I'm an oddity. I'm a REALTOR who reads blogs about seniors. If you're in a profession were you have a niche, you straddle two worlds, and get used to people wrinkling up their nose saying "hunh?" after you explain what you do. Today, there are so few senior real estate specialists, we are often looked at like a 2 headed turtle!
Despite the wrinkled up noses, I press on, and spend a LOT of time reading information about elders, aging and senior housing.
If you are looking for a good blog to read about whether it's for fun or information, here are some of my favorite blogs under the category of "elder bloggers" "aging issues blog" or "senior professional":
As time goes by-What it's really like to get older. The standard in elder advocate blogging.
Ecumen - another Minnesota Blog, a great resource for Minnesota Seniors
The Codger's - Elder Bloggers who have won the hearts of REALTORS and have a large fan base. They even have their own coffee mugs!
My Elder Advocate - Great blog on aging issues
The Gilbert Guide - All about senior care issues
The Boomer Chonicles-Written by a 40 something boomer. Fun and enlightening.
Minding Our Elders - a real author and columnist shares insightful comments on aging.
There are literally hundreds more. These are enough to keep you busy for now!
I really appreciate your mention of The Boomer Chronicles! We aim to please.
Posted by: Rhea | July 03, 2007 at 08:34 PM
Thank you for your kind words about Time Goes By. When I started blogging, there are hardly any elders doing it. It is so heartening to find the niche growing.
Posted by: Ronni Bennett | July 04, 2007 at 05:51 AM
Lisa, what a treat it was to find that you pointed out our blog to your readers. Thank you from all of us here at Gilbert Guide—we really appreciate it.
Posted by: Lara Belonogoff | July 09, 2007 at 07:40 PM
Interesting...thanks for the list of senior blogs. That's very helpful.
I recently joined a senior social networking community, which just started and seems to be very useful:
http://www.seniorocity.com/
Seniors can meet and blog and swap information at seniorocity, without having to deal with teens (as on other online communities like Facebook and MySpace).
Keep up the great work!
Larry
Posted by: Larry S | December 12, 2007 at 08:17 AM
Hi Larry,
You may want to try Eons too. That's where the boomers go!
Posted by: Lisa Dunn | December 12, 2007 at 08:26 AM
Have just withing the last couple hours found that there are other senior bloggers besides myself, and more importantly, they are kinda organized as a group----HI, names Gary here, age 71, just want to add my two cents worth, just need to know what pot to throw it into?
Gary
Posted by: GaryJay | July 14, 2008 at 05:59 PM
being a senior blogger (just started three monthes back), glad to find others of the senior persuasion out blogging. This is my second attempt to post a comment on this site, not sure the first one went through??
GaryJay
http://threescoreplusten.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Gary J. Gilmore | July 14, 2008 at 06:03 PM
You might want to checkout a new blog, which is meant to be fun and entertaining titled: Raging at Aging
http://ragingataging.blogspot.com
Posted by: Philip Rappa | September 25, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Very interesting blog, thanks for the information
Posted by: Geriatric Physical Therapy | September 25, 2009 at 05:23 PM
All blogs are excellent, thanks for sharing
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