I sat up to survey the situation which was much worse than I could have imagined. My heart stopped when I realized I had parked on the first tee box at a private country club. The foursome stopped their practice swings, distracted by my girlfriend, waking up nude and disoriented. “Holy shit,” I mumbled amidst their [...]
Baby Boomers are redefining the way Americans think about aging – and plastic surgery is helping them do it. Adults in all age groups (and some teenagers) choose plastic surgery procedures for a variety of reasons. But for the baby boom generation, a major motivation for undergoing plastic surgery is to look as young on [...]
Are you part of the Baby Boomer generation and not sure what else you want to do in life? You are retired and bored or thinking about retirement and afraid you will lose significance! You are meant to do something else and make a difference, but aren’t sure what that is? If this sounds like [...]
… baby boomer’s struggle with addictions and the courage to recovery ….How life was – the green mountain girl 1966 Fraternity weekend was in the spring of ’66 the only formal event of the year. The brothers wore ties and the girls wore some kind of evening dress. A dinner party was held in Saratoga Spa at [...]
In a fairy tale, Chicken Little panics when an acorn falls on her head. She yells, “Help” The sky is falling! I have to tell the King!” On her way to tell the King, she is joined by others who she also has convinced the sky is falling. On the road, they meet Foxy [...]
If you have been through a divorce that has left you with a broken heart, broken bank account and broken hopes of being happy ever again, the very thought of stepping foot back onto the dating scene might sound like walking through the fiery pits of hell—especially when you factor in that you’re not as [...]
How life was – Vietnam, new girl at the Inn -1966 With only 88 kids in my graduating class the draft board quickly scooped up the guys to fill the draft quota for our area. I was fortunate my “4F” draft card arrived before I left for college. I felt relatively safe that I wouldn’t [...]
As people are living longer and longer, many people in or nearing middle age are having to face the reality of caring for, or providing for, their elderly parents. This can be very stressful for all parties concerned – as children, we naturally want to be there for our parents when they need it; after [...]
How life was – lessons from animal house 1965 > 1966 The absolute biggest mistake I made in my freshman year of college was to join the coolest fraternity on campus. I had no idea what pledging was about but the idea of a network of drinking brothers pushed me to pledge. Daily I was [...]
…..a baby boomer’s surrender to addiction is his courage to change….. How life was – growing up 1959 > 1965 In the winter of 1959, Friday night basketball games were drinking nights with my best friend Sam. He’d steal a 6-pack from his father and bury it in the snow. Before the game we’d swing by [...]
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