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The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Working Late

March 7, 2014

I'm a Boomer, born when men still wore fedoras and women wore the New Look. I grew up in Connecticut in a town full ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Cashing In, Part Two

February 21, 2014

Im a Boomer, born long enough ago that I got to meet Tommy Douglas and talk boxing with him. He wasnt much interested ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Pop’s Parka

February 7, 2014

I'm a Boomer, born long enough ago that the winter of 63, which blanketed Northeastern North America with about 5 ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Aftermath

January 24, 2014

I'm a Boomer, old enough to break instead of bruise, and at that point where recovery from a simple bit of blunt ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Hot Wheels

January 8, 2014

I’m a Boomer, born just as North American automobiles blossomed from rounded modest post-war creatures into swooping ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Shafted

December 19, 2013

I’m a Boomer, born the same year as the Voting Rights Act, which finally conferred democracy on American blacks ...

The Middle Age Guide to Growing Up: School’s Out

November 15, 2013

I’m a Boomer, and I went to college when it was more a smorgasbord  of learning experiences than a multi-course ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: It’s Not Dark Yet

September 6, 2013

I’m a boomer, about two thirds of the way through my allotted span. I’m going to do better than three score and ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Demon Alcohol

August 23, 2013

I’m a Boomer, born at the height of the baby boom, and about the same age as a B-52. I don’t drink now. I used ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: The Boomer Trinity

August 9, 2013

I’m a Boomer. In the summer of 1969, I was 15 years old and I lived in Connecticut. Unlike thousands who went, I ...