Big Mistake On The “Complimentary Copies” Post
My apologies for describing two documents that I made available on the “Complimentary Copies” blog, as “blog posts.” They are handouts, two of my most requested resources.…
Eiinaudi: The soundtrack of hope
Ludovico Maria Enrico Einaudi OMRI is an Italian pianist and composer. Trained at the Conservatorio Verdi in Milan, Einaudi began his career as a classical composer, later incorporating other styles and genres such as pop, rock, folk, and world music. …
Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax: Beethoven in hard times
What an honor to hear Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax with their collective maturity and stunning technical skills both play and discuss Beethoven’s soaring Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major in an empty auditorium at the Tanglewood Music Center,…
Free-Access 30-Minute Video: Closing the Communication Gap with Our Aging Parents
I created this video for adult children and their aging parents. It is information that both generations need to know about the psychology of the last phase of life. It restores dignity and purpose in the lives of older adults,…
Evidence-Based Inquiry Into Driving Skills
At some point, driving gets away from our aging parents. It’s an insidious process that lulls older adults into a false sense of security that their driving skills are still adequate. Adult children see a different picture of “unsafe driving”…
Home Rules: We’re Not Going Anywhere
Older adults see where they live as the Alamo and will make their last stand defending it. We advance with logic, manipulations, and threats, and they use any means at their disposal to repel us. Here’s why.
1. The place…
Season’s Song
(First Light)
Season’s Song
By David Solie
Here or gone, the gravity
Of holiday memories
Brings us face to face
With love’s blunt
Truth: our “moment”
With our parents
Has passed, gone
Forever along with
Our childhood and
It’s frantic…