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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...
Memoir

How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood

BoomAthens - 0
White baby boomers born and raised in the deep South each have a unique personal history of their  experiences and attitudes about race. They...
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,...
Food

Strawberry Sangria: A cheerful drink in trying times

Tim Dondero - 0
Despite its ominous name, meaning “bleeding” in Spanish, the Iberian wine punch “Sangría” is a cheery, even gentle, drink in warm weather. The congenially...
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Food

Spaghetti alla Putanesca: A Storied Dish to Spice up Winter Dining

Tim Dondero - 0
The scent of evil perpetually attracts. In the 1890s, for example, Oscar Wilde noted, “As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will...
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Food

The Return of Baxter Street as a Dining Destination, Part 2

Art and Connie Crawley - 0
In part 1 of The Return of Baxter Street as a Dining Destination (July 2019) we highlighted in a two-block section of Baxter, six locally...
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Travel

The Woodpecker Trail, Part 2 – The Southern Leg

Rick and Randy Waters - 0
The Fall 2018 issue of BoomAthens carried our piece about the northern part of Georgia’s historic Woodpecker Trail (Highway 121). Now we visit the 140-mile...
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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

Have some history with your food

Tim Dondero - 0
One significant advantage of being over 50 is no longer having to cook daily for family. But for those who enjoy cooking, or even...
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Reflection

Failure to follow my own advice

Laurel Alberty - 0
I began my financial planning career in 1999. I enthusiastically assisted my clients in planning for their future, and I did my best to...
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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

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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Boomer Life

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

Betsy Bean - 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 - 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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Boomer Life

Uber and Lyft

Saleen Martin - 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 - 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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Boomer Life

The Acquisitive Generation Begins to Downsize

Betsy Bean - 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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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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