The Blogging Boomers Carnival is here again – this time at the home of the remarkable Janet Wendy Spiegel – GenPlus. Find links to posts about divorce, pop culture, newspapers, recessions that might turn into depressions, vacations south of the border, job hunting and more. there's never a dull moment so stop on by.
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BLOGGING BOOMERS
We’re edging toward 100 with this week’s Boomer Carnival number 88! This week it’s housed over at VaBoomer – and well worth the trip. From travel tips to twitter tips to essays on fidelity – you can’t beat this motley crew for variety of a sense of humor. Come on by.
BLOGGING BOOMERS MONDAY = CARNIVAL #87
The Boomer Carnival meets againt today, this time at the home of Midlife Crisis Queen. And we’ve got plenty to offer – from memories of Annette and Shari Lewis to fashion, to finance to breast milk ice cream. Stop by and see what strikes your fancy.
BLOGGING BOOMERS CARNIVAL #80 – LOTS OF GREAT STUFF
This week our Blogging Boomers carnival makes its way to Fabulous After Forty – and fabulous it is: earthquakes, divorces, the bossy AARP, marriage, the Paycheck Fairness Act and more – and all in one place! Take a look.
BLOG THE RECESSION
The economy’s slow, even on the Internet, so one of my favorite (and most audacious) bloggers, "Motherhood Uncensored," has come up with a solution: blog the recession. Here’s how she explains it: "The premise is simple. If you read blogs, then for the month of
August, make the "pledge" to click through from your feed reader. No
obligation to leave a hilarious comment or send a long stalkerish email
(although both, within reason, are always lovely). Just click through
to the blog (not on ads unless you are so led) and if you’re feeling
generous, click around to their older posts. Just those extra page views can make a big
difference for bloggers who could really use the help, or in my case,
where page views don’t matter so much, a big fat ego boost."
So while you’re on hold, or just kind of wandering, do a good deed and click around a bit.
OVER ALREADY: BLOGHER ’08
This photo was taken at the closing plenary of BlogHer08 and I’ve barely covered the event at all. There are so many moments I’d love to tell you about: readings by bloggers whose words hold incredible power; one by one they reveal intimate moments of sadness and joy, anger and hilarity. The words, drawn from their posts, are the clearest evidence of the power of this institution, not yet five years old and already a gigantic force for good in the lives of the women who have come here. So many more.
We’re all on our way home now; to Austin and Sacramento and Virginia and Manhattan and Minneapois, energized for another year, ready to write and comment and commit ourselves to that which we create. From these two days we’ve learned about traffic and writing, activism and art, gender and age tribalism, friendship, sisterhood and the joys of San Francisco. What we gain here informs the rest of our year: makes us wiser and funnier and more determined. And really, whatever I would have written had it not been for Sabbath obligations and general exhaustion boils down to that. So thanks Elisa and Jory and Lisa (and Jill and Mary Margaret and Kristen and Asha and Erin and Sarah and Devra and Jill and Kari and Beth and Tekla and Catherine and the other Catherine and Morra and Nicole and Liz and Kelly and Jen and Julie ) and all the other beautiful bloggers who, when we’re all together, raise the roof of whatever building we happen to be in, and also – every one of our spirits and our hearts.
JEWISH BLOG CARNIVAL- TRY IT OUT
I am now a member of a Blog Carnival called Haveil Havalim, a community of Jewish bloggers submitting posts of interest to the community interested in Jewish issues. Today’s link, my first appearance, is called Daled Amos. You’ll find it interesting, I think. And if you want to know what the words mean, read this, written by the founder. Meanwhile, take a look.
BLOGGING BOOMERS CARNIVAL 75 – I’M LATE POSTING
My bad. In the frantic two weeks that I’ve had, I, for the first time(s) neglected to post the weekly carnival location – which is a loss for everyone since the posts are always so great. This week you’ll find wonderful meditations on road trips, penny candies, in-laws and the Beatles, among others.
OH — and last week’s was at MidLife Crisis Queen, from Roone Arledge to pensions to packing for vacation. Make an honest woman of me and take a look, will you? Sorry compadres; never again!
PHONE BOOTHS, MARRIAGE, DRESSING YOUR AGE AND TAXES: BLOGGING BOOMERS CARNIVAL #69
From across the sea in the UK Ann Harrison has complied this week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival at Contemporary Retirement Strategies. It’s got everything from new tax laws to new fashion advice with plenty of other savvy ideas (including thoughts on marriage!) in between so stop by and see what’s going on!
WEAR IT TO A WEDDING; CARHOPS AT THE DRIVE IN; BLOGGING BOOMERS CARNIVAL #65
The Amazing Riveting Blogging Boomers Carnival hits #65 this week at LifeTwo with pieces on everything from Fifties Drive-Ins to looking great at a wedding this summer to conversion to Orthodox Judaism (that’s mine.) The Carnival is free; bring your own cotton candy.