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old sewing machine, image by Arman Zhenikeyev. From Our Readers article by Boomer Colin M. Kelly, of a holiday when Mom asked, "Can you keep a secret?"
From Our Readers

‘Can You Keep a Secret?’

A Boomer reader recalls a small secret with a deep impact

By Colin M. Kelly | December 6, 2023
A woman taking a picture of a rainbow in the distance over the Gulf of Mexico, contributed for her article on swan songs
From Our Readers

Swan Songs

The lament of nearing the end

By Sherrill Pool Elizondo | November 29, 2023
An old pencil drawing of a cart like the one used by Turco del Mundo
From Our Readers

Turco del Mundo

A colorful, enterprising young Uruguayan

By Wesley Shennan | November 14, 2023
Two hands playing a piano: a young child and an elderly person. For article on Old Things v. Young Ones
From Our Readers

Old Things v. Young Ones

The value is in the eyes of the beholders

By Marie Anderson | November 8, 2023
Jay Ahlbeck at Breithorn Summit. Ahlbeck shares lessons from Breithorn
From Our Readers

Lessons from 13,000 Feet

Reaching the peak of the Breithorn was the goal

By Jay Ahlbeck | October 31, 2023
Old picture of children dressed up in costumes and playing an apple-eating contest, by Everett Collection Inc. Article on Halloween memories
From Our Readers

The Great Halloween Scam

A Boomer reader remembers

By R.G. Begora | October 25, 2023
A sad woman in a wheelchair in a nursing home, by Didesign021. For article on "Whatever happened to living like the Waltons," when the elders shared the family home?
From Our Readers

What Happened to Living Like the Waltons?

When Grandpa and Grandma shared the family home

By Karen Czuleger Strgacich | October 24, 2023
Totem poles in Saxman Native Village. Image by Anna Griessel, article on traveling outside of the guidebook
From Our Readers

‘That’s Not in the Guidebook’

And that’s a good thing

By Dale Davis | October 17, 2023
climate change concept image, with green on one side and parched bare ground and burning mountains on the other.
From Our Readers

The Madhouse Logic

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it yet

By Jim Fetter | September 19, 2023
fountain pen and writing on parchment paper. For post on "Those Little Notes"
From Our Readers

Those Little Notes

Stirring up memories of her mother

By Doreen Mary Frick | September 12, 2023

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