On Turning 60


You say it’s your birthday
It’s my birthday too, yeah
They say it’s your birthday
We’re gonna have a good time
I’m glad it’s your birthday
Happy Birthday to you

                              ~ Lennon-McCartney ~

 
The generation that vowed to stay forever young is coming up on a major milestone. But for the 3.4 million Americans who were born in 1946, retirement is becoming [a reality], and life still holds plenty of promise and surprises.
Jerry Adler, Newsweek 11/05

Baby boomers presently make up the lion's share of the political, cultural, industrial and academic leadership class in the United States. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, both born within sixty days of each other in mid-1946, are the first and second Baby Boomer presidents, and their careers in office illustrate the wide, often diverging spectrum of values and attitudes espoused by this largest American generational group . . . 
Wikipedia 2006

According to official sources, whoever they are, it begins in February 2006.
We are The Baby Boomers who are turning SIXTY.
In your wildest dreams, did you ever imagine such a thing happening to us, or to Jimmy Buffett?

By now, we have added laugh lines
an extra pound or twenty-two
some gray hairs perhaps
one ache or quite a few.

Enjoy this new milestone of ours, we are in excellent company:

February
    •     February 21 - Tyne Daly, American actress
    •     February 21 - Alan Rickman, English actor
    •     February 24 - Barry Bostwick, American actor
March
    •     March 6 - David Gilmour, English musician (Pink Floyd)
    •     March 7 - Peter Wolf, American musician (J Geils Band)
    •     March 12 - Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress
April
    •     April 25 - Talia Shire, American actress
    •     April 30 - King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden
May
    •     May 9 - Candice Bergen, American actress
    •     May 11 - Robert Jarvik, American physicist and inventor
    •     May 18 - Reggie Jackson, baseball player
    •     May 20 - Cher, American actress and singer
June
    •     June 14 - Donald Trump, American real estate magnate
July    
    •     July 6 - George Walker Bush, 43rd President of the United States
    •     July 6 - Sylvester Stallone, American actor
    •     July 13 - Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian
    •     July 15 - Linda Ronstadt, American singer and songwriter
    •     July 22 - Danny Glover, American actor
August
    •     August 19 - Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
September
    •     September 15 - Tommy Lee Jones, American actor
    •     September 15 - Oliver Stone, American film director
October
    •     October 16 - Suzanne Somers, American actress
    •     October 26 - Pat Sajak, American game show host
November
    •     November 4 - Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
    •     November 6 - Sally Field, American actress     
December
    •     December 14 - Patty Duke, American actress
    •     December 18 - Steven Spielberg, American film director
    •     December 25 - Jimmy Buffett, American singer and songwriter

Kathy Kyle LaCroix
01/06/06