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The Passing of Icons
By Cafe on June 25, 2009  |  Comments 10

The Passing of Icons

All at once, our ranks are thinner. And the ranks of our icons: Farrah Fawcett, a leading-edge boomer, and Michael Jackson, on the other end of our generation. Mike Petrie writes this tribute about the passing of icons.

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Second Reserve Bank Unit
By Cafe on June 25, 2009  |  Comments 0

Second Reserve Bank Unit

We love it when baby boomers write books that other generations want to read. Such is the case with Ninni Holmqvist’s new novel about a woman whose government considers her “dispensable” at the age of fifty.

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Looking into the Eyes of Iran
By Cafe on June 21, 2009  |  Comments 1

Looking into the Eyes of Iran

Both of BoomerCafe´s co-founders – Greg Dobbs and David Henderson – are former network television news correspondents. As such, each continues to closely follow world events. David and Greg each have written pieces about what’s happening right now in Iran.

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Maybe It’s Times To Change Things
By Cafe on June 21, 2009  |  Comments 0

Maybe It’s Times To Change Things

We boomers might think we’re innovators, and in many ways we are. But in others, we are no different than the generations before us. Humor writer Katie B. Goode is trying to change a few things with our generation, and she begins with the custom of shaking hands.

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iPod Pretty World
By Cafe on June 19, 2009  |  Comments 16

iPod Pretty World

Why don’t we take a little piece of summer sky, hang it on a tree. For that’s the way to start to make a pretty world for you and for me.
~ Sergio Mendez, Brazil ‘66

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How Accomplished People Retire Successfully
By Cafe on June 09, 2009  |  Comments 0

How Accomplished People Retire Successfully

Here we are, full of life, maybe even feeling full of youth, and close enough to be thinking about putting all this energy into retirement. Fast forward to the U.S. economy, 2009…which is another way of saying, Not so fast, pal. You may want to retire, but you have to work. That’s what psychologist and executive coach Bill Roiter writes about in his book Beyond Work: How Accomplished People Retire Successfully.

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Baby Boomers are Today’s Entrepreneurs

If you’re thinking that the majority of entrepreneurs are young go-getters you’d be thinking wrong.

In fact, according to the Kauffman Foundation, the the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity belongs Baby Booomer go-getters, 55 to 64.

Midlife Magic

Midlife Magic

Midlife crisis? We boomers have heard the phrase … and maybe lived the crisis … for many years now. But what does it mean, and where does it come from? Laura Lee Carter, who calls herself the Midlife Crisis Queen, has looked into it, and shares a peek at the introduction to [...]

California’s Mural Towns

California’s Mural Towns

Amid all the diverse art and culture in California are its murals … large murals created over the last several decades, and located mostly in smaller towns. San Francisco-born art historian Kevin Bruce has traveled the state to write about its murals for a new book, “Large Art in Small Places: Discovering the California Mural [...]

Memoirs of a Boomer: The Beerwagon

Memoirs of a Boomer: The Beerwagon

If you’re a boomer, you’ve been around long enough to have done things years ago you wouldn’t do today. That’s surely true for Don Lubov, whose new book “Memoirs of a Boomer” recalls his ride in The Beerwagon.

It’s 1971. I’m backpacking across the U.S. I stick out my thumb. My first red flag is [...]

About the Chesapeake and Space Shuttle

About the Chesapeake and Space Shuttle

To his family and legions of friends, BoomerCafé co-founder Greg Dobbs is known – among many other wonderful things – for his letters … observations on life, his work, and his travels. In his latest email letter, Greg writes of two recent stories he has covered, as a correspondent for HDNet.

May 10, 2009, from the [...]