Boomer and Retirement Weekly Reader – Boats Out of Water Edition

Today was a day of beautiful weather, fun time with two of our boys, yet sad because we pulled all of the boats out of the water for the year.  Theoretically we could have waited another few weeks but there would be no guarantee that the weather would cooperate.

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Boomer and Retirement Weekly Reader – Fall Colors Edition

It’s been a long time since I rounded up some reading that might interest other baby boomers and those thinking about retirement. It’s not that I’ve stopped reading. (I read many financial planning/retirement planning and retirement living articles every day.) I’ve just overlooked sharing a lot of them with you. This week is different. The spectacular fall colors up here on the Cumberland Plateau have inspired me.

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Go To Retirement Now Available on Kindle

I’ve added this blog as a subscription offering from Amazon’s Kindle Store. Amazon sets the price and then sends me a percentage of the revenue. The initial subscription rate for Kindle users is $1.99/month. Most blogs in my categories are $0.99/month. I’m not sure why my blog is priced higher but I’m not complaining – yet.  I have no idea whether this will generate any subscriptions but other bloggers have reported some success. Of course, subscribers here by RSS feed and email will continue to read for free.

You can do me a big favor by visiting the Amazon subscription page for my blog and giving it a positive review and/or hitting the “Like” button. Maybe that will attract subscribers and put a little snack money in my pocket!

Thanks so much for being a reader.

Baby Boomer and Retirement Weekly Reader – Catching Up

I write a weekly post for the On Retirement blog published by U.S. News and World Report. Lately, I have been negligent in informing readers here about those posts, some of which you might find interesting or helpful. So consider this a catch-up, round-up of those posts. Read more

Dave Barry’s 2010 Year in Review

A true baby boomer has to be a fan of the funniest boomer on earth: Dave Barry. I’ve read most of his books. I also saw and listened to him at last year’s AARP convention. I’m still smiling. Read more

Free Retirement Planning Book

Give yourself a retirement planning gift for the new year – free!  Read more

Boomer and Retirement Weekly Reader – Paleo Eating Edition

My wife and I have started a new eating plan – the Paleo diet. Our son the fitness coach has used it (on himself and his clients) with good success. It is based on a lot of research that is nicely summarized in Robb Wolf’s new book, the Paleo Solution, which I finished reading this week. It is primarily a health recovery and fitness lifestyle plan but it can also be used for weight loss. Essentially, you eat like our hunter-gatherer ancestors, with whom we have identical DNA. No grains, no pasta, no dairy, and no legumes. Lots of protein from lean meat (preferably grass-fed), wild-caught seafood, and omega-3 eggs, plus fruits, nuts and seasonal vegetables. Read more

U.S. Government at AARP: Lots of Show, Not Much Go

On the enormous exhibit floor at the AARP’s Orlando@50+ event, our federal government is dominant. My unscientific assessment is that the government presence is second only to the AARP itself. No other entity is even close. Read more

A Brief Blast to the Past

I’ve arrived in Orlando, checked in at the hotel, and met my friendly, youthful social media handlers from the AARP. They were kind and wily enough to score us passes to the Meet and Greet event at Universal Studios tonight. I won’t be there long but I feel compelled to check it out. Read more

Retirement Boot Camps and Other Boomer Readings

The New York Times recently ran a piece on retirement boot camps. The author wrote about folks who had attended a retirement workshop at UNC Asheville.  I actually wrote about the University of North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement some time ago.
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