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She Wore Diamonds on the Inside
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She Wore Diamonds on the Inside

By Ben Harper

April 30, 2022

Editor’s comment:  Among Alice and my favorite acts at a recent music festival we attended was Ben Harper, playing alone with a couple Fender Reverb amps, a mic and five...
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City of Thieves
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City of Thieves

By David Benioff

March 31, 2022

Editor’s Note: I walked into a mom-and-pop bookshop in California recently. The owner asked about titles I liked, then handed me this book after some thought. It’s historical fiction drama...
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Time Stretching Exercises
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Time Stretching Exercises

By Tim McCarthy

March 31, 2022

Oliver Burkeman subtitled his book 4,000 Weeks “time management for mortals”. Time and mortality are tough subjects that Burkeman faces head-on and with creativity and humor uncommon to self-help books....
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75 and Sunny
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75 and Sunny

By Ryan Montbleau

March 31, 2022

Editor’s note: Thanks to Mikey Utesch for this one, a song that has it all: rhythm, energy, nice voice and meaning. Favorite lyric: “You’d better believe I’m living for the...
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Softening of Age
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Softening of Age

By Felicia McCarthy

February 28, 2022

Grace and kindness [should] come with the softening of age -Felicia McCarthy
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July
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July

By Noah Cyrus, Leon Bridges

February 28, 2022

Editor’s note:  Once again, my daughter, Caitlin, leads my quest to find great music with meaning. Favorite lyric:  I’m afraid of change I guess that’s why things stay the same
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The Softening of Age
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The Softening of Age

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2022

Six of my nine brothers and sisters who remain earthbound gathered to kibbutz for a few days recently.   I was struck by the words my poet sister used in...
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Billy Summers
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Billy Summers

By Stephen King

January 31, 2022

Editor’s comment: My friend, Joe Gibson, sent me looking for this delightfully crazy story about a frustrated writer/hit man embarking on his last “job”. Having never cared about science fiction,...
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Price we Pay for Love
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Price we Pay for Love

By Mary Ridpath Mann

January 31, 2022

Grief is the price we pay for love.                                 ---Mary Ridpath Mann
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Catching and Releasing
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Catching and Releasing

By Matt Simons, Deepend

January 31, 2022

Editor’s note:   Another wonderful cut from my daughter, Caitlin’s, annual Christmas mix.  Light, breezy with lyrics I need to hear over and over and over again. Favorite lyric: Everybody...
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Originals
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Originals

By Tim McCarthy

December 27, 2021

Famous quotes are enjoyable and instructive. I’ve compiled hundreds of my favorites since I began writing these newsletters in July of 1988. Most are from legendary folks like Churchill and...
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Freedom Fries
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Freedom Fries

By Robert Plant

December 27, 2021

Editor’s note:   Beautiful voice and instruments on this, one of my son’s many original songs that I still love listening to after all these years. Favorite lyric:  “Preservation only...
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Trust is Worth More
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Trust is Worth More

By Seth Godin

December 27, 2021

Trust is worth more than attention, and the purpose of the work is to create meaningful change, not to be on a list. -Seth Godin
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Scrooged
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Scrooged

By Tim McCarthy

December 27, 2021

Editor’s note:  Alice and I are spending our free nights this holiday re-watching the funniest holiday-themed movies we’ve enjoyed over time.  This scene of the Ghost of Christmas Present working...
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Truth Worth Telling
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Truth Worth Telling

By Scott Pelley

December 27, 2021

Editor’s note:   This is a book to pick and choose from.  Some stories I let go of quickly for various reasons and some stories I read twice.  As with...
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December Laugh
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December Laugh

By Tim McCarthy

November 30, 2021

Editor's Note:  Thanks to upjoke.com, I shared this with Alice as another reason I won’t ever retire.  After my retirement at the company I worked at for 50 years, I...
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Life is Like a Game of Cards
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Life is Like a Game of Cards

By Jawaharlal Nehru

November 30, 2021

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism. The way you play it is free will. — Jawaharlal Nehru
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Better Angels of our Nature
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Better Angels of our Nature

By Steven Pinker

November 30, 2021

Editor’s note:  I purposely chose this book as a companion to this month’s “News Cyclone” article.  Pinker’s well-supported theory that violence has continually declined over the centuries is a pretty...
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Faith
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Faith

By Lake Street Dive

November 30, 2021

Editor’s note:  Occasionally I like a cover way more than I liked the original recording.  This one, George Michael’s Faith covered by my new favorite band, Lake Street Dive is...
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The News Cyclone
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The News Cyclone

By Tim McCarthy

November 30, 2021

The question: Does media reflect or form culture – was a hot topic at the time I was a young marketing professional. It’s a classic “chicken or the egg” philosophic...
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Forever Young
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Forever Young

By Bob Dylan

October 29, 2021

Editor’s note:   I enjoy the extreme pleasure of playing out with my son, Kevin.  Recently we were invited to his old neighborhood in Connecticut to play an outdoor family...
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