Baby Boomers Can Survive is about the thoughts and memories of a recently retired man, aged 67. He is learning both to enjoy each day of life and how to fill the time with useful activities. This "book of memories" is entertaining, and it reflects on the important things in life. It includes a summary of life experiences from age 22 to present. It covers adventures in Europe, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu, Louisville, and in Lahaina on the island of Maui. It discusses the challenge of making a transition from working for 43 years to a life without work, and addresses the joys and challenges of retirement. Fond memories of the past are revealed as the author recalls interesting events of his life.
About the Author: Rolf McEwen has been a teacher, writer, and photographer for many years. He has published several photo books including Tripping through Oregon, Oregon Coast Drawings, Hawaii Pencil Drawings, Mediterranean Travel Drawings, Sketch Art, Portland Images - Travel Photos of Oregon, Salem Images, Seattle Images, Travel Hawaii - A Photo Montage, Dramatic Images, Images Black and White, Explosion of Color, Flower Wave, Urban Art, and Light Wave - Fluid Photos. He has written plays including The Honeymoon, Mad Love, Inspector Strangelove, Love Will Find a Way, The War, The Joseph Story, Esther the Queen, The Institute, Cranking Up America, and The Fan. He created adaptations for Moliere plays including The Miser, The Middle Class Gentleman, Tartuffified, Deceits of Samson, Ladies of Learning, and The Hypochondriac. He wrote a how-to book regarding theatre arts programs entitled For Love of Drama, describing how to create successful and financially profitable high school drama programs. He recently wrote a short novel, Mad Man, Wild Woman, about an unemployed, discouraged 19 year old man who falls in love with a woman of the same age who loves him wildly and helps him wonderfully. He published a how-to book about homeschooling entitled Homeschool - How & Why to Do It. His love of humor is apparent in his coffee-table book about how to cope with a boring temporary job--Survival Tactics for Office Workers. He wrote How to Create Wealth--A Book of Wit and Wisdom, Teen Sexuality--A Humorous Guide Book, and a collection of poetry entitled Amazing World. He taught school for 36 years and directed high school plays for 30 years. He initiated and developed a performing arts program for high school students that produced four performances per year at a theater he rented in Corvallis, Oregon. He directed 71 full-length plays for the stage. Most of his plays attracted audiences of sufficient size to make the plays profitable. He taught high school writing, literature, speech, drama, and photography, and was selected for Who's Who among College Students and Who's Who among High School Teachers. McEwen earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Puget Sound and a Master of Teaching degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. He studied art, music, history, and literature in Rome and Vienna, and traveled throughout Europe.