Lighthearted rants and reflections on baby boomer lifestyle, ageing, retirement, fashion, current events, and more . . . .
My world as a retired baby boomer is shrinking. Traffic problems in the Greater Toronto Area have become such a nightmare I’m reluctant to go anywhere. It seems easier to spare my nerves and stay home. Our choked road system has reached the point where I often decline opportunities for social outings rather than deal with the stress of traffic to get there. The volume…
Ten years and exactly one thousand essays later (my high-school English teachers would be shocked), I think I can congratulate myself for actually sticking with it. When I posted my first BoomerBroadcast message Those Were The Days My Friend to baby boomer readers on September 14, 2013, I wasn’t sure I would have the stick-to-it-iveness to keep blogging. Did I have the stamina? Would I…
House porn, before you go getting all excited about something which I am not going to deliver on, is the glorious pursuit of everything related to homes and decorating, usually in the form of magazines, websites, blogs, or television programs. Before the current real estate market went berserk, I used to love perusing the real estate section of the newspaper, particularly on the weekend when…
If you can get past the seemingly unhappy subject matter and appreciate the great writing, then Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey is a wonderful read. You will appreciate it even more if you have ever been through a painful divorce because that is what this fictional, humorous book is about. The bonus is the author is Canadian and readers will relate to the Toronto…
With the start of the new school year only a few days away, I thought this would be a good time to comment on a bit of news about education that I heard recently. A friend who is a retired teacher and school librarian, sent me a copy of an article by Kristin Rushowy in The Toronto Star, Cursive Writing and Typing Will Return to…
A recent blog I posted was about how boomers are running out of time and now I want to talk about when we do. Estate planning and dying are not subjects we are always comfortable discussing but ones that I have been putting off for far too long. At the risk of sounding morbid (which I suppose it is) baby boomers are now at the…