The Booming Blog Says Goodbye
By MICHAEL WINERIP
After a year and a half, the Booming blog is ending, but much of its content will be found elsewhere in the newspaper and on the web.
Roy Hoffman
Mobile Bay at the end of a January day.
Finding my way back to religion, I find some prayers are composed in the sanctuaries of my making.
Robyn Beck/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Stevie Nicks: "If I’ve learned nothing else it’s that time passes and anger doesn’t do you much good." Here, arriving at the Grammy Awards ceremony in January.
At 65, she talks about vocal lessons, songwriting, the longevity of Fleetwood Mac and life on and offstage.
Katherine Streeter
At 12 and in middle school, I worried that a bra was not in my future, but my father, who had to be both mom and dad, knew best.
Curtiss Anderson marrying Angela, the girl next door. "I was still trying to find myself, but she stuck with me and always said she saw potential," he said.
Through four decades of marriage, Angela and Curtiss Anderson have learned to enjoy the journey.
Erik S. Lesser for The New York Times
W.D. Snodgrass, Pulitzer-winning poet, at Emory University in Atlanta in April 2008.
A second interview with W.D. Snodgrass, this time near the end of his life, somehow brought things full circle.
Retiring
For Some, Retirement Is Out of Reach. For Others, Boring.
By ABBY ELLIN
Americans are retiring later in life, on average, but many members of the baby boomer generation say they find the very idea unthinkable.
From Our Children
Trapped by A.L.S., He Urged His Daughter to Fly Free
By LAUREN BRADY
With my dad’s disease in focus, to cope with things I could not control, I set out to write a screenplay, determined to make the most of the time.
My Story
On Losing It (or Not)
By NAOMI GLAUBERMAN
As I get older, I collect examples of others’ memory lapses, as signs that anyone can misplace things without fear of showing mental decline.
I Was Misinformed
Fido Prefers Organic
By JOYCE WADLER
Those exotic doggy treats may come back to haunt you.
Music Match
Protest Songs, From Seeger to Sting to Springsteen
By VAL HALLER
Pete Seeger on the importance of protest songs, with samples from later generations.
Civil Behavior
What Does It Mean When a Gay Son Takes His Husband’s Surname?
By STEVEN PETROW
Parents of a gay son who will be marrying his boyfriend are thrilled by the marriage, but less so that their son is dropping their last name.
Boomers and Divorce: Share Your Experience
By MICHAEL WINERIP
Booming is looking for baby boomer couples who have split up and are willing to talk about how their lives have changed and what they have learned.
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A New Way to Read Booming
By MICHAEL WINERIP
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