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Guerrilla Aging: Finding That Happy Medium
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. […]
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 […]
The History of Memory Techniques From 500 BC-2014 AD
April 8, 2014
The history of memory training began around 500 BC. This is because, prior to 500 BC, nobody did anything that had to be remembered. From one million BC to 500 BC, everyone killed things and ate them, raised things and ate them, and then died well before they got bald or developed back […]
90 is the New, uh, 90
April 1, 2014
It has recently come to Life in the Boomer Lane’s attention that, while she and her friends (roughly aged late 50’s to early 70’s) spend a lot of time bemoaning their physical and mental deterioration, a huge number of people are mindlessly cavorting through their 90’s, oblivious to the aging concerns that LBL and […]
Guerrilla Aging: I’m Not Where I Thought I’d Be, But I’m Exactly Where I Am
March 28, 2014
The following is a guest post by Lakota Grace (her name, alone, makes for a great story) a “71 year old, twice-divorced single lady who dyes her hair red, just because.” She can be visited at her blog, A Look Forward. […]
Guerrilla Aging: Navigating the Third Half of Life
March 13, 2014
Some time ago, Life in the Boomer Lane had the brilliant idea of starting a second blog, titled “Guerrilla Aging.” Because whatever talent she has does not extend to spelling, she bought the website “guerillaaging.com” After discovering her error, she purchased the correct website. And, because whatever talent she has does not also extend to […]
Seven Myths About Women Over 50
March 8, 2014
Back in 2005, two friends and I wrote a book titled “Invisible No More: The Secret Lives of Women Over 50.” We did it to dispel the myths about women of a certain age and to celebrate the good, the bad, the ugly, the inexplicable and the always-joyful that comes with being who e are […]
Finding Older Single Men: Part 2
March 5, 2014
Life in the Boomer Lane has received many responses from her post, Finding Older Single Men Part 1. Some of these have actually been in writing, as opposed to being painted on the front of her house in the middle of the night. She will share a couple of these with you, as well as […]
The Link Between Self-Image and Self-Esteem
February 27, 2014
Yesterday, Life in the Boomer Lane was doing some intensive online research into the new Taco Bell waffle taco, when she received a missive from an alert reader, telling her that the Today Show had started a series about loving ourselves, unfortunately titled “Love Your Selfie.” LBL finds the word “selfie” to be the perfectly […]
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Life in the Boomer Lane 
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