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Barbara Weibel After years of working 70 hours a week at jobs I detested, I felt like the proverbial "hole in the donut" - solid on the outside, but empty on the inside. Searching for meaning in my life, I abandoned my successful but unsatisfying career and set out on a six-month solo backpacking trip around the world to pursue my true passions of travel, writing, and photography. My blog feature intensely personal stories about the destinations I visit, people I meet, the crazy (and often humorous) ...Read more here....

It’s time for another round of interesting info and fun facts from our baby boomer bloggers. This week, our host, LifeTwo, has put together brief descriptions of posts from nine different baby boomer writers who are discussing subjects ranging from pensioner playgrounds to late-in-life love affairs. Check it out and click the links provided to read the full content on each of the blogs.

Check out this week’s summary of all the baby boomer news that’s fit to print. This week, our baby boomer authors are writing about subjects ranging from protest dogs in Greece to drugs that will help us live to be 100 and It’s All About Aging has provided a handy summary of each of the articles, with links to the full versions.

Lots of things hoppin’ in the baby boomer world these days, and our Blogging Boomer Carnival members are usually among the first to know about and discuss the issues most important to boomers. This week’s roundup is presented by Contemporary Retirement, where you’ll find succinct summaries of all the posts in one handy place from which you can click through to read the entire posts on our respective blogs.

Hard to believe but it’s May already. Flowers are blooming, the weather is turning warm, and people are turning their thoughts to spring cleaning and enjoying the great outdoors. Yet some things never change; our group of bloggers are still hard at work writing about a wide variety of subjects of interest to baby boomer generation. This week’s host, The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur, has provided a summary of all the articles in one handy place, so cruise on over and take a look!

Even from thousands of miles away, the Blogging BoomersCarnival must go on! This week it’s my turn to host, so please check out the eclectic and always fascinating posts from our group of baby boomer bloggers. Here’s what they’re talking about this week; click on the provided links to read the full articles:

SoBabyBoomer brings us a fascinating Gen Y created video about helicopter Baby Boomer parents and their offspring that reads the exact opposite backwards as forward. So simple yet so brilliant.

There is no security in what is no longer meaningful for you. Here, Laura Lee Carter aka the Midlife Crisis Queen encourages you to ask: Where does your meaning lie now?

The Boomer Chronicles recommends a few novels.

Anne at It’sAll About Aging wants to know what’s the worst thing you’ve ever pulled out of your refrigerator? Do you know it’s the least cleaned thing in your house?

Is your son or daughter getting married and you have no idea what to wear? Visit Fabulous after 40 to find out how to look Fabulous not frumpy as mother of the bride or groom.

Ann over at Contemporary Retirement wants to know: What will you call yourself once you retire?

Are you curious about why people start businesses? Then listen to an interesting interview Andrea Stenberg did with a man who started a dental tourism business in Episode 1 of The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur Podcast.

Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people according to a new study and reported at LifeTwo.com. Separately loneliness has been associated with a variety of health issues so it’s important for adults to understand how it spreads and what can be done about it.

Wondering what all the fuss is about Twitter going for the money?  Janet at Gen Plus gives you the tweet on Twitter.

Vaboomer.com blog wonders “Would Boomers Enjoy Flash Mobs?”

And last but not least, I have something to offer to my readers as well. My friend and fellow travel blogger in the UK, Heather Cowper at Heather on her Travels, recently interviewed me and another U.S.-based travel writer about the definition of a baby boomer traveler and the impact we are having on the industry. The difference in opinions between the two of us is startling, to say the least, proving once again that baby boomers refuse to be classified.

Happy browsing!

It’s time for another roundup of great posts from our confederation of baby boomer bloggers. This week’s Blogging Boomer Carnival is hosted by Laura Lee Carter at Midlife Crisis Queen, who has summarized all our weekly posts in one handy place. Take a moment to scan her overview; you’re sure to find a nugget or two in this week’s offerings.

It’s time for another roundup of baby boomer topics at this week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival, hosted by John Agno at So Baby Boomer. John’s provided a one-stop place to check out what’s being discussed by our eclectic group of boomers, so why not cruise on over and check it out.

Oops! I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date. My regular Monday morning post for the Blogging Boomers Carnival had to wait until today because I’ve been at the bottom or remote Copper Canyon, Mexico, without Internet connection for the past week. So I apologize for my tardiness, but better late than never and in the case of the Blogging Boomers, it’s worth the wait. Cruise on over to Fabulous After 40 to review the topics being discussed this week.

The Blogging Boomers Carnival is wild and wonderful this week, featuring subjects ranging from a love story with an android called a ‘replicant’ to the amazing way the CDC solved the latest salmonella outbreak. You’re not going to want to miss these fascinating discussions, so visit this week’s hostess, Gen Plus, who has provided us with brief reviews of the articles in this latest roundup.

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