boomspeak

Oldigarchy and Gerontonomia are the latest words you can add to the dictionary.

If an oligarchy is government by the few, what are we to make of “oldigarchy” and how did boomers get the blame….again?

Some boomers would have younger generations believe that they don’t appreciate how good they have it, but when you’re unable to afford a house, th...

I had my annual Medicare “wellness” visit, and I found the whole business rather depressing. I know it’s a good thing, but it feels like the documentation of my decline.

At some point she asked, how is your stamina? I’m thinking, why? Does it look like I’m dying?

But I said, oh, you know how it is for us old folks. I walk 30-40 miles a week, I play golf twice a ...

Tools. We’ve all got tools, from can openers and pencil sharpeners to tooth brushes and telephones. Not to mention a shoe box crammed with nails, screws and glue for do-it-yourself repairs. My dad took that a step further restoring factory equipment in our family garage with a menage of drill press, grinder, wire cutters, nuts, washers and bolts. I barely managed to park my b...

For those about to or contemplating retirement, there’s no shortage of advice, so I won’t be the first one to warn you that the end of a lifelong routine can take some getting used to – or worse.

If you’ve already retired you may be nodding in agreement. It’s well known and studied endlessly, when you stop working it can change brain health, as well as pose a risk of c...

I’m wondering if through the years, some of these sayings have changed because our world has. For example, “You better eat everything on your plate. There are starving children in Korea.” Do parents now say the same things to their kids except change Korea to Africa? I suspect these quirky expressions become part of our boomer DNA and then one day, these valuable words just a...