Two young women playing video games. Image by Mauricio Jordan de Souza Coelho. A woman has given her fiancé an ultimatum: she won’t marry him until his freeloading grown daughters move out of his house. Advice columnist Eric Thomas weighs in.
Advice for Life

Her Fiancé’s Freeloading Grown Daughters

Who has the problem? Are there solutions?

By R. Eric Thomas | April 18, 2025
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What’s Booming – RVA Events

More What’s Booming RVA: April 17 to 24

A one-of-a-kind look at Richmond events plus a day trip and news

By Annie Tobey | April 17, 2025
grandparents with twin girls outside in a park, looking at a laptop together, perhaps doing a puzzle like the Jumble cookies puzzle for kids
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble Puzzles with Cows and Shore Birds

Two scrambled word challenges – Jumble for Kids and the Classic

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | April 14, 2025
A big breakfast of eggs, link sausage, toast with jelly, and waffles. For article on dining alone at breakfast. Image by Joshua Resnick
Greg Schwem

Dining Alone at Breakfast

‘When it comes to breakfast, I’d prefer a table for one’

By Greg Schwem | April 11, 2025
An older woman wonders, is she too old to get another cat? Image by Verastuchelova
Advice for Life

Too Old to Get Another Cat?

With mortality looming, she questions her next move

By R. Eric Thomas | April 11, 2025
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What’s Booming – RVA Events

More What’s Booming RVA: April 10 to 17

A one-of-a-kind look at Richmond events plus day trips and news

By Annie Tobey | April 10, 2025
Nick Fradiani as 'Neil - Then' (center) with 'The Noise' and the Band in A Beautiful Noise_ The Neil Diamond Musical - Photo credit Jeremy Daniel. For What's Booming, January 23 to 30 and for April 9, Sweet Caroline
What’s Booming – RVA Events

What’s Booming RVA: ‘Sweet Caroline’ Nostalgia

Boomer’s top 5 picks for the week ahead

By Annie Tobey | April 10, 2025
Portland Head Light, among the popular Maine lighthouses - Nick Thomas
Nick Thomas

My Favorite Maine Lighthouses

Take a Hike! With Nick Thomas along the New England coast

By Nick Thomas | April 4, 2025
A man and woman dance a classic dance at home, with a winter wonderland outside. Asking Eric column on a man who fights getting older, even in bed. Image by Pojoslaw
Advice for Life

He Fights Getting Older, Even in Bed

And he wants to ‘knock it out of the park’ every time

By R. Eric Thomas | April 4, 2025
the front stoop and front porch. By Maria Dryfhout
From Our Readers

Memories of the Front Stoop

Childhood thoughts of days gone by

By Roger Pierangelo | April 2, 2025

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