Dan Akins

Dan Akin retired as a research scientist from the U.S. Department of Agriculture after a 37-year career. His hobbies include writing, gardening, and traveling with his wife Becky.

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Boomers Write

A Lonely Heart

Janet Martin - January 10, 2021 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 - January 10, 2021 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 - January 10, 2021 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 - January 10, 2021 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 - January 10, 2021 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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Dan Akins

A Lonely Heart

So you want to publish your memoirs

Bloom Where Planted

Just a Thought

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

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Boomers Write

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I need a new bra

Letters from Vietnam, 1967