15 Boy Scout badges for adult baby boomers
As the saying goes, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Last week, I posted a list of Girl Scout badges that we boomer women should be awarded for our achievements as […]
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15 Girl Scout badges for adults today
If you’re a baby boomer and were a Girl Scout in the fifties or sixties, you likely remember the badges we could earn based on traditional skills such as cooking, homemaking and sewing. Well, we’ve […]
Weird medical advances for baby boomers
Many of today’s scientific advances were the stuff of fiction when we baby boomers were growing up. Now that we are grown up, medical science continues to make amazing strides like these that you might […]
Channeling Frank Costanza: Serenity now!
Remember the “Serenity Now!” Seinfeld episode? George Costanza’s father Frank, played by Jerry Stiller, was advised to say “Serenity now” every time his blood pressure threatened to rise. But instead of calmly saying the phrase, […]
Potty talk for adults
It wasn’t what you’d think two women would talk about over lunch. But as a friend and I recently brainstormed Boomer Haiku ideas over salad and crab cakes, the topic of toilets came up—and she […]
Who cares what “they” think?
When my husband and I decided to relocate in 2000, we moved into one of those active adult communities for those “55 and better” in the southern California desert. Hubs had just reached that age, […]
It’s not memory loss; it’s multitasking amnesia
I saw a meme on Facebook in which a woman says, “I’ve expanded my skills. I can now forget what I’m doing while I’m actually doing it.” I can relate. How about you? Seriously—how many […]
Luring the sandman into my bed
I used to think that insomnia was something only neurotic people had. Then came perimenopause and menopause, knocking me off the lofty perch of the well-rested and into crazy-making midlife sleeplessness. Sleep is elusive when […]
Just call me Señorita Fartita
Oh, the ignominies of aging. If wrinkled skin, a drooping derriere and a lady garden that’s withering on the vine aren’t enough, there’s also flatulence to contend with. I could heat the house I produce […]
The nose knows: Politics and body odor
If you’re in search of a soul mate—and his or her political leanings matter to you—you may want to know about a recent study in the American Journal of Political Science that reveals people find […]