As baby boomers coming of age in the sixties, there’s no question we were a rebellious lot. Our parents, who’d lived through the tough times of both the Great Depression and World War II, wanted to give us much of what had been denied them during their own childhoods: lots of little luxuries. So we [...]
If you’re over fifty, there’s a good chance you remember the AT&T commercials inviting us to “reach out and touch someone.” Marshall McLuhan, Canadian educator, philosopher and expert on media theory has been credited with coming up with the line— ostensibly to tap into the human need to communicate with one another. (He also came [...]
As baby boomer women, our generation can undoubtedly be described as courageous. We openly refuted the feminine ideal of the fifties, stood up for the rights of womankind, and broke through previously unquestioned barriers in the name of widening opportunities for our gender and demanding a long overdue parity of the sexes.
However, on a personal [...]
Today is National Wear Red Day, drawing our focus to matters of the heart. As women over fifty, we need to be aware of maintaining our cardiovascular health through proper diet, exercise, and getting sufficient rest. However, perhaps our most critical means to ward off disease is also the most rewarding. Women have been given [...]
By definition, those of us in the baby boomer generation were born in the mid twentieth century. No doubt, to many of us, it’s more than a bit shocking to realize we’re entering the second decade of the new millennium. I no longer laugh quite as boisterously at the “long of tooth” jokes referring to [...]
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