Read any Good Books Lately?

I have purchased and enjoyed Underlying Notes by Eva Pasco. Note: you can follow the link in the previous sentence to enjoy the first 3 chapters and order the book for yourself. It is a gripping story about an everywoman who reinvents herself at an age when many of us are just trying to settle in.

We are thrilled and quite flattered to include some words from the author too! The essay below was written for those of us in the over 50 age group who are sentimental about Christmas seasons of the past.

The Ghosts of Christmases Past

 

Kindred over-fifty readers, we’re not “over the hill,” but perched on its summit affording our mind’s eye a panoramic purview of vestiges from the past: black and white TV, canned sit-com laughter, drugstores with soda fountains, cobblers, milkmen, two-laned highways, saddle shoes and knee socks, film reels, back-to-back double features at the movie theater…Never one to personally embrace Norman Rockwell’s brush stroked vision of Americans on canvas, this holiday season, more so than any other, I find myself in need of insulation from the stark reality that plays out day to day as though we are impoverished Cratchits– our garments picked threadbare from the exorbitant cost of living and repercussions from the recession.  The H1N1 pandemic and increasing incidents of violence making headline news send me scrambling to the crest of the hill, seeking solace and sanctuary from ghosts of Christmases past hovering over earth’s blanket of freshly fallen snow, untrodden and unsodden by folly. 

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So What About Baby Boomers and Retirement?

We are only certain about one thing when it comes to baby boomers hitting the traditional retirement years, and that is that retirement years will not be all that traditional. This conclusion comes from a mix of good news and news that is not as good. But we, the baby boomer generation, are nothing if not flexible. You may sing that we didn’t start the fire, but we certainly did not put it out either!

Baby Boomers Expect to Stay Working Longer

We may expect to leave our current job (or not) at age 65, but we probably do not expect to stop earning something. Some middle aged (and older) people look upon retirement as a chance to explore their interests, start a business, or do something creative.

Also, since baby boomers are predicted to lilve longer than any previous generation, this set will re-invent the golden years. They hope to make this a truly “golden year” period where they can be able to grow in ways they could not when the every day pressures of raising kids or paying off a mortgage had to be satisfied.

Baby Boomers Have Goals For Retirement

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