Archive for May, 2008
Queen of the Road
You think baby boomers have done it all? You think you’ve heard it all? Not even close, as Doreen Orion writes in this excerpt from her brand new book published by Broadway Books, “Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, [...]
When Your Boob Tube is … Too Small
Of all the challenges baby boomers face, none is more daunting….than answering the challenges our children pose! Laurey Boyd found out firsthand, when suddenly her boob tube wasn’t nearly big enough!
There has been a strange phenomenon in our otherwise low key little bungalow. We have gone from television sets that are teeny, to only [...]
Facing the Mid-Life Female Conundrum
Juliet Stevenson is one of Britain’s most popular and prolific actors, starring in films, television productions and on the stage. One of her best-known films was “Truly, Madly, Deeply,” a motion picture that helped to define the baby boomer generation in the same way as “The Big Chill.” On the debut of her [...]
Unplugging with a Safety Net
We always like it at BoomerCafé when boomers make life seem easier, and productivity last longer. That’s what Nancy Whitney-Reiter has done with her new book, “Unplugged: How to Disconnect From the Rat Race, Have an Existential Crisis, and Find Meaning and Fulfillment.” With the erosion of ideals from our parents’ generation, this [...]
