, while I am writing about the world, the world will occasionally pop its face into mine. Each time this happens, I am humbled and honored to be able to look into the very private places in people’s lives. The latest is a letter I received […]
January 21, 2014
Life in the Boomer Lane, in an effort to travel as inexpensively as possible, always flies coach, never purchases direct flights and leaves at ungodly times of the day. Because her flight from Seattle to Chicago yesterday was at 6AM, and because she had spent the evening before watching the Seattle Seahawks obliterate the […]
January 17, 2014
The past week, Life in the Boomer Lane has been in Seattle, visiting family and taking care of her granddaughter, who, a mere 15 months ago, had just achieved fertilized egg status. Because of the focus needed to deal with a six-month-old baby, LBL almost completely missed hearing about another individual who very recently was, […]
January 10, 2014
Life in the Boomer Lane will not be writing about either Chris Christie or Dennis Rodman today. She has decided to give them a break, as both seem to be having a tough time this week. She feels certain that Christie will eventually move on from the embarrassment his staff has created, in causing a […]
January 6, 2014
Life in the Boomer Lane attended a presentation yesterday evening, given by a candidate running for county board. She did this because Now Husband is out-of-town and Downton Abbey didn’t start until 9PM and so she would be home on time. She also believed there existed a slight possibility that she might have understood enough […]
December 30, 2013
If you are happy in your marriage and have absolutely no idea why, just keep doing whatever you are doing and limit your questions to “What would you like for dinner, dear?/What’s for dinner, dear?” But, if you want an answer, you might benefit from reading the following: The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology […]
December 28, 2013
While few would argue that boomers discovered fire and invented the wheel and the baby cage, AARP Magazine has a whole new crop of boomer achievements to present in its current issue. In fact, AARP will be devoting an entire year to slobbering over what we boomers have achieved. The first piece is by PJ […]
December 26, 2013
If you are getting excited about the prospect of making your list of New Years resolutions,and your list has been basically the same since 1967, you may want to take a gander at the following. The ten top New Year’s resolutions are: 1. Lose Weight and Get Fit 2. Quit Smoking 3. Learn Something New […]
January 24, 2014
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