Miriam Margolyes is a self-described short, fat, Jewish lesbian. She is also one of Britain’s most beloved actors and she’s eighty years old. Oh, the stories she tells in her new memoir This Much is…
Posts Published by Lynda Davis
Retired from corporate world and enjoying life as active baby boomer.
Social media’s mandate has gone from bad to worse. We should all be afraid, very, very afraid!
In view of billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter this week, I thought I’d republish a piece I posted in October 2021 concerning the ethics and influence of social media platforms. I’m very concerned that…
Where was this perk when I was still working?
There’s been a lot of dialogue lately about creating a four-day workweek. The benefits seem obvious. Reducing the workweek would relieve employees of the stress of working long hours over five days, and allow for…
Heather O’Neill is no ordinary writer.
When I heard that one of my favourite Canadian authors, Heather O’Neill was releasing a new book in April, my name was among the first on the waitlist at the library. Like her other books, When…
There’s something most baby boomer women want to say, but are afraid to
“I’m tired of entertaining. It’s stressful and I just don’t feel like doing it anymore.” Whew! Sounds like the line from Peter Finch in that old movie Network. My friend Deb actually spoke these words…
I’m so old I remember when . . .
One guaranteed way to mark yourself as a hopeless old boomer is to utter the words, “I remember when . ..” followed by a comment on the price of gas or real estate. Of course,…