This Marriage Thing

Saying Sorry

Hey, this is the beginning of a long weekend. Yipee. The sun is rumored to make an appearance in Boston on Sunday. We'll see. Meanwhile, my good friend and fellow blog goddess, Alisa Bowman of Project Happily Ever After, is sharing her two cents on why being in love ...

Whose Rules Rule: Grandma or Mommy?

There's no real reason for my fixation on rules at the moment. First, marriage rules then an interesting article in the WSJ.com caught my attention. Of course, it did with grandma in the title. I'm a wee bit obsessed with grandbabies. Grandbabies- those little bundles of extreme joy wrapped up ...

Stop- Carnival Time! 121

Yes, that was a horrible MC Hammer reference. What do you want? It's Sunday and I spent the afternoon at the Allston Main Street event, Taste of Allston, scarfing down the cuisine of the local restaurants, including pork bulgogi, sag paneer, and buffalo wings. I even ran into two of ...

Love and Intimacy with Diana Daffner, MA

Slow is good. That's the message I took away from the wonderfully playful conversation I had with Diana Daffner yesterday. You recall I was trying to interest all of you in talking about tantric sex as a way of deepening your connection with that special person? Well, I'm still thinking ...

Marriage Rules

You know, they say that each person is a unique culture, complete with his or her own customs, celebrations and rules. I think that's true and what makes being married especially tough sometimes. Being married is like visiting a foreign country and only partially speaking the language. You understand what they're ...

So Baby Boomer hosts Carnival #120

Yeeck. That's the official weather report for Boston. Did someone forget to mention to the powers that be this is JUNE. Where's the bleeping sunshine, people? Rainy days and Mondays tend to get me down but combine them and I'm in real need of chocolate. While I go check the ...

What Did You Learn From Your Father?

Father's Day is approaching, which makes me slightly sad. I miss my Dad. He was my best friend, and passed along to me a deep curiosity and zest for life. I think of him often. He talks to me, too. Anytime I'm speeding and a series of slow moving cars ...

Let’s Talk About Sex- the Remix

Blogging is a wonderful thing, isn't it? Especially for a life-long learner like myself. Before blogging, I could only share the really cool, weird, unbelievable, truly valuable stuff I found with a relatively small circle of family and friends. Now, I get to share it with the world (insert hysterical ...

Pogo stick over to Contemporary Retirement for Carny #119

Wow, this week was a stretch. Each carnival I strive to find a funny verb to get you to be curious about the wonderful posts of my fellow Blogging Boomers. You've cartwheeled, shimmyed, jumped, skipped and more. But today I drew a blank until I remembered one of my ...

My Brain on Menopause: An Idea Factory

Life is a funny thing, isn't it? Sometimes it's haha-funny. Sometimes it's funny-weird. I guess I'm most tickled by life when it's funny-who knew? I mean those quirky, twisted surprises that come up in life. Kinda like my discovery of oysters. I hated them. The look, the smell and absolutely the ...