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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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Local News

Artistically Designed Bus Shelters in Athens

BoomAthens - 0
Here's a sample of the latest art shelters funded by the SPLOST program and administered by the Athens Cultural Affairs Program.
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Sponsored

OLLI classes continue online

Timothy Meehan - 0
It is, or at least it was, easy to take everything around us for granted – our favorite restaurants, our walks, our routine. Sometimes...
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Legislature

Governor signs senior care safety bill

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In a special summer session, the state legislature unanimously passed HB 987, which provides more safeguards for seniors in assisted living and personal care...
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19-News

Stuck On A Cruise Ship and Other Stories of Sudden Change

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Athens resident Wendy Bartels flew out of Atlanta on Feb. 29 for a two-week cruise along the coast of South America with her sister,...
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Caregiving

Nursing Home Model In Trouble

Alan M. Schlein - 0
Life and Death in Senior Living Facilities Senior Wire Getting older in American will never be the same, after the astonishing death toll in nursing homes...
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Magazine

Boomers Write

Editor Picks

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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