Karen Czuleger Strgacich

Aug 20, 2024 | boomermagazine.com | James Fox |Karen Czuleger Strgacich |Martha Steger |Michael MacDonald

One family, seven boys – no wonder James Fox’s Irish grandmother had nicknamed the kids the “Banshees.” The description was never more apt than the night of “The House of Usher” at the drive-in movie theater. The drive-in movie theater was gone. In its place stood a three-story shopping mall. One Saturday I could see that mall in my hometown as I was stuck in traffic atop a highway off-ramp.

Aug 13, 2024 | boomermagazine.com | Karen Czuleger Strgacich |Martha Steger |Michael MacDonald |Jackie Meekums-Hales

I’ll forgive, but I’ll never forget. That’s a slogan that has been around for decades. But is it the way to go? I mean, do we have to forgive? What’s the point of that if you can’t forget what was done to you? I like it the other way around. I think it’s better to forget and big deal about the forgiving part. I don’t want to give my energy to storing the offensive person in my head! That is valuable real estate in my opinion. And there’s no room in the inn. Forgiveness is for a higher power.

May 14, 2024 | boomermagazine.com | Karen Czuleger Strgacich |Roger Ryberg |Sherrill Pool Elizondo |Annie Tobey

“My thoughts go everywhere I go and there is no hiding from them,” writes Karen Czuleger Strgacich, expressing a sentiment that many of us can relate to. In fact, many of her thoughts are unique to other Boomers. Read her attempts to escape and her triumphs. Ever have those times when you feel like you just can’t run away from yourself? I’m having that kind of week! I am plagued with the proverbial “monkey on my back” feelings.

Jan 30, 2024 | boomermagazine.com | Karen Czuleger Strgacich |Colin Kelly |Wesley Shennan |Annie Tobey

Most of us have items that we hold dear. They needn’t be expensive, just meaningful. For Boomer reader Karen Czuleger Strgacich, a little IKEA loveseat is her treasure. What’s yours? From my little IKEA loveseat, I write my articles. As I sit, I redecorate my house. I plan my backyard furniture and plants. I think about my family. I think about my work. I think about my life. This $350 loveseat will never be given away or sold online. And if it breaks, it will be repaired.

Jan 23, 2024 | boomermagazine.com | Colin Kelly |Wesley Shennan |Karen Czuleger Strgacich |Annie Tobey

What if that chatty passenger on your nine-hour flight turns out to be someone famous? What if he turns out to be an ex-president of the United States? Colin M. Kelly shares his unexpected meeting of George H. W. Bush. I was boarding a nine-hour flight from Frankfurt to Houston. While I was placing my carry-on in a first-class overhead compartment, the gentleman in the seat to my right barked out, “Did you steal my complimentary slippers?” Surely, he’d seen that I had just arrived on the plane.