Category: Janie Emaus
Figuring Out Then From Now
We baby boomers have lots of ways to compare “then” to “now.” But in all our experience at BoomerCafé, we’ve never quite seen the comparison Janie Emaus offers up. In short, here’s how she puts it: Then: Getting Boned. Now: Getting Boniva.
Woodstock is Now … Chicken Stock
It may be too late to sing “Times they are a’changin ….” because they have already changed. Boomer columnist Janie Emaus tracks the change at an uncommon place: the dinner table, where Woodstock is now Chicken Stock. 1969 – What I wouldn’t have given to go to Woodstock. Joe Cocker. Hendrix. Joplin. Richie Havens. Crosby, [...]
Gee Golly Gee, where did the time go?
What happened to us? Then, it was senior prom. Now, it is senior discounts. Janie Emaus, who usually writes for the Los Angeles Times about children, has written now for BoomerCafé about Boomers – One day I woke up and discovered that my flat stomach had been replaced with a tiny roll of fat. Not [...]
