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Discouraging Maturity Despite Boomer Power and Influence

Discouraging Maturity Despite Boomer Power and Influence

| May 17, 2013 | 2 Comments

If you feel like a mature baby boomer, don’t! And you won’t, once you realize it’s your kids who understand electronics — basically, how the world works — not you.

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In Observance of Mother’s Day, We Ask — Isn’t Dad Important Too?

In Observance of Mother’s Day, We Ask — Isn’t Dad Important Too?

| May 10, 2013 | 0 Comments

In our lifetime as baby boomers, Mother’s Day has been enshrined. Not so much on Father’s Day. It would be different if Lorie Eber had her way.

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Jazz, the Lesser Known Baby Boomer Music and its Great Artists

Jazz, the Lesser Known Baby Boomer Music and its Great Artists

| May 8, 2013 | 4 Comments

Some of the baby boomer generation’s best music was from lesser known, but soothing artists. Jazz artists. All you have to do is, just let the music flow.

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“Lockdown” means confined, not safe, secure or protected

“Lockdown” means confined, not safe, secure or protected

| May 3, 2013 | 1 Comment

As baby boomers with more than a half-century of living under our belts, we’ve seen changes for better and for worse. BoomerCafé’s David Henderson believes our use of language falls into the latter category.

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How to feel unplugged, and then, get found by getting lost

How to feel unplugged, and then, get found by getting lost

| April 30, 2013 | 0 Comments

Doncha just love it when we start to feel unglued?!? Boomer humor writer Renee Fisher feels that way … every single day. Which is why she wrote in her blog about Getting Found By Getting Lost.

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Baby boomer learns that getting older is not hard

Baby boomer learns that getting older is not hard

| April 22, 2013 | 3 Comments

Baby boomer Carrier Slocomb, who’s all about thriving, has his own rant about aging: “Growing Older Isn’t Hard.”

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Events and memories that shaped the lives of many baby boomers

Events and memories that shaped the lives of many baby boomers

| April 18, 2013 | 8 Comments

We’ve moved on from the Sixties, but we haven’t forgotten what they meant, or how they shaped us. That’s why we like Frank Cmelak’s Memories of a Boomer. He’s moving forward while looking back.

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Like it or not, baby boomers are morning people!

Like it or not, baby boomers are morning people!

| April 10, 2013 | 2 Comments

We’ll bet you didn’t know this: baby boomers are morning people! We weren’t always … not all of us anyway … but as Dave Williams writes, eventually we have no choice.

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The endless summers and fond events in our memories

The endless summers and fond events in our memories

| April 1, 2013 | 1 Comment

What shaped our boomer generation? In large part, all the same kinds of things that shaped generations that have come before and after as Denise Price Thomas writes.

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Do Baby Boomers or Millennials Experience More Financial Stress?

Do Baby Boomers or Millennials Experience More Financial Stress?

| March 28, 2013 | 0 Comments

So which generation is more stressed than any other? Boomers? Millennials? We can all lay claim to stress, but BoomerCafé contributor Liz Kitchens sheds some light on who wins.

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