As a new year begins, I've been analyzing my posts to see what my audience of active women over 60 are reading and what topics they are most interested in. Unlike many marketing managers who believe that older women are only interested in adult diapers or diuretics; the results are quite different. What women are reading on BabyBoomster.com My top 10 blog pages in 2024 … [Read more...]
Best of Boomer Blogs: Thanksgiving and Wishing for Peace
The year has whizzed by so fast. It’s already the week of Thanksgiving and it's time to be grateful for all the good things in our lives. This has been a rough year with brutal and barbaric fighting in Israel/Gaza, Ukraine, and other places in the world. We must all hope and pray for peace. It is hard to imagine a major war in our own backyard but we are lucky to live in … [Read more...]
Best of Boomer Blogs: Life Goes on Even When the World is Crazy
This week was difficult in that Israel went to war with Hamas in Palestine and it has been horrific. The week before, I attended a Yom Kippur service in Beverly Hills. I’m Jewish but not particularly religious and was there because I was invited as a writer. However, it was inspiring. The temple I attended is home to many in the entertainment community here in Los Angeles, … [Read more...]
Best of Boomer Blogs: Earth, Wind, and Fire
It’s been a crazy time in the West. Lahaina, in Maui, burned to the ground which was devastating. I was last there with my kids right after my husband died in 2001. We stayed at the Royal Lahaina in Kaanapali. Our week was spent snorkeling, hanging out in Lahaina town and its magnificent Banyan tree, and biking down the Haleakalā volcano. I wish I could have gone back there … [Read more...]
Best of Boomer Blogs: July 4th Ruminations
After a chilly winter and rainy spring, it finally turned warm in Los Angeles as soon as June was over. Our weather has been unusual, to say the least, but all our plants are happy. That is, except for our tomato crop which is taking longer than usual to yield juicy red gems. They like L.A.'s normal warm weather much better than whatever happened this year so hopefully, they … [Read more...]
