Category: Best of Boomers
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Fitness, Friends, Ghosting and more from the Best of Boomers
My Florida family traded the mid-summer oppressive heat and humidity of their home state for two weeks at the Jersey shore. This year they decided not to squeeze into my house – spacious enough for hub and me, but far from roomy for a family of five, including three teenagers, and visiting friends. They rented…
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Boomers on a new sport, the blessings of sons, summer safety, and more
Summer has arrived in my piece of paradise, and I am celebrating by playing hooky, avoiding chores and other tedious to-dos in favor of a few hours of backyard bliss. Our world is in turmoil and I need to decompress. I garden, read, and complete New York Times puzzles, a challenge in a positive way. If a…
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Nostalgia, Women’s Roles, and More from the Best of Boomers
What do you do when you are so tired you can barely keep your eyes open? The scenario: you have spent days awakened several times during the night, slept on a sofa instead of enfolded in a warm blanket in your comfy, spacious bed, popped up and down all day tending to an injured hub,…
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Boomers on Art, Critters, Clothes, and more
A round-trip drive to Long Island, NY has bracketed my weekends the past two months. Mom moved into an assisted living facility. My sister and I emptied her apartment and prepared it for sale. I typically avoid driving through Manhattan, the heart and soul of New York City, but Sunday I deviated from my normal…
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A Reality Show, Heart Health, Higher Food Prices, and more from the Boomers
A drive in, around, or through the New York metropolitan area can be a harrowing experience. There is no such thing as a traffic-free, no-hassle trip. Construction, traffic jams, and accidents all make the journey an adventure, and rarely a good one. Family matters found me visiting Long Island two weeks in a row, with…
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A Winter Round-Up from the Best of Boomers
I am home experiencing the cold, wet, windy weather. Not so happily. Hub and I spent two weeks in the ideal climate of Mexico’s Lake Chapala area, enjoying sunny days with temperatures in the 70’s. I was spoiled. No hats, gloves, coats, boots, and no shivering. Every day we took long walks through the town…
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Best of Boomers Prepare for December Holidays
I am not a fan of the long, dark days of December. But there is an upside – the holidays of Chanukah and Christmas brighten our lives. We light candles to illuminate the darkness. Homes glow, inside and outside, with multi-colored lights. I prefer white, gold, and silver lights. I enjoy driving through dark neighborhoods…
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Autumn Winds Down as the Boomers Play…and Work
Halloween marks the unofficial end of the autumn season in my world. Outside peak colors fade rapidly. Leaves shrivel, die, and fall onto my yard and sidewalk, waiting to be raked and removed. Trees appear barren. Colder weather sneaks in. Next weekend we turn back the clocks, and darkness will descend early evening. By late…
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September Finds the Boomers On the Road, Reminiscing and Working
From Florida’s sizzling sun and balmy sea over Labor Day Weekend to the leafy green mountains along the Hudson River north of New York City, my September has been one of short travels and – Covid. Caught most likely in the Sunshine State while mingling with plane passengers, family, and strangers at a series of…
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The Best of Boomers Summer Happenings
I returned this week from a two-week tour of three countries – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – that are emerging from the shadow of their 20th-century past, when occupied by the Soviet Union. As the Soviet Union collapsed, all three countries became independent and turned westward, establishing democratic governments. They are today modern nations that…