Recent Articles
Boomers – Next Generation of Great Entrepreneurs
Don’t be fooled by baby-faced Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook fame: Contrary to popular opinion, 20-somethings aren’t the only ones responsible for successful startups these days, reports Janean Chun in Huffington Post. Baby boomers, in fact, are making things happen.
Time is Fleeting … as Baby Boomers are Constantly Reminded
Time is fleeting. And the older we get, the faster it fleets! Boomer writer Wendy Reichental got a new reminder of that on Christmas Day … the one day when you might want time to stand still.
The Holidays bring Remembrance
One change from our childhood to the present day is a sad one: the constant demand for more space at our nation’s most sacred cemetery. BoomerCafé co-founder and publisher David Henderson has long ties to this hallowed ground, and just visited again because the Holidays Bring Remembrance.
It’s the time to be thankful for even the smallest things
This holiday season, we try to give thanks for our good fortune, and all of us, no matter what our problems look like, have some. In her anthology “Like The Stars of the Heavens,” Helen Zegerman Schwimmer is thankful for the smallest things, like The Angel Who Drove A Chevy.
A Raucous Christmas Video about Baby Boomers
You think you are an active boomer? Then you haven’t met Joe Grillo, who has just produced a raucous Christmas video about baby boomers and the economy. Here’s the back story of the video, with a link. You’ll have no trouble finding Joe; he’s the lead singer in “I Want a Job for Christmas.”
Investing In The Past For Your Kids
If we are the active boomers we say we are, and if we have changed the formula for middle-age as we say we have, then we ought to pass our wisdom on to the generations that follow. Essayist Bob Brody, who writes a blog – Letters to My Kids – has some advice for how to go about it.
Baby Boomers Face Facebook and Other Realities
We boomers live active lifestyles, sure, but what happens when they get both active and empty? Wendy Shade found out, as she learned to Face Facebook and Other Realities.
Pre-boomer Poms Pump Up The Volume
Usually on BoomerCafé we features stories about what boomers are doing to stay active and young. But boomer writer Marcia Barhydt puts a twist on the theme: she writes about “pre-boomers” who stay equally active and young.
Baby Boomers – Don’t Let a Calendar Dictate Your Lives
One thing that distinguishes our generation from all generations that came before us is, we don’t let the calendar dictate our lives. And as Liz Kitchens writes, there are solid ways to ensure that.
Woodstock – Memories Live on for Many Baby Boomers in New Film
Woodstock. It means so much to so many of us. Even if we weren’t there, it helped shape our generation for better or worse. Boomer Joe Nolan was there, and has never forgotten what Woodstock meant to him.
