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In the "old days," once someone reached our age, the mere fact that they were still breathing meant they were living.  Today, we really live, as actively as we did a decade ago, and more actively than any middle-aged generation before us.  That's what the articles featured on this page are all about.

Forget how many years you've been out of school. You can go back, without getting out of your pajamas. Angela Lovett, founder of the online learning directory "worldwidelearn.com," writes for BoomerCafé that opportunities are available entirely online. In fact, she says, it's Never Too Late To Learn.

Little Richard. Good golly! Just the name reminds a boomer of the good times. And Little Richard is a lot bigger than you'd think and, as Timothy Dexter Latus explains, he lives a Tutti Frutti Life.

We are the generation that has figured out how to have a fun vacation on our feet instead of on a tour bus. Which is why we like this place with which New York writer Jane Paznik-Bondarin has fallen in love: Thacher Island.

September 11th is etched in all our memories. But none more than the victims, and those who saw what happened firsthand. For New York writer Jane Paznik-Bondarin, no matter where she is when she gets up that morning, her Heart is in New York.

Writer Julia Jones is a boomer who seems to speak for many of us when she writes of family, children, jobs and relationships ... and our own personal feelings of self-confidence. Her latest essay for BoomerCafé is -- Living A Different Life.

In the last couple of years, crows have been threatened in the East by a virus carried by mosquitoes. Even though crows have been maligned for years, many of us enjoy these ancient birds. They just might be considered "the official baby boomer bird" because they have attitude. Writer Nancy Smeltzer has been contemplating crows from her home in rural Maryland.

Doubtless we boomers are different from other generations. But are there differences between older and younger boomers? Well yes, according to the newest Varilux Boomer Watch survey. What is shows is, We're Big and Diverse!

Funny thing about boomers. Our backs start going out, but somehow Mother Nature doesn’t take that into account when Spring comes. There’s still plenty of planting (and bending, and digging) to do.... which led Nancy Smeltzer to start Musing on Flowers and Pain.

We’re not just the baby boomer generation, we’re the WINE generation, because we’re the first generation to pop open a bottle of wine for everyday pleasure instead of just special occasions. Wine expert Richard McKay can make it chaper and easier if you read this article written for BoomerCafé, Everyday Wine.

We boomers take pride in all the things we do for ourselves ... like gardening. But deep down, we also know that when the weeds start growing, it can mean an early death ... and we don't mean the weeds! Freelance writer Teri Flatley has been there done that, and shares with us from Pittsburgh how she is Waging War in the Garden.

We’re thrilled when someone shows us something new to do. That’s what being a boomer is all about, right?! This time, Marilee Menard of the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums shows us how to make dolphins -- and whales and other incredible animals -- a part of our vacations.

We probably don't like to admit it but as we get older, we get reflective. More than before. California-based contributing writer Judie Najarian shares a wonderful story about life, The Daffodil Principle. The author is unknown.