All Entries in the "Baby Boomers" Category
China Through a Baby Boomer’s Eyes
China is big news these days. But it was not as a journalist that BoomerCafé co-founder Greg Dobbs and his wife toured the crowded country that remains somewhat mysterious to westerners … they were on a well-earned vacation and had set out to learn all they could about China and its people. Now [...]
Midlife at the Improv
We like this take by baby boomer Mel Miskimen on what it takes to chase your dream, and to keep running after it, even when no one else seems to share it. She calls it “Midlife at the Improv.”
Stand up comedy has been my dream ever since I saw Totie Fields on the recently deceased [...]
The Culture of Hiking the Alps
Who would have thought that there is a culture of sorts surrounding the sport of hiking. Never occurred to BoomerCafé co-founder David Henderson until he took a vacation to Switzerland and found that hiking is the sport of choice among baby boomers in Europe.
It had never occurred to me … as my wife and [...]
A Kindness That Doesn’t Announce Itself
As the time draws close for the marriage of her son, author and baby boomer Meredith Jordan discovers a truth meaning of the phrase, a simple act of emotional and spiritual generosity …
I was in Marblehead, Massachusetts this Sunday for a bridal shower intended to honor the lovely young woman chosen by my beautiful son [...]
How To Be A Writer
BoomerCafé editor and co-founder Greg Dobbs has had a successful career and made a good living as a writer. He believes everyone has the ability to become a writer but talent begins with discipline and focus –
Because I’ve always been a writer — documentaries for HDNet Television, news stories for ABC News, opinion columns [...]
The Second Half of Life
Sometimes we have to break the rules to survive … especially to survive what writer and baby boomer Linda Albert calls “the second half of life.” She broke her own rules by going on an expedition of Outward Bound. Read her adventure and ask yourself, could you do what she did?
I am nine-tenths up the [...]
Reflections on the Meaning of Family
How many of us baby boomers have adopted our children? How many of us would consider adoption after we passed the age of 50?
Baby boomer and National Public Radio host Scott Simon, his wife Caroline and their first adopted daughter recently traveled to China to adopt their second daughter.
Scott shares his reflections with us [...]
Microsoft is Not Really a Boomer’s Friend
Tip-toeing into today’s digital revolution that’s moving so fast can understandably be daunting to many baby boomers. But BoomerCafé co-founder David Henderson has found a solution — at least, he’s found a reliable, user-friendly computer:
As a baby boomer, I get mad as hell when I hear someone (always younger) suggest that anyone over 50 [...]
