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Another folk legend who knew Pete Seeger for many decades was moved to hear of his passing from me this morning. She had been meaning to be in touch with him since Toshi Seeger, Pete's wife, died in July 2013. "He didn't outlive Toshi by much, did he," she said. I recall a few times I saw Pete Seeger perform, with the first being at the Vassar Chapel when I was in college in the 1980s. I realize now that Pete living in Beacon NY by the Hudson River, was just doing a gig up the road for him.

At the time I really did not understand much about the folk music world and importance of protest and

The group www.salisburyforum.org puts together some dynamite programs to enrich the Tri-Corner (MA/NY- CT, connect) area offerings about what is going on in the world. The forum offered a free screening of www.girlrising.com which explores the lives of young girls and women who are given a chance to have an education. The investment not only of time, money, supplies and prioritizing access to the schooling benefits the young women and their countries.

The numbers have been crunched and 8 years of school and delaying having a baby by a year can make a huge monetary difference for a country,

Happy MLK Jr Day to you and yours, to us and US-All. There are reasons for everybuddy to pause and be grateful for civil rights and for more inclusion in our diverse society. Even if people need or want to maintain areas of 'separate by equal', the overall goal for our country is one to live and let live, and to give and get respect. The overall 'show stopper' I heard on www.npr.org is that a mere 85 people own $1.7 Trillion dollars. The top 50 own the most of that. See more on www.npr.org. The astounding GAPS in resources of money too often result in many people being starved off the