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Celebrating Paul McCartney

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Ian Leslie gives us 64 ways to celebrate Paul McCartney. We look at a few of them today.

December 3, 2022
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Acoustic Music, Saturday Soundtrack

November observations in More to Come…

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Here are the posts that showed up in November 2022 in More to Come...

December 1, 2022
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Best Of..., Family, Heritage Travel, Historic Preservation, The Times We Live In

The billionaire has no clothes

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Planning creates places for democracy to work. "Elite Capture" asks: Will the plans be theirs or ours?

November 30, 2022
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Recognizing our inherent oneness

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At the heart of each major religion is a vision of peace and the way of compassion and love and justice,

November 28, 2022
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An attitude of gratitude

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Gratitude takes nothing for granted.

November 24, 2022
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Thanksgiving and sports

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A reference to a wrestling hold is an excuse to tell my favorite pro wrestling story of all time.

November 23, 2022
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With Willie at ATT Park

Giving thanks for childhood heroes

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Willie Mays has written a glorious memoir, as you would expect from the greatest player ever.

November 23, 2022
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Our year in photos – 2022

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2022 in photos...capturing a remarkable year of growth, travel, family, friends, and love.

November 21, 2022
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Songs and solidarity

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Windborne's deep roots in vocal harmony form the basis for their approach to bring old songs into the present.

November 19, 2022
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Acoustic Music, Saturday Soundtrack, The Times We Live In

Laughter is the best medicine

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The sixth in a series of political cartoons for our mid-term election season: the post-election edition.

November 17, 2022
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Race, faith, and food justice

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Christopher Carter's book is part history lesson, part spiritual meditation, and part call to action on food justice.

November 16, 2022
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Recommended Readings, Weekly Reader

Consider the source

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All serious observers believe that political journalism in the US is broken. It needs fixing before it is too late.

November 15, 2022
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Pablo Picasso

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Lanterns holding prayers from the faithful, hanging from the ceiling of a walkway at the Buddhist Bulguksa Temple near Gyeong Ju, South Korea

Recommended Readings | Other Writers Who Will Help You Laugh, Think, or Cry

November 30, 2022

The billionaire has no clothes

Planning creates places for democracy to work. "Elite Capture" asks: Will the plans be theirs or ours?

by DJB
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With Willie at ATT Park
November 23, 2022

Giving thanks for childhood heroes

Willie Mays has written a glorious memoir, as you would expect from the greatest player ever.

by DJB
Comment 1
November 16, 2022

Race, faith, and food justice

Christopher Carter's book is part history lesson, part spiritual meditation, and part call to action on food justice.

by DJB
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November 9, 2022

The books I read in October 2022

Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here's my list from October 2022.

by DJB
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November 2, 2022

The making of the modern world

Ali Humayun Akhtar shows us how 14th century actions in China helped build the modern world.

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October 26, 2022

Understanding and honoring difficult history

Seeking to confront difficult history is important in building just and ethical memories.

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October 19, 2022

An intimate tour of baseball history

Joe Posnanski's magnum opus is "an audacious, singular, and masterly book that took a lifetime to write."

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October 17, 2022

Living with life’s wrongs

Kwon Yeo-sun has written a novel that pulls the reader along page-after-page.

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Angkor Wat

On Leadership | Thoughts on leaders and leadership

Lincoln Douglas Debate
August 21, 2022

Wisdom and leadership

The anniversary of the first Lincoln-Douglas Debate reminds us of all we're missing in the search for wise leaders.

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August 15, 2022

An unparalleled chronicler of the American spirit

David McCullough, who passed away recently, believed history is an antidote to self-pity and self-importance.

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August 8, 2022

We either build hope together or lose hope separately

Fiona Hill's remarkable memoir that recognizes that we succeed as a country only when we all thrive.

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July 14, 2022

Expertise, curiosity, mistakes … and teamwork

Celebrating the optimism, expertise, wonder, and open-mindedness that gave us the Webb telescope.

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June 24, 2022

Learning life’s lessons

Pay attention when thoughtful people tell you of the things they've learned through the years.

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May 2, 2022

Thinking about what we know but don’t know that we know

There are things we know but don't know that we know...and some of them just ain't so.

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March 4, 2022

Speak up about what you think is important, to take up oxygen that otherwise feeds...

Historian Heather Cox Richardson's interview with President Biden arrived on my birthday. What a gift.

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February 14, 2022

There is always time for kindness

There's always time to be kind: good thoughts for Valentine's Day during a winter break.

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Image of the initial JWST Deep Field Image from the James Webb telescope.

Best of... | Compilations and collections

December 1, 2022

November observations in More to Come…

Here are the posts that showed up in November 2022 in More to Come...

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November 21, 2022

Our year in photos – 2022

2022 in photos...capturing a remarkable year of growth, travel, family, friends, and love.

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November 17, 2022

Laughter is the best medicine

The sixth in a series of political cartoons for our mid-term election season: the post-election edition.

by DJB
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November 9, 2022

The books I read in October 2022

Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here's my list from October 2022.

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November 6, 2022

Observations from the Mekong River

The past two weeks were an extraordinary journey into the intangible heritage of Southeast Asia.

by DJB
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November 3, 2022

October observations in More to Come…

Here are the posts that showed up in October 2022 on More to Come...

by DJB
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October 12, 2022

The books I read in September 2022

Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here's my list from September 2022.

by DJB
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September 7, 2022

The books I read in August 2022

Each month I have a goal of reading five books. Here's my list from August 2022.

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Play more music

Saturday Soundtrack | Musicians who have caught my ear

December 3, 2022

Celebrating Paul McCartney

Ian Leslie gives us 64 ways to celebrate Paul McCartney. We look at a few of them today.

by DJB
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November 19, 2022

Songs and solidarity

Windborne's deep roots in vocal harmony form the basis for their approach to bring old songs into the present.

by DJB
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November 12, 2022

Mountain soul

Chris Stapleton and Patty Loveless hush the CMA Awards show with a powerful "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive"

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October 29, 2022

Celebrating ghosts, goblins, and other things that go bump in the night

The 2022 collection of decorations and roots music for a spooky Hallowe'en!

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October 15, 2022

A collaboration for the ages

Peace, love, and bluegrass from the Bay Area.

by DJB
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October 8, 2022

Working for a better future

A short recap of an exceptional week in Scotland for INTO DUNDEE 2022

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October 1, 2022

Mind Yourself: A musical wake for Mick Moloney

Enjoy a musical wake for Irish musician Mick Moloney, filmed at New York's Tenement Museum.

by DJB
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September 17, 2022

Wondrous Love revisited

The Southern Harmony tune Wondrous Love sits right at the top of the list of my favorite songs.

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Giverny flower

About "More to Come..."

Pathway Free-Photos
January 15, 2020

The top one percent

The top ten reader favorites from the first 1,000 posts on More to Come.

by DJB
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April 10, 2019

About “More to Come…”

Welcome! Learn how DJB's blog has evolved since 2008 from random thoughts to... more organized random thoughts.

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Speaking at the Ryman
March 25, 2019

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

A farewell message I wrote to my colleagues after 22 years at the National Trust.

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March 4, 2015

60 lessons from 60 years

A birthday list of 60 things I've learned in my (now) 60 years of life.

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