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Jan 7, 2025 | 
boomermagazine.com | Phil Perkins |Nick Thomas |Donna Glazier Dalton |Patricia W. Finn
As years go by, memories pile up like leaves on a breezy autumn day. Boomer reader Phil Perkins recalls a trip to Georgetown in D.C. and a chance to see Dizzy Gillespie. Now here’s a romantic Boomer story for you. You were in the mood for one, weren’t you? I thought so. It happened when my wife Sandi and I were in our 30s or maybe 40s. Doesn’t matter. When did Dizzy die? I’ll look it up or you can. We were in Georgetown for a little downtime.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
cp24.com | Phil Perkins
An elderly woman is in life-threatening condition after she was struck by the driver of a vehicle on the Danforth Tuesday morning. Police said it happened at Linsmore Crescent just after 9 a.m. The driver remained at the scene. Danforth Avenue was closed between Greenwood and Monarch Park avenues, but has since reopened.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
boomermagazine.com | Johanna Wald |Diana Raab |Sherrill Pool Elizondo |Phil Perkins
In the midst of life’s challenges, it can be helpful to find a simple pleasure to nurture relaxation and peace. Writer Johanna Wald found hers in “the first sip.”In early 2021, I was 64 years old, frantically trying to nab Covid vaccine appointments for myself, my husband, and my daughter, and approaching the first anniversary of lockdowns, masks, social distancing and Zoom calls.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
boomermagazine.com | Diana Raab |Sherrill Pool Elizondo |Phil Perkins |Stephen Nelson
Storytelling nurtures hope and perspective, honors the present, acknowledges the past, and looks to the future, writes psychologist and author Diana Raab. She presents the Hawaiian tradition of Ka’ao and offers ideas for developing storytelling skills. “There’s no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.” ~ Maya AngelouStorytelling dates back to the beginning of time. Its purpose is to share stories that unite human beings.
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Jul 11, 2023 | 
boomermagazine.com | Bill Levine |Wesley Shennan |Doreen Mary Frick |Phil Perkins
Bill Levine was 11 years old when Marilyn Monroe died. He heard the news of her death over a transistor radio at summer camp. “There must have been snippets of unsettling news items crackling over the transistor, about the megatons involved in nuclear testing from Russia and the U.S. I don’t remember hearing any of this nuclear brinkmanship stuff.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
boomermagazine.com | Wesley Shennan |Doreen Mary Frick |Phil Perkins |Sherrill Pool Elizondo
Tragedies can impact families across generations. Wesley Shennan tells of the aunt he never got to meet and of the residential school system that took her from her family. (Originally published in Canada’s History Magazine, May, 2023, used with author’s permission.)This is a photograph of my grandparents, Solomon and Lottie Callihoo, and their children, Charlie, Christina, and Camilla. It was taken in the 1920s on the Michel Indian Reserve northwest of Edmonton.
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Jun 27, 2023 | 
boomermagazine.com | Doreen Mary Frick |Phil Perkins |Sherrill Pool Elizondo |Lisa Olivier
Stories hold power, and writing translates those stories and power to others. Boomer reader Doreen Mary Frick shares some insights into the process of writing, from three-by-five cards to advice from the professionals.
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Jun 21, 2023 | 
boomermagazine.com | Phil Perkins |Sherrill Pool Elizondo |Lisa Olivier |Rod Martinez
A decades-old incident points to an issue that seems almost ageless: wielding guns for honor. Phil Perkins shares this story from his youth, not as a partisan point of view but simply his own. Do you think all of the recent talk about gun control is an indication that guns are more readily available than ever before in the US. Maybe so, but not by my recollection. You see, I’m from a small hardscrabble railroad and steel town in Ohio called Portsmouth.
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Mar 20, 2023 | 
boomermagazine.com | Nick Thomas |Julia Nunnally Duncan |Phil Perkins |Annie Tobey
How does a young man with no experience with large animals – short of watching the many Westerns – catch a Merino sheep who does not want to be caught? Writer Nick Thomas recalls his own very memorable experience chasing down a ram. By a curious coincidence, March not only signifies the beginning of the astrological zodiac sign Aries – the flying ram – but also happens to be the month, back in the ’70s, of my own rather memorable ‘flying’ sheep encounter.
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Mar 7, 2023 | 
boomermagazine.com | Phil Perkins |Jazz Tangcay |Nick Thomas |Annie Tobey
Advancements in technology over the past decade seem more rapid than ever, continuing the changes of the decades before. While now we can make use of this new technology, many of them were envisioned on the big screen long before they became reality. What are some movies from the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s that predicted the future, and what did they predict?
