Welcome to the 210th edition of the Blogging Boomers Carnival.

Magnolia Trees around the corner from a few weeks ago

I’m sitting in my home office looking out the window at the lush green leaves and the blue sky and I’m just so happy it’s summer. Living where I do, I’m certainly not one of those “I hate winter” types but it sure is nice to put away the winter coats and boots for a while.

And while I try to take some time off during the summer, I also find it’s my most productive time. With the sun coming up earlier, I can get up early and get to my desk before all the local kids get online and slow the internet to a crawl.

The early-to-rise syndrome seems to be part of middle age; I certainly didn’t ever get up this early voluntarily in my 20s. Of course, I know many boomers who prefer working late into the night, so maybe it’s just me.

However, what’s not just me is the following collection of article by the Blogging Boomers Carnival. We’re a collection of baby boomers who happen to also blog. Our range of topics are eclectic but if you’re a boomer you’ll certainly find something that is interesting or entertaining.

As always, please visit each of these blogs and then join the conversation by leaving a comment, Tweeting about the post, sharing on Facebook or writing a rebuttal on your own blog.

Enjoy!

Are you too old to ride a bicycle? Probably not.

Tom Sightings offers a new entry in his series “Remember Her?” at sightingsat60.blogspot.com/2011/06/remember-her.html.  The woman was a Baby Boomer icon, born in 1946. See if you can guess who she is … but don’t scroll down and cheat!

This week the Accidental Locavore took on Daniel Boulud and Épicerie Boulud in a merguez showdown. Whose sausage reigned supreme? Check out the blog that made Food News Journal’s “Best of the Blogs” this week.

My Garden, Your Garden — It’s Magical!
read more at Vaboomer:  http://tinyurl.com/its-a-garden

Over at Contemporary Retirement, Ann has some tips for staying active well into old age.

Laura Lee aka the Midlife Crisis Queen has been away tending to her parents’ needs this past week, and dealing with the thoughts and feelings that naturally arise.

SoBabyBoomer tells us that the song title, We Didn’t Start the Fire, was the answer to a recent Final Jeopardy – only one person got it right – question was (paraphrased) “What 1980’s song do history teachers praise for its educational value.”

And finally, here’s one from the Baby Boomer Entrepreneur: Don’t Assume People Know What You Do.

It’s Monday, so that must mean it’s time, once again for the Blogging Boomers Carnival.

A blog carnival is a collection of bloggers who write about a similar topic or from a similar perspective – in this case, we’re all baby boomers writing about baby boomer issues. Once a week, we submit our best posts to the host who includes the links in the Carnival.

I’m the host this week so below you’ll find links from my fellow carnival members.

I encourage you to not only visit each blog and read the posts, but join in the conversation by leaving a comment, sharing it on Facebook or Tweeting about it. The choice is yours.

Enjoy!

The Alzheimer’s Association recently released a groundbreaking study entitled: Generation Alzheimer’s: The Defining Disease of the Baby Boomers.  Find out more over at Contemporary Retirement.

“Upstairs, Downstairs,” a great BBC show from The Boomer Chronicles’s childhood, is being revived!

Over at  Sightings At 60 we have a Baby Boomer beginning to ponder where he wants to settle down when he retires. Stay at home? Go someplace warm? Someplace cheap? It’s one of those eternal questions, and it’ll be interesting to see where he lands. But we should be patient; anyone thinking about that question should look before they leap.

Do our minds change as we age?  Do we become wiser and expand our level of consciousness?  Laura Lee aka the Midlife Crisis Queen has studied this issue.

SoBabyBoomer tells us that the  unemployment rate for workers over 55 is 6.7 percent, close to the all time high for that demographic (7.3 % in August 2010).  Employers often think mature workers are too expensive, difficult to train, quick to leave for a better job or retirement, or prone to become ineffective as they age.

Lebanese food is delicious and ilili is one of the Accidental Locavore’s favorite restaurants. When the chance came to take a class at DeGustibus with Philippe Massoud from ilili, I was quick to sign up. The classes there are always interesting; while the chef stands there and works really hard (or looks like he’s working hard), you sit there, eating and drinking. Fun, right? See what was on the menu

Vaboomer finds a “Place of Yes” quite interesting:  http://tinyurl.com/a-place-of-yes

And finally, here’s one from The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur: Sometimes A Client From Hell Isn’t

Welcome to the Blogging Boomers Carnival # 200

This week I’m proud to host the 200^th edition of The Blogging Boomers Carnival. In case this is a new concept for you, blog carnivals are a collection of bloggers writing about a certain topic – in this case, baby boomer blogger writing for baby boomer readers.

Each week, bloggers submit their best work from the previous week and the host posts a link and description. Readers are encouraged to visit each post and join the conversation.

The benefits of the blog carnival are for both blogger and reader. As a blogger, I will hopefully get new readers as the other members of the carnival introduce their readers to me.

And for you, the reader, you will be introduced to new blogs. Hopefully you’ll discover a gem you haven’t read before.

So here we go. Read, reply and enjoy!

Laura Lee Carter over at the Midlife Crisis Queen just moved her Healthy Aging Blog over to self-hosting this week after over 22,000 hits in its first year! Here’s her post about iodine and radiation poisoning which got over 3,000 hits in the past few weeks!

The Accidental Locavore tackled the first Charcutepalooza challenge: make your own duck prosciutto, and turned it into an amazing pasta carbonara. Was making it with homemade bacon and pasta overdoing it?

Tom, over at  Sightings At 60 had a wake-up call the other day when he filled up his gas tank. It cost him $55! And marked the first time he spent over $50 to fill his tank. It made him reflect on how much we pay for gas, but as he thought about it he realized that, adjusted for inflation, it’s not much more than we paid when we were kids in the 1960s, and a lot less than what people pay in most other countries. Is more expensive gasoline worth the price?

Over at Contemporary Retirement, Ann has living proof that getting older doesn’t have to mean you’re ready for a rocking chair by the fire.

SoBabyBoomer tells us that the prospect of a new second life locale is enticing.  Why not seize the moment and settle in the destination of your dreams: the mountains, the beach, the city—even overseas?

A chance encounter with a Dutch tourist in Boston leads to an eye-opening conversation. Read more at The Boomer Chronicles.

And finally, if you’re like many people, because creating your Twitter profile is so easy, you probably didn’t put much thought into it. However, even though it’s short, there are some things you can do to maximize your impact. In case you missed it, here are Three Quick Tips for Making a Better Twitter Profile.

This week is #199 of the Blogging Boomers Carnival: a collection of blogs by and about baby boomers and their lives.

Next week is #200 for the Carnival and I’m proud to be the host so make sure you come back next week too.

The host for this week is Anne Maxfield at the Accidental Lacavore. She says her blog’s goal is “to take the mystery out of farmer’s markets, and show them how she cooks with what’s local and fresh.”

As always, the carnival is a diverse collection of topics: retirement, resiliency, active at 90, getting a mortgage and more.

Please visit each of these posts and join the conversation by leaving a comment.

Enjoy!

Andrea J. Stenberg

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Baby Boomer Entrepreneur.

If you’re not the lovey dovey type, check out these top Valentine one-liners from Mashable. They’re hilarious.

And of course, please head on over to Contemporary Retirement Coaching for this week’s edition of the Blogging Boomers Carnival – the longest running blog carnival by and for baby boomers.

Visit the blogs and join the conversation by leaving a comment.

Enjoy!

Andrea J. Stenberg