Phil Perkins

An assortment of guitars in a store. Valeriy Velikov. Are boomer boys, now men, more alike or more different?
Nostalgia

Boomer Boys and the Men They Became

How similar are these men from the same generation?

By Phil Perkins | June 22, 2026
gun and flower Evgenyp. A decades-old incident points to an issue that seems almost ageless: wielding guns for honor. Phil Perkins shares his tale.
From Our Readers

The More Things Change

Guns have long been a factor

By Phil Perkins | June 21, 2023
retro motel pool sign photo by Iofoto Dreamstime. Writer Phil Perkins shares teenage memories of a family trip when he was 16 – a nostalgic tale that speaks to memories in us all.
From Our Readers

That Moment in Time

Teenage memories of Daytona Beach and Dad’s Bonneville convertible

By Phil Perkins | June 24, 2022
MGA sportscar Photo by Zhukovsky Dreamstime. Boomer reader Phil Perkins tells a tale on his 17-year-old self and his beloved MG car: I was run over by my own car (and I was driving!)
From Our Readers

Confessions of a Car Guy, Part 2

I was run over by my own car (and I was driving!)

By Phil Perkins | March 23, 2022
brindle mixed breed dog wants to play, outside on lawn. Photo by Maryswift Dreamstime. For article on disappointing the dog
From Our Readers

Disappointing My Dog

Poor Skippy!

By Phil Perkins | December 13, 2021
father and son talking at home. Photo credit, Fizkes Dreamstime. For article on A Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver Story
Caregiving

Laughing with My Father

Facing down Parkinson’s disease

By Phil Perkins | October 6, 2021
Book cover image for 'Lowcountry Boil,' for article on Boomer reader Phil Perkins on becoming a fiction writer
Books

Boomer Reader Phil Perkins on Becoming a Fiction Writer

From a 1960s surfer to a retired detective

By Q&A with Boomer editor Annie Tobey | September 8, 2021
Old grocery store scale and register, in Remembering a first childhood job
From Our Readers

Reflections on a First Job

Lessons that lived on

By Phil Perkins | May 19, 2021
Stories of Collecting Classic Cars: An MGA sports car
From Our Readers

Confessions of a Car Guy

What I may have learned over the years in collecting classic cars

By Phil Perkins | December 22, 2020
day laborers deserve respect
From Our Readers

Day Labor

Witnessing the human spirit

By Phil Perkins | September 4, 2020

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