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

Kelly Capers - January 9, 2021 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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Looking Forward: Planning for travel after the pandemic

Tracy Coley - January 8, 2021 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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UGA to recognize historically Black fraternities and sororities

BoomAthens - January 8, 2021 0

University of Georgia President Jere W. Morehead has approved the installation of campus markers at the Tate Student Center to recognize the nine historically...

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Black Sororities: Sisterhood is Powerful

Betsy Bean - January 8, 2021 0

When Black collegiate women meet for the first time, one of their first inquiries is often: Are you Greek? Membership in one of the...

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Will women be the deciders?

Sharron Hannon - November 2, 2020 0

2020 is a year like no other—a global pandemic and economic downturn, street protests against racism, hellish wildfires, and drenching hurricanes. Against this chaotic backdrop,...

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RBG and her five-year-old pen pal

Tracy Coley - October 28, 2020 1

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice who rose to pop culture icon status as the “Notorious RBG,” was a lifetime champion for equal...

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Collecting political history

Kelly Capers - October 27, 2020 0

Silks, ribbons, jugates, and campaign torches In this 2020 political season, the landscape abounds with yard signs and bumper stickers, but campaigns from the beginning...

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UGA professor strives to cross the racial divide

Sharron Hannon - October 27, 2020 0

When Dawn Bennett-Alexander agreed to teach an OLLI class this summer the topic was to be “Diversity and Inclusion in a Post-COVID World: Does...

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The Struggle for Women’s Suffrage

Sharron Hannon - October 26, 2020 0

In 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John, importuning him to “remember the Ladies” in drafting the code of laws for the new...

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CNAs worked through risk. Home care companies scrambled

Betsy Bean - July 2, 2020 0

Linda Stephens, 62, began caregiving at an early age in the tiny town of Siloam in Greene County. As a child, she took care...

Boomer Life

Life in Corona-time

Sharron Hannon - July 1, 2020 2

My husband and I are mostly homebodies, so our travel in early March was unusual. First, there was the weekend in Atlanta, watching our...

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Moving Their “Retirement” Home – All 300,000 Pounds.

Betsy Bean - June 15, 2016 0

While many boomers are downsizing their living space or are planning to do so, Tom and Beth Allen have enlarged theirs. In fact, they...

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Boomer Life

Home Ec Revisited: More Than Cooking and Sewing

Theresa Rice - March 21, 2017 1

Boomer boys took shop and auto mechanics in junior and senior high. We young ladies studied Home Economics. We were introduced to kitchens and...

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Uber and Lyft

Saleen Martin - January 19, 2017 2

The money can be very good; the hassles mostly minor, and the hours totally flexible, say some of the boomers driving locally for the...

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Memoir

Genealogical Surprises! Love Letters Reveal a Mother I Never Knew

Doris Y. Kadish - June 15, 2016 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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The Acquisitive Generation Begins to Downsize

Betsy Bean - November 11, 2016 0

Teresa Howard, 59, and her husband, Dallas, 63, are anxious to sell their 4,200 sq.f. house in Lawrenceville to move closer to their daughter...

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Boomer Life

UGA to recognize historically Black fraternities and sororities

Black Sororities: Sisterhood is Powerful

Will women be the deciders?

RBG and her five-year-old pen pal

Collecting political history

UGA professor strives to cross the racial divide

The Struggle for Women’s Suffrage

CNAs worked through risk. Home care companies scrambled

Life in Corona-time

Moving Their “Retirement” Home – All 300,000 Pounds.

Home Ec Revisited: More Than Cooking and Sewing

Uber and Lyft

Genealogical Surprises! Love Letters Reveal a Mother I Never Knew

The Acquisitive Generation Begins to Downsize

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