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Boomer Life

Black Sororities: Sisterhood is Powerful

Betsy Bean - 0
When Black collegiate women meet for the first time, one of their first inquiries is often: Are you...
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Boomer Life

The ACS Philosophy: If you can talk, you can sing

Kelly Capers - 0
The Athens Choral Society, a diverse group of volunteer singers, will celebrate its Golden Anniversary in May 2021. “The Athens Choral Society started in 1971...
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Caregiving

Q&A with Eve Anthony

Betsy Bean - 0
The Athens Community Council on Aging was forced to make a quick pivot virtually overnight when the pandemic hit in March. Publisher Betsy Bean...
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Aging Well

Surgery Should Be Earned

Doug Monroe - 0
Local osteopath Dr. Chris Doerr is a proponent of healing through physical therapy. Surgery, he says, should be the last option. Fifteen years ago, Dr....
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Boomer Life

Looking Forward: Planning for travel after the pandemic

Tracy Coley - 0
June Warfield felt as if she and her family had stepped off their cruise ship into a strange new world when they docked in...
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Memoir

So you want to publish your memoirs

Bowen Craig - 0
Publishing a book used to be so much simpler, and so much harder. While the 21st century has democratized the process of publishing— it’s...
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Boomer Life

Bloom Where Planted

Tracy Coley - 0
OLLI @UGA remains strong during pandemic When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Athens in March, the University of Georgia’s closure of in-person classes, lectures and activities...
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Opinion

Just a Thought

Betsy Bean - 0
“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Knowing what to...
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FYI: Need to Know, Good to Know, Fun to Do!

BoomAthens - 0
Need to Know Dementia Friends Georgia In Georgia, 140,000 people are living with dementia and continue to be vital members of their communities, shopping, dining, working...
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Health

Healthy Us: Advice from trusted sources

BoomAthens - 0
Fix your walking habits The Harvard Medical School advises that, with a little work, it’s possible to correct ingrained walking habits while exercising. Look ahead....
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Boomers Write

Boomers Write

A Lonely Heart

Janet Martin - 0
I’d been telling myself for months that I should go down to Florida to visit her. But between working and graduate school, a free...
Memoir

So you want to publish your memoirs

Bowen Craig - 0
Publishing a book used to be so much simpler, and so much harder. While the 21st century has democratized the process of publishing— it’s...
Memoir

The meaning of Motown for a white kid

Jim Marshall - 1
Do you remember them? Smoky Robinson and the Miracles, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Drifters, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, The Chiffons, The Shirelles,...

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What candidates should know about the 50+ voters

Debra Tyler-Horton - 0
While the November elections are behind us, the issues that matter most to voters 50+ will be on the ballot in the U.S. Senate...
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Boomer Life

Athens High 1965: Integrating high school athletics in Athens

Walter Allen, Jr. - 7
This article was previously printed in the Winter issue of Zebra Magazine. It has been edited for length.    Alan Morse’s father was skeptical of him...
Travel

The Woodpecker Trail – scenic since 1922

Ron and Rick Waters - 0
Less than 90 miles from Athens is one of America’s “most scenic drives,” according to Country Living Magazine: the Woodpecker Trail (Georgia Highway 121)....
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Humor

On Becoming a Crazy Cat Lady

Rosemary Wood - 0
Here I am, returning to the Athens Area Humane Society one year after adopting Leo. Dear Leo, the cat I wasn’t sure I wanted...
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Memoir

Genealogical Surprises! Love Letters Reveal a Mother I Never Knew

Doris Y. Kadish - 0
I retired from the UGA departments of romance languages and women's studies in 2011 after a lifetime of studying and teaching. And for all...

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Boomers Write

A Lonely Heart

Janet Martin - 0
I’d been telling myself for months that I should go down to Florida to visit her. But between working and graduate school, a free...
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Memoir

So you want to publish your memoirs

Bowen Craig - 0
Publishing a book used to be so much simpler, and so much harder. While the 21st century has democratized the process of publishing— it’s...
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Boomer Life

Bloom Where Planted

Tracy Coley - 0
OLLI @UGA remains strong during pandemic When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Athens in March, the University of Georgia’s closure of in-person classes, lectures and activities...
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Opinion

Just a Thought

Betsy Bean - 0
“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Knowing what to...
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FYI

FYI: Need to Know, Good to Know, Fun to Do!

BoomAthens - 0
Need to Know Dementia Friends Georgia In Georgia, 140,000 people are living with dementia and continue to be vital members of their communities, shopping, dining, working...
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Health

Healthy Us: Advice from trusted sources

BoomAthens - 0
Fix your walking habits The Harvard Medical School advises that, with a little work, it’s possible to correct ingrained walking habits while exercising. Look ahead....
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Boomer Life

The ACS Philosophy: If you can talk, you can sing

Kelly Capers - 0
The Athens Choral Society, a diverse group of volunteer singers, will celebrate its Golden Anniversary in May 2021. “The Athens Choral Society started in 1971...
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Caregiving

Q&A with Eve Anthony

Betsy Bean - 0
The Athens Community Council on Aging was forced to make a quick pivot virtually overnight when the pandemic hit in March. Publisher Betsy Bean...
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Aging Well

Surgery Should Be Earned

Doug Monroe - 0
Local osteopath Dr. Chris Doerr is a proponent of healing through physical therapy. Surgery, he says, should be the last option. Fifteen years ago, Dr....
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Boomer Life

Athens High 1965: Integrating high school athletics in Athens

Walter Allen, Jr. - 7
This article was previously printed in the Winter issue of Zebra Magazine. It has been edited for length.    Alan Morse’s father was skeptical of him...
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Memoir

Letters from Vietnam, 1967

Myrna Adams West - 6
Small flakes of snow prickled against my face and hands and left little wet splotches on the stationery on my lap.  It was 1967,...
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Memoir

Letters from Vietnam, 1968: Love that knows no boundaries.

Myrna Adams West - 5
In January and February 1968 while I was sleeping snug and warm in my dorm at Tift College, my brother Frederick was spending nights...
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Memoir

To everything there is a season. Some thoughts on inner harvesting

Virginia Carver - 3
There’s a small branching plant with clusters of yellow pods that burst open in the fall to reveal intense orange, jewel-like berries. In Indiana...
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Food

The Return of Baxter Street as a Dining Destination, Part 1

Art and Connie Crawley - 3
In just a two-block section of Baxter Street, six, locally owned restaurants have emerged to establish the locale as a dining destination. Easily within...
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Humor

I need a new bra

Dan Akins - 1
Caregiving for his 80-year-old mother challenged one writer’s ingenuity when she told him “I Need A Bra.” Enjoy two new submissions to the Boomers Write section.
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Memoir

Letters from Vietnam, 1967

Myrna Adams West - 6
Small flakes of snow prickled against my face and hands and left little wet splotches on the stationery on my lap.  It was 1967,...
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