- Boomer Girl Diary: Late pop icons all took their own victory tour
- June 28, 2009
- It was a bad week for baby boomers, as we lost three pop culture icons in four days.
- Boomer Girl Diary: Bit of Dad remains in so many everyday moments
- June 21, 2009
- It’s the second Father’s Day without my old man.
- Boomer Girl Diary: Reunion rules play out a lot like kindergarten
- June 14, 2009
- Remember that old Robert Fulghum essay and best-selling book, “All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten?”
- Boomer Girl Diary: Elementary torture tactics make early years a blur
- June 7, 2009
- This week, as anticipation for my 40-year reunion of St. Ann Elementary School Class of ’69 reached its peak, a tidal wave of memories came rushing back:
- Boomer Girl: To love, honor, cherish and share a bathroom
- May 31, 2009
- When my mom and dad built what is still my mother’s home, they put in “his” and “hers” bathrooms.
- Boomer Girl Diary: Welcome warm weather with an antihistamine cocktail
- May 24, 2009
- Of all life’s ironies, perhaps the cruelest is seasonal allergies.
- Boomer Girl Diary: Invitation brings back memories of the sisterhood
- May 17, 2009
- The invitation read: You are cordially invited to attend the Class of ’69’s 40th reunion!
- Boomer Girl Diary: Mothers: They never play to type
- May 10, 2009
- There are many kinds of mothers. Married mothers, single mothers.
- Boomer Girl Diary: WHO hazardous to mental health
- May 3, 2009
- I have never been what you’d call a germaphobe (yet another thing Howard Hughes and I don’t have in common).
- Hormone replacement therapy gains popularity
- April 27, 2009
- Hormonal changes associated with menopause can cause a variety of uncomfortable symptoms in women. A natural course of therapy is gaining popularity these days.
- Boomer Girl Diary: These houseguests smell after one day
- April 26, 2009
- We’ve had houseguests this week.
- Boomer Girl Diary: Mathematics never factored into lifelong plans
- April 19, 2009
- This week, I learned that April is national Math Awareness Month (or MAM, as my accountant would say). MAM was started in 1986 with the goal of “increasing public understanding of and appreciation for mathematics.” Unfortunately, that was 23 years too late for me. Or, is it 24? Sorry, I can’t do the math.
- Boomer Girl Diary: Spring pruning more like ‘War of the Roses’
- April 12, 2009
- Every spring, on the first warm weather weekend, my husband marches ceremoniously to the shed and emerges minutes later, grinning like a madman, pruning shears in hand. I cower at the window and watch in horror while he approaches the rose bushes, blades gleaming in the sun.
- Caretakers need support, education
- April 1, 2009
- More than 52 million Americans are expected to provide care to an elderly or frail family member this year.
- When tackling taxes, be informed
- March 29, 2009
- There are only a few weeks until the tax deadline, and there are a few things you should know before you file.
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