Author: DJB

Taking advantage of the moment

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A mother’s example helps point the way at this moment in time when we can change our future.

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The pulsating rhythms of E.M.D. opening the 1977 DGQ album made me a fan for life.

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If you think you are judging others when you write, you’re wrong. You’re uncovering yourself – Thomas Boswell

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Would we live with a generous, perspective if we believed that joy, wonder, and peace are what’s real?

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Price sings of Iranian arms sales, gentrification, the healthcare crisis, and more that’s not your standard country fare.

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As my childhood hero turns 90, I’m celebrating his talent and life while processing what that number means for me.

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As humans we should bear witness to each other’s suffering. Darnella Frazier bore witness and changed history.

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My father’s morning practice of centering, and then cheerfully making breakfast, was the example I needed all along.

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John Pizzarelli is a prime contemporary interpreter of the Great American Songbook and an amazing guitarist to boot.

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In the end, there are few men who find ways to live original lives. Moe Berg did that.