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Laura Lee Carter, well-known blogger (Midlife Crisis Queen), recently released her book “Midlife Magic: Becoming the Person you are Inside!”
It’s could almost be sad to say that books about the midlife crisis have become relatively available.  However, there is something very compelling about a writer baring her emotional soul to the anonymous reader. 
In this case, [...]

One of my New Year’s resolutions has something to do with dating and finding a life partner.  Coincidentally (or is it?), just got my copy of September Songs: The Good News About Marriage in the Later Years, by journalist Maggie Scarf (you may know her bestseller Intimate Partners).  And I can’t wait to read it.  Her new [...]

What could be better on a Friday night than slipping off my shoes, sipping a glass of rich red wine, munching on bits of cheese and chocolate and…listening to the newly released “Still Unforgettable”, a just lovely album by Natalie Cole. The eight-time Grammy winner, who has recently revealed her battles with Hepatitis C, has [...]

Just released Cryo Kid: Drawing a New Map is already picking up some attention. Over at Touched by the Stork, blogger Kathryn gives a revealing write-up of the book:

It’s hard not to be touched by the story of a grandmother who has watched her daughter struggle with infertility and who finally sees a granddaughter born [...]

What is this thing? Reading my daily subscription from The Boomer Chronicles, I discovered something that I had not yet seen. The Kindle! An electronic reader that approximates the experience of reading a book – -but digitally. Kind of the iPod for the literati. So I headed over to read about Kindle and there are [...]

In order that my holiday shopping remains fun and festive, I search relentlessy for the new, the interesting, and the downright inventive every year. From atomic clocks to keychain tools to dancing dreidels, I search for them all — and particularly if they are made by a 50 plusser.
The first item worth mentioning this [...]

I can’t believe it. Summer is almost over. Every year, come September, I get into “school” mode. That means I get an urge to learn something new. Something about the pencils and notebooks on sale in the “Back-to-School” marketing season just makes me long for white eraser, a few retractable pencils and a new 3 [...]

You can’t surf more than a couple of minutes without finding some chatter about the iPhone. I have to admit, that I’m one of those people who is drooling to have one. I’m a Boomer obsessed with technology that I don’t understand. Even though I have a crackberry (blackberry) and am reasonably addicted, I want [...]

I’m very pleased to announce the release of the first Gen Plus e-workbook, “Keep Dreaming: Creating a Strategic Plan for the Rest of Your Life”. Over a year in the making and with thanks to some terrific beta testers, this introductory edition is now available through the Gen Plus shop.

What is “Keep Dreaming…”? This [...]

A bit of a departure today. I was thinking back to this time last year as I was planning a trip to Italy…A lot of 50 plussers take the time to get up and go when they have the time and financial resources to do so. In May of last year I took a trip [...]