Every Friday, Tom Blake sends the Finding Love After 50 newsletter to hundreds of subscribers throughout the United States, Canada, and other foreign countries. Topics include all issues that affect singles age 50-80. Many singles contact Tom each day, saying they have given up on trying to find love after 50. That there is no one out there for them. But Tom knew better, that it is never too late to find love. Not only had he found love at age 58 (story # 58 in the book), but people share their love-after-50 love stories with him all of the time. So, he felt if he could gather 50 stories or so, and put them into a book, the stories would be an inspiration to singles to get out and find their own mates. Tom felt the stories would give older singles hope, particularly those who had given up. But a wonderful thing happened while Tom gathered the stories. More than 50 came in. So, the book provides 58 stories--50 that the title guarantees, plus 8 bonus stories. The purpose of the book is twofold. One, to inform by showing singles how others found love after 50. Two, to provide hope to singles that finding love later in life is possible and they should never give up. Some couples found love in their 70s and 80s. It's never too late. In more than half of the couples featured in the book, one or both members were widowed. It's a great hope-builder for widows and widowers. A must-read lessons learned section is at the end of the book, which was compliled from the lessons learned from each individual story. People who follow the tips in that section will dramatically improve their chances of finding love.
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Book Review, September 24, 2009, San Clemente, California, Sun Post News Column: Hall Around Town by John Hall The Fonz and Tom Blake: Who could ask for more? Thousands attend Mission Viejo Book Festival, said the banner. Visitors see star authors such as Dean Koontz and stars such as Henry Winkler. Actually, there were a total of 48 authors and exhibitors who brought in the mob to the record-setting event staged by Friends of the Mission Viejo Library. Besides Koontz, the fireball detective novelist, and Winkler, one of the lesser-publicized but extremely popular other authors on hand was our own Tom Blake, a San Clemente resident, who runs Tutor and Spunky s Deli in Dana Point and has been writing the Middle Aged Relationships column for the Register s community newspapers for more than 15 years. Tom s latest book, How 50 Couples Found Love After 50, is obviously an offshoot of his column that has proved so vital to those of a certain age. Beyond the column, he regularly emails a newsletter on the subject to hundreds across America as well as to Canada and Europe. He got started with the romance of it all, he said, because he d heard all too often from older singles that they couldn t meet anybody that was right for them, that they d given up on the dating and given up on finding love on the Internet, that there was just nobody out there that was right. I knew better, and John, you know better, too, he said in a personal e-mail. Both of us found love later in life. Plus, men and women send me their success stories all the time. They meet on the Internet, at a local bank, at a writers club, at Barnes & Noble, at my Dana Point deli, at a San Clemente dentist s office, at the Ritz-Carlton the list goes on and on. He s been so overwhelmed by so many success stories that he couldn t cut off his book at just 50 stories. He has eight extra accounts, for a total of 58 couples telling all. Three are from San Clemente, including Tom himself, saying, Eleven years ago, I was between relationships. A woman came into my deli and ordered a fresh carrot juice. When she sat down to wait for her juice to be squeezed, I looked at her. And without thinking twice, I simply walked around the counter and asked her for a date. She was surprised, but she said yes, and Greta and I have been together ever since. Just like that. The book reads a little like peeking into somebody s private diary, but that, of course, is a large part of the charm. The purpose of the book is to give hope to older singles that they can meet a partner, Tom said, in summing up. --San Clemente, Ca, Sun Post News
Author: It's never too late to find mate Saturday, October 24, 2009 By Linda Hass For the Citizen Patriot Jackson native Carmen Lodise wasn't looking for a soulmate when he agreed to have coffee with a blind date in 2003. ``I was 63 at the time, and I had my heart set on retiring alone in a Mexican fishing village,'' said Lodise, a divorced man who worked as an economist and community organizer in Santa Barbara, Calif., for more than 30 years before retiring at the end of 2004. Then he had coffee with Sally Derevan, and everything changed. After several dates and an e-mail blitz that involved up to 20 messages a day, the couple fell in love. ``I wasn't interested in getting involved with a man on the verge of moving to Mexico, but Carm was smart, interesting and handsome. It was an unbeatable combination,'' Derevan said. Lodise is one of four Jackson natives profiled in ``How 50 Couples Found Love After 50,'' a book written by Tom Blake, himself a Jackson native. Blake, 69, a 1957 graduate of Jackson High School, moved to California in 1970. He has worked as a columnist for the Orange County Register and Register community newspapers for 15 years, specializing in issues that affect singles between the ages of 50 and 80. ``I often hear older singles complain they can't meet anybody, or that they've given up on dating. But I know better,'' he said. ``Not only did I find love at age 58, men and women send me their success stories all the time,'' said Blake, who's divorced . ``Couples tell me they met in various places: at reunions, at church, while dining out, while traveling and on the Internet. The important thing is they get out of the house and get involved in activities they enjoy,'' Blake added. Blake has written more than 1,900 columns on the subject. He has appeared on the ``Today'' show and ``Good Morning America.'' Two years ago, Blake decided to collect stories of how older singles met and present them in a book. The purpose of the resulting book, published in August, is to give older singles hope that they can meet a partner, he said. ``I figured that readers could benefit from seeing how others found mates, and adopt similar strategies for themselves,'' he said. While researching, Blake .started a ``JHS class of 1957'' Yahoo! group online, which has 45 members. Other Internet users from this class interested in joining the online group may go to Yahoo.com, click on groups, and type in ``JHS Class of 1957.'' In addition to his own love-after-50 story and that of Lodise, the book features stories of two other Jackson natives: Kenny Ware of San Diego and Wallace Sagendorph of Atlanta. ``Some of my couples found love in their 70s and 80s,'' Blake said. ``It's never too late.'' Lodise can vouch for that. He and Derevan now spend six months a year at her home, and six months in Lodise's home in Barra de Navidad, Mexico. ``And we're still going strong,'' Lodise said in a phone interview. --Jackson Citizen Patroit Oct 24 2009
Author: It's never too late to find mate Saturday, October 24, 2009 By Linda Hass For the Citizen Patriot Jackson native Carmen Lodise wasn't looking for a soulmate when he agreed to have coffee with a blind date in 2003. ``I was 63 at the time, and I had my heart set on retiring alone in a Mexican fishing village,'' said Lodise, a divorced man who worked as an economist and community organizer in Santa Barbara, Calif., for more than 30 years before retiring at the end of 2004. Then he had coffee with Sally Derevan, and everything changed. After several dates and an e-mail blitz that involved up to 20 messages a day, the couple fell in love. ``I wasn't interested in getting involved with a man on the verge of moving to Mexico, but Carm was smart, interesting and handsome. It was an unbeatable combination,'' Derevan said. Lodise is one of four Jackson natives profiled in ``How 50 Couples Found Love After 50,'' a book written by Tom Blake, himself a Jackson native. Blake, 69, a 1957 graduate of Jackson High School, moved to California in 1970. He has worked as a columnist for the Orange County Register and Register community newspapers for 15 years, specializing in issues that affect singles between the ages of 50 and 80. ``I often hear older singles complain they can't meet anybody, or that they've given up on dating. But I know better,'' he said. ``Not only did I find love at age 58, men and women send me their success stories all the time,'' said Blake, who's divorced . ``Couples tell me they met in various places: at reunions, at church, while dining out, while traveling and on the Internet. The important thing is they get out of the house and get involved in activities they enjoy,'' Blake added. Blake has written more than 1,900 columns on the subject. He has appeared on the ``Today'' show and ``Good Morning America.'' Two years ago, Blake decided to collect stories of how older singles met and present them in a book. The purpose of the resulting book, published in August, is to give older singles hope that they can meet a partner, he said. ``I figured that readers could benefit from seeing how others found mates, and adopt similar strategies for themselves,'' he said. While researching, Blake .started a ``JHS class of 1957'' Yahoo! group online, which has 45 members. Other Internet users from this class interested in joining the online group may go to Yahoo.com, click on groups, and type in ``JHS Class of 1957.'' In addition to his own love-after-50 story and that of Lodise, the book features stories of two other Jackson natives: Kenny Ware of San Diego and Wallace Sagendorph of Atlanta. ``Some of my couples found love in their 70s and 80s,'' Blake said. ``It's never too late.'' Lodise can vouch for that. He and Derevan now spend six months a year at her home, and six months in Lodise's home in Barra de Navidad, Mexico. ``And we're still going strong,'' Lodise said in a phone interview. --Jackson Citizen Patroit Oct 24 2009
About the Author
Author and columnist Tom Blake has written more than 1,900 newspaper columns in 16 years on the topic of finding love after 50 for a syndicate of Southern California newspapers. He has published four books, three on midlife relationships and one memoir. Tom has made multiple appearances on the Today Show and Good Morning America as an expert on dating after 50. He has owned Tutor and Spunky's Deli for 22 years, a bustling, popular, gathering-spot on Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point, California. Much of the material for his columns originates from deli customers. Born in Jackson, Michigan, Tom has an MBA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a BA from DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana. He and his partner Greta live in San Clemente, California.
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