Yesteryear

Votes for Women sashes, Lucy Burns Museum
History

Fairfax County Women's Suffrage

The Virginia county commemorates its role in the 19th Amendment

August 17, 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
British Royal Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997), wearing a blue jacket over a black dress, with Eton housemaster Dr. Andrew Gailey, Prince Harry, Prince William, and Prince Charles outside Manor House on Prince William's first day at Eton College in Eton, Berkshire, England, Sept. 16, 1995. (Princess Diana Archive/Hulton Archive/Getty Images/TNS). “The Princess,” a Princess Diana documentary
History

Princess Diana Documentary ‘The Princess’ Debuts on HBO

Film premieres on the 25th anniversary of her death

By Rebecca Rubin, Variety | August 8, 2022
pennyIllustration of an old candy store. Image sent by author. Baby boomer R. G. Begora recalls a youthful trip to the penny candy store, the woman who helped him choose, and nostalgic experiences of the past.
From Our Readers

A Trip to the Penny Candy Store

A fond memory from the early 1950s

By R. G. Begora | August 2, 2022
Author of the new Beatles book, Laurie Jacobson, surrounded by some of her Beatles memorablia - photo credit Jon Provost
Books

A New Beatles Book: ‘Top of the Mountain’

Laurie Jacobson compiles a new Beatles book, with a little help from her friends

August 1, 2022
vinyl disks and turntable Viktor Nagornyi Dreamstime. While Richard Abramson first embraced music on vinyl disks, he moved on to digital music. Yet still he hangs on to his vinyl albums.
From Our Readers

Requiem in Vinyl

Hanging on to the old disks

By Richard Abramson | July 26, 2022
The brady bunch house Michele Pirrello Dreamstime. Just like nostalgic TV shows stir our memories, so the settings and characters can make us smile and carry us back to earlier times. Here are five iconic TV homes, with a contemporary twist.
Nostalgia

Iconic Homes from Old TV Shows

Three houses that will bring back memories

By Charlie Fletcher | July 22, 2022
necklace with peace pendant, from the 1960s. Photo by Lcswart, Dreamstime. From his teen years to young adulthood, writer and baby boomer Robert Koehler reflects on self-determinism and growing up.
Nostalgia

Growing Up, Becoming a Man

Writer Robert Koehler reflects on self-determinism and growing up

By Robert Koehler | July 22, 2022
old comic books photo by Joseph Perone Dreamstime. Writer Julia Nunnally Duncan fondly recalls a youthful pastime: “On warm days I would climb into the bed of the [Studebaker pickup] truck and surround myself with model horses and my comic books.” She notes stories and favorites among those classic comics, her companions for years.
Books

My Comic Books

Memories from long ago

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | June 27, 2022

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