Nostalgia

Chefs working in a Chinese restaurant kitchen. Photo by Sarayuth Punnasuriyaporn, Dreamstime. Chicago, 1957, two boys found fun in watching food prep at a Chinese restaurant. Their experience led to positive influences throughout life.
From Our Readers

The Chinese Restaurant: Memories from Childhood

Curiosity led to a new friend and a lifetime of influence

By R.G. Begora | October 28, 2022
Lynda Day George with Michael Ansara in Day of the Animals - Montoro Productions. Whatever happened to Lynda Day George? You might recall her from “Mission: Impossible” or one of several horror films. Tinseltown Talks columnist Nick Thomas answers that question.
Nick Thomas

The Screen Horrors of Lynda Day George

Facing fake horrors, real tragedies, and a new life in Washington

By Nick Thomas | October 24, 2022
Julia Nunnally Duncan became enamored of her grandmother's treasures as a child and followed the story behind one: Her great-uncle Charlie Lynch's military collar disks.
From Our Readers

My Grandmother’s Treasures

Trinkets of the past open up new worlds and a reverence for family history

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | October 11, 2022
A drawing of Bluto by Randy Milholland, the Popeye Sunday cartoonist, especially for Boomer Magazine
Nostalgia

‘It’s That One-Eyed Sailor Again!’

Ninety years of Bluto – or is it Brutus?

By Fred M. Grandinetti | October 5, 2022
grandparents with boy on beach. Photo by Wavebreakmedia Ltd, Dreamstime. for article on revisiting vacation spots of the past
Nostalgia

Revisiting Vacation Spots of the Past

Can you go back again?

By Charlie Fletcher | September 12, 2022
A quilt made from pieces of her mother's aprons: Author, educator, and Boomer reader Diann Logan recalls her mother’s many aprons over the years, her childhood game of playfully untying her mother’s apron strings, the fabrics that made these homespun garments, and the aprons as her ties to the past.
Family

Apron Strings

Fond memories of her mother

By Diann Logan | September 6, 2022
A restored Good Humor Truck and man dressed as the Good Humor Man. Photo by Greg Kelton, Dreamstime. A memory of childhood excitement when the Good Humor Truck came to the neighborhood: from hearing the bells to enjoying the "heavenly treat."
From Our Readers

The Good Humor Truck

Fond memories of flagging down the ice cream man

By R. G. Begora | August 30, 2022
Kent McCord and Martin Milner in Adam-12 - NBC publicity. Nostalgia writer Nick Thomas speaks with veteran actor Kent McCord on the fortuitous start to his career and several of his roles, including “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” and most notably co-starring alongside Martin Milner (1931-2015) in “Adam-12.”
Nick Thomas

Kent McCord of ‘Adam 12’ on His Career

Beginning with “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”

By Nick Thomas | August 22, 2022
girl and dog silhouette Photo by Christinlola Dreamstime. Julia Nunnally Duncan shares her nostalgic poem, “True Friend,” with Boomer readers. Her 1960s sentiment touches all who have loved a dog.
From Our Readers

‘True Friend’

For Laddie

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | August 11, 2022
Lucy at Madam Tussauds, New York. Photo by Rorem, Dreamstime. The on-screen marriage of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in "I Love Lucy" can provide inspiration and these five lessons to other couples.
Family

5 Marriage Tips from “I Love Lucy”

What Lucy and Ricky demonstrated about strong relationships

By Charlie Fletcher | August 10, 2022

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