I’m Back With the Boomers This Week

Welcome to my new website, Musings of a Shore Life, a work in progress. This venture resulted from issues encountered with my previous blog, which is no longer available. It was time for a fresh start. I look forward to publishing posts about my sane life in the midst of an insane world. Come along for the journey!

Meanwhile, my boomer buddies have been busy…

From Canadian colleague Diane Tolley’s blog On the Border 

In honour of Hot Air Balloon Day, Diane’s Poetry Monday blog was dedicated to all things ‘balloon-y’. And what could be better than an old joke put to new words? And in rhyme?

Laurie Stone Writes offers lessons about marriage

Have you ever had something you’ve seen most of your life, but never really thought of its meaning till it was gone? This happened when Laurie’s mom removed her wedding band after 65 years. Her mom had injured her finger and before it became swollen, she took off the plain silver ring and wrapped it in tissue paper. The ring now lives in a safe deposit box. Thinking about that simple piece of jewelry, Laurie sees how it taught her three important lessons about marriage…

Jennifer of Unfold and Begin is not yet settled in her new home

Jennifer, of Unfold and Begin, is Still In the Thick of It when it comes to moving. She’s still trying to figure out where everything belongs, so all the counter and table spaces are covered with things that she doesn’t yet know where to put.

Carol Cassara laments the end of a favorite show

Happy-ending fairy tales serve an important purpose, Carol Cassara points out in her blog. She writes about one such PBS show she loved, and mentions our love of judging history by today’s values in “Why I Love a Good Fairy Tale.”

This week Rebecca Olkowski discusses menopause and mythology

Rebecca Olkowski, with BabyBoomster.com, interviewed Dr. Andrea Slominski who is a midlife coach, speaker, and author. She uses mythology to work with her clients and has come up with new stages of growth for women as they age.

Is there anything more frustrating than trying to solve a problem via a chatbot? A consumer and finance journalist, Rita Robison offers ideas to deal with these situations.

Be careful when you communicate with your bank’s chatbot, advises Rita R. Robison, consumer, and personal finance journalist. Consumers may select the wrong product or service, they could be assessed fees or other penalties if they receive inaccurate information on making payments or repetitive loops of unhelpful jargon that may delay help for urgent problems. Read the details here.

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