Category: Contributors
There’s one Super Bowl TV ad that really resonates with baby boomers
While several Super Bowl TV ads will target the baby boomer generation, boomer expert Brent Green focuses on one ad in particular, which is all about us!
Single Baby Boomers? Get Married This Year: 365 Days to “I Do”
It wasn’t always easy being in the market for a mate when we were younger. Now, arguably, it’s even harder. So psychotherapist Janet Page has written a book called Get Married This Year: 365 Days to “I Do.” The goal? Making dating easier.
It’s worth putting memories on paper
Remember drive-in movies? James Comey does, especially one he saw one night from a graveyard! In fact he has written a book that begins in that graveyard, which he says you might call American Graffiti meets A Prayer for Owen Meany. It’s actually called, Uncommon Glory.
A Baby Boomer Plunges into the World of E-Publishing
Kathleen Norton is an award-winning newspaper columnist in upstate New York. But neither awards nor experience can prepare you for some of the shocks of the 21st Century … at least not if you’re a baby boomer and a writer.
Jay Hunter Morris: Baby Boomer Reaches Stardom at The Met
It’s never too late for baby boomers to blossom. Take the case of Jay Hunter Morris. He has labored in the fields of operatic song for decades, but has only in the past year risen to the starring role for which he long prepared himself. BoomerCafé publisher and co-founder David Henderson writes this tribute to a baby boomer’s hard work and patience.
Reverse Mentoring for Baby Boomers. A Novel Idea
Here’s a new one: as boomers we set the pace, but we also know when to let others lead! That’s what Marcia Barhydt finds when she looks at a fairly new feature in our lives: Reverse Mentoring.
Volcanos and lava inspire baby boomer to reinvent his life
If you are ever visiting Hawaii’s Big Island when one of its volcanos is erupting, there’s a chance you may see Mick Kalber in action. Mick – a baby boomer now in his early 60s – moved to Hawaii 30 years ago and reinvented his career from that of TV news photographer to the world’s leading “volcanographer.”
Time is Fleeting … as Baby Boomers are Constantly Reminded
Time is fleeting. And the older we get, the faster it fleets! Boomer writer Wendy Reichental got a new reminder of that on Christmas Day … the one day when you might want time to stand still.
The Holidays bring Remembrance
One change from our childhood to the present day is a sad one: the constant demand for more space at our nation’s most sacred cemetery. BoomerCafé co-founder and publisher David Henderson has long ties to this hallowed ground, and just visited again because the Holidays Bring Remembrance.
It’s the time to be thankful for even the smallest things
This holiday season, we try to give thanks for our good fortune, and all of us, no matter what our problems look like, have some. In her anthology “Like The Stars of the Heavens,” Helen Zegerman Schwimmer is thankful for the smallest things, like The Angel Who Drove A Chevy.
