Rod Martinez

Oct 3, 2023 | boomermagazine.com | Rod Martinez |Annie Tobey

In “The Blossoming of Women: A Workbook on Growing from Older to Elder,” author Karen Roberts encourages women to transform their personal vision of aging. During a life crisis when she was in her 70s, author Karen Roberts discovered that voices of encouragement were difficult to find. The popular paradigms of aging as a time of decline, withdrawal, and disengagement drowned out any messages of support and positivity.

Aug 28, 2023 | boomermagazine.com | Rod Martinez |Francine Russo |Liz Kitchen |Joan Lunden

Dr. Cindy M. Howard, author of “Positively Altered: Finding Happiness In the Bottom of a Chemo Bag” (Flamingo Press, Sept. 12, 2023), shares an excerpt that reveals her belief that we possess the power to choose our approach to life and determine how we respond to its challenges. “So, does the cancer change anything with you and Steve?”Lori and I were standing in her kitchen drinking tea and talking about treatment and training and this and that. We could talk about almost anything.

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.

Jun 20, 2023 | boomermagazine.com | Sherrill Pool Elizondo |Lisa Olivier |Rod Martinez |Rodney A. Battles

In a companionable marriage of opposites, a hiker-photographer husband loves to tackle challenges while his more sedentary wife opts for the less-challenging and less-risky routes. Wife Sherrill Pool Elizondo writes of the experiences of the 70-something couple. I’ve managed non-strenuous hikes during trips to many state and national parks with my husband, but nothing compares to a two-week jeep trip in September 2016 to several Western states, beginning in Palo Duro Canyon in Texas.

Jun 13, 2023 | boomermagazine.com | Rod Martinez |Rodney A. Battles |Naomi Marcus |Lisa Olivier

A 56-year-old woman embarks with her partner on the West Coast Trail, a challenging, iconic backcountry backpacking trail on the rugged Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The route traverse ancient paths and paddling routes used by the first Nations and dishes out physical challenges, from the route itself and difficult weather like driving wind and rain.