Bloomin' Boomers

Here we are, right in the middle of March 2020 and I’m completely stunned at the events surrounding me. Coronavirus is dominating the media and toilet paper ...

Ok, so maybe it's not exactly Rudolph and the gang, but as long as he makes it by December 25, I really don't care what Santa uses as his mode of transportat...

Here we are again, on the cusp of the holidays. Usually, without fail, it’s my favorite time of the year, but this November I’m not exactly filled with glee…...

Apple cider, falling leaves, cooler weather, the approaching holiday season, chili, soup, pumpkin-spiced EVERYTHING… The list goes on. There’s just nothing t...

It seems the older we get, the less opportunities we have to experience something new. Yes, life can get boring, but only if we let it. Sinc

Sophia — “People waste their time pondering whether a glass is half empty or half full. Me, I just drink whatever’s in the glass.” Few things make me laugh a...

My "baby" hit the one-year mark and I celebrated the event as if my little darling was an actual, living, breathing entity. This blogspot, "Bloomin' Boomers...

There's something about Pawhuska, Oklahoma that feels like home. Regardless of where you travel from, the nostalgic feeling of "home sweet home" hits you as ...

Kris Kristofferson is right, “There’s just something ’bout a Sunday…” Recollections of grandmas in aprons, who stood in bare feet, cooking without the conven...

With Valentine’s Day right rapidly approaching, stores are filled with frilly red and pink consumer enticement, and every guilt-inducing commercial seems to ...

Baby Boomers are familiar with change, uncertainty and the need for resilience, and sometimes that comes in the unnerving form of being thrown back into the ...

As we’re picking up the last shreds of wrapping paper and carefully packing away the ornaments for next year’s holiday season, a new year is quickly approach...

With Thanksgiving now behind us and Christmas quickly approaching, we'll all put our best foot forward. Facebook posts, Instagrams, Tweets and blogs will be ...

Baby Boomers know about war. We’ve seen a few, lost family to some, and felt the social and personal repercussions of all of them. Each November 11, the nati...

Tonight’s the fright-night when porch lights turn on, the candy comes out and little ghosts and goblins show up on doorsteps everywhere in hopes of getting l...

Well, first the good news: nobody gets a Dear John or Dear Jane letter anymore. The bad news is fewer and fewer people are sending handwritten love letters, ...

As a lover of travel, I keep a bag packed “just in case” and one foot out the door at all times. A couple of years before the attack that crippled our nation...

I recently saw a lovely video taken at a senior care facility in which musicians played songs for the residents from “their day and time.” Melodious, rhythmi...

By this time in our lives, dietary restrictions may have put a damper on our Baby Boomer food choice options. We passively – and begrudgingly — shun the cake...

It’s safe to say that those who know me well would have taken odds that I was not going to be “in my happy place” during my first Daytona International Speedw...