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Funny, You Don’t Look Haplogroup H

July 8, 2010

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For those of you with an understanding of science that can fit into a pine nut shell, you are like me.  But, thanks to people who possess brain cells that I can only dream of, we now know that all modern humans started in the same exact spot in Africa. Approximately 50,000-60,000 years ago (according […]

Funny, You Don’t Look Haplogroup H

July 8, 2010

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For those of you with an understanding of science that can fit into a pine nut shell, you are like Life in the Boomer Lane.  But, thanks to people who possess brain cells that she can only dream of, we now know that all modern humans started in the same exact spot in Africa. Approximately […]

Cats Flying Off the Roof of My Car

July 7, 2010

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Miracle the Cat is the latest in a long line of cats Life in the Boomer Lane has had that she has really had no part in acquiring.  There’s not one thing she can say about Miracle or about any of my other cats that would be worth reading.  Writers far more clever than she […]

What Husbands Do When Wives Leave Town. Again.

July 5, 2010

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Life in the Boomer Lane went to Delaware for the weekend with Sex-and-the-Sixty-Year-Old Susan. She went there to do a book signing at Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach. Susan would be there to helped her. LBL made jokes about Now Husband habit of making some kind of major purchase without consulting with her every time […]

My GPS Has A Different Accent Than Yours

July 1, 2010

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Life in the Boomer Lane has a GPS in her car.  She got it because there is no GPS in her head.  There is not even a G.  There is nothing in whatever spot is supposed to hold some sense of direction.  She would like to think that space is taken up by impeccable taste.  […]

What Husbands Do When Wives Leave Town

June 30, 2010

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Life in the Boomer Lane’s children all live in remote places, like London and Seattle and Charleston. Sometimes LBL likes to visit them solo. It’s a different kind of bonding than if Now Husband were with her. And LBL’s friends Jean and Joyce are both on Anna Maria Island in Florida. That can be another […]

The Link Between Mattress Stuffing and Weight Loss

June 28, 2010

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Lunchtime While Life in the Boomer Lane was visiting Beloved Daughter and her family in London, Trish, a close friend of LBL’s daughter, told LBL about a “secret” diet plan, known only to French women. LBL likes to trade beauty secrets with Trish. On a past visit, she introduced LBL to the “Nude” line of […]

The Missing Body Parts of Women Over 50

June 26, 2010

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 It occurred to Life in the Boomer Lane recently that she has fewer body parts than she used to have. Her tonsils have been gone since 1954.  Since she has never understood what, exactly, tonsils are, she never missed them.  And she also knows that after my generation, doctors seem to have decided that whatever […]

Facebook for Boomers

June 25, 2010

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Beloved Daughter has asked that Life in the Boomer Lane write a post about boomers on Facebook.  LBL isn’t sure how she phrased it, but it might have been “Gee Mommy, since your generation, especially the Class of ’69 of which you were such an integral part, is so much more fascinating than mine could […]

Pork Cheeks and Buffalo Milk Ice Cream

June 20, 2010

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Sorry, US.  You can take a lesson from the Brits about how to run a food festival.  The annual Taste of London restaurant festival was held yesterday in Regent’s Park, just a few blocks from Beloved Daughter’s flat.  A mind boggling array of restaurants and pubs were represented.  Many of them had created charming outdoor […]