Bloomin' Boomers

In case you haven’t noticed, Cupid is quarantined and that’s not love in the air, it’s Covid. Year Two of the pandemic is really...

Our Christmas tree is decorated, and the colorfully wrapped presents are waiting underneath for our Santa believers. The only things that...

Happy Thanks-Hallow-istmas! This year has been a mixed bag of emotion and mental challenges for all of us. We’re rounding the corner to...

When it feels like 106 in the Texas shade and the skies are covered in Saharan Dust, it’s hard for me to don a Susie Sunshine smile and...

Here we are, Whateverday, the 76th day of April at about 45 o’clock— also known as the 666th day of 2020. This Baby Boomer feels like...

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

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...

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...

Apple cider, falling leaves, cooler weather, the approaching holiday season, chili, soup, pumpkin-spiced EVERYTHING… The list goes on....

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...

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

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

Kris Kristofferson is right, “There’s just something ’bout a Sunday…” Recollections of grandmas in aprons, who stood in bare feet,...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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