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BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #12840 on:** February 07, 2014, 06:05:47 PM »

The Library

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I thought this was fun - an email from my daughter to my sister who has an elder blog and is writing a book. My sister roared laughing and had to forward it on to me.

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Thought you would be glued to your computer writing about Eldercraft (the craft of aging) or Elderoligy (the study of aging) or Elderbellion (the rebellion of aging) or Elderwhatthe”F” (the anger of aging) or Eldergrace (the elegant gracefulness of aging) OR maybe

Elderhaste (those hurrying to accomplish life’s laments) then you could be covering a chapter on Elderwit and Elderwitnot (those humorously and grouchily heading to the inevitable). Possibly Eldergrets (those with lists of regrets) or Elderosophy (yes…you guessed it…the philosophy of ageing) Then again, you could be writing about Eldernot (those in denial of aging) or Eldershock (those who never imagined they would ever get old and now are shocked to be)

All leading to Elderwise pronounced similar to Edelweiss. Of course…the white flower found high in the Alps. Song by the same name sung by Captain Georg Ludwig von Trapp and his family during the concert near the end of Act II in the Sound of Music… as a defiant statement of Austrian patriotism in the face of the pressure put upon him to join the navy of Nazi Germany - therefore, Elderwise elders…we will be defiant but yet rediscover our love of life.

Brings new meaning to the word Elderhostel Elderhostile hahahah

PatH · « **Reply #12841 on:** February 07, 2014, 07:21:37 PM »

nlhome · « **Reply #12842 on:** February 07, 2014, 07:45:11 PM »

Barb, that is great.

maryz · « **Reply #12843 on:** February 07, 2014, 09:40:07 PM »

Love it!

Steph · « **Reply #12844 on:** February 08, 2014, 08:13:22 AM »

Barb, love it and boy do I fit some of the categories.. Still misting, and not sun in sunny Florida, Come on sun,, we Floridians get cranky with no sun.

maryz · « **Reply #12845 on:** February 08, 2014, 09:43:29 AM »

Barb, give us the link to your sister's "elder blog", please.

jane · « **Reply #12846 on:** February 08, 2014, 10:28:35 AM »

I am sad to report, as some of you may have already learned, that Stacey, daughter of our LarryHanna and his wife Pat, has passed away after lingering illnesses.

Larry and Pat....we all hold you close to our hearts during this difficult time.

ginny · « **Reply #12847 on:** February 08, 2014, 11:28:11 AM »

Oh dear, I am so sorry, so sorry. She had been so sick for so long.

It must be devastating to lose a child at any age. Larry and Pat, I am so sorry for your great loss.

Frybabe · « **Reply #12848 on:** February 08, 2014, 12:12:11 PM »

What sad news. My condolences to Larry and Pat.

BarbStAubrey · « **Reply #12849 on:** February 08, 2014, 12:22:28 PM »

Larry Hanna and Pat Hanna my tears and prayers are with you.

pedln · « **Reply #12850 on:** February 08, 2014, 03:39:20 PM »

So sad. I am so sorry.

maryz · « **Reply #12851 on:** February 08, 2014, 04:13:22 PM »

Our hearts go out to you, Larry and Pat.

Steph · « **Reply #12852 on:** February 09, 2014, 09:43:04 AM »

I am so very sad to hear the news. It always feels like a member of my family when we lose someone from senior learn.. even their children.

LarryHanna · « **Reply #12853 on:** February 09, 2014, 10:21:50 AM »

Thank you all for your kind comments and expressions of concern. We are grateful that she will no longer what to suffer and the last few years have brought nothing but suffering to her. We will cope although have to admit this is the hardest thing my wife and I have ever experienced.

ANNIE · « **Reply #12854 on:** February 09, 2014, 11:37:27 AM »

Here is a link to a page that is dedicated to the Hanna family up in S&F's.

http://www.seniorsandfriends.org/index.php?topic=2887.0

JoanP · « **Reply #12855 on:** February 09, 2014, 03:00:00 PM »

Dear, dear Larry, nothing could have prepared you and Pat for your loss - after all the three of you have been through together over the years. My prayer is that you will quickly come to the realization that you did all that was humanly possible for Stacey and that she is looking down at you now with love and gratitude.

Ella Gibbons · « **Reply #12856 on:** February 09, 2014, 10:37:41 PM »

I am so sorry, Larry, to hear of the loss of your daughter. How difficult it must be; life can be cruel but love makes it worthwhile.

LarryHanna · « **Reply #12857 on:** February 10, 2014, 07:40:04 AM »

Thank you friends.

Steph · « **Reply #12858 on:** February 10, 2014, 08:47:56 AM »

After a bit of time, look back at your joy and love times.. Smile a bit, I know it sounds trite, but it truly helps.

mabel1015j · « **Reply #12859 on:** February 14, 2014, 07:04:01 PM »

I posted this on Music, Music, Music on S&F's and thought you all might enjoy it.......I know Ginny will........

This week is the 90th anniversary of the composing of Rhapsody in Blue by Geo Gershwin. In the article they mentioned the Victor Talking Machine. Eldridge Johnson, the inventor, lived in Moorestown, NJ where i now live and where Ginny spent some teen-age (?) yrs. You may remember that their ad featured a dog cocking his head to the sound of the music coming out of the horn, his was named 'Nipper". A few yrs ago the town asked artists/sculptors make their renditions of Nipper. They were then auctioned off and sev'l can be seen in yards or at businesses in the area. One was put on the lawn of the Community House, a building donated to the town by Mr Eldridge - if I remember correctly, I think Ginny told me she lived just behind the Community House. Here's a link to pictures of all the Nippers:

http://www.phonographia.com/Nipper/Moorestown%20Nippers.htm

Larry, I'm so sorry to hear about your lose...........

Jean

mabel1015j · « **Reply #12860 on:** February 14, 2014, 07:18:13 PM »

For Ginny's benefit I post this link that shows the Nippers as they posted around town in 2005. You may recognize some spots on Main St Ginny.

https://www.google.com/search?q=nipper+statues+in+moorestown+nj&rlz=1C1RNAM_enUS444&espv=210&es_sm=122&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Ma_-UperCsuiqQGL7YCgAw&ved=0CDcQsAQ&biw=1152&bih=607

The second and third one in the first row is the one on the CH lawn. The picture all the way to the right in the first row shows the side of Carl's Shoes, which I'm sure you remember, looking from the sidewalk, across the driveway into the municiple parking lot. There are obviously some add'l pictures of M-town, I'm sure you recognize Peter Pan Gift Shop. We talked about the wonderful PP bakery closing. The town clock is still at the corner of Main and Chester on what is now the Wells Fargo bank property. And 2 rows above the Long and Foster sign is the Acme you mentioned, which is now the home of an architecture firm.Boy do I miss both the bakery and the "little" Acme and so do many, many others.

Hope you enjoyed this, even tho it's off topic..........

Jean

mabel1015j · « **Reply #12861 on:** February 14, 2014, 07:31:14 PM »

Sorry to be so long winded, but here is the History Newsletter article that mentioned Rhapsody in Blue & the Victor Talking Machine, at the bottom of that page is a link to the full article in Saturday Evening Post! I didn't even know there was a SEP any more. Here is a link to hear the complete Rhapsody in Blue. There's a link at the end of SEP article from the Smithsonian collection, but the audio isn't very good. This is better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFHdRkeEnpM

O.k. I'm done.

ginny · « **Reply #12862 on:** February 14, 2014, 07:49:47 PM »

hahaha, thank you, Jean, that was lovely. I especially like the dogs, they remind me of the cows in Switzerland. Some very talented artists in the area too. I think I like the Deco Dog best, but it's close.

Yes we lived in Moorestown from when I was in the 8th grade thru high school and yes we lived directly behind the tennis courts of the Community House, you can see it on google.

Sure does take me back. Can't believe the bakery is gone, those creme doughnuts! I used to come specifically for them and the cinnamon buns.

And the old Acme, gone too.

Didn't Moorestown not too long ago win the Best Place to Live in the US?

Anyway, thank you for that.

mabel1015j · « **Reply #12863 on:** February 14, 2014, 08:36:20 PM »

Yes, I think that was 2005, but you must remember that it was chosen by MONEY Magazine. TIC. But it is a lovely town, our kids had great childhood and teenager yrs. We live directly across the street from where #7 school was on N.Church. I gave a presentation at the local NOW meeting - in Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church, I'm sure you remember it, next to Carl's Shoes - about the Invisible Women in the Civil Rts Movement and I met 3 women who went to #7 school. After they said that I wondered if they might know you, but I didn't get a chance to ask them.

LarryHanna · « **Reply #12864 on:** February 15, 2014, 12:04:23 PM »

Mabel, that was interesting information. Thank you for your kind comment on the passing of our daughter.

Steph · « **Reply #12865 on:** February 15, 2014, 02:12:55 PM »

I spent three years in Willingboro,NJ in the late 60's.. Neat place for kids at the time.. We used to visit Moorestown since we had friends there

mabel1015j · « **Reply #12866 on:** February 16, 2014, 12:29:42 PM »

I spent a lot of time in Willingboro in those same yrs and ever since. We've had sev'l friends who've lived there and when i was director of the YWCA, one of our offices was in the "Plaza", but that was in the 70s.

This article was in my History News Network letter this week.......the "monument men saved books as well as art works.......from the NYTs.....

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/online-exhibit-tracks-books-saved-by-the-real-life-monuments-men/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Arts&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body

salan · « **Reply #12867 on:** February 16, 2014, 06:20:59 PM »

I am reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tart. It's almost 800 pages long and really needed to be divided into 2 or even 3 books. The first 250 pages were really good, then it started slowing down & got heavily into drug culture and now I am finding it tedious. I have read 500 plus pages & don't know if I will finished it by the due date & I can't renew it as someone is on the waiting list. I may just skip to the end. Too bad.....
Sally

mabel1015j · « **Reply #12868 on:** February 16, 2014, 07:11:12 PM »

Thanks for that review, i'm on the list at the library. I only get it for 2 weeks, so i know to only read the 1st 250 pgs.

Jean

PatH · « **Reply #12869 on:** February 16, 2014, 07:44:15 PM »

I'm currently rereading Moby-Dick, in preparation for seeing the opera 9 days from now. I loved it when I read it in high school, but that's been a while. I'm pleased to see that I still like it just as much. You either love Melville's quirky, roundabout, discursive way of telling a story or it drives you up the wall. I'm willing to dive right in, submerge in the heady mix of seafaring, biblical references, New Englandishness, science of whales, etc. I'm a quarter of the way through the 600 pages, and it's a fast read. I'll give you a report when I'm done.

JoanP, if you look in today's Washington Post Arts section, you'll get an idea of the incredible staging.

Steph · « **Reply #12870 on:** February 17, 2014, 07:48:45 AM »

Never liked Moby Dick but read a story (fiction) about Ahabs wife a bit ago and loved it.. Wish I could remember the title, but it was good.

Tomereader1 · « **Reply #12871 on:** February 17, 2014, 11:10:05 AM »

I think the title was "Ahabs Wife", but maybe not, by Sena Jeter Naslund.

pedln · « **Reply #12872 on:** February 17, 2014, 06:44:27 PM »

PatH, an opera of Moby Dick sounds like something exciting to see. I did not know there was one. Is it fairly new? Who composed it?

JoanP · « **Reply #12873 on:** February 17, 2014, 07:19:13 PM »

Pat...it sounds wonderful, lucky you!

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"With its massive nautical sets, dazzling multimedia visual effects, and an achingly beautiful score, Jake Heggie's critically acclaimed opera sweeps audiences straight out to the high seas--in what is perhaps the most technically challenging opera WNO has ever mounted. Renowned American director Leonard Foglia (The End of the Affair, Master Class) leads a talented cast in performances conducted by Evan Rogister, a dynamic young American maestro in his WNO debut."

So much going on this winter. We've got tickets to Richard III at the Folger Theater - have you heard they took out all the rows of seats and rearranged them into a theater in the round. Have you heard about this?

Frybabe · « **Reply #12874 on:** February 17, 2014, 07:52:30 PM »

I was wondering when you were going to see the opera, PatH. I keep waiting for your review over in the Classical Corner discussion group. For those of us not going to see it, YouTube has clips of the opera. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Moby+Dick+opera&sm=3 I do like the overture. Is Jake Heggie's Ahab Symphony part of the opera too, or a separate piece? I like it too.

PS: I just discovered that PBS recorded the San Francisco performance last year. I'll be on the lookout for a rerun.

PatH · « **Reply #12875 on:** February 17, 2014, 08:14:22 PM »

JoanP, I read the reviews of Richard III, but had forgotten about the seats. It seems like a quirky production, inspired by the finding of the real Richard's remains, but also good. Let us know what you think of it.

I haven't forgotten the wonderful discussion of the play we had here some years ago. What had previously seemed like a rather ho-hum play to me suddenly made vivid sense. The classic structure of the play became clear, and just as Richard has achieved his goal, you see him start to fall apart, and he comes to pieces before your eyes. It's all downhill from there. It's a great play, and I only realized it here.

And for a brief while, I could keep all the characters straight, even though they all had the same names, and were related in complex ways; I had to make a family tree to cope.

PatH · « **Reply #12876 on:** February 17, 2014, 08:41:01 PM »

Pedln, Frybabe, my tickets are for a week from tomorrow, Tuesday the 25th; it opens this Saturday. Pedln, it's composed by Jake Heggie, who I had never heard of before, and was first performed in 2010. It's been re-staged 3 or 4 times since, unusual for a modern opera. It seems really exciting to me. The staging is remarkable, and we have the original staging, slightly sliced off at the edges to fit our stage. Of course we don't have the original singers, except for one--Trevise Taligne, soprano, the one female singer, in a "trouser role" as Pip the cabin boy.

From his interviews, Heggie has really taken the story to heart, and I'll be interested to see what he makes of it. I'm guessing he'll short the biblical aspect, but I could be wrong.

Thanks for the links, Frybabe. I followed up similar ones to see if I liked the music before deciding whether to go.

Steph · « **Reply #12877 on:** February 18, 2014, 08:49:37 AM »

I love romantic opera,, mostly Italian.. but I had heard that this is a modern one and I don't think I would like it, not that it would come down here in Florida anyway. Opera here is mostly amateur..

JeanneP · « **Reply #12878 on:** February 18, 2014, 12:30:23 PM »

I always went to the season of Opera when living in UK. Just one time did I go to one done in English. It in the US. Had to leave after 20 min. It was ."Carmen" my favourite. Sounded awful. A big company but they were using the word Guys for men and Galls for women . So many slang words.

FlaJean · « **Reply #12879 on:** February 18, 2014, 01:26:33 PM »

I'm not an opera fan, but I saw the modern opera "Evita" years ago at the National Theater in D.C. and really enjoyed it. At least it was called modern opera when advertised at the time. I still find myself occasionally humming "Don't Cry for Me Argentina".

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