Archive for January, 2008
The New Alone
Because we boomers are more active and live longer, we can plan for the best. But we also have to know when to plan for the worst. That’s what author Elizabeth Marquardt recently wrote about for The Washington Post. She has given BoomerCafé permission to reprint the piece. Marquardt calls the [...]
Life As A House
If there’s one thing most boomers probably have thought about (even if they haven’t actually done it), it’s a remodel. And why not?!? It eats only a few months … well, maybe six … or maybe a whole year … okay, sometimes more than a year out of our lives. As Laurey [...]
The Day of the Round-the-Block Olympics
Ozzie and Harriett, Father Knows Best? Those were the days, when no one imagined the kind of trouble kids get into today. In this excerpt from his novel “Will the Laughter Stop? Baby Boomer Chronicles,” James J. Brown recalls an innocent day in the life of his own youth: the day of [...]
The Abuse of Our Parents
Our boomer generation has moved in ways no one could anticipate. But it’s not all for the best, because one of the novel phenomena with which many of us have to deal is the abuse of our parents, known as “elder abuse.” Studies suggest that as many as a third of us will [...]
Men Choosing Not to be Sexual
BoomerCafé is all about baby boomers with active lifestyles. But as active as baby boomers are, some are hiding something. Something about sex. Relationship expert Dr. Bob Berkowitz and his wife, Susan Yager-Berkowitz, have done an unprecedented survey which reveals a secret truth, which is implicit in the name of their book: [...]
Going Back … Going Forward
Vietnam. It almost goes hand in hand with the lives of today’s older baby boomers. It was traumatic for us all, but none more than the servicemen and women who were there. Now-retired police officer Bob Hall is one of them, and only last year did he figure out how to soften [...]
No Longer a Regular Gig
New York writer Renee Petro has a husband, three kids, a baby guinea pig, and a fridge full of bottled water, Diet Coke, and ice cream! Why? Because as a baby boomer she has discovered that her fertility doesn’t last, but vitality is forever.
I was never the type of gal who got her [...]
