It makes no sense. A series about muffins and quick breads should put everyone to sleep. But I count the days until the next episode of “The Great British Bake-Off” like I used to wait for the newest Beatles song. For an hour, I’m transported from tense America to the “baking tent,” amid the bucolic […]
God, this is a stressful time. My body’s buzzing with so much tension, I want to reach for a Xanax, two shots of tequila, or both. But the other day, I found something in my desk drawer, something small and plastic and gray. Something I’d forgotten about. I clipped it onto my waist band and […]
It can be as easy as lying down. Other times, it’s like trying to get into the most exclusive nightclub. You wait for hours, till finally you’re allowed past those red, velvet ropes. You get into Sleep Club. Is it me or has slumber become more complicated in later years? Sleep problems now fall […]
You can’t imagine how old and wretched I pictured this age when I first heard Paul McCartney’s song back in 1967. I still have about ten days to go, but can’t help comparing the lyrics then to the reality today… When I get older losing my hair Many years from now… My husband Randy (also […]
These days, you don’t need a passport to explore any nation on the planet. There’s an array of globally produced fare on television, especially through Netflix and Amazon. And unlike movies, these multi-episode series allow you to pull up a chair and stay awhile. Here are some fascinating places I’ve “visited” lately… India – “Indian […]
Sometimes we have to pretend we’re not living through a raging pandemic and do something “normal” — like going to a nail salon. It’s been months since my tootsies were catered to and recently, I decided to treat myself. In some ways it was the same as before, with my usual embarrassing neuroses, but in […]
It’s like the world’s been given a giant time-out. New sayings are popping up – “self-isolating”, “elbow bump”, and “social distancing” – that would’ve confused us even a few weeks ago. A little green plant in my living room is the last thing I bought before shopping became an anxious, Purell-driven event. And yet good […]
Do you like restaurants? Most people do. As a friend once said, there’s something nice about seeing and being seen. But even the best eateries have challenges and things that irritate or even perplex. Here are my top eight… Too loud – Sometimes you feel it the moment you enter. There’s a wall of […]
Someone once said we discover who we really are as we age. I used to wonder if that was true. And yet as the years have crept by, some personality traits seem not only hardwired, but (God forbid) more pronounced. Here are seven ways I’ve gotten worse—or better—in my sixties. Can you relate? More […]
The Best of the Boomer Blogs are back and this time they have lots of practical tips — how to cope when things get tough, eat healthier, start a blog, learn what means the most to us…not to mention talk of politics in a New Jersey town, and a sad story about a friend… The sleepy part […]
