One of the many fringe benefits of producing my own blog, has been the wonderful sense of community created by gaining new virtual friendships with other bloggers who specialize in noticing the interesting realizations and joys of midlife.
“Linky Love” is what blogging is all about! So please take some time today to venture out to a few of the following blog sites:
Roone Arledge was a man to whom any stockholder of ABC should raise a glass on a regular basis. He was single-handedly responsible for taking the perennially third-rated latecomer network and turning it into the sports powerhouse that it was during the time that we Boomer kids were growing up in the 60′s and 70′s.
http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2008/06/spanning_the_globe.php
Need a chuckle over going green? Check out Gen Plus to see what Janet Wendy is laughing about:
http://genplus.blogspot.com/2008/06/lean-green-driving-machine.html
The Boomer Chronicles has a pension….do you? She decides to reveal its size!
http://www.thegeminiweb.com/babyboomer/?p=1763
If you’re weary of the rigmarole associated with regularly coloring your hair, the good news is that the latest, attention-grabbing hair colors are, apparently, white, silver, pewter and every other shade of gray that you can think of. The bad news is… gray hair is no longer ‘low-maintenance’ hair. Find out why over at Contemporary Retirement: http://contemporaryretirement.typepad.com/contemporary_retirement/2008/06/how-to-love-you.html
Road trips are the great American past time, but most boomers feel too over committed to be able to take off on a lengthy road trip. Not Doreen Orion, who wrote about her year long road trip and spoke about it at LifeTwo. http://lifetwo.com/production/node/20080612-interview-with-queen-road-doreen-orion
Parents today seek to give their kids every advantage in life: private schools, enrichment programs, computers, but have we failed to give them the skills to be happy. Explore this idea further at This Marriage Thing:
http://thismarriagething.com/have-we-failed-to-teach-our-children-enough-about-marriage/
Going on vacation and dreading packing because you usually end up taking way too many clothes with you? Then Check out these travel tips for packing light and packing right from Fabulous after 40.
http://www.cafeglam.com/2008/06/top-7-tips-for.html
“In my mind I’m goin’ to Carolina — Kitty Hawk actually,” about contagious joy, airplanes, the wonders of being four again, and a beautiful day:
http://dontgelyet.typepad.com/dontgeltoosoon/2008/06/we-bought-the-k.html
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Hope you all enjoyed seeing some other great blogs about midlife this week!
-The Queen
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