Remember when?

A friend of mine, who is also a pre-boomer, sent me a list of things all those born between 1930 and 1945 are sure to remember.  I used his list as a started, then adapted and added to it.  When reading this, close your eyes and reflect on how good it was back in those [...]

Will baby boomers accept being seniors?

Some people are suggesting that baby boomers shutter at being called a “senior.”  It’s as if this were some kind of curse or, at the very least, a disease.  Well, next year the boomers start turning 65 and will continue to do so every year until 2030.  If the aging me generation doesn’t grow up, [...]

Moving toward a Godless America

There is an ever-growing persistence by some to get rid of God, give Him the heave-ho and pretend that He does not exist.  Those of faith, any faith but particularly Christians, are considered by the elite thinkers to be one step above the Neanderthals – uneducated and uninspired without understanding the new way of thinking.  [...]

Are pre-boomers caught in the political crossfire?

Those of us born between 1930 and 1945, now dubbed New Seniors, are part of a generation that grew up learning about and believing in the founding principles of the United States.  The American dream was there for us to experience provided we used our talents and worked hard.  Life was good. 

 
We were responsible citizens [...]

Riding Bikes was great fun for pre-boomers

Do you remember your first bike, favorite bike or your last bike?  If you lived anywhere near a sidewalk or a paved road chances are a lot of time was spent peddling and enjoying the freedom a bike offered.  Times were different and so were the bikes.  Maybe the slower more cumbersome versions represented the [...]

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