If you’re like me, you have a Mac loaded with many thousands of photos in iPhoto. It’s easy to make photo albums, share photos with friends, make screen savers, even enhance photos just using iPhoto. It even does movies, but nothing like those from this Mac app. All this praise is wrapped up into a … Continue Reading »

Remember when a new version of a Mac app brought squeals of delight? Alright, how about mere curiosity about the new features that were sure to accompany the new version? Those days are gone. The browser isn’t dead. It’s simply gone crazy with some kind of exploding number scheme. If you’re keeping score, Apple’s Safari … Continue Reading »

We baby boomers just seem to keep thumbing our noses at conventional wisdom, don’t we? For eons, the generally accepted idea of middle age was of a married couple whose grown children had left them contented in their empty nest. Well, that ain’t necessarily so…at least not anymore. The U.S. Census shows almost 30% of … Continue Reading »

Ah, the trivial humiliations we encounter these days – just tiny little reminders that we are, indeed, middle aged. How many have you had to endure? 10. On a business trip, your co-worker tells you, “We can go to dinner early since you probably can’t stay out too late.” 9. You go to the used … Continue Reading »

Boomers in general, and bohemian boomers in particular, are often mocked as the Peter Pans of the new millennium; the lost boys – and girls – skipping through middle age singing “I won’t grow up, I don’t want to wear a tie, and a serious expression, in the middle of July.” Do we care? Should … Continue Reading »

Here’s a dilemma our parents never really had to deal with: How to find the happy medium between dressing like a frump and dressing like a fool. Here at bohemianboomer, we preach “never act your age,” but what about dressing your age? According to a columnist in the Hartford Courant this week, boomer men, in … Continue Reading »

What does it say about us that we are just now getting around to making some New Year’s resolutions? That perhaps “not procrastinating” should be high on the list? Oh, well… Don’t look here for resolutions to lose weight, eat healthy and exercise. We make that promise to ourselves every Monday morning, and it typically … Continue Reading »

Have you seen the headlines recently? “New Study Finds Baby Boomers are in a Funk” “It’s a Bummer to Be a Boomer” and “Baby Boomers are a Gloomy Lot” Really? We don’t know about you, but we’re not feeling the urge to throw ourselves off the nearest cliff…and neither are our boomer friends. So where … Continue Reading »