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  • ELDER MUSIC: 1914

    This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Seasons - Winter

    This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...

  • INTERESTING STUFF – 2 July 2016

    THE BERLIN CANDY BOMBER As many of us at TGB recall or, perhaps, learned in school or from our parents, at the end of World War II, Germany was divided. Berlin was partially controlled by the Soviets, who held it... Read More...

  • Growing Old in a New World

    Last Saturday afternoon, I listened to the final episode of Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, ended now after 42 years of weekly broadcasts. The show had been recorded the evening before at the Hollywood Bowl and President Barack Obama called...

  • How to Combat Ageism

    Did you see the Fourth of July public service announcement (PSA) about patriotism that John Cena released for this holiday? The one-minute video that is a masterpiece of how age should be treated? Ha! If you read Wednesday's post in... Read More....

  • INTERESTING STUFF – 23 July 2016

    THE LAST CAROUSEL CRAFTSMEN Remember carousels? I loved them when I was a kid. I still do. I suppose for today's kids they seem tame compared to the thrill rides at big amusement parks. Too bad. They are so beautiful... Read More...

  • INTERESTING STUFF – 16 July 2016

    SECRETARY CLINTON COMMITS TO EXPANDING SOCIAL SECURITY At their appearance together last Tuesday (which this week feels like a month ago) as Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed Secretary Hillary Clinton for president, she adopted Sanders's position on...

  • Independence Day 2016

    Each year we celebrate the The Declaration of Independence with parades, backyard barbecues and fireworks. All good things but it is also a good thing now and then to re-read or re-listen to the words of this powerful document that... Read More...
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