Two men engaged in a bar conversation with beers and bar food. Image by Volodymyr Harasymiv
Greg Schwem

Bar Conversations of a Solo Diner

Was it a good idea to interrupt God?

By Greg Schwem | September 24, 2025
A man gardening in peace.
Advice for Life

Gardening in Peace: Do Not Disturb

How can a man tactfully stop his neighbors’ chatter?

By R. Eric Thomas | September 19, 2025
Old black and white image of a man with a doctor, image by Everett Collection. Used with Greg Schwem essay on medical jargon: “Doctor, please spare me the terminology”
Greg Schwem

‘Doctor, Please Spare Me the Terminology’

Is my problem ‘up there,’ ‘down there’ or ‘in there’?

By Greg Schwem | September 19, 2025
Grandparents and a grandson laughing as they are playing a game on a tablet, like the humorous Jumble puzzles with a songwriter and twins
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble Puzzles with a Songwriter and Twins

Two scrambled word challenges – Jumble for Kids and the Classic

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | September 15, 2025
mean woman, toxic sister, used with advice article on a friend who gets meaner with age. Image by Isabel Poulin
Advice for Life

Changing Decades of Control by Toxic Sister

Woman has had enough of her narcissistic personality

By R. Eric Thomas | September 12, 2025
Cast of "Murder on the Orient Express" playing at Virginia Rep. In What's Booming, September 11
What’s Booming – RVA Events

More What’s Booming RVA: Sept. 11 to 18

Curated events, a road trip, and news in Boomer’s one-of-a-kind Richmond calendar

By Annie Tobey | September 11, 2025
The view of Crater Lake in Oregon, from across the car parking lot. Image by Nick Thomas
Nick Thomas

Take a Hike! To Crater Lake in Oregon

Visiting this 7,700-year-old breathtaking beauty

By Nick Thomas | September 10, 2025
A woman with cancer sits in a wheelchair and looks mournfully out of the window. A woman is concerned about her longtime friend’s cancer diagnosis, but the friend’s aggressive reactions to her inquiries are damaging the friendship. Advice columnist Eric Thomas weighs in.
Advice for Life

Friend’s Cancer Diagnosis Splinters Friendship

Hurtful comments are driving a wedge

By R. Eric Thomas | September 5, 2025
grandparents playing a computer puzzle with their granddaughter, like the Jumble puzzles with translations and coins. Image by Nd3000
David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

Jumble Puzzles: Translations and Coins

Two scrambled word challenges – Jumble for Kids and the Classic

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek | September 1, 2025
A couple having an argument at home, such as over the husband’s emotional affair. By wavebreakmedia ltd
Advice for Life

Husband’s Emotional Affair

First it’s over, then it’s not

By R. Eric Thomas | August 29, 2025

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