Behind the Scene of Upcoming Book: College Life of a Retired Senior-Part 1
The idea to write the memoir College Life of a Retired Senior came about like many ideas that present themselves to authors—without warning, planning or effort; it just seeped into my consciousness. When I decided to go back to school seven years after retiring from a thirty-seven-year banking career, I had...
Read moreWhat are the Popular Hobbies of Boomers? Part 3—Music by Yvonne Blackwood
Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. This eighteen-year expanse accounts for a wide variety in their tastes and activities. According to Statista, concerts/listening/playing music is one of their main hobbies. Some say that the greatest musical revolution in history occurred during the boomers’ era, and some of the most...
Read moreWhat are the Popular #Hobbies of #Boomers? Part 2—Gardening by Yvonne Blackwood
Gardening is one of the main activities Google identified as a hobby for boomers. According to the article “Dig into the benefits of gardening” on the Mayo Clinic’s website, gardening can provide these benefits: Increase your exercise Gardening is a good form of exercise when you perform movements that imitate whole-body exercises...
Read moreWhat is Rewarding to #Boomers? By Yvonne Blackwood
volunteering My previous article, “What are Boomers interested in?” focused on their hobbies, but this topic encompasses such a broad scope it deserves more air time. Volunteering is one of the popular hobbies that boomers undertake. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a volunteer as “One who renders a service or takes part...
Read more#Theme Mondays: Lighthouse 4
The Thousand Islands, a North American archipelago of 1,864 islands located between the Canadian and United States border has numerous lighthouses. Many have similar designs, but their locations make them intriguing. This Thousand Island lighthouses is perched on a bank of rocks with a tiny house behind it. http://amazon.com/author/write1
What are Boomers interested in?
WRITING In my previous article titled What are Boomers Doing? I mentioned that Boomers are not a large homogenous group; they are not a one-size-fits-all group. They have variety of interests. In an article listing 25 things Boomers should do during retirement, item # 9 is: Take on a new hobby....
Read more“Theme Mondays” Lighthouse 3
The Thousand Islands represent a North American archipelago of 1,864 islands located between the Canadian and United States border. Stretching for about 50 miles from Kingston, Ontario, the Canadian islands are in the province of Ontario, and the U.S. islands are in the State of New York. Sailing through...
Read moreWhat are #Boomers Doing? By Yvonne Blackwood
What are boomers doing? That was one of the questions I posed in my previous article titled “Boomers.” When I was still in the workforce and edging closer to my mid-fifties, the conversation about retirement invariable surfaced at work. And without fail, colleagues would say that they planned to travel...
Read moreBOOMERS BY YVONNE BLACKWOOD
The word Boomers sounds more buoyant than Seniors or Old Folks, wouldn’t you say? But who are these darling Boomers? Do they really boom? You bet your pension cheque they do. Baby Boomers were born between the years 1946 to 1964, and this generation is the fastest growing in the...
Read more“THEME MONDAYS” # Lighthouse 2
WRITING & A WEDGE OF LIFE Captain Samuel Wallis landed at Matavai Bay in Tahiti in 1767. Captain James Cook watched the transit of Venus from there in April 1769. A fascinating lighthouse called Point Venus, was built there in 1867 to commemorate the anniversary of the arrival...
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