Author Archive for Cafe
Since the summer of 1999, BoomerCafé™ has been an online creative writing gathering place for baby boomers with active lifestyles and youthful spirits.
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 [...]
The Big Chill at 25
With all due respect to the generations that follow ours … their music doesn’t deserve much respect! At least not according to BoomerCafé co-founder David Henderson, who has compiled his own Top 10 list of our very best music … and wants to know, what’s yours?
I was watching “The Big Chill” again the other [...]
A Boomer’s Memories of a Barbie Christmas
The world has changed since we were kids. And never more so than on the holidays. But as baby boomer comedian Mel Miskimen tells it, that’s not always such a bad thing.
Ah, the Holidays. A time for family, friends, memories.I remember Christmas Eve. We went to my grandma’s house. The first thing that [...]
Boomer Poetry: Life’s Little Renewals
If we live long enough, we’ll all go where baby boomer poet Joanne Tolles has gone. Unless we’ve already been there. But somehow, where some of us find fear in a new stage of life, Joanne finds renewal!
I had to go there -
my license was expired.
I had to go to that place -
the [...]
An Edible Quest
Baby boomers are the leaders now. Of any generation alive today, ours has seen more lies, more propaganda, more mistakes than any other, while still having the capacity to fix them. Which is why BoomerCafé co-founder David Henderson is chewing on the problem, why do we tolerate foods that are designed to kill [...]
Letter from California
Feeling like the holiday season brings an end to another year that makes you another year older? For Michael Petrie, whose writing has appeared from time to time on BoomerCafé, not a problem. He just shared this letter with us, which we decided to share with you, because this guy is just who we exist for: [...]
To Fish … or Not to Fish
Fishing. It’s a sport or pastime that appeals to many baby boomers … but not all, as BoomerCafé co-founder and editor Greg Dobbs explains …
If you’re a fisherman — actually, I’m told these days the word is “fisherperson” — you might want to stop reading right here. You’re not going to like the rest of [...]
Heart Attack-ack-ack-ack-ack
Heart Attack-ack-ack-ack-ack. Billy Joel only had it in his song. Writer Mel Miskimen just had it in her life. There’s a lesson here … if you live long enough to survive Heart Attack-ack-ack-ack-ack.
Last Friday I was out walking my black Lab, when . . . Ow!
There was that pain again. The one that I had [...]
Keeping Up With Baby Boomers
At BoomerCafé, we pride ourselves on being “active baby boomers.” Okay, that’s fine, but writer Bert Newman just took a terrific trip with his wife and asks, “Do we always have to be so active?”
Mae West apparently said that anything worth doing is worth doing slowly. If so, the best place to do that may [...]
Never Too Old!
The phrase we active boomers have thrown out of our lives is, “You’re too old to….” What we ask is, too old to do what?! Jane Bennett Clark of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance even says we’re not too old to start a brand new business. We can succeed, as long as we rely on our experience, and [...]
