Barbara’s Riffs on Life

My Elderly, Old School Blog — It’s Still Going Strong

I started blogging to promote my book back in 2009. Now my elderly, old school blog is spam-riddled and in need of an update. Read more.

What about the boys? What about the men? Have we liberated women forgotten to listen to what our men are trying to say? Read more.

A kindly University of Michigan linguist, Anne Curzan, makes grammar funner than ever with her new guide to usage, “Says Who.” Read more.

Living to 100 — and then some: My grandmother lived till a few weeks short of her 100th birthday. My plan was to do the same. Read more.

The older you get, the more dead people you know. They are everywhere now. They keep you company. Read more.

Some of the best advice I got from my role model aunt was how to be sexy at any age. Read more.