Bloomin' Boomers

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 she...

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

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 exact...

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

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 th...

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

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

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

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 t...

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, Tweet...

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 N...

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

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 handwr...

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...

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....

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