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Margaret Seltzer became a registered member 3 weeks, 4 days ago
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Sharon R. Quillinan became a registered member 1 month, 1 week ago
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Augustine Cassidy became a registered member 1 month, 4 weeks ago
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Tina became a registered member 2 months ago
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Virginia became a registered member 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Karen Venable wrote a new post, Inspiring Designs For Longevity 3 months ago
Recently I had the pleasure of sitting on a panel of judges for the fourth Design Challenge sponsored by the Stanford Center on Longevity. I reviewed several innovative ideas for software, services, and consumer […]
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Karen Venable wrote a new post, Downsize And Go Small, Or Upsize And Share? 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Who doesn’t remember the ‘bigger is better’ philosophy of the seventies and eighties? These days it seems America’s gotten wise, or at least more conservative when it comes to financial and resource waste – […]
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Maggi Lunde became a registered member 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Karen Venable wrote a new post, 6-Point Checklist for Choosing a Roommate 3 months, 4 weeks ago
It’s easy to concentrate on the upside when you make the big decision to share housing and you start looking for a roommate. And it’s perhaps even easier to fantasize about all the benefits of living with a roo […]
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Margaret Kneeland became a registered member 4 months, 1 week ago
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Ann Voorhees Baker wrote a new post, Money – How & Why We – And Our Kids – Manage It the Way We Do 4 months, 1 week ago
Our attitudes toward the important things in life – relationships, money, and careers – are shaped by the experiences we have in our youth. The Millennial generation – our kids, in other words – are demonstra […]
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Josie B. became a registered member 4 months, 2 weeks ago
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Karen Venable wrote a new post, 5 Tips To Follow When Looking For A Roommate 4 months, 3 weeks ago
One of the most important steps in finding a roommate is deciding that you’re ready to do so. This step often gets trampled in the process of going from here to there in the decision-making process, however. So I […]
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Karen Venable wrote a new post, The Benefits of Minimalism – Thoughts and Websites To Inspire You 5 months, 1 week ago
Minimalism is a cool trend – embraced perhaps by the young more than the old, as evidenced by this entire website dedicated to minimalism, authored by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus. I truly believe th […]
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Karen Venable wrote a new post, Move To A Retirement Home In Florida? We Think Not. 5 months, 3 weeks ago
In retirement, as in almost all things, we’re doing things differently than generations previous. Always-sunny, closed-in, air-conditioned, cookie-cutter communities in Florida are no longer the default de […]
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Karen Venable wrote a new post, The Life Changing Magic of Having Friends 6 months, 1 week ago
In The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, it’s suggested that you discard items in your home that don’t bring you joy.
The same could be said about friends, I suppose. But what about when a friendship you tre […]
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Ann Voorhees Baker wrote a new post, Do You Worry About Becoming A Bag Lady? Join the Crowd. 6 months, 2 weeks ago
A third of the highest income earning women ($200,000+) worry about becoming a bag lady.
Katie Couric worries about it.
Gloria Steinem worries about it.
So does Lily Tomlin.
Do you?
You are not […]
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Ann Voorhees Baker wrote a new post, “I Do Not Want to Be a Victim But a Victor” – One Woman’s Story 6 months, 3 weeks ago
I just received this touching letter from one of our Roommates4Boomers members, Beverly. So many of us have been through what she is going through. I asked Beverly if I could have permission to share her lette […]
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Ann Voorhees Baker wrote a new post, These Stats on Women Over 65 Blew Our Socks Off 7 months ago
I’m looking at these statistics from awhile ago compiled by the Federal government, and still, even though Roommates4Boomers is all about Boomer women and living/lifestyles, they make my jaw drop. Here are some o […]
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Ann Voorhees Baker wrote a new post, How to Fight Social Isolation 7 months, 2 weeks ago
The feeling of social isolation affects one in five people over age 50. We’re thinking that that statistic may be higher for women over 50, simply because in that age group, twice as many women as men are u […]
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