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Road Trip!! Linda Ballou Says Now's the Time to Cool Your Jets on the Southern Oregon Coast
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate Steaming temps in the inland valleys of Southern Oregon are sending smart travelers to the coast to cool off. The Redwood Hwy (199),...
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Linda Ballou Wonders Whether She Was 'Blissfully Sinking' or 'Gloriously Synching' into River Time, During Her Recent Rogue River Raft Trip. Either Way, She Relished Every Moment.
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate Every bend of the river beckons—every pool may bring better luck. Life should be like that. — Zane Grey The Rogue River is a vital...
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Shirley Meerson On "The Importance of Choosing Foods for Stress Reduction"
By Shirley Meerson, CHWC ~ NABBW's Ageless Wellness Lifestyle Associate Stress levels these days have increased dramatically...unfortunately. Have you noticed that during the times of intense...
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Post Covid, People Are Quitting Their Jobs, & New Positions Are Going Begging. Thinking of Joining the Great Work Exodus? Can You Afford It? Call in to Our June Financial Podcast, Featuring Pam Sams, to Find Out
Written for the NABBW by Anne L. Holmes As I write this, in late June of 2021, the Federal Reserve has just announced that it will keep its benchmark interest rate near zero despite signs the...
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With the Covid "Mega Storm" In Retreat, Linda Ballou Reflects On the Silver Lining That 2020's Year of "Hard Rain" Has Revealed
By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Years ago, when I lived on the beach in a pole house on the north shore of Kauai, Hawaii, we loved the wild storms that would blow...
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As Mother's Day Approaches, Linda Ballou Recalls Her Recent Visit to "Mom's Meadow" - And Delivering the Fruitcake
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate After eleven years, I decided it was time to deliver the fruitcake my mother had sent me in 2009 just before she passed away. I would take...
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Phyllis Stoller of the Women's Travel Group Advises: "What to Expect for Summer Flying"
Masks Are Mandatory Inside Airports and On the Plane Which means you really need to bring along more than one mask. This is important, in case you drop yours or sniffle into it. You need to be...
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In Honor of International Women's Month, Terese Wallen Invites You to Learn How to Ignite Your Passion
NABBW member Terese Wallen is hosting a 3-day workshop on re-igniting your passion, which is specifically designed for empty-nesters. Here's a flyer with the details, or go to...
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In Writing 'Embrace of the Wild,' Linda Ballou Hopes to Turn Covid-19's Lemons to Zesty Limoncello
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate In writing Embrace of the Wild I hope to have turned the lemons of Covid-19 into limoncello—a zesty elixir that excites and satisfies the...
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Adventure Traveler Linda Ballou Sees COVID-Generated Silver Linings for Those Seeking to Travel Again in 2021
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate It is hard to think good has come from the virus that has forced all of us to isolate ourselves and not be able to move freely in the world....
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List Making and Chronic Illness -- How I've Finally Learned to Turn My Daily List-Making Habit From "Foe" to "Friend"
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW: I have always been a list maker. That is how I, as a dyslexic, had learned to accomplish the things that had to be done. I would start my day by listing what I...
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Linda Ballou Shares Her Recent 'Wander to the Edge' Podcast Interview with NABBW
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate It’s a wrap! 2020 is coming to a close. Adventure Travel Writer, Linda Ballou, shares highlights of her year in this interview with Adam...
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Whether or Not You've Been Diagnosed, It's Important to Take A Closer Look At The Effects of Type 2 Diabetes On Us Boomer-Aged Women
Diabetes in us older women can have negative effects as we age and experience menopause, making it crucial for us to know the warning signs and steps we need to take to live with it...
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Shirley Meerson Shares 5 Quick Tips To Relax and Comfort Your Body
By Shirley Meerson, CHWC ~ NABBW's Ageless Wellness Lifestyle Associate Learn to relax with these 5 quick tips to comfort your body and then your mind will take the pressure off and allow you to...
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Wings COVID-Clipped, Linda Ballou Shares How She's Experiencing Jubilation in the Year of the Virus
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate The Mexican people call retired persons “Jubilants.” I was so busy I never thought much about retirement, but suddenly, due to COVID, here...
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How and When to Sign Up for Medicare: Breaking down the enrollment periods and eligibility
Provided to the NABBW by Pamela J. Sams, CRPC, BFA, MBA and NABBW's Retirement Planning Associate Medicare enrollment is automatic for some. For those receiving Social Security benefits, the...
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Five Critical Facts Boomers Need in Order to Travel Again
By Phyllis Stoller, NABBW's Group Travel Associate Most Boomers are being told we cannot travel during this time of COVID, as we are in an especially dangerous situation: our age. Of...
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Have You Budgeted for Retirement? Here's Why You Need to Create a Strategy for Success.
Provided to the NABBW by Pamela J. Sams, CRPC, BFA, MBA, NABBW's Retirement Planning Associate Run the numbers. There is a rule of thumb for retirees suggesting that retirement income has a...
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Book Reviews

'Baby Boomer Investing in the Perilous Decade of the 2020s': Ronald Surz Pens Timely Book Based on His Engaging Baby Boomer Investing Show
According to author Ronald Surz, most of us Baby Boomers are going to be spending much of this decade (the 2020's, which are still in early days) in what he calls the Risk Zone - his term for the ten...
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Travel Wings Clipped by Pandemic, Adventure Travel Writer Linda Ballou Pens Historical Novel About Equestrian Explorer Lady Isabella Lucy Bird: Embrace of the Wild
I was not initially familiar with the story of Englishwoman Lady Isabella Lucy Bird, so I didn't know what to expect when I began reading Linda Ballou's newest book, Embrace of the Wild: Inspired by...
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Heidi Herman's Book 'On With the Butter' Advises How to Spread More Living Onto Everyday Life
Being originally from Wisconsin, which boasts being The Dairy State, I have alway loved cooking, baking and eating foods made with real butter. (I'm actually a butter snob, truth be told.) So when...
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Art Barry's Book "The Downsize Side Hustle," Offers Seniors a Winning Way to "Bet the House"
If you're a home-owning Baby Boomer looking for a profitable side hustle, this book is for you. You'll be especially interested if, going forward, your personal housing preference is not to move...
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Ralph Mroz's Book, "The Senior Years Master Plan," Is Your Field Guide to End of Life Planning
As author Ralph Mroz states in the first sentence of this book, we're all going to die. But, he says, the more important question is, how hard is dealing with your death going to be - both for you...
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Against My Father's Will: A Memoir
Against My Father's Will: A Memoir By Jane Morgan Barry Reviewed for the NABBW by Anne Holmes If you're a Baby Boomer woman, you grew up in the late 50s, the 60s and 70s, a time of great...
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Barry Silverstein's Latest Book, "Boomer Brand Winners and Losers," Is a Fun Read and a Walk Down Memory Lane
Perhaps all of us have moments when one of our more mundane thoughts crystalizes and remains frozen in our memory forever, though we don't know why. I've had many of these over my lifetime. For...
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Jed Diamond's Newest Book, "12 Rules for Good Men" Continues His Mission to Help Men Understand Themselves While Helping Women Understand What Good Men Really Need
NOTE: I was lucky enough to be invited to read a pre-publication copy of this book. As a result of that early reading, and my subsequent positive impression, I am honored to tell you that you'll find...
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In-Laws Can Be Murder: Every Wife Has a Story (Eighth in the Series)
In-Laws Can Be Murder: Every Wife Has a Story (A Baby Boomer Mystery Book 8) By Susan Santangelo http://babyboomermysteries.com Reviewed for the NABBW by Anne Holmes Carol and Jim Andrews...
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Member Articles

'Self-Care' Is Not Synonymous with 'Self Indulgence.' Trina O'Quinn Discusses How Her Definition Has Evolved Since She First Encountered the Term in the 1970s
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW Since March of 2020, it seems that the only subject I have see written or spoken about is “self-care.” I was first introduced to the concept of self-care in...
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Trina Ponders the Meaning of Silver and Gold Friendships
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW All day, no -- for many weeks -- I've been ruminating on this song: “Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold.” I learned it almost 70...
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Trina O'Quinn Takes a Tuneful Deep Dive, Reflects on How Boomers Have Impacted Music and Popular Culture
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW Recently during a water physical therapy session, I was walking my laps and the music of my youth began to play. I looked around the pool and noticed that the six of...
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As Mother's Day Approaches, Linda Ballou Recalls Her Recent Visit to "Mom's Meadow" - And Delivering the Fruitcake
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate After eleven years, I decided it was time to deliver the fruitcake my mother had sent me in 2009 just before she passed away. I would take...
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Come Along With Me As I Share My Experiences and Observations as a Woman with One Foot in the Traditional World and One in the Modern World.
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW The generation known as the Baby Boomers is now aged somewhere between 57 and 75. When I began to write this months’ blog post, I realized that that this...
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In Which I Realize The Pandemic Experience Has Helped Me Finally Figure Out What It Means to "Stop and Smell the Roses"
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW I have heard the expression, “stop and smell the roses” since I was 19 years old. This has been 56 years of my life. That is the entire length of my...
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Medicare in the Time of COVID-19: Here's What You Need to Know
By Lindsay Engle for the NABBW It's been almost a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and just as you've had to adjust parts of your life to protect yourself and your family, Medicare has...
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List Making and Chronic Illness -- How I've Finally Learned to Turn My Daily List-Making Habit From "Foe" to "Friend"
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW: I have always been a list maker. That is how I, as a dyslexic, had learned to accomplish the things that had to be done. I would start my day by listing what I...
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Living with Chronic Illness: Whether it's COPD, Fibromyalgia, Diabetes, Cancer Or Another Condition, We Know Our Chronic Illnesses Will Persist Even After There's a Vaccine for COVID
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW: Before I begin let me define the terms I am going to be discussing. There are two: 1- Chronic Illness and 2- Acute Illness. These explanations come from the Center...
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Mark 10/23/20 on Your Calendar Now: You're Specially Invited to "Zoom In" On Ways You Can Fight Agism, As Pro-Aging Guru Ashton Applewhite Is Interviewed By DefyingGravity.life Founders Via Webinar
Here Are the Key Event Details: "Aging While Female--Reimagined," A Zoom Webinar provided by DefyingGravity.life Featuring Pro-Aging Author and Activist Ashton Applewhite Friday, October...
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Disenfranchised Grief Caused by Undiagnosed Dyslexia
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW This past July, I fell, bruising my knees and shoulders and whiplashing my neck. Today, I am still recovering. What I have found is that at age 75, I am not...
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Rare Cancers in Women and Children Caused by Exposure to Toxic Household Items
Written for the NABBW by Kimberly Cruz-Montalvo, Community Outreach Representative for www.mesotheliomaguide.com When women and children are dolling themselves up, the last thing they expect is...
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Still Feeling COVID Anxiety? Trina O'Quinn Benefits From John Lennon's Lyrical Advice, Learning to "Let It Be..." Says It Might Help You, As Well
By Trina O’Quinn for the NABBW “Life Is What Happens While You’re Busy Making Other Plans” – John Lennon As I began pondering this month’s blog, this quote continued to run...
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2021 Medicare Changes and Important Dates: What Beneficiaries Need to Know
Special to the NABBW By Lindsay Engle, Medicare Expert, MedicareFAQ With the Medicare Open Enrollment period quickly approaching, current and newly eligible beneficiaries will see a variety of...
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Trina O'Quinn Expands on Her Tips for Moving Through Grief
By Trina O’Quinn for the NABBW While trying to write my next article for you, I experienced writer’s block due to low motivation, probably brought on by my own grief. So I took some of my...
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Are You Feeling Like Normalcy and Control Are No Longer Within Reach? You're Likely Experiencing Disenfranchised Grief
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW As the pandemic continues, I am becoming more aware of what it means to experience disenfranchised grief: The illusion of Normalcy and Control is slowly being...
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Grief in the Time of COVID: Why We Need to Reflect, Remember, Rest, Recharge, Refocus, Resolve and Have Curiosity.
By Trina O'Quinn for the NABBW I ended my last blog post, in which I discussed how I was dealing with the losses generated by the COVID pandemic, with a plan to Reflect, Remember, Rest,...
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The Effect of the Pandemic on this Introverted Baby Boomer Woman
By Trina O'Quinn, for the NABBW One would think that the stay-at-home and self-isolating orders issued by our various states in response to the COVID-19 pandemic would be food for an introvert's...
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