Roz Warren
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‘Downton Abbey’ and ‘Beverly Hillbillies’: separated at birth?
If you, like me, are a Boomer who is addicted to “Downton Abbey, ...
10 years ago
That time Tony Auth illustrated my essay — and nailed it
Robin Williams. Joan Rivers. And now, Tony Auth. It’s been a tough couple of months for people who love to laugh. Rob ...
10 years ago
Nothing can dim this nerd girl’s four-eyed pride
I’m a librarian. A reader. I identify as a four-eyed person. I’ve always worn glasses. I got my first pair in the second grad ...
10 years ago
That can’t be your favorite fragrance … can it?
A horse-mad friend — one of those women whose idea of bliss is to be on horseback — recently remarked, “I wish they made a scen ...
10 years ago
The sweat-drenched woman’s guide to enjoying an unmedicated menopause
Menopause came for me several years ago, when I was in my mid-fifties, and I can’t say that I’ve enjoyed the experience. ...
10 years ago
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … Marcel Proust!
The man I love reads Proust. He also reads Batman comic books. Mark is a retired English Professor, and quite the intellectual, but the n ...
10 years ago
Learning how to accept cake — one of the many blessings of middle age
I’m processing books in the circulation office of the library where I work when I hear a sudden outcry. “Oh no!”&n ...
11 years ago
You call this cold? Ha! This isn’t cold!
Since moving to this area, I’ve enjoyed 25 delightfully mild winters. And my son, who had the great good fortune to grow up here, g ...
11 years ago
Wrong about sex, from J.D. Salinger to Miley Cyrus
When Miley Cyrus, after asserting that everybody’s sex life comes to a screeching halt at age 40, told Matt Lauer that, age 55 ...
11 years ago
7 ways Barbie dolls could give girls something real to look forward to
If you’re a girl and you’re a boomer, one thing is certain: You grew up playing with Barbies. Whether you lived in a m ...
11 years ago
Random acts of excruciating annoyance
“I hate people who use the automatic door opener when they don’t need to,” my co-worker Sara said recently. Little ...
12 years ago