A Dose of Sunday Sanity and Advice for Staying Open to the World at Age 94
Healing and humorous music and an inspiring visit with musical legend David Amram
Amid the nonstop surge of imperious, wrecking-ball-style actions emanating from the Trump / Musk command center (it's not a government at the moment), it's essential to take a breath, dump the dueling pundits and news flood and simply convene to share songs, poems, insights, ideas and emotions.
That's what my Sustain What "Sunday Sanity" webcasts tried to do through the pandemic years. That's what we're doing again now.
Today, February 16, we had a marvelous 90 minutes with Michele Gedney, David Ross, Rick and Donna Nestler, Carter Brooks and Geoff Warner, and then a wonderful surprise as David Amram, the amazing folk and classical and jazz composer/performer (and a longtime friend from my Hudson Valley days), joined us with fascinating and hilarious thoughts and some musical riffs. Here’s one powerful moment in which he embodies how to stay young and open to the world at atge 94:
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Here are two fun moments from the pandemic years to get the feel:
Luthier and fabulous banjo frailer Fred Carlson shows off a papier mache creation.
Oxford University climate scientist Ray Pierrehumbert and the amazing Lindsey Clark playing her nyckelharpa!
And here’s my post describing the musical journey I’ve taken in parallel with my 40 years of journalism:
