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Saving the Planet, Episode One
Back in 1953, the Cut and Shoot, Texas Travelling Circus broke all records for the number of clowns (46) stuffed into a clown car. That record has been shatterd in the last couple days by the number of executive orders now stuffed into our collective brains by the Now and Forever First Ever True Leader […]
The Acne of Our Times
January 10, 2025
Life in the Boomer Lane has always prided herself on being able to derive humor from the ordinary events of life, as well as the fearsome antics of those we elect to public office. But, like a small, warm spot on one’s cheek, that eventually turns into a raging pustule, the events that began in […]
Catch Up
August 30, 2021
LBL hasn’t posted anything in quite some time. She has spent most of that time with family, reminding herself that, when both children and then grandchildren have all been successfully potty-trained, life becomes far more civilized. Unlike her children and grandchildren, the world has not yet been able to successfully potty train itself. While she […]
2021
December 18, 2020
I used to lead a workshop to enable women to discover and to declare their visions for their lives. It was created for women over age 50. It’s not easy for anyone, much less for older people and even less for women, to get past the layers we have created to protect us and to […]
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, […]
The Benefits of Climate Change
January 30, 2019
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 […]
Is This the End of the World or Are My Allergies Just Acting Up
November 30, 2018
Life in the Boomer Lane has known for some time that, several years ago, she exceeded the legal limit for grandchildren. This was confirmed over Thanksgiving week, when she spent time with six of them, their parents, Then Husband and Then Husband’s wife. In spite of the loving mayhem, LBL was able to keep track […]
Jobs Up, Jobs Down
October 23, 2018
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 […]
Harvey: Our Very Own Giant Rabbit
August 30, 2017
Back in 1950, a popular film titled “Harvey” hit the theaters. Jimmy Stewart starred as a wealthy alcoholic man who starts having visions of a giant rabbit named Harvey. Stewart, named Elwood P. Dowd, lives with his sister Veta and her daughter. Needless to say, Veta worries that Elwood has gone insane. In the process […]
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