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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...

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...

Memoir

The meaning of Motown for a white kid

Jim Marshall - October 28, 2020 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,...

Food

A chef’s experience: Cooking in the time of Covid

Tim Dondero - October 27, 2020 0

During the bizarre period since mid-March, with external activities crimped, I cooked a lot, gardened before the mosquitoes intervened, masked, distanced from most people,...

Food

Strawberry Sangria: A cheerful drink in trying times

Tim Dondero - July 2, 2020 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...

Food

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

Tim Dondero - January 25, 2020 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...

Travel

The Woodpecker Trail, Part 2 – The Southern Leg

Rick and Randy Waters - October 20, 2019 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...

Memoir

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

Virginia Carver - October 20, 2019 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...

Food

Have some history with your food

Tim Dondero - October 20, 2019 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...

Reflection

Failure to follow my own advice

Laurel Alberty - October 20, 2019 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...

Food

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

Art and Connie Crawley - July 30, 2019 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...

Humor

On Becoming a Crazy Cat Lady

Rosemary Wood - July 30, 2019 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...

Boomer Life

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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Boomer Life

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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Boomer Life

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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Boomers Write

A chef’s experience: Cooking in the time of Covid

Strawberry Sangria: A cheerful drink in trying times

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

The Woodpecker Trail, Part 2 – The Southern Leg

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

Have some history with your food

Failure to follow my own advice

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

On Becoming a Crazy Cat Lady

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

Magazine

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Letters from Vietnam, 1967