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• MidLife Grocery Shopping
  by Kelly Jackson How midlife grocery shopping differs: The first thing I do is look for a parking space in the shade as close to the front door as is humanly possible. I have a handicap tag which I borrow...
  
  
• Boomers Are Blogging
  I just returned from San Francisco where I attended the BlogHer conference at the request of a client. Over the weekend I met, or at least was in the same room as, maybe 1000 women bloggers. Yeah--there's a boatload of...
  
  
• Music Even Boomers Can Love
  Not long ago, we were interviewed for a New York Times article about AARP's attempt to become the hipster destination for music. We scoffed. But let's face it---there have been decades of new music since we last bought a Bruce...
  
  
• Baby Boomer Blues...and I Thought it was Just Me
  A recent Pew Research Center study finds that Baby Boomers are the most dissatisfied generation. This comes on the heels of a University of Chicago study reporting that it's not a sign of the times, we've always been this way....
  
  
• Baby Boomers Still on Board(s)
  Growing up in New Jersey, you were sure to either know some surfin' Beach Boy blonds or be one. Well, it seems the Jersey shore is seeing more surfers than ever and some of them are likely to be the...
  
  
• Where Did the Time Go? A Boomer's Stroll Through Memories
  If there's one thing that can remind us how time flies and yet how some things seem to stand still, it's a local community tradition. For us, it's our annual July 4th carnival, a major fundraiser for our volunteer fire...
  
  
• Give Me a Noun, Vanna: Boomers' Declining Acuity
  As a professor muses on the issues of aging in academia in the Chronicle of Higher Education, I was struck by the universality of the issues--whether one is a college professor or auto mechanic. Age-associated changes that affect 'teaching, learning...
  
  
• When a Guarantee Lasts A Generation
  You probably have an elevated level of skepticism when it comes to guarantees. In most cases it's a time limit, mileage or hidden prerequisites that slant the guarantee in favor of the manufacturer. Then, even when you've met all the...
  
  
• The Sound of Money
  What? A hearing aid that's invisible, works better than conventional models and can be worn for months at a time. Wait, did you say $3000 PER YEAR??? According to the New York Times, the Lyric hearing aids are placed very...