#BalanceforBetter: International Women’s Day and the major health myths many Australian women still believe
Senior citizens turn to Uber-style grandkids app
Over in America, senior citizens are now using an Uber-style app to deliver them grandkids to help around the house, or make sure they finish off that sponge in the fridge.
TBS Boomers: Hormonal changes and the heat – five ways to help Australians over 50 survive summer 2019
This summer has been the hottest on record, but those over the age of fifty should take particular care when the mercury rises. Here’s how.
Ian Henderson reflects on 40 years in the news
Ian “Hendo” Henderson was the voice of the ABC’s news coverage for a quarter century. The man saw the fall of the Berlin Wall and the media transform. He may no longer read the news, but his inexorable personality remains indelibly planted in the zeitgeist.
Thanks, coach: Reflections on funerals I’ve attended on the way to mine
Soon, as it turns, I’ll be attending my own funeral. But before I get there, I know that I’ve outlived many. You especially, coach.
Dear Grandson: Vietnam, later – bootcamp now
Grandson, before they sent me to Vietnam, they sent me to bootcamp.
Dear Grandson: I joined the Navy during the Vietnam War. Here’s what happened
Dear Grandson, I joined the Navy in 1966, a time when the Vietnam War was developing. It’s hard to explain, but it became impossible to not go.
Shelton, Latham, Leyonhjelm: You’re making us look bad
I’m a right-wing voter, but the recent nonsense spouted by Latham and company has me wondering if we should hold our own accountable before we criticise the left.
TBS Boomers: Dear Grandson, when I was in school, my country asked me to serve
Dear Grandson. When I was in school, my country was in Vietnam. It became impossible to not be swept up in it.
TBS Boomers: Dear Grandson, back in my day…
In his latest “Dear Grandson”, Stan Gerding reflects on what how being a kid playing with friends has changed, and the hardships his parents faced.
Dear Grandson: Guns in schools and the Never Again Movement
As the situation with guns in schools spirals out of control, I thought I’d try and explain today for my grandson’s tomorrow.
TBS Boomers: Dear Grandson
Over the span of my lifetime, I’ve realised it is fleeting. I don’t want my grandson to not know who I was. Consider this the first chapter.
Why I stopped worrying and love the technology that I once feared
Yesterday, the world witnessed the first fatality of the self-driving car. However, I don’t think the fear of technology is helpful, or lasting.
TBS Boomers: As an elderly cartoonist I should act my age. Yeah, maybe.
A recent brush with death taught me something. My age is catching up with me, but there are people far older than me. Worry about them.
Putting the ‘fun’ in your own funeral
I’m at the age where my social calendar is made up of funerals. However, the more I see, the less I want the standard dour church fare for my own.
What a lifetime of fearing the other has taught me
You could say that I’m a product of my environment, however, my fear of the other has followed me throughout my entire life. It’s taught me one particular lesson.
TBS Boomers: Faith, denial and the Catholic church
While some victims of child sexual abuses within the Catholic Church may see justice, but for the vast majority, my Dad included, it is already too late.
TBS Boomers: Yes, I’m retired. Yes, I’m a rock climber. Yes, I’m scared.
Meet a mature adventurer, a man who shares the thrill of rock climbing with his younger mates. This particular trip may whet your own appetite for adventure – even if you’re not as young as you used to be.
Getting old is inevitable – feeling old is preventable
We all get old. But while we may look it, a slight change in diet will ensure we don’t feel it.
Terminal change: Memories of the Australia I met, and the Australia I know
As for those people who are set to take the same journey as I did in 1977, I certainly do not envy them.
TBS Boomers: The same sex discussion will be here to stay, regardless of the result
As we get ever closer to the deadline, there’s the assumption that the issue will be put to rest. However, this discussion has long predated the question being asked, and thusly will remain.
TBS Boomers: Musings on my life since becoming voluntarily homeless
Since the string of circumstances pushed me to the brink of homelessness and beyond, the respectable life I’ve been able to build will do. It has to.
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