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Baby Boomer Lola - still growing, still learning, not too old, pinches wiser, with youth in the heart.
Baby Boomer Lola
4d ago
By LPJ Back home in Palo Alto after a most enjoyable vacation in the Philippines. My vacation February to March this year had been a roller coaster ride with a series of fun activities and reunions with family, relatives and friends, not to mention frequent culinary and touristy adventures during our travels to various localities. […]
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Baby Boomer Lola
2M ago
By LPJ Spiritually refreshed. That’s how I felt at last weekend’s women’s retreat at Mt. Hermon Conference Center in Felton, California. It rained every day of the retreat, but indoors, it was cozy. Adding to the comfortable warmth were the devotionals, singing, teachings and camaraderie that abounded. Meeting other people and building new friendships while […]
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Baby Boomer Lola
3M ago
By LPJ As 2024 peeps around the corner in this side of the world, I look back at 2023. A good year that fleets by so fast. Faster for us, the seniors, and slow for the young ones raring to be grown-ups. It is grace to go through hindsight with a sense of gratitude. And […]
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Baby Boomer Lola
3M ago
By LPJ I miss a friend I had known in the past two years. Having completed a Fulbright postdoctoral scholarship at Stanford University in California, Chandra Vadhana, PhD, left last week back to India where her teenage son and daughter eagerly awaited her return. She will have five weeks to prepare the family for migration […]
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Baby Boomer Lola
4M ago
By LPJ I met Mary for the tenth time last Sunday, but only then did I start to know her more. Mary is not her real name. She exudes an innocence that camouflages a naivete. She speaks with a slightly furrowed brow that tells that her words flow from deep thoughts. She holds views about […]
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Baby Boomer Lola
4M ago
By LPJ I caved in to pressure from well-meaning family and friends to join an exercise class. They’ve been concerned about my lack of physical activity since I retired. Sure enough, my not driving to the office three days a week has obliterated most check points for activity. Most days find me sitting in front […]
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Baby Boomer Lola
5M ago
By LPJ A deja vu. I’m stuck again. Can’t think of anything to blog about. Short of standing on my head, I’ve tried every trick to dance my way to an idea, including staring at the ceiling hours before sleep at night, gawking at flowers and weeds beyond my front patio, even talking to birds […]
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Baby Boomer Lola
6M ago
By: LPJ Wonder and curiosity from a humble heart Behind my laptop on my table at home is a vase bearing baby’s breath, tiny white flower balls in bunches perched at the end of long, fragile branches. They came as part of a huge bouquet of yellow roses gifted to me by friends Jean and […]
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Baby Boomer Lola
7M ago
By LPJ In the world of imagination, I found the “happiest place on earth”, just like countless of others. On a long holiday weekend in September, I enjoyed the entertainment features of Disneyland and California Adventure with my son John, daughter-in-law Natasha, and grandson Eliott. To boot, we stayed at the luxurious and extravagant Disneyland […]
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Baby Boomer Lola
8M ago
By LPJ I love paddle boating, I told my son John, daughter-in-law Natasha and grandson Eliott. I stood corrected. It’s pedal boating. Okey, I love pedal boating. So, John and family took me to Shoreline Park lake in Mountain View, CA last weekend, to enjoy an activity I experienced in the last five years. This […]
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