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Easy Rules for Baking Success
(The following is the sixth in my new series, “Old Posts to Dredge out on Slow Weekends Because When I Posted Them Originally People Cared More About the Economy and World Peace Than My Blog.” Although nothing has changed, it’s the start of a slow weekend.) It’s that time of year, again, when we discover that the flour […]
The Aging Brain
December 8, 2011
In its current Health & Science section, The Washington Post addresses itself to a topic that a lot of people over the age of 50 think about daily, when they aren’t trying to remember why they are standing naked in the garage, holding a spatula. “The Aging Brain” tells us that, contrary to what scientists […]
Good News for Seniors: It’s Getting Easier to Get A Date
December 6, 2011
ABC Evening News featured that startling revelation last week. The latest U.S. Census Bureau accounting of older Americans has revealed that the senior population is not only larger than ever before, at 40.3 million, it also includes a larger proportion of men, given their increasing life expectancy. In 1990 there were only 82.7 men for […]
A Life Strung Together, Bead by Bead
December 5, 2011
Her name is Debra Monaco and she is 38 years old. Until June 18 of this year, her life was full. She had an eleven year old daughter. She had a fiance who she loved. They lived in his recently deceased father’s house in Alexandria, VA. She worked at Rite Aid and was about a […]
Ur-ine Control
December 1, 2011
Many people, especially older boomers, often wonder why technology is important. They mostly wonder this at the exact time they are using technology. At other times, they pretend technology doesn’t exist. But pretending technology doesn’t exist is dangerous. Imagine a massive, rabid bear (technology) beating your front door down (your actual front door), clawing your […]
Medicare: Uncovered
November 29, 2011
Medicare, the federal system of health care for folks over age 65, comes at a really bad time in our lives, since at the exact moment it arrives, all available brain cells are either busy looking for car keys, permanently asleep on the job, or wondering if we have just baked the cooking shears into […]
What does your husband really think of your wobbly bits?
November 22, 2011
It’s taken over 200 years, but the Brits have finally figured out a way to ruin our Thanksgiving festivities. The Daily Mail newspaper in the UK has come out with an article titled, “What does your husband REALLY think of your wobbly bits?” For those of you who are asking, “How come the English people […]
And she Spanx, too.
November 18, 2011
before and after Spanx (The following is the fourth in my new series, “Old Posts to Dredge out on Slow Weekends Because When I Posted Them Originally People Cared More About the Economy and World Peace Than My Blog.” Although nothing has changed, it’s the start of a slow weekend.) I bought a lovely dress […]
You Can’t Be 100 Without Being 99 First
November 17, 2011
Apparently, while most of us are spending our time asking “Did he actually just say that?” in reference to Herman Cain, other members of the US population are more goal-oriented: They are turning 100. While it’s true that some of them do it without much fanfare, and others, when wished a Happy 100! respond […]
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Life in the Boomer Lane 
December 10, 2011
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