The Best Baby Boomer Bloggers on the Web!

This week it’s my turn to host the Blogging Boomers Carnival. On this sunny but frigid January morning I am posting links to the best blog posts from the members of this eclectic group of baby boomer bloggers. As always, please visit each of these articles and join the conversation by leaving a comment.

Here are this week’s articles:

Laura Lee aka the Midlife Crisis Queen has a new book out and a lot on her mind about the best ways to get the word out about it.  Check out her “Stress Management for Writers” blog on how that’s done.

Many sandwich-generation boomers are coping with their aging parents’ challenges.  SoBabyBoomer writes about the 4 A’s of Alzheimer’s Disease: agitation, apathy, anxiety, and aggression and how these behaviors are not symptoms of the disease but rather reactions to the environment that is being perceived by the individual with Alzheimer’s.

Why do we shop where we do? The Accidental Locavore looks at what draws us to certain stores, and keeps us away from others. Is it service, selection, or a chance to catch up on local gossip?

Social networking can be freaky, says The Boomer Chronicles. Here’s why.

Over at Contemporary Retirement, Ann asks: When is the best time to begin planning for retirement?

And from The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur archives: Using Twitter: Another Look at Sending Automated Direct Messages

Enjoy!

Andrea J. Stenberg

Winter has finally come to Owen Sound, although we seem to have missed the worst of the winter storms so far, much to my son’s regret (he’s chomping at the bit for a snow day).

I always find it easier to think about Christmas when there’s snow on the ground. Last week my family kept asking what we want for Christmas and I kept wondering why they’re asking … until I looked at the calendar and saw it was December 1st.

This is the first Monday of the month of December and the 3rd last Blogging Boomers Carnival for 2010. This week’s host is the Midlife Crisis Queen. Head on over to her blog and enjoy the articles for this week. As always, remember blogging is part of the social media world, so leave a comment or share the links on Facebook, Twitter or wherever you happen to visit online.

Andrea J. Stenberg

Edition 185 of the Blogging Boomers Carnival is online at Fabulous After 40. Fabulous After 40 is the creation of The Glam Gals – Deborah and JoJami. They write about how to continue looking great as you age.

For those new to The Blogging Boomers Carnival, we’re a collection of bloggers who write about a variety of topics related to baby boomers. As boomers ourselves, we are also writing about what interests us. Each week, one of our members takes turns playing host to the Carnival. Everyone submits their best article for the week and the host posts links from their site.

Readers can participate by visiting the Carnival host and reading the articles and leaving comments.

This week’s Carnival includes articles about how boomers are changing the rules of marketing, sexuality as we age, Thanksgiving disasters, auto show previews and why New Yorker’s have increased their life expectancy.

Enjoy!

Andrea J. Stenberg

A recent study found that boomers are adopting social media at an amazing rate – an increase of almost 100% last year. So it’s not surprising that a group of baby boomers are bloggers and that some of us have joined forces to create the Blogging Boomers Carnival. This collection of bloggers writes on a variety of topics of interest to baby boomers.

This week’s host of the Carnival is Vaboomer. As always there’s some great posts included in the carnival. Also, you’ll want to head over to the Vaboomer blog because she’s posted a really great cartoon about blogging.

Andrea J. Stenberg

This past week I spent more time in the car than in front of the computer. For someone whose commute is usually 8 feet across the hall (often done wearing pjs and slippers) this was a stressful time for me.

I had to go to Toronto twice, including a there, back and there again in 24 hours. I like the city but driving that often, in a heatwave, is not my idea of fun. I hate rush hour here in Owen Sound, and it usually only lasts 15 minutes.

And to top it off, I didn’t even get to do anything fun. One trip to the airport and back to pick up the boys.  Then the very next day I had to make another trip to help my sister recover from surgery (she’s fine by the way).

But now that I’m back to what counts as normal for me I’m posting this week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival. The hosts this time around are the Glam Gals over at Fabulous After 40. There are some interesting posts including a discussion about the flight attendant who lost it last week, boomer caregivers, what to wear to a summer wedding and more.

As always, please visit the carnival, read the posts and feel free to leave comments. Agree, disagree or add your own thoughts and experiences. After all, blogs are more interesting (and more fun) when people start talking.

Andrea J. Stenberg