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Frequent Foreplay Miles
We’re always looking for new ways to stay happy, right? Shela Dean, author of the upcoming Frequent Foreplay Miles: Your Ticket to a Happy Marriage, thinks she has it figured out for baby boomers. Her advice? Put new life into your relationship by keeping score!
I’m preachin’ to the choir when I say that boomers are [...]
Visiting Russia … 20 Years On
If you are considering a visit to Russia, this story is for you — BoomerCafé co-founder and editor Greg Dobbs recently was there, on assignment for HDNet. It was his first visit to the country since covering news there for ABC in the 1980s.
It must be twenty years since I last came to Russia — [...]
Why I Still Love Halloween
For many baby boomers, Halloween may conjure up images and memories of a more innocent time. Clearly it does for writer Cindy La Ferle who shares this essay about Halloween from her book, Writing Home.
“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.” ~George Carlin
Halloween always stirs a cauldron of memories [...]
Regarding Mother
Mel Miskimen is like most of us boomers, looking forward to the carefree years of childless retirement. But just like most of us boomers, something stood in the way: her parents and how fast they were aging. Maybe the theme of Mel’s candid story is, be prepared.
I was carefree. A recent Empty Nester. I had [...]
Baby Boomers are in for a Shock!
We have more in common than the name “Baby Boomers.” What we also have in common is something some of us already have gone through, some are going through now, and some are about to: our parents’ deaths. With a nursing background involving bereavement and palliative care, Jane Galbraith thought she was ready [...]
Networking for Life
Being a baby boomer coincides today with being either early-middle-aged or even at the start of senior citizenry. What this means is, if your life needs to be reshaped and you don’t do it now, you might not get the chance. That’s where vocational coach Craig Nathanson comes in. He has written a piece for [...]
Cowboy Jack & Healing Arts
Some of those baby boomers who teach us about natural healing arts are young wannabes. But some are of our generation, and got their start decades back, when most of us felt the pull of nature, but resisted. Dr. Bruce Berkowsky didn’t. That’s how he found Cowboy Jack.
In June of 1973 I [...]
Boomers As Spiritual Seekers
If you were of the “60s” generation, it might seem far removed from your life today. But for author Linda Lewis, it is as close now as it was when some of us were flower children. She has just written a book about The Baby Boomer as a Spiritual Seeker.
I guess I’ve always been a [...]
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 [...]
