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The Proud Boomer Dispatch

John Harris

Essays, fiction, and opinions about getting older without getting boring. Navy vet. Three books published, a fourth on the way. Writing the stuff most people only think at 2 a.m.

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    I lost 82 pounds, finished triathlons, and still got it wrong plenty. Now I write about health and aging without the mythology. Also: Florida stories. Come for both.

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