Category: Books
Do You Believe In Magic?
Do you believe in music? Or maybe the question for boomers is, Do You Believe In Magic? Dr. Bill Roiter says when you hear old songs from younger days, there’s magic in the memories.
Boca Knights
Lots of baby boomers who can afford to are moving. From north to south, from cold to hot. Boomer Steven M. Forman has written a new novel about one of them, Boston detective Eddie Perlmutter, whose knees tell him to retire down to Boca Raton. But is it paradise of sunbathing and golf?
A Boomer’s Run With The Mountain
One thing about us boomers that no one in any generation can deny: we are not just inventive, not just energetic … but we are undefeated. This doesn’t always matter, but when story-teller Talia Carner hurt herself on a ski slope, it mattered big-time. We’re only as old as we feel.
Marrying George Clooney!
Many of today’s most popular actresses and actors are … well … a little young, yes?!? But our boomer generation has its own icons. Most of us are probably content to just see them on the big screen, maybe even to fantasize from time to time about meeting them. But Amy Ferris has taken it a step further. She has just published a whole book about her fantasy, and given us an excerpt. It is called Marrying George Clooney!
Is There Sex and Love After 50?
Is there sex and love after 50? If you’re like baby boomer Gary Morgenstein, who went to his Jewish temple one day and saw a drop-dead gorgeous woman and asked a friend “Who’s the hottie?” and the friend said “That’s our rabbi,” the answer has to be yes!
Greg Dobbs: Life in the Wrong Lane
BoomerCafé co-founder and executive editor Greg Dobbs has a new book out. It is called “Life in the Wrong Lane,” because that’s where Greg — a longtime producer, then correspondent for ABC News, now a correspondent for HDNet Television — has spent most of his life: In the wrong lane, trying to get into places when smart, normal people are trying to get out.
From Cairo to Katrina, An Exile’s Journey
We are the generation that invented a new necessity: discovering our identity, retracing our roots. So it’s not unusual to hear of yet another baby boomer going back to see the land from which parents, grandparents, or earlier ancestors came. But in 1999,
Not Guilty by Reason of Menopause
Menopause? If you live long enough — and you’re female — you’re gonna get it! So, when Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant wrote the book, “Not Guilty by Reason of Menopause,” she was turning a tough time into a new adventure. But the trouble, she found, is that sometimes, you have to patch things up – A [...]
Our Lady of Weight Loss
Life and wellness coach Janice Taylor is both a boomer and a late bloomer. Why late? Because she waited ‘til her 50th birthday and then shed 50 pounds! She went on to write, “All Is Forgiven, Move On: Our Lady of Weight Loss’s 101 Fat-Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville,” and has sent this [...]
