Edward Fields read his poem Envoi on Prairie Home Companion last night. I don't know that I always manage to maintain his perspective. Maybe when I reach eighty-something > ENVOI > At 87, it’s hard to believe, but I simply have no complaints. I’m a pretty…
Brain Pickings [http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/12/03/pablo-casals-work-age/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brainpickings%2Frss+%28Brain+Pickings%29] pointed me to the autobiography of Pablo Casals, Joys and Sorrows. It sounds like a wonderful book, and Pablo's thoughts on…
> “Sixty feels exactly like 50, with aching feet and more forgetfulness. (AAA had to come unlock my car this morning, as God is my witness.) But your inside person doesn’t age. Your inside person is soul, is heart, in the eternal now, the ageless, the old, the young,…
I haven't added a poem here in a while, and I've seen some good ones lately. Here's one I found in a post by Parker Palmer at the On Being site [http://www.onbeing.org/blog/hoping-to-rekindle-my-memory/6692]. My appreciation for Billy Collins grows…
Kate Murphy on Nir Barzilai at The New York Times [http://nyti.ms/1sDsfWk]— > But also there’s evidence that people with Alzheimer’s respond well to music they know. I’m preparing my Alzheimer’s playlist, which will include the first song I remember hearing in English, Tom…
> That’s the beauty of getting older. You really have a lot more freedom than you had when you were in your 30s,” Keillor said. “When you’re in your 30s, you’re imprisoned in your own sensibility, and you really loosen up when you get older. I hope.…
Alive Inside, which I first noticed two years ago [http://tmblr.co/ZhkhVyJXhVnq] , is nearing release. Here's more from The Daily Beast. > Using an iPod, Alzheimer's patients who have not spoken in years begin to sing along with the music of their youth http://t.…
Listening to a radio broadcast of Eugene Onegin this afternoon prompts me to copy this old post [http://mikeschultz.posthaven.com/habit-in-praise-of-subtitles]— At the HD broadcast of Eugene Onegin, subtitles have given me more insight into the characters and action than I've ever had before. I was struck…