I don’t know about you but it’s week 16 for me with Covid-19 restrictions. I started working from home the week of March 22nd. And for my husband and I, life as pretty much been the same ever since. Except when it comes to what we’re reading. Below I’ve rounded up some posts from my favorite Blogging Boomers. Most are feeling the effects of 16 or more weeks in some type of social distancing situation.
Now that we’ve been in various stages of isolation for the past 4 months, the way we communicate has changed. This may be particularly true if you have adult children. Rebecca Olkowski with BabyBoomster.com shows statistics about how we are staying in touch during the crisis.
There are no true upsides to a pandemic, but we do the best we can to work our way through. I doubt anyone realized way, way back in March that we would still be dealing with the dangers in July. But here we are. One way many of us cope is undertaking projects previously put on hold. A project Meryl Baer undertook is a new website for her blog. She has her own domain name now: merylbaer.com. Her new site is Beach Boomer Bulletin Check out her new blog site and this week’s post on pandemic life from her front porch.
Laurie Stone of Musings, Rants & Scribbles wasn’t able to get to Cape Cod this summer because of the virus. She came across this essay, written a year ago, about vacationing with adult children. It left her nostalgic. So much has changed since then.
As a reminder that Covid-19 isn’t our only concern, At the Sightings Over Sixty blog, Tom reaches back to the skills he learned in the days when he knew about finance to explore and explain Joe Biden’s proposed Economic Plan for America. Pocketbook issues may not be the main reason people are voting this year, but they are nevertheless important. So in Is Joe Biden Good for Retirees? he outlines where Biden says he wants to spend, and how he plans for some people to pay more taxes, some people less.
You’ll also want to check out a no-holds-barred, three-part candid conversation with a cop about Black Lives Matter, policing, and violence on Carol Cassara’s blog. She’s also collecting reader questions for him there; he’ll respond in a future post. See Part 1 and access the others here.
On The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide, Rita R. Robison, consumer and personal finance journalist, writes about a report comparing information about individual real estate agents provided by widely used online information sources – Zillow, Realtor.com, HomeLight, Yelp, Facebook, and the websites of the agents themselves. It concludes that Zillow agent profiles are the most useful source of information.
I hope you enjoyed this round of Blogging Boomers and found enough to think about for another week of social distancing.
This is my favorite time of the week. I love seeing what everyone is up to, thanks Jen!
Nice job, Jennifer!
Cool post! Can’t wait to click around. I also tweeted. 🙂
Thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoy reading them and thanks for the share.
So much fun to have so many great blogs in one spot! Thank you so much!
I’m glad you stopped by. They are great.
Hi Jennifer, thanks for this great resource. I can’t wait to poke around some new-to-me blogs! Visiting from #MLSTL PINNED to Blogs I Read
Thanks for visiting, Suzanne. I’m sure you’ll enjoy them.
I’m looking forward to checking out these blogs. Thanks for the list
Thanks for stopping by. I think you’ll enjoy these bloggers.
Came across your blog on this week’s #MLSTL party, so nice to meet you. Thank you for introducing me to some other new-to-me bloggers from my generation.
Thanks for stopping by. I’m sure you’ll enjoy all of these bloggers.
Quite a variety of blog reading there Jennifer – and always interesting to see bloggers I’m not aware of – your blogging circle is definitely a lot wider than mine! #MLSTL
Great to read your post Jennifer and sharing the work of other bloggers is always fun! Have shared for #mlstl
Oh my goodness, I have got a lot to catch up with. Your site looks awesome!!! And all these “new” blogs for me to discover. It’s been a while, nut I am getting back on track. Lovely seeing how well you all are doing. It’s really not the easiest time for all of us. Looking forward to reading some of your suggested boomers’ posts, great to see how you still care about others.