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Confessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Joys of Growing Old Part 2: Joy #2: We Handle our Relationships BetterHello out there in NeoSeniors Services Nation and, if you have enjoyed our podcasts before, welcome back …to those of you just discovering NeoSeniors podcasts, welcome aboard.
This is our newest addition to the podcast series titled “The Joys of Growing Old”. And today, I am focusing on the the 2nd of my Six Joys of Growing Old.
At some point, you may want to go back and listen to the earlier podcasts in this series/collection. And I think you will begin to sense that while I call these joys “mine”, they are yours too! For sure...
2025-08-1319 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianListen to your Inner Voice- It Could be a Wake-up Call! Guest spot for Retirement Wisdom LLC Hello NeoSeniors Nation! This podcast is a special edition!
I was honored to be the guest on this podcast for The Retirement Wisdom's Noteworthy Series (http://www.retirementwisdom.com/).
This podcast title: Listen to Your Inner Voice – It Could be Your Wake-up Call
Welcome to this podcast which is the third episode of the Retirement Wisdom's Noteworthy Series, which highlights an article that we think warrants your attention and host a conversation with a relevant guest.
Today’s article is The Power of Wakeup Calls by Gregg Levoy (Psychology Today – July 2017).
Our gues...
2025-08-1232 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianRealities of the New RetirementPlease enjoy this short pod! We here at NeoSeniors Services are committed to helping us all Optimize the Aging Experience with motivational presentations and events.....check us out at at https://agedandwise.com Email us at: neosnation@agedandwise.com We are here to help!
2025-08-1203 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianWinning the Seniors' Dating GameEnjoy this short pod! We here at NeoSeniors Services are committed to helping us all Optimize the Aging Experience with motivational presentations and events.....check us at at https://agedandwise.com Email us at: neosnation@agedandwise.com We are here to help!
2025-08-1203 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianYou Gotta Play Your Ball Where the Monkey Throws It!!!Enjoy this short pod! We here at NeoSeniors Services are committed to helping us all Optimize the Aging Experience with motivational presentations and events.....check us at at https://agedandwise.com Email us at: neosnation@agedandwise.com We are here to help!
2025-08-1203 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Joys of Growing Old - Let our journey begin!
This one is a refresh from a while back.......First in a 7-10 part series on The Joys of Growing Old.......My story on how I prefer to use the term "Growing Old" as to "Getting Old" and then we dive in from there........Thanks, dear NeoSeniors Nation. At this special time of the rolling calendar, I am thankful for all of you and the gift of life we are sharing together....even if we don't know it or each other! Peace/Out and standby for Part the Second : The 1st Joy-We Grow a Better Handle on our E...
2025-08-1211 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianSummertime and AI: 1833 to 1934 to 1950 to 2025!1833: CF Martin Guitar Company began in Nazareth PA.
1934-35: Porgy and Bess written by George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
1950: Your presenter born
2025: Artificial intelligence evolves
Herein is an 8-minute episode wrapped in the confluence of American guitar making, American music, American struggles, your presenter and AI.......Let's see what happens!
Thanks for listening, subscribing, liking, following, commenting or generally enjoying these Confessions of a Mid-Centurian.
Next episode will drop Friday July 25!
2025-07-2108 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianCrazy Nights at the BallparkLong time MLB umpire Dave Phillips and outstanding baseball author Rob Rains collaborated on a collection of baseball stories and historic anecdotes titled "Centerfield on Fire" for Triumph Books.
Today, I read the story "Crazy Nights at the Ballpark" which is a true tale of the intersections of Disco, Beer, Weed, Baseball and marketing gone rogue!
Hope you enjoy it and thanks for liking, subscribing, commenting, sharing or otherwise engaging with Confessions of a Mid-Centurian".
Next episode will drop Monday July 21 and is entitled "Summertime, Gershwin and AI"!
2025-07-1912 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Television I Remember!So, let me tell you about the television shows I enjoyed in my early days. Let’s say from when I was around 5 years old to 8 years old, smack dab in the mid to late 1950s.
How many do you remember? What other shows formed your early TV experiences?
Love to hear from y'all. Maybe I've mentioned a show or two you will discover together and maybe, just maybe, you can turn me on to a vintage show that I can enjoy today!
Thanks! Next episode will drop Friday July 18th!
2025-07-1517 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianDo I Believe in Miracles?Do I believe in miracles? One word answer is a resounding “YES!!”.
All of us are both blessed and blighted in this life- me included.
In an age dominated by data, algorithms, and empirical validation, belief in miracles is often regarded as quaint—an emotional remnant from a time when humanity lacked the tools to understand the natural world. Screw that line of thinking!
Come and listen to my reasoning! Agree? Disagree? Comments welcome! Thanks!!!!
2025-07-1509 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Scariest Conversation I Ever Had!Today, we get into our Wayback Machine to Neu Ulm Germany late 1980s and I relate the true story of The Scariest Conversation I Ever Had.
This is a cautionary tale that asks us to somehow break the historical chains of prejudice, otherism, hatred, racism, abuse of power and get our humanity optimized, not our barbarism!
Can we do it? Heck, my money is always on our better angels to prevail. Don't prove me wrong!
Thanks for listening, subscribing, liking, commenting, sharing this episode. Next episode will drop Friday 7/11/25.
2025-07-0715 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianI Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman 1860Just as the US was on the brink of its Civil War, the poet Walt Whitman wrote his short poem "I Hear America Singing". Some say he wrote it on the 3rd of July 1860 as he listened to the streets and open windows of his neighborhood in my hometown of Brooklyn NY. He was 39 years old, unemployed and living in a basement apartment with his mother and two sisters when he wrote this poem.
He also spent some time that summer in Boston working on the first edition of "Leaves of Grass"- an iconic collection of hi...
2025-07-0611 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianWhat Tom Waits Said: "Step Right Up"- Another Mind Greater Than My Own!One of my promises to my listeners is to bring them thoughts from minds greater than my own. That said, today it is the mind of Tom Waits.
If you've never listened to his music- you are missing out on a talented unorthodox songwriter/singer/and more.
Today, I read/perform the lyrics to Mr. Waits song "Step Right Up".
Step Right Up" is a song written by Tom Waits and included on his 1976 album Small Change.
The song is from the point of view of a snake oil-like salesman asking potenti...
2025-06-3010 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Vietnam War Draft of 1969 and What Happened to MeIt has been said that history goes in a straight line and human beings run in a circle. Seems there has always been a war happening, a war ending, a war rumored, a war wanted, a war feared, a war won, a war lost.
Well, let's go back to autumn 1969 and see what happened to me then.
Thanks for liking, subscribing, following, commenting, sharing, etc. Means a lot!
Next episode of Confessions of a Mid-Centurian will drop on Monday, June 30, 2025. Wow- where did June go?
2025-06-2720 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianMay 1970- Kent State, Brooklyn College - War, what is it Good For?Well folks, looks like we're at it again!
Let's climb into our wayback machine to May 1970. 4 college students were killed on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio and America was embroiled in the Vietnam War- they say (sadly) that every American generation has its own war and mine was the Vietnam War.
Anyway, this is my story of me as a Brooklyn College upper sophomore, my dear dad's advice to me and my tiny involvement when Brooklyn College students surrounded the administration building to protest that war.
Not being political here, j...
2025-06-2311 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianWhat Charlie Chaplin Said: The Final Speech from "The Great Dictator" 1940 MovieThe Great Dictator was Chaplin’s first film with dialogue. Chaplin plays both a little Jewish barber, living in the ghetto, and Hynkel, the dictator ruler of Tomainia. In his autobiography Chaplin quotes himself as having said: “One doesn’t have to be a Jew to be anti-Nazi. All one has to be is a normal decent human being.”
Chaplin and Hitler were born within a week of one another. There was something uncanny in the resemblance between the Little Tramp and Adolf Hitler, representing opposite poles of humanity.
Providence was in an ironical mood when, fi...
2025-06-2109 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Man Who Wouldn't Eat Chicken AssOne hot Brooklyn Night in the Summer of 1963 while working the night shift counter at a Wetson's Hamburger walk-up restaurant, my night cook, Johnny and I served a customer the two-piece dark meat chicken basket he ordered- then things got very interesting very quickly.
Listen and discover what went down in this episode: "The Man Who Wouldn't Eat Chicken Ass"!
Thanks for listening, subscribing, liking, sharing and commenting.
Next episode will drop this Friday June 20, 2025- just as our Summer begins!
2025-06-1714 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianOrigins of Friday the 13th and The Legend of Dr Max B KaplanStrawberry Moon before Friday June 13th! We dive into the historical origins of why Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day and then we go back to late last mid-century Brooklyn NY for the Legend of Dr Max B Kaplan- or at least what my confessional memory calls The Legend of Dr Max B Kaplan.
Thanks! Next episode will drop on Monday, and this one is called "The Man Who Wouldn't Eat Chicken Ass"!
2025-06-1322 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianEvery Gig Has Its Own DNA-Report from the StageThe classic rock band I play bass for gigged on Sunday at a small-town Illinois restaurant/bar from 2-5PM.
Every gig has its own DNA- its unique DNA that is stamped with the time, the place, the music, the musicians and the audience sharing the experience.
So, this episode is this humble bassist's near real-time thoughts about the DNA of this gig.
I've played over a thousand live gigs in my musician's lifetime so far and so far, each has been unique indeed!
Give a listen and then dance on in...
2025-06-1014 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianYung Pueblo's Interlude from Inward- Another Mind Greater than Mine!
One of my commitments to you, my dear Confessions of a Mid-Centurian listeners, is to bring you closer to minds far greater than mine.
Past episodes have had the words of Walt Whitman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Mark Twain among other great minds.
Today, I continue that commitment with the words of Yung Pueblo, a young Ecuadorian author,
Yung Pueblo is the pen name of Diego Perez, a contemporary writer, poet, and speaker known for his profound insights on self-love, healing, and emotional growth. His works, including Inward and Clarity & Connection, blend poetry and...
2025-06-0611 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianLearning to Drive NYC Winter 1965- The Wisdom of MarkNYC Late Winter 1965- herein I impart the driving wisdom gems drilled into my psyche and muscle memory by Mark, my cowboy dressing, handlebar mustached driving instructor as we tooled around the dark wet streets of NYC in the specially equipped instructional Lincoln Town Car.
Feel free to share this episode with anyone you know who is learning how to drive or has developed bad driving habits.
If not, hope you enjoy this episode anyhow.
Thanks- next episode will drop on Friday June 5!
2025-06-0314 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianSecret Boundaries of The Heart- Part 4 The Finale "Their Tides Rise"Here is the 4th and final part of "Secret Boundaries of The Heart", an original short form story about Clara McAllister and Samuel Washington on the banks of The Missouri River in the 1880s.
Check out podcasts #73, 74 and 75 for Parts 1, 2 and 3 respectively of "Secret Boundaries of The Heart".
May we all recognize that our hearts have needs our minds can't comprehend! Good luck with that, eh?
Thanks for listening, liking, subscribing, commenting or sharing this podcast.
A new Confessions of a Mid-Centurian podcast will drop this Monday, June 2, 2025!
2025-05-3115 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianSecret Boundaries of The Heart- Part 3- Whispers of The PastWE go back to Clara McAllister and Samuel Washington, 1880s banks of the mighty Missouri River- two graphically talented young almost-lovers. She a gifted sketch artist, he an innovative steel monger who has designed what he calls "The Washington Steel Pen"- finely tuned steel pen capable (in the right hands!) of creating much finer details than the in-use quill pens of the day.
As these two young almost-lovers discover their shared dreams- will they chase those dreams, or will the dreams chase them?
Listen now to Part 3 of Secret Boundaries of The Heart- Whispers o...
2025-05-2716 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianSecret Boundaries of The Heart- Part 2- When Dreams IntertwineIn the later part of the 19th century, the Missouri River flowed with a timeless grace, carving through landscapes that told stories of resilience and love, hardship and perseverance.
This era was marked by the promise of the American frontier and the struggles of its people and serves as the backdrop for this tale of "The Secret Boundaries of The Heart".
Set against the sweeping plains and undulating Missouri River bluff settlements, this story follows two souls- Clara McAllister and Samuel Washington, whose paths cross in a world where societal expectations and personal desires often...
2025-05-2317 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianSecret Boundaries of The Heart- Part 1 of 4In the later part of the 19th century, the Missouri River flowed with a timeless grace, carving through landscapes that told stories of resilience and love, hardship and perseverance.
This era was marked by the promise of the American frontier and the struggles of its people and serves as the backdrop for this tale of "The Secret Boundaries of The Heart".
Set against the sweeping plains and undulating Missouri River bluff settlements, this story follows two souls- Clara McAllister and Samuel Washington, whose paths cross in a world where societal expectations and personal desires often...
2025-05-2011 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Mysterious Tall Man in the Big Black Silk Hat- Believe in AngelsNovember 1964- an 8th grade kid, the NYC subway system, a suspicious stalker dude and a magical intervention by a mysterious tall man in a big black silk hat tells us all to be open to angelic guidance! Go figure.
Thanks for subscribing, liking, listening, sharing, commenting!
Next episode will drop this coming Monday and will be the first installment of a 3-part tale entitled "The Secret Boundaries of the Heart".
2025-05-1710 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Rusty Blade StorySpring 1960- The short story about an elementary school student, bullying and how his wise Grandpa gave him a megadose of wisdom and courage.
Thanks for liking, subscribing, commenting, sharing etc.! Next episode will drop on Friday 5/16 and will be Part 1 of an original story: "The Secret Boundaries of the Heart".
2025-05-1311 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C ClarkeToday, I read the short story "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C Clarke. It is a cautionary tale about AI, technology, religion, the nature of God and the nature of the human experience. Hope you enjoy!
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (1917–2008) was a renowned English science fiction writer, futurist, and inventor, best known for his groundbreaking works that explored the possibilities of space travel and technology. Born in Minehead, Somerset, Clarke developed an early fascination with astronomy and science fiction, joining the British Interplanetary Society in 1934. His military service during World War II as a rada...
2025-05-1022 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe VA Hospital Gig and the Opera SingerFeb 1968: What happens when a Brooklyn garage band meets an opera singer lady and what could that possibly mean to anyone today?
2025-05-0608 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianFlying Story 4: Red Winds at Sky Harbor or The Cookie TaleAirports are miracles of transportation technology.
Airports are for moving thru, not being stuck in.
Airports sell cookies. I bought some one night long ago when my plane had to wait for dust storms to end high over Phoenix's Sky Harbor.
As the song goes: this one is on me.
Thanks for liking, commenting, subscribing, sharing, listening, downloading etc!
More to come with next episode dropping Monday 5/5/25 (wow! lots of 5s!)
2025-05-0313 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe River Gig- An Eyewitness ReportWell, folks- blessed as I am to be a performing bassist for a talented band of fellow musician friends, here is a 13-minute eyewitness report from a Midwestern river town food, drink and fun venue....just a little bounce back from the from the stage.
All I can say is music is one of the master keys to open the doors to a time when we all live happier ever after.
Thanks and more to come!
2025-04-2813 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianIs Time Full? And a New Tune KernelMaybe it's just me, but it seems to feel like there is so much human activity and so little time to perform said activities.....in plain speak: Is time full? And if so, what happens next?
Oh, and a draft basement tape of a new song kernel......
Sorry for the 72-hour delay and more to come momentarily!
2025-04-2809 minConfessions of A Mid-Centurian28 June 1986- An American in Germany, Englisher Garten and Queen ConcertWatch what cords you yank in this life! 'Nuf said.
Next episode drops this Friday 4/25!
2025-04-2210 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianA Rock and Roll Easter Memory- The Lamb's HeadCome and hear about a late 1960's moment where Italian Easter cuisine tradition intersects with garage-band era rock and roll.
Thanks, and next episode drops Fri 4/25/25.
2025-04-1912 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianPity the Nation by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 2004 Revisited
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Ferlinghetti in 1965
Born
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti
March 24, 1919
Yonkers, New York, U.S.
Died
February 22, 2021 (aged 101)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation
Poet
activist
essayist
painter
publisher
Alma mater
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
University of Paris (PhD)
Literary movement
Beat poetry
Years active
1940s–2021
Spouse
Selden Kirby-Smith
(m. 1951–1976)
[1]
Children
2[1]
Lawrence Monsanto Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) was an American poet, painter, social activist, and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers.[2] An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collec...
2025-04-1402 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianFunny Flying Story #3- Buttons Bursting in Air!Herein is the 3rd of a short series of short and hopefully humorous travel stories that have some pointers on how best to run our crazy lives in these crazy times!
Enjoy this episode: Buttons Bursting in Air
More to come and thank you for liking, subscribing, commenting, sharing Confessions of a Mid-Centurian wherever you find your podcasts.
2025-04-1109 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianFunny Flying Story #2- Tissue? I Don't Even Know You!Herein is the 2nd of a short series of short and hopefully humorous travel stories that have some pointers on how best to run our crazy lives in these crazy times!
Enjoy this episode: Tissue? I Don't Even Know You!
More to come and thank you for liking, subscribing, commenting, sharing Confessions of a Mid-Centurian wherever you find your podcasts.
2025-04-0709 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianFlying Story #1- The Grape of WrathHerein is the first of a short series of short and hopefully humorous travel stories that have some pointers on how best to run our crazy lives in these crazy times!
Enjoy this episode: The Grape of Wrath!
2025-04-0709 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Wisdom of The Boy from Manila-Words from the WiseBack to around 1980- The AIDS epidemic was just being realized, recognized. Science and medicine and ignorance all colliding, people dying, families devastated.
Here the very short and very wise message from a 12-year-old boy from suburban Manila who was dying from a direct blood transfusion of a pint of AIDS-rabid blood.
If only....
2025-03-3109 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianFather's Hatbox Act 6- The Finale!How will Ralph Mayfair's 5th wish go? Listen and know and thanks for staying with all 6 acts of Father's Hatbox.
Next episode will drop on Monday and we'll see what Confessions this Mid-Centurian offers up!
Thanks for listening, liking, following, subscribing, sharing.......
2025-03-2934 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianFather's Hatbox: Act 5Father's Hatbox Act 5: Herein discover how Ralph Mayfair uses the 4th of his 5 wishes.
Act 5 begins with a plot summary so even if you've missed any of the prior 4 Acts (episodes 52-53-54 and 56), you'll know what's going on.
The final act will drop this Friday 3/28.
Then, we'll get into some Easter and Spring reminiscences and POVs.
Thanks for subscribing, liking, sharing, commenting......can't do it without you!
2025-03-2541 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianFather's Hatbox: Act 4!This is a tough act to follow! Act 5 will drop on Monday 3/24.
Happy Spring. And yes, even for the Mayfair family, and even after this dark Act 4, hope springs eternal.
2025-03-2140 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianInvitation to The Oasis St Louis Free Lunch and Learn April 7th 11:30AM CDTWe've all heard about Bucket Lists. But have you heard about Unbucket Lists? Have you heard about Reverse Bucket Lists?
Register for this free event and learn about these lists, what they are, why are they important, and how can these lists improve your life.
When: Monday April 7th 11:30 AM CDT
Where: Oasis STL Facebook page
How to register: call 314-862-4859
Thanks!
2025-03-1803 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianFather's Hatbox- an Original Pod play in 6 Acts- ACT THREE!In Act Three, we see the beginning of the changes that success brings to The Mayfair Family- what could possibly go wrong when you have the power of the wishes that the Hatbox can make happen??
You can catch up by listening to Act 1 in Episode 52 and Act 2 in Episode 53 of Confessions of a Mid-Centurian.
Give a listen and find out! Thanks!
2025-03-1829 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianACT TWO- Father's Hatbox (A Pod Play in 6 Acts)Let's re-enter our imagination theatre and listen to Act Two of "Father's Hatbox"- an original pod play in 6 acts.
Acts 3, 4, 5 and 6- each will drop every Monday and Friday in March with Act 6 dropping Friday, 3/28.
If you are new to Confessions of a Mid-Centurian, you can find Act One of "Father's Hatbox" in our last episode (Episode 52)
Thanks, and please like, follow, comment, share and by all means enjoy this short stop inside your mind's imaginative world.
2025-03-1439 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianFather's Hatbox- A Pod Play in 6 Acts- ACT ONE!Enter the imagination theatre and listen to Act One of "Father's Hatbox"- a pod play in 6 acts.
Episodes will drop every Monday and Friday all month with the final act dropping Friday 3/28!
Thanks and please like, subscribe, follow, share, comment wherever you get your podcasts!
2025-03-1028 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianFather's Hatbox: 6-part Podplay debuts Monday March 10th!What would you do if you were granted three wishes? Would you chase wealth? Power? Love?
In Confessions of a Mid-Centurian's all-new 6-part radio play series, Father's Hatbox, meet Ralph Mayfair—a hard-working family man whose world is turned upside down when he discovers a genie living in a magical hatbox. But wishes come with a price, and Ralph will soon learn how power and greed can twist the very things—and people—he loves most.
Join us for a gripping journey of choices, consequences, and the tangled threads of the human heart. Episodes of Father...
2025-03-0301 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Dog Bite, The Paper Route and The End of CamelotCome back with me to Monday Nov 25, 1963- the day American buried her president, the day when my NY World Telegram and Sun paper delivery route customer #47's dog took a chunk out of my leg and what ensues immediately thereafter and how it echoes right up to today!
Thanks, and next episode will drop late Friday 2/28.
2025-02-2518 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Fist, The Telegraph & Anticipating the InternetLet's go back 181 years to 1844-The Fist was the slang term for trained telegraph coders' messaging style. You were said to have a "good fist" if your messages were steady in touch and speed and rhythm. Coders came to recognize "the fists" of their fellow coders......important in case an imposter commandeered a telegraph station!
We humans run in circles, but our technology progresses in a straight line. Ah! There's the rub!
Every past era was "modern times" once.
2025-02-2215 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianHiding in Plain Sight- The Billboard StoryEver want to get away? Ever want to just disappear for a while? And do so in the midst of millions of eyes? Yea? I thought so!
well then, come back with me for 13 minutes and 6 seconds and let me take you to the Billboard of Solitude.......a quick getaway from today's noisy nosy world.
Thanks.
PS: Some exciting stuff happening: an original 6- part radio play series starting with our March 3rd episode. And Confessions of a Mid-Centurian will be participating in "PodCasthon 2025" in March too.....trying to do some good.
2025-02-1813 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Great Airport Shuttle Reveal"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive." Dali Lama XIV
"Where you stand is where you sit". Me
2025-02-1411 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Awesome Power of Music“Music is the food of love and longevity. The use of music in therapy is not new and it has long been a common experience that listening to or making music can be soothing or stimulating and is also a good way to express-literally to “squeeze out”- feelings that may otherwise be bottled up. This can have a powerful effect on health.” pp 213.
From 50 Secrets of the World’s Longest Living People by Sally Beare - 2012
2025-02-1220 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianSalut au Monde Walt Whitman 1856- The Man has Something to SayThis one needs to be heard these days it seems. Just sayin' & enuf said!
2025-02-0821 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Great US Army Plastic Supply Adventure of 1961The government did something very well and this emerging adolescent fellow found out just how well with the help of his fellow neighborhood buddies, the great resources of a great city park and a whole heap of smoldering testosterone and practical imagination......sounds cryptic- but I assure you, it ain't!
Thanks! Next episode drops Friday 2/7/25
2025-02-0407 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Great Magnavox Astro-Sonic Stereo Disaster of 1965Come here the story that intersects WW2, the United States Postal Service, the Beatles 1st appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, my love of the bass guitar and youthful over-exuberance and under-appreciation of the fruits of hard work.
Thanks!
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Next episode will drop on Monday 2/3/25.
2025-02-0217 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Mystery of the Giant Parmesan Wheel-Autumn 1960A little bit about the Parmigiano-Reggiano universe and a little bit about the miracle of mysteries and the mystery of miracles.
A short adventure of two Brooklyn boys sometime in the Autumn of 1960.
'Nuf said.
2025-01-2813 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianPlay It where the Monkey Drops ItBack we go to Calcutta (Kalkuta) 1757 and listen how the British elite who colonized that great ancient city for almost 150 years figured out, however slowly, to modify the rules of their beloved game of golf to co-exist with the monkey population which was there for untold millennia before the British East India Company ever set up their first trading post.
More importantly, dear fellow Mid-Centurians, what does this all mean to us as we navigate our unique life journey?
Thanks! Next episode will drop on Monday.
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2025-01-2511 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianWinky Dink and Me and My Brother and My Dad- Oh, My!!!Late September 1956- the intersection points of the 1st interactive electronic entertainment program, early TV advertising, the Bronx Bombers dynasty, sibling trickery, WWII, The Vietnam War and the love of a family for itself.
Worth a listen- thank you.
2025-01-2127 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianWolf Moon Memories- Part Two- The Mansion, The Music and The Sweet MadnessBack once more we go to Aug 1967- The Hamptons. The Square Wheels have a very special long weekend gig at a 1920s vintage oil baron's aging waterfront mansion estate.
Listen as the adventures of The Square Wheels at The Mansion unfold. Can you dance in mid-air? Will you survive the imbibe of The Swamp Juice?
Thanks! Please like, follow, subscribe, comment, etc......Or Not- U do U!
Next episode will drop on Monday 1/20/25
2025-01-1815 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianWolf Moon Memories Part 1 of 2: The Barge Aug 1967This Full Wolf Moon takes my brain howling back to a magical joyful Aug 1967 near old Hampton Bay NY and a night when the music, the ocean, the times and the place bent the universe their way.
And I was there.
Enjoy and come back for Part 2 which will drop sometime on Friday.
comments: confessionsofamidcenturian@gmail.com
2025-01-1417 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianA Night at The Cheetah Club- NYC a Go-Go April 11, 1967Long before Club 54 and its limousine-crowd night club hoopla, The Cheetah Club was the common peoples' glitzy discotheque (and boy, was I, and am I still a common person!)
This episode recollects a unique night when I was running solo through the city I grew up in and what went down that night of April 11,1967 at The Cheetah Club and the stage event entitled "An Imperial Happening".
Enjoy! I did...... Please like, follow, subscribe, comment, download, share ....Next episode will drop on Monday 1/13/25.
Ah, to go back once more to my 17-year-old body an...
2025-01-1119 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Shoeshine Story or The Hand in The TrunkA WW2 vintage shoe shining kit, Lefty's Tavern, a big black car and a hand in a trunk and a good mother's simple wisdom.
2025-01-0610 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianAngela and The Avon Necklace or I Did a Bad ThingThe eternal pursuit of romantic experiences, the Avon Lady, a girl named Angela, my Mom, a movie theater and how I messed it all up!
2025-01-0613 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianOn The Napoleon Road or How WW2 met the 1980sThis confession takes place in the late 1980s one dark summer night driving on the historic Rue Napoleon or The Napoleon Road which is a mostly two-lane highway running from Grenoble to Marseilles, thru Pyrenees mountains and mostly rural countryside.
The central village of this confession is Digne Les Bains, a village known at that time for its right-wing local politics, ancient healing warm baths (hence the "Les Bains") and little else. Digne Les Bains sits around 2500 feet above sea level.
On the night in question, all I saw was a water tower and a f...
2024-12-3117 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Square Wheels, the 51 Club and the Slowpoke PlaneIt's autumn 1967 Flatbush Brooklyn NYC. Setting is a neighborhood dive bar- The 51 Club-and the 4 young garage band members of The Square Wheels are about to have a singular surprise at the end of their 5-hour gig. Let's go back and hear the story!
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Next episode drops Monday!
2024-12-2820 minConfessions of A Mid-Centurian2100 Magic Words or O'Henry's Gift of the MagiOnly 2100 words! O'Henry's magic 2100 words echo thru time to us here today, in the run-up to the biggest holidays on our calendar.
Enjoy this simple reading and may The Gift of the Magi and the Wisdom of the Magi be with you and at your elbow this week and always.
Next episode drops Friday.
I'm going to get me some egg nog with a little something extra in it.
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Sincerely,
Your Mid-Centurian
2024-12-2413 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Forgotten Gift or The Christmas Saga of Greta and GeorgeTonight, we go back 350 years to NYC 1674- when it was just renamed from New Amsterdam.
For this holiday season episode, I'm trying a new art form of real-time original short story creation. At least it is new for me.
Hope you enjoy this new yet ancient tale of young love, Christmas, and the forever power of gifting.
The next episode will drop on Monday.
Thanks!
2024-12-2120 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianJFK and The Marine Theatre or The Strength in being GentleBack we go to Sunday, May 15th, 1960.
Thanks to my brother's ingenuity, this mid-centurian has a close encounter with a soon-to-be President.
Proximity to greatness meets the dry heaves.
Enjoy. Next episode drops Friday.
2024-12-1710 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianFriday the 13th March 1959 or The Bird in My Third Grade ClassroomIt's Friday the 13th 1959. Brooklyn NYC. Seasonal late winter mid-afternoon in the upper 40s and cloudy.
I'm in the 3rd grade when things become very unusual!
Beyond my classroom that day:
The #1 pop song was Frankie Avalon's "Venus" (in blue jeans).
The #1 R&B song was Brook Benton's "It's Just a Matter of Time".
The moon was a waxing crescent.
America was building its interstate highway system.
Jack Paar, the host of The Tonight Show, was on the cover of Life Magazine.
And the...
2024-12-1311 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Norwegian Seamen's House or How BoneDaddy Got His NameBack to Hansen Place, Brooklyn NY late 1960's and a special gig with a great garage band "The Square Wheels" and how WWII allies reached across space and history to bestow me with my stage name.
You know what to do: please subscribe, like, download, share, follow or comment- wow! There's a song in there somewhere...
Next episode drops this Friday the 13th. Something appropriate, I think.
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2024-12-1010 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Confession Gone Bad or L'il Ole Me and The UniverseAll about Payday candy bars, forgiveness, rituals, birds and who's minding this store anyway?
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Outro bumper credits: "Still Not Everything" by Lane Narrows
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2024-12-0609 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianJustice for Ms. Briano or Karma Comes A 'callingA 4th Grader turned college sophomore's confession - his first touch of what might be called "Karma". But really, who know? Not this Mid-Centurian.
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2024-12-0315 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe $50 Bill Story- Two of Two-The Benny Kline HandshakeAll about a newbie to the garment industry's epiphany about the wheels of commerce, our 18th US president, job interviews old school style and kismet.
Hope you get at least one good thing from your listening experience.
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2024-11-2919 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe 50 Dollar Bill Story- One of Two!June 1964- Elementary School graduation - an academic achievement award- family- friends and organic sharing. Enjoy and I hope you get at least one good thing from your listening experience.
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2024-11-2612 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianYankee LiverThe 11-year-old Mid-Centurian experiences a face-off between his Dad, the New York Yankees and a plate of liver and onions.
Something we can all relate to!!!
2024-11-2306 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianConfessions of a Mid-Centurian - New Episode #2: "The 10th Letter of the Alphabet"This episode is all about Stella Doro biscotti, espresso puddles, love, understanding and what we do to survive when we have to.......... It tells the story of cross-generational wisdom sharing in a warm food-fragrant kitchen one early fall mid-morning in a Brooklyn home in the mid-1950s......... Enjoy!
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2024-11-1908 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianAn Occurrence of Gratitude: The Opening Confessions of a Mid-Centurian....My short form theatre of the mind playlet about how I got here today.....
An origins story of sorts and of course like any journal entry, it's a confession....
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2024-11-1709 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianNew Years BluesThinking about love and life on an icy 2021 New Years Day
2021-01-0203 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianCovid Coping: Scars and FingernailsThis one is about the two types of scars all humans have and what our fingernails represent!
2020-12-2805 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianCovid Coping: Faces in the BambooOn nature, grief, memories and human resilience! Enjoy and thank you.....
2020-12-1706 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianCovid Coping: Mr. Driscoll's WisdomLearning from my past to help us all today!
2020-12-1703 minConfessions of A Mid-Centurian10 Meal Planning TipsPlease enjoy this short pod and hope you get at least one good thing from it!
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2019-05-0706 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianDefining MindfulnessPlease enjoy this short pod and hope you get at least one good thing from it!
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2019-05-0704 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianAging in Place- The Housemate PrinciplePlease enjoy this short pod and hope you get at least one good thing from it!
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2019-05-0705 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianProtecting Your Digital Identity- 5 TipsPlease enjoy this short pod and hope you get at least one good thing from it!
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2019-04-0503 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianDefining the Metabolic SyndromePlease enjoy this short pod and hope you get at least one good thing from it!
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2019-04-0506 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianTurning Your Lifestyle into TherapyPlease enjoy this short pod and hope you get at least one good thing from it!
We here at NeoSeniors Services are committed to helping us all Optimize the Aging Experience with motivational presentations and events.
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2019-04-0503 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianCreative Behaviors on a Dreary Sunday in The Lou or ThingsTo Do with Not MuchSpontaneous episode here.....give a listen if you've ever been bored or homebound or a cabin fever sufferer or just feel like its time to do some new things with whatever is around you.....
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Thanks, oh ye citizens old and new, of NeoSeniors Nation. More to come....Hunt for Bounty with the Net of Gratitude (Rumi said that!)
2018-04-1612 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe Joys of Growing Old Part 1: Joy #1: We Handle our Emotions BetterHello out there in NeoSeniors Services Nation and, if you have enjoyed our podcasts before, welcome back …to those you just discovering NeoSeniors podcasts, welcome aboard.
This is the 2nd in the podcast series titled “The Joys of Growing Old”. And today, I am focusing on the the 1st of my Six Joys of Growing Old.
At some point, you may want to go back and listen to the earlier podcast entitled “The Joys of Growing Old- Intro (Part the First). And I think you will begin to sense that while I call these joys “mine”, they a...
2017-12-2410 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianTeaching This Old Dog a New Trick: Jingle Bells on Appalachian Dulcimer Christmas Eve 2017Dear Neo-Seniors,
One of the social myths I am challenging is the myth that you can't teach an old dog a new trick. So, I grabbed my 3-String Appalachian dulcimer which I haven't touched for 4 years since my dear wife died and tried my hand at this rendition of Jingle Bells ... This podcast is Take #7.....
The tempo is reverent and slow- given both my current skill level and the fact I am alone tonight in my 4-bedroom home as Christmas Eve 2017 slides in....but the ancient melody and spirit comes through, I hope. We needn't be...
2017-12-2401 minConfessions of A Mid-CenturianThe NeoSeniors Nation- A Founder's chat- Why???Thought I'd let my stream of consciousness flow on why I started Neo-Seniors Services in the first place.
Enjoy and hope my little rant resonates with you!
The photo is me with a Harry Potter-esque lightning bolt fashioned from a green paper clip during a trivia night event to raise money for the Rotary Club of St. Louis' Community Service Giving Fund.
To paraphrase Charles Dickens: I am at your elbow as you listen.
Thanks, dear listener. I hope you come back for more and please do follow this channel....Neo-Seniors...
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