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Archive for the ‘Creative Baby Boomers’ Category

November 16th, 2008

Businesses for Creative Baby Boomers - Bookbinding

Over the weekend I read a story about woman in North Carolina who has a thriving business as a bookbinder.  For someone who loves books, this would be a great business. And for a baby boomer who is looking for a creative business, it would be lots of fun.  Book binding is also a recession-proof […]

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November 12th, 2008

If Baby Boomers Ruled the World, or How Would YOU Fix the Economy?

Now that I have heard over and over how we Baby Boomers caused the financial collapse by our profligate spending and our financial irresponsibility, maybe we should just take over and fix the whole mess.
Miranda Marquit (from Yielding Wealth) and other “ordinary” Americans were asked their opinions on how to fix the economy.  Miranda has […]

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October 26th, 2008

Businesses for Boomers: Sell Your Crafts on Etsy

I had heard of Etsy before but I just saw a post on HomeBizNotes about it, so I thought I would check it out.  You can sell your crafts online at Etsy; it’s kind of like EBay for crafters. Both handmade and vintage items (over 20 years old and in good shape, of course) can […]

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October 9th, 2008

Boomer Creativity Contest Winner and Some of the Comments

The winner in a minute, but first, my observations:
I was overwhelmed by the number of people who have great creative ideas and a desire to express those ideas.
For example: When I got divorced, my ex burned all of my poetry (along with other things). I am just now getting the creativity flowing […]

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October 1st, 2008

October Baby Boomer Contest - How to Create

In one of my journeys around the Internet I found a writer named Brenda Ueland.  She was born in 1891, died in 1985, lived in Minnesota, was married 4 times, and wrote a wonderful book titled:
If you want to write: A book about art, independence, and spirit
Ueland talks about writing, but she is really […]

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