Baby Boomers Don’t Want to be Called Senior Citizens
Call me professional, call me nice, or call me the life of the party, but don’t you dare call me elderly. Call me a “sweet old lady” and you’re in even bigger trouble! Call...
Category: Baby Boomer
Six Ways Baby Boomers Can Improve Heart Health
Many people are focused on candy hearts with romantic messages and heart-shaped boxes of candy in February, but this month also happens to be American Heart Month. What better time for baby boomers to think...
Baby Boomers Over 50 Pushed Out of Jobs
New data released last month was disturbing for the 85% of baby boomers still working. Many don’t have enough saved for retirement or simply aren’t ready to leave the working world behind. Some say...
A Baby Boomer’s Ups, Downs, and In-Betweens in 2018
Was 2018 a crazy roller coaster ride for you? Smooth sailing? Milestone events? My writerly pals and I are remembering the happy moments as well as lessons we learned from challenges this past year...
Baby Boomer Women Wearing Hair Longer
Remember that old-fashioned rule? “Thou shalt not grow your hair past your shoulders after the age of 50.” In the past, if older women dared to hang on to their locks, they swept it into...
More Baby Boomers Trying to Find Bliss with Marijuana
Recently, when I’ve attended concerts that tend to attract baby boomers, such as Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones, I’ve noticed a lot of boomers lighting up joints. Turns out that’s no coincidence. According...
Baby Boomers Going Back to School
It’s that exciting time of year. Kids are heading off to school in their new duds with backpacks full of notebooks and lunch pails. But it turns out not only the young will be...
Baby Boomer Orphan Goes Gray Gracefully
We baby boomers were ready to change the world in our youth and now we’re busy reinventing retirement. But we’re forced to do something entirely ordinary and conventional. No getting around it. We are...
Spring Allergy Tips for Baby Boomers
It’s been a long, brutal winter and spring has finally arrived. You baby boomers are more than ready to enjoy the glorious weather and ACHOO! Unfortunately, spring allergies are here as well. Suddenly, your...
Fun Spring Activities for Baby Boomers
Who doesn’t love spring when longer days brighten the sky, birds sing joyfully, and trees begin sprouting bright new leaves? Even here in the California desert where I live, wildflowers bloom, jacaranda trees explode...
