All Entries in the "Contributors" Category
Greg’s Letter from Lebanon
Just because we are baby boomers and over age 50 doesn’t mean slowing down for many of us … certainly not BoomerCafé Co-Founder and Executive Editor Greg Dobbs. In Greg’s “day job” as news correspondent for HDNet Television, he travels the world to cover news, sometimes to dangerous places, and he shared those experiences [...]
Scare Your Kid Out of the House!
Kids coming home? AGAIN?!? GypsyNester.com has figured out the Top Ten Ways to Scare Your Boomerang Kid Out of the House!
10. Greet your child at the door naked, with a bottle of Viagra and a can of whipped cream in your hands, and shout, “Honey, I guess we can’t use the kitchen, our [...]
Loveless in Tennis Heaven
Some baby boomers are never stuck for something to do … even if they do it wrong. That’s how things have turned out for Laurey and Bill Boyd, who have made for themselves a “loveless” marriage … loveless, in tennis heaven.
My husband and I have rediscovered an old high school sweetheart: tennis. With [...]
Newfoundland for Baby Boomers
One beauty for many boomers these days is time. Time to travel, time to explore. Jane Paznik-Bondarin lives in New York City, so she constantly feels the pull. One of her favorite places is off the beaten track, and she shares it with us at BoomerCafé. It’s about Mrs. Paine, who [...]
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 [...]
Baby Boomer Health Advice: Bust That Gut!
When it comes to living a healthier life, Dorothy Packer-Fletcher is a baby boomer who knows of what she speaks. Several years ago, she cut her weight almost in half! So BoomerCafé asked her to tell us how she did it. And equally important, how she kept those pounds off. Her [...]
As Baby Boomers … We Are What We Eat
We boomers have seen change in our decades on earth. Lots of it. Some is for the better, but not all. BoomerCafé co-founder and publisher David Henderson is nostalgic for some of the good things we had not long ago … and has figured out how to get them back!
Not long ago, [...]
A Man’s Guide to Making Relationships Last
We’re never too old for some things. Sex is certainly on that list. So is romance. But so is the need from time to time to renew some lessons we might have forgotten to make sex and romance successful. Denny Durbin is the author of “Lazy Enchiladas Redefining Success,” and has [...]
Finding My Grandmother’s Secret Journal
No matter how many years back they go, we all have childhood memories. Some are sweet, some are sad. In this excerpt from the first chapter of her book Regina’s Closet: Finding My Grandmother’s Secret Journal, Diana M. Raab has a bit of both. The time is 1964. The place, New York.
I was ten [...]
Wedding Dress Redux
As active baby boomers, we can be both modern and old-fashioned at the same time. Writer Debra Darvick proved it one recent day when she became an Afternoon Bride.
“I give you a lot of credit,” the bridal consultant said as she zipped me into a six thousand dollar confection of a gown. Clouds [...]
Do Our Kids Truly Grow Up?
Got grown kids? If your answer is yes, then reexamine one key word in the question: “Grown.” Are they truly grown up? If not, whose fault is that? Veronica James from GypsyNester.com believes it could be yours … If you don’t do something about it, you might always have Boomerang Kids.
I’m [...]
The Passing of a Man With a Loving Heart
There have been numerous tributes this week to Gary Smith (right) — a generous and loving man who worked at National Public Radio in Washington, DC, and was loved back by a large community of family and friends. Mr. Smith passed away at age 57. He was a baby boomer, like us. One [...]
