Yesteryear

'Becoming Thelma Lou' book cover
Books

‘Becoming Thelma Lou’

Posthumous book from Betty Lynn

November 14, 2022
The Cinderella castle at Disneyland in California after dark. After a childhood of making Disney memories, R. G. Begora made his first visit to Disneyland at the age of 59, with unexpected results.
From Our Readers

Disney Memories: A Boomer’s Visits to Disneyland

‘My First Visit to Disneyland at Age 59’

By R.G. Begora | November 7, 2022
a pile of old pocketknives, one of the memories that stirs this poet's heart. Boomer reader Julia Nunnally Duncan recalls the little things from the past that speak to her still: "mementos of a past time and place."
From Our Readers

‘The Little Things’

A poem

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | November 5, 2022
Nancy Olson, as she was credited, and William Holden publicity still - Paramount Pictures. For article on Nancy Olson Livingston and her autobiography, "A Front Row Seat."
Nick Thomas

Nancy Olson Livingston of 1950’s “Sunset Boulevard”

A front-row seat to entertainment history

By Nick Thomas | November 1, 2022
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
Schoolchildren raise the Freedom Flag at their school. In the wake of 9/11, a restaurateur in Richmond, Virginia, created the Freedom Flag to symbolize the import of the day and to honor the importance of freedom into the future.
History

The Freedom Flag Honors and Remembers

A movement to establish a national symbol of remembrance

By Annie Tobey | September 9, 2022

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