Some people claim that each generation can be defined by its music. From the jazz of the roaring twenties to the bebop of the ‘40’s , you could argue that the claim is true. But as in many things, our Baby Boomer generation isn’t so easily defined.
A recent advertisement for the Appalachian Summer Festival concert [...]
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Speaking of Music…Songs of a Generation
From the Pages of The Baby Boomer News: Flight of Honor
{ The following is an article taken from The Baby Boomer News Magazine }
Flight of Honor
By Lou Mintzer
One hundred and eighteen very patriotic people went to Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 10, 2010. They did not go to complain, they did not go to protest the current political situation. They went to be honored for [...]
An Urge to Garden
After 46 years, I’ve come to the conclusion that the ‘gardener’ gene did not get passed down from my parents to me. My Dad grew amazing vegetable and flower gardens every summer during my youth and my Mom always has a bunch of thriving houseplants growing in her home. But me? The family joke is [...]
Booming Boomer Businesses
Current Labor statistics show that baby boomers are experiencing the highest rate of unemployment since 1948. I read this in a great article at Enterpreneur.com. As doom and gloom as that sounds, that’s not the point of the article. It’s all about Boomerpreneurs. Baby boomers that are taking the plunge and starting their own businesses.
The [...]
Holiday Favorites
In my last post I mentioned that part of my holiday tradition includes watching the movie, “The Santa Clause” every year. Can I share something else with you? It’s not the only holiday movie I make it a point to watch yearly. What others share that designation?
Well, of course, there’s the animated cartoon [...]
Are you a Social Media Boomer?
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock the past year or so, I’m sure you’ve all heard of Facebook, Twitter and the term social media. If I did just turn over the rock that you’ve been hiding under, social media has been defined as:
Online and mobile technologies and practices that people use to share opinions, [...]
Remembering the Way We Were; Celebrating the Way We Are
A few weeks ago I was standing in line at the grocery store, glancing at magazine headlines. A small photo and headline grabbed my attention and I mumbled, “That’s Shaun Cassidy?”
The woman in front of me smiled slightly, her eyes sparkling as she looked at me and said, “I loved him when I was a [...]