How some boomers are overcoming loneliness and finding new friendships in retirement: 'It's been a lifesaver'

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How some boomers are overcoming loneliness and finding new friendships in retirement: 'It's been a lifesaver'

From left to right: Joe Lamy; Garey Schmidt; Maria Maki; Rick GrossmanJovelle Tamayo; Matt Martian Williams; Andrea Ellen Reed for BIMaria Maki, 79, experienced her "deepest sense of loneliness" when she moved to Buffalo, Minnesota, at the height of the pandemic.She attempted to mitigate her feelings of isolation by reading and doing various projects at home, but Maki told me that between not having close contact with family members and living a…