Moira Welsh, a political writer and investigative reporter for The Toronto Star, has been covering the seniors’ beat for quite a while and is something of an expert on the topic. Her latest book, The Astonishing Lives of Older Women, How To Create Pleasure Over Peril in Peak Longevity, is an eye-opener for anyone who thinks all retired baby boomers and seniors have it easy….
My La-Z-Girl did me a disservice this week. As any boomer knows, recliners are a must-have for a happy retirement. They enable and enhance the reading experience, make watching television a pleasure, relieve back pain when visiting with friends, and, most importantly, encourage spontaneous napping. Today, however, she failed to allow me to extricate myself, and I was reminded of those “Help! I can’t get…
Imagine how you would react if you were suddenly jolted out of your normal, ordinary life by being informed by the police that your loved and trusted husband, for more than fifty years, and the father of your children, is a monster, a rapist, and possibly even a murderer. That’s what happened to Gisèle Pelicot when the police in the south of France called her…
The other day, I sent an email to a couple of friends who had purchased those pricey silk pillowcases to query whether they are worth the money. Deb wrote back that she loves hers, but she questioned their claims for truly improving hair and skin for seniors and boomers. Ha! Good point. We’re always on the prowl for something cheap and easy that will improve…
It took seventeen years for Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help (and the movie of the same name), to publish her second novel, The Calamity Club, and it was worth the wait. I’ve been able to do little else but read the last few days until I finally finished. Written in the voices of an 11-year-old girl and a 20-something spinster, it is smart, at…
I’ve been reading a lot of commentary lately on how seniors have it easy these days, along with not-so-subtle suggestions that our benefits should be restricted and cut back. According to many in the media, we’re rolling in dough, and younger generations are footing the bill. This boomer takes strong offence to this line of thinking for a variety of reasons. While we paid to…
