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Isolated minds. Dead hearts.

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Benefactors ennoble us through praise, a comment, recognition, a simple gesture, or a note. They also inspire our minds and touch our hearts. I was fortunate enough to hear...

November 23, 2020

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Monday Musings, The Times We Live In

Our year in photos – 2020

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What better way to start our annual “year in photos” collection than with the screenshot of our Zoom Mother’s Day brunch? In May of this Year of the Quarantine...

November 22, 2020

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Best Of..., Family, Random DJB Thoughts

Saturday Soundtrack: Doc Watson’s Deep River Blues

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Heading into the week of Thanksgiving, I began considering music focused on thankfulness. Livingston Taylor’s short and lovely Thank You Song came to mind, but then I shifted my...

November 21, 2020

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Acoustic Music, Bluegrass Music, Saturday Soundtrack

Did you have Dolly Parton helping to fund COVID-19 vaccine on your 2020 bingo card?

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Helping to affirm her “living saint status” as Rolling Stone describes her, it was announced today that Dolly Parton provided $1 million back in April to help fund research...

November 17, 2020

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Acoustic Music, Bluegrass Music, On Leadership, The Times We Live In

Have the courage to defy convention

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Traditional gender roles were on our mind during a recent family discussion. Too often we lock ourselves into preconceived notions of appropriate roles and attendant responsibilities without giving either...

November 16, 2020

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Family, Monday Musings, On Leadership, The Times We Live In

Saturday Soundtrack: Solas

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To be perfectly frank, this year has seemed like one long, unplanned suspension of time on so many fronts. So it seems reasonable to highlight a band this week...

November 14, 2020

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Acoustic Music, Saturday Soundtrack

No job is worth the condemnation of history these enablers will endure

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History will eventually find those who have put personal gain and short-term power above service to community and country. It deals harshly with so-called leaders who cower before bullies...

November 11, 2020

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On Leadership, The Times We Live In

We have to own up to our culture if we want to change it

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I recently finished Ibram X. Kendi’s How To Be An Antiracist. Usually found right at the top of the list of recommended works to read in order to understand...

November 9, 2020

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Monday Musings, Recommended Readings, The Times We Live In

A new day

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Today is a new day! The road a country takes to decency and respect for the rule of law is long. Work toward rebuilding belief in the common good;...

November 7, 2020

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On Leadership, The Times We Live In

Saturday Soundtrack: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

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A friend and former colleague sent me the link to a story in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine entitled How Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Hold Onto Optimism....

November 7, 2020

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Acoustic Music, Bluegrass Music, Saturday Soundtrack

November 9, 2020

We have to own up to our culture if we want to change it

I recently finished Ibram X. Kendi’s How To Be An Antiracist. Usually found right at the top of the...

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October 28, 2020

The information crisis

As we prepare for the election and a torrent of stories — good and bad — in the coming...

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October 27, 2020

In praise of public libraries

Most communities have a place that even in technology-obsessed, locked-down 21st century America remains a surprisingly relevant bellwether institution:...

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October 20, 2020

Journeys that move us toward justice never end

Yesterday we took a walk through Brookside Gardens. It was a beautiful fall day, the colors were vibrant, and...

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November 17, 2020

Did you have Dolly Parton helping to fund COVID-19 vaccine on your 2020 bingo ...

Helping to affirm her “living saint status” as Rolling Stone describes her, it was announced today that Dolly Parton...

by DJB

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November 16, 2020

Have the courage to defy convention

Traditional gender roles were on our mind during a recent family discussion. Too often we lock ourselves into preconceived...

by DJB

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November 11, 2020

No job is worth the condemnation of history these enablers will endure

History will eventually find those who have put personal gain and short-term power above service to community and country....

by DJB

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November 7, 2020

A new day

Today is a new day! The road a country takes to decency and respect for the rule of law...

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November 22, 2020

Our year in photos – 2020

What better way to start our annual “year in photos” collection than with the screenshot of our Zoom Mother’s...

by DJB

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October 26, 2020

Democracy is never permanent…and the work to keep it never ends

One of the challenges in building hope for the future is the need to overcome cynicism. We consider racism,...

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July 21, 2020

Taking a summer break

Here in the heat of July, I’ve decided to give the staff at More to Come the rest of...

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July 13, 2020

A plethora of pithy proverbs

Late last year I showcased a series of pithy proverbs — those bursts of truth in 20 words or...

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February 7, 2020

Quest for the Best (Picture): 2020 edition

An annual feature of More to Come is my take on the movies nominated for the “Best Picture” Oscar. However,...

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January 15, 2020

The top one percent

You, dear reader, have just clicked onto my 1,000th post on More to Come. As it says in the tagline, you’ve...

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December 30, 2019

More to Consider

I’ve long been a fan of the pithy proverb that contains truth in 20 words or less. Perhaps my...

by DJB

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December 16, 2019

My 2019 Year-End Reading List

As 2019 draws to a close, I’m sharing my annual list of the books I’ve read over the past...

by DJB

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December 4, 2019

Is it too early for a “Best of the Century” book list?

This century is not quite 20 years old and yet we’re already seeing a “100 Best Books of the...

by DJB

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November 26, 2019

Our year in photos – 2019

As we enter this season of Thanksgiving, I continue my annual tradition of posting family photographs from the past...

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March 25, 2019

I hate to say goodbye, so I’ll just say so long

NOTE: The following is adapted from a message I wrote to my staff at the National Trust for Historic...

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November 21, 2020

Saturday Soundtrack: Doc Watson’s Deep River Blues

Heading into the week of Thanksgiving, I began considering music focused on thankfulness. Livingston Taylor’s short and lovely Thank...

by DJB

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November 14, 2020

Saturday Soundtrack: Solas

To be perfectly frank, this year has seemed like one long, unplanned suspension of time on so many fronts....

by DJB

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November 7, 2020

Saturday Soundtrack: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

A friend and former colleague sent me the link to a story in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine...

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October 30, 2020

Saturday Soundtrack: Roots music for ghosts, goblins, and other things that go bump...

Happy Halloween! If you grew up with the Monster Mash and decided — based on that small sample size...

by DJB

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October 23, 2020

Saturday Soundtrack: Paradise

Music is a language that helps us process loss. Throughout 2020, Americans have had to call on that language...

by DJB

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October 17, 2020

Saturday Soundtrack: The Steel Wheels

I first became aware of The Steel Wheels somewhere around 2008. I had picked up a CD of the...

by DJB

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October 10, 2020

Saturday Soundtrack: Mark O’Connor

The 15th anniversary issue of Fretboard Journal* landed in my mailbox this week, just in time to reacquaint me...

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October 3, 2020

Saturday Soundtrack: Matt Flinner

Matt Flinner is the top-shelf mandolinist and composer not enough people know. At least not in the way that...

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About “More to Come…”

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Welcome!. I am David J. Brown (hence the DJB) and I originally created this blog in 2008 to send random thoughts on a few things I care about to...

April 10, 2019

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About More to Come..., Acoustic Music, Baseball, Bluegrass Music, Heritage Travel, Historic Preservation

60 Lessons From 60 Years

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Here are 60 things I’ve learned in my (now) 60 years of life: 1. Discipline is remembering what you really want. 2. The graveyard is full of folks who...

March 4, 2015

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