Boomer News to Grandpa Boomers
January 25th, 2010 Posted in Boomer News, familyI’m not from the Boomer Generation. So why did I call my blog the Boomer News? Because in 1941, when I was in the 5th grade in grammar school, I wrote a hand written newspaper for the 5th graders that I called the Boomer News. I don’t recall what made me come up with that name. The oldest of you real boomers are now about 64 years old. Many of you are grandparents. This blog is to you boomer grandpas.
My blog is written to my our eleven grandchildren who are between 3 and 18 years old. I’ve been writing this blog for three and half years and hope to keep writing to them until the youngest is at least in the 5th grade. I don’t expect any of the grandkids to tune into the blog until age 10. I’m not writing a blog to make money … it is just my way to have one-on-one communication with my grandchildren … from a distance.
My guess is that my readership is about 30 people, which is composed of the kids parents, family, relatives, friends, and the kids. My most recent blogs have been to the parents, friends and to the oldest grandchildren. If any of you real grandpa boomers wish to communicate with your grandkids in a similar one-on-one fashion, check out my blog at web site “Boomers.Alltop.com” (4th blog down on the left . Last blog; “In all Things … be Moderate”)
My experience is that 10 year olds are curious, imaginative and still listen to their parents and grandparents.