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  1. Neo,
    Have you heard about the new bio book on Audrey Hepburn?

    “Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II”
    by Robert Matzen and Luca Dotti

    She was a member of the Dutch resistance during the Nazi occupation. She ran messages and an underground newsletter, briefly housed a British paratrooper, and most importantly, gave secret ballet performances to wealthy Dutch families to raise money for the resistance. She attended ballet school in London after the war.

  2. Use it or lose it. Yep! Still trying to live up to that. However slowly. Amazing human I’m not. Good for Madame Poole, she is amazing.

  3. At 67 I’m doing great at UNM in terms of the homework and getting the concepts.

    But, man, executing on exams within the time limit is whole ‘nother thing. Not that I’m failing but knocking out an A — it seems I just can’t jump as high as I used to.

    Some of it is age. I have lost a few steps … or more. But the other is a lifetime of professional programming, where the fast way to get code done and right, was to take deep breaths and think very slowly and carefully.

    My next plan is not to study for exams, but to drill on the old problem sets until I don’t have to think while I’m writing.

  4. Absolutely fabulous!
    The finer points of ballet are lost on me…but the beauty and charm and indomitable spirit of this wonderful lady…even a roughneck like me can see those things.
    May we all be so blessed in our 8th decade of life.

  5. Wow, what inspiration.

    I noticed that among the many things she mentioned in terms of “doing what you love”, powerpoint presentations were NOT among them. Nor did I hear “wage-slave”, tho also not “mother”. Not clear if she had children — was glad that she loves kids and remains a teacher.

    Her love of teaching kids as well as showing off the beauty of ballet — that comes thru so well.

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