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Latest Books
Badass Advocate: Becoming The Champion Your Seriously Ill Loved One Deserves
Is your loved one's serious illness causing you to feel overwhelmed or powerless? Do you desperately want them to get the care they deserve but...
Continue ReadingPickleball and the Art of Living: The Power of Positive Dinking
Do you want to get more out of your Pickleball game...and life itself? Then get to the heart of what it really means to live and play well. Find...
Continue ReadingThe Joy of Pickleball: The Definitive Instructional Guide for the Senior Player
"Mike Branon delivers an informative and humorous spin on playing and enjoying every day on the court. Fun insight for the senior player - the young...
Continue ReadingFix the Problem: and other Life Lessons from a Pragmatic Dad!
These are a group of Life Lessons I have written down for my daughters and students before they went out into the real world. Much of this...
Continue Reading14 Days to Sustainable Happiness
You have power over your emotions.It's limited, so you need to understand your power.Here is a simple explanation of the chemicals that make us feel...
Continue ReadingThe Science of Positivity
The Science of Positivity teaches you how cynical thought habits are formed, and how you can rewire yourself to go beyond them.
Status Games: Why We Play and How to Stop
People care about status despite their best intentions because our brains are wired this way. But playing status games can be stressful,...
Continue ReadingTame Your Anxiety
Learning to calm anxiety is a difficult task after years of responding to your brain's warning signs for threats. But understanding the mechanisms...
Continue ReadingHabits of a Happy Brain
Offers simple activities that help you understand the roles of your "happy chemicals"--serotonin, dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins. You'll also...
Continue ReadingThe Book on Storytelling
Public speaking and selling are two of the most essential business skills. Storytelling is the heart of each. THE Book on Storytelling is designed to...
Continue ReadingMost Wednesdays
This is a somewhat light-hearted and thought-provoking story of an average family that grew out of the aftermath of World War II. The father was a US...
Continue ReadingAttribution
Art historian Cate Adamson, still grieving the death of her brother and desperate to succeed, leaves her troubled parents in the Midwest to complete...
Continue Reading100 Disney Adventures of a Lifetime
In this beautifully illustrated treasury, discover 100 beloved and little-known Disney adventures--from labyrinths under Sleeping Beauty's Castle to...
Continue ReadingThe Eleventh Gate
NEW SPACE OPERA FROM MULTIPLE NEBULA- AND HUGO-WINNING AUTHOR NANCY KRESS WHAT LIES BEYOND THE ELEVENTH GATE . . . Despite economic and territorial...
Continue Reading48 Whispers
48 Whispers is a unique photojournalism collection of short meditations, accompanied by full-page color photographs spanning ten years of visits to...
Continue ReadingSwann's War
A thrilling literary fiction whodunit for fans of Delia Owens and Jacqueline Winspear World War II is raging overseas, but life remains painfully...
Continue ReadingHigh Spirits
Greetings from Haven, Florida, a quaint, scenic old town on the Gulf Coast where Massachusetts transplant Maureen Doherty and her excessively...
Continue ReadingDecisions
business strategies expert Robert Dilenschneider shares the choices of notable, visionary decision-makers - from Harry Truman and Henry Ford to Marie...
Continue ReadingRacing the Light
*On Reader's Digest's list of "30 new books we can't wait to read in 2022"* Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are...
Continue ReadingLeft on Tenth
The beloved writer of romantic comedies tells her own late-in-life love story, complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution. Delia Ephron...
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Latest From NABBW
The BBC Comes to the Colorado Rockies to Film ‘Trailblazers’ — And Linda Ballou is ‘Saddled Up’ as Their Isabella Bird Expert
Anne Holmes NABBWBy Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Linda Ballou’s book, ‘Embrace of the Wild,’ flanked by two...
Continue ReadingLinda Ballou Experiences the Beauty of “Falldorado” in the Front Range with Isabella Bird
Anne Holmes NABBWBy Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Fishing in Evergreen on Bear Creek. Just 34 miles up sweeping I...
Continue ReadingLinda Ballou Shares Her Interview on the Rocky Mountain Channel – And Eye Candy for Nature Lovers
Anne Holmes NABBWBy Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate I love this interview with Brett Wilson at The Rocky Mountain...
Continue ReadingThe Rocky Mountains Are Calling Linda Ballou, Here’s Where You Can See Her Speak During Her September Majestic Mountain Tour
Anne Holmes NABBWBy Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Embrace of the Wild Isabella Lucy Bird was a Victorian Age...
Continue ReadingIt’s Finally Time to Travel Again, Boomers: “On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!”
Anne Holmes NABBWBy Phyllis Stoller, NABBW’s Group Travel Associate For us Boomers, the time to travel is now. We can leave the...
Continue ReadingHeading to Hawai’i? Linda Ballou Shares How to Do Maui’s Hana Highway Her Way
Anne Holmes NABBWBy Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Each day, thousands traverse the narrow road that hugs the coast...
Continue ReadingMontréal & Quebec City: A Trip to France without Crossing the Atlantic
Anne Holmes NABBWBy Carolee Duckworth, NABBW’s Independent Travel Associate OUR JULY ARMCHAIR TRIP: Montréal & Quebec City: A...
Continue ReadingWith Another Summer Upon Us, Linda Ballou Shares Stories of Rivers She Has Known and Loved
Anne Holmes NABBWBy Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Camping tents glow beneath dramatic storm clouds on the edge of...
Continue ReadingCarolina On My Mind: Blue Ridge to the Coast
Anne Holmes NABBWOUR MAY ARMCHAIR TRIP: CAROLINA ON MY MIND: BLUE RIDGE TO THE COAST By Carolee Duckworth, NABBW’s Independent...
Continue ReadingBuena Ventura- Land of Good Fortune
Anne Holmes NABBWBy Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Ventura Harbor Ventura is a beach town with a laid-back vibe that...
Continue ReadingOur April Armchair Trip: Napa Valley, San Francisco & The Pacific Highway
Anne Holmes NABBWOUR APRIL ARMCHAIR TRIP: NAPA VALLEY, SAN FRANCISCO & THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY By Carolee Duckworth, NABBW’s...
Continue ReadingOUR MARCH ARMCHAIR TRIP: Blues, Soul, Rock & Jazz: Memphis to New Orleans “Riding on the City of New Orleans”
Anne Holmes NABBWOUR MARCH ARMCHAIR TRIP: Blues, Soul, Rock & Jazz: Memphis to New Orleans “Riding on the City of New...
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Latest Contributor Articles
Do you support Small Business Saturday?
Rita RobisonBefore the pandemic, I had several small businesses I liked to shop at downtown. But, like many consumers, I’ve turned to the internet to do a lot of my shopping as covid surged. I need to get back...
Continue ReadingHow to Bring Writing for Preschoolers Exciting For Them!
Marc JosephHere are some writing practices for kindergarteners as well as preschoolers. These ideas will be fun and interactive for kids, encouraging them to start writing. When there are many preschoolers in...
Continue ReadingThe Road to Rediscovery Podcast
Shannon Petrovich LCSW, LISAC, BCDAudio: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-road-to-rediscovery/id1402062296?i=1000587388004 Video: https://youtu.be/eMekiYpSiA4
Tips for Cyber Monday shopping 2022
Rita RobisonFortunately, I was able to get a great deal on Black Friday. I need a new Apple iMac because I can no longer get updates for mine. It’s 12 years old. I’ve been watching the prices for the Apple...
Continue ReadingGiving Your Frail Aging Parent “Space”—How Dangerous Is That?
Carolyn RosenblattLet’s face it, some elders are not just stubborn, they’re flat out dangerous to themselves. They insist on independence. They refuse when you offer to step in and help. They think they are fine...
Continue ReadingCharacter is What You Are When No One is Looking
Beth ElkassihCharacter is what you are when no one is looking. Read this popular quote from former UCLA Basketball Coach John Wooden: “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is...
Continue ReadingAn Innovative Way You Can Help Visually Impaired Aging Parents
Carolyn RosenblattAs many as 11 million people over 60 have some form of macular degneration. It’s an irreversible condition and it can cause gradual and total loss of sight. This could include your own aging...
Continue ReadingFrustration For Families: Law Enforcement Isn’t Pursuing Financial Elder Abusers
Carolyn RosenblattFamilies are frustrated. When someone thinks a person is taking financial advantage of an aging parent, the public message is an urge to report to Adult Protective Services, or equivalent. APS,...
Continue ReadingHappy Thanksgiving
Rita RobisonToday, I’m thankful for family and friends. I’m also appreciative of jobs and careers that have enabled me to have a home and enough food. I’m thinking about the Thanksgiving family gatherings...
Continue ReadingThink safety on Thanksgiving
Rita RobisonMy memories of Thanksgiving include family trips to Cashmere, Washington, to my great aunt Mable Kenyon’s home for a fabulous meal, how to go to both parents’ homes for the celebration after I...
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Book Reviews
Strigberger’s Latest Book ‘Boomers, Zoomers and Other Oomers’ Will Have You Laughing Over the Dread “A Word:” Aging
Book ReviewsTitle: Boomers, Zoomers, and Other Oomers: A Boomer-biased Irreverent Perspective on Aging Author: Marcel Strigberger ISBN-10#:0995950121 Reviewed...
Continue ReadingWish You Could Improve Your Mobility Without Pain Or Injury? The Book ‘Stretching for 50+’ Shows You How to Succeed
Book ReviewsTitle: Stretching for 50+: A Customized Program for Increasing Flexibility, Avoiding Injury and Enjoying an Active Lifestyle, 2nd Edition Author:...
Continue Reading‘Core Strength for 50+’ Author Says Your Core is Critical to Mobility, But You Won’t Need a Gym Membership to Achieve It
Book ReviewsTitle: Core Strength for 50+: A Customized Program for Safely Toning Ab, Back, and Oblique Muscles Author: Dr. Karl...
Continue ReadingJan Cullinane’s Latest Edition of ‘The New Retirement’ Is Like Having a Sage Life Coach on Speed Dial
Book ReviewsTitle: The New Retirement: The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your Life Author: Jan Cullinane (Foreward by Kerry Hannon) ISBN-10:...
Continue ReadingIf You’ve Been Wondering ‘Who Will Take Care of Me When I’m Old?’ Author Joy Loverde Has Your Answers
Book ReviewsTitle: Who Will Take Care of Me When I’m Old? Plan Now to Safeguard Your Health and Happiness in Old Age Author: Joy Loverde ISBN:...
Continue ReadingGramps Jeffrey Ponders Our Nation’s Opioid Overdose Epidemic and the Proliferation of Homeless Baby Boomers, Wonders Why We Can’t Do More
Book ReviewsGuest post by Gramps Jeffrey, author of “I Don’t Want to Turn 3” Gramps Jeffrey For years, we Baby Boomers have viewed ourselves as the best...
Continue ReadingBook Review: “I Don’t Want to Turn 3” Is A Fun Kid’s Picture Book – With a Subtle Lesson
Book ReviewsI Don’t Want to Turn 3 By Gramps Jeffrey Reviewed for the NABBW by Anne Holmes This sweet picture book is author Gramps Jeffrey’s first. He...
Continue Reading‘Baby Boomer Investing in the Perilous Decade of the 2020s’: Ronald Surz Pens Timely Book Based on His Engaging Baby Boomer Investing Show
Book ReviewsAccording to author Ronald Surz, most of us Baby Boomers are going to be spending much of this decade (the 2020’s, which are still in early days)...
Continue ReadingTravel Wings Clipped by Pandemic, Adventure Travel Writer Linda Ballou Pens Historical Novel About Equestrian Explorer Lady Isabella Lucy Bird: Embrace of the Wild
Book ReviewsI was not initially familiar with the story of Englishwoman Lady Isabella Lucy Bird, so I didn’t know what to expect when I began reading Linda...
Continue ReadingHeidi Herman’s Book ‘On With the Butter’ Advises How to Spread More Living Onto Everyday Life
Book ReviewsBeing originally from Wisconsin, which boasts being The Dairy State, I have alway loved cooking, baking and eating foods made with real butter....
Continue ReadingArt Barry’s Book “The Downsize Side Hustle,” Offers Seniors a Winning Way to “Bet the House”
Book ReviewsIf you’re a home-owning Baby Boomer looking for a profitable side hustle, this book is for you. You’ll be especially interested if, going...
Continue ReadingRalph Mroz’s Book, “The Senior Years Master Plan,” Is Your Field Guide to End of Life Planning
Book ReviewsAs author Ralph Mroz states in the first sentence of this book, we’re all going to die. But, he says, the more important question is, how hard is...
Continue ReadingAgainst My Father’s Will: A Memoir
Book ReviewsAgainst My Father’s Will: A Memoir By Jane Morgan Barry Reviewed for the NABBW by Anne Holmes If you’re a Baby Boomer woman, you grew up in the...
Continue ReadingBarry Silverstein’s Latest Book, “Boomer Brand Winners and Losers,” Is a Fun Read and a Walk Down Memory Lane
Book ReviewsPerhaps all of us have moments when one of our more mundane thoughts crystalizes and remains frozen in our memory forever, though we don’t know...
Continue ReadingJed Diamond’s Newest Book, “12 Rules for Good Men” Continues His Mission to Help Men Understand Themselves While Helping Women Understand What Good Men Really Need
Book ReviewsNOTE: I was lucky enough to be invited to read a pre-publication copy of this book. As a result of that early reading, and my subsequent positive...
Continue ReadingIn-Laws Can Be Murder: Every Wife Has a Story (Eighth in the Series)
Book ReviewsIn-Laws Can Be Murder: Every Wife Has a Story (A Baby Boomer Mystery Book 8) By Susan Santangelo http://babyboomermysteries.com Reviewed for the...
Continue ReadingWho Doesn’t Want to Age with Gusto? Here’s How to Become Chronologically Gifted
Book ReviewsTitle: Chronologically Gifted: Aging with Gusto: A Practical Guide for Healthy Living to Age 123 Available in Kindle and Paperback...
Continue ReadingBallou’s New Book “Lost Angel in Paradise,” Shares Why Not All Who Wander are Lost
Book ReviewsTitle:Lost Angel in Paradise: Outdoor Days from L.A. to the Lost Coast of California (Lost Angel Adventures) Available in Kindle format (with free...
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Movie Reviews
Michael Myers in the Multiverse of Madness (Movie Review: Halloween Ends)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsOver time, audiences have been trained to regard franchises a certain way. The understanding is that everything is connected, and a plot point or...
Continue ReadingArms Up to Heaven (Movie Review: To The Moon)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsI need to give you a little bit of background about how we do things around these parts. I’m privileged because the site I write for allows me...
Continue ReadingRevenge Is Like a River (Movie Review: Saloum)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsI’ve seen enough American movies to know what they look and feel like. Odds are you’re the same way. Whether you’ve seen an A24...
Continue ReadingA Journalist of Some Repute (Movie Review: Confess, Fletch)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsI’m fond, perhaps too much, of saying that two things can be true at the same time. The first thing is that attempting to reboot a long-dormant...
Continue ReadingActionable History (Movie Review: The Woman King)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsAs recently as 2019,* an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal trotted out that hoary old chestnut about women in the military. You’ve heard this...
Continue ReadingFamily Ties (Movie Review: Take the Night)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsPerhaps more than any other genre, crime films are my jam. Everyone who’s into film has that one genre they prefer just a bit more than the...
Continue ReadingThe Bracelet (Movie Review: Ava: A Twist in the Road)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsIndependent film exists because studios exist. Show business, particularly these days, has an almost sociopathic focus on the “business”...
Continue ReadingFight Or Flight (Movie Review: Prey)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsImagine you’re a filmmaker. You have an idea. It feels like a good one, a very good one. You start writing, and after multiple screenplay...
Continue ReadingTo Capitalism and Beyond! (Movie Review: Lightyear)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsIs Pixar the greatest animation studio in the history of film? Possibly. It can certainly compete with Disney, its quasi-parent, along with the...
Continue ReadingRunning and Screaming (Movie Review: Jurassic World: Dominion)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsThere’s an old belief that all little boys go dino-mad for a minute. I have no idea if that’s accurate, but I do know I was no exception....
Continue ReadingFlyboy (Movie Review: Top Gun: Maverick)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsThe first time I saw Top Gun, I hated it. As a wee lad, I remember seeing it in a packed theater in 1986. I remember the whooshing of the jets, the...
Continue ReadingWeird Creature of the Night (Review: The Batman)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsThere aren’t many fictional characters that have as many character facets as Batman. You could go in a number of different directions beyond...
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