Habitat for Baby Boomers

Human beings deserve housing

People take having a home for granted in middle class America. Or we used to. But in California, and communities like the salad bowl aka Monterey Bay Peninsula, the housing crisis has been increasing by leaps and bounds. More than 500 women over 50 are without homes. And of those unhoused, more than one-third are …

Baby Boomer freelancing

well, this is an interesting article...  have found freelancing to have pros and cons like everything else in life. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/311699 on the one hand, I LOVE the flexibility, better income and setting my own time schedule of freelancing. what I do not love is that sometimes clients do not feel like paying and renege on …

Aching for Love

Aching for Love: Giving Birth to Soul By: Celia Sue Hecht For years, I took my good health for granted despite Dad’s heart condition, brother’s bronchitis and mother’s asthma and ulcers. I didn’t seem to fit in. Eventually, at age 19, I became seriously ill with mononucleosis, and had to sleep 12-14 hours a night …

Testing 1-2-3

At a certain age, some time after 50 or 60, doctors and health care professionals tend to insist that we take all kinds of tests to tell whether we have various conditions. The perspective is that to discover that you have cancer from a small lump, like I did, was better than if I had …

On our way Home

You’ve probably seen those ads with Joan Lunden saying how wonderful it is and caring these great places for senior women, moms, grannies, aunties, who need them. A PLACE FOR MOM. WOW REALLY.  What the commercials do NOT say is how much the places cost, which is between $3-4,000 a month. I know since inquiring …

Dead but not gone

This is to honor those in my life who have made their exit to the Great beyond. At first, it was my "little" grandma Rae. She was my world wrapped up in a sweet lovable lady who let me be a kid. She always carried Chiclets gum in her purse and let me take a …

Aging in America

What do you think? could be that there are silver linings. There are a lot of stereotypes about seniors, older people and like all myths some are true, some are not. we are here to explore and find the silver linings solutions for folks, Baby Boomers, who are often accused, sometimes blamed for our country's …

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton