Hattie uses a Kindle now to read, and gives us quick reviews of some of the works she’s read lately. This is horrifying but we can’t turn away from this issue. A 50-something mom writes about the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, Califor...

I’ve been a journalist for many, many years, so I’ve always had deadlines. I kind of like them. They motivate me. Sometimes I even like to leave something until the last minute just to see if I can get it done in time. Well the axe is falling ...

My cousin Dan from Minnesota, who retired early from the U.S. Postal Service this year at age 53, has more gripes about bad customer service. Customer service continues to elude me. The label clearly stated, “To refill this prescription, call (phone nu...

As you know, your faithful correspondent always has her finger on the pulse of the new and the cutting edge. So let me tell you about my latest project. I have joined a group in my neighborhood of Jamaica Plain called a Common Security Club. The club is p...

I was up early this morning thanks to changing the clocks on Sunday. I took the Canine Prince to the dog park and got there before 6:30 a.m. But this is the first weeknight where it gets dark early. Oh, dear. Coming home from work in the dark is so dreary...

The gals at Fabulous After 40 are hosting the BloggingBoomers Carnival this week. Check out the Carnival now....

My talk yesterday on social media went great! Ralph Nader spoke in Jamaica Plain last night I heard a fabulous concert last night by the young orchestra A Far Cry. Almost all the members live in my Jamaica Plain neighborhood. I am going to a Halloween do...

How to get a college degree for free Five steps to going viral on Twitter Watch this 4-part telesummit next week on senior living options Read a scholarly article by a friend of mine on the creation of green jobs...

I’ve been blogging at The Boomer Chronicles for three and a half years, and Twittering, Facebooking, Flickring and other social media-ing for months and years. These facts make me eminently qualified to give a lecture on social media at Simmons Coll...

This year was as active as usual in the English countryside, where crop circles spontaneously appeared in many locations. Here’s a gallery of 2009 crop circles....

A friend of mine, Betsy Salkind, 45, is a Los Angeles-based comedian. But not just any kind of comedian. Check out her twisted (in a good way) take on the Bible in this 5-minute video....

Assuming that many of my dear readers are champing at the bit to learn of my progress with my violin lessons, I humbly offer this report: First, I want to say that anytime I tell someone — anyone — that I just started taking violin lessons, I ...

I learned this morning that all three McDonald’s locations will close in Iceland because it has become too expensive for the franchiser to operate them now that the country’s financial structure has collapsed. I visited Iceland a few years ago...

When I started this blog back in April 2006 I was aiming for a quick start — that is, a very compact learning curve. So I placed an ad on Craig’s List and a man named Stephen Labuda answered my ad. He was starting out as a self-employed web an...

I don’t know what it is about these two topics, but YEARS after I published the original posts I still get people searching for these and ending up on this blog: Living in Your Car (a topic that’s more timely than ever) What If You Have Two Di...

I know it’s Monday because I have a new edition of the BloggingBoomers Carnival ready for you. This week the carnival is hosted by Ann at Contemporary Retirement....

Last night I went to the fab Boston lounge 28 Degrees to meet with fellow bloggers at Blogtoberfest 2009, organized by Jenny Frazier. It was a fun night with dozens of bloggers — a few I already knew, like Steve Garfield — and many others I di...

The top 45 sites for boomers and seniors Soupy Sales died last night How to be your own life coach and save a bundle of money Your parents still worry about you even though you’re 51 years old...

Tonight I will be attending the Boston Blogtoberfest. It’s a chance to meet and hang out with lots of other bloggers. I’ve been to meetups and Tweetups and bloggers’ get-together, and I love them. I will have a report tomorrow morning. Y...

I had a fantastic opportunity this morning to hear a talk by Dr. Lisa Lynch, a labor economist and chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Her message was nothing but doom and gloom, and I ate it up. She confirms everything I believe. Housing prices ...