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….
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…
Sassy was a teeny, tiny, three-pound Yorkshire Terrier with a supersized personality and an iron grip on our hearts. She crossed the rainbow bridge last October at the age of fourteen, and because of our age and stage in life, we were resigned to her being our last dog. Before we lost her, I couldn’t imagine life without a little fur baby cuddled up on…
You may be familiar with the acronym FOMO—fear of missing out. I experienced a serious case of FOMO recently, and I am working to banish these negative thoughts from my mind. The feelings started creeping in when I logged on to Facebook to view photos posted by one of my girlfriends who is spending a month touring Tuscany. Another friend recently returned from a two-week…
Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Now that the State of New Mexico has successfully sued you/Meta for knowingly building predatory and addictive algorithms into your platforms, is there a chance for any kind of restitution for an elderly boomer for the hours upon hours I have wasted doom-scrolling Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. I hopped on that addictive hampster wheel a few years ago and have regretted it…
It’s been a terrible week, and there are times when it makes us feel better just to vent, to get our anger and nasty thoughts down on “paper”—like in the olden days when we would spill out our venom in a letter, or more recently, an email, then never mail it. That’s what this post is. We all remember the $10 million “Let them eat…
