Yesteryear

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
A quilt made from pieces of her mother's aprons: Author, educator, and Boomer reader Diann Logan recalls her mother’s many aprons over the years, her childhood game of playfully untying her mother’s apron strings, the fabrics that made these homespun garments, and the aprons as her ties to the past.
Family

Apron Strings

Fond memories of her mother

By Diann Logan | September 6, 2022
A restored Good Humor Truck and man dressed as the Good Humor Man. Photo by Greg Kelton, Dreamstime. A memory of childhood excitement when the Good Humor Truck came to the neighborhood: from hearing the bells to enjoying the "heavenly treat."
From Our Readers

The Good Humor Truck

Fond memories of flagging down the ice cream man

By R. G. Begora | August 30, 2022
Inside the dome of the Reichstag, Germany's parliament building. Travel writer Rick Steves recalls his visit to Berlin’s Reichstag – the German parliament building – and digs beneath the entertainment value of travel to examine its value in understanding history, broadening our perspectives, and understanding current events more fully.
History

Berlin’s Reichstag as a History Lesson

Teary-eyed Germans and a big glass dome

By Rick Steves | August 30, 2022

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