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Presentations with Bill Maxwell
 

   "To Everything There Is a Season..."

Four seasons for the circle game

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207-624-2339

wmax99@gmail.com

2422 Creekhollow Lane

Davis, California 95616

104 Two Lights Road

Cape Elizabeth, Maine 04107

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senior friends

           Conversations

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      Chronicles: Personal Storytelling
          Getting started on telling your life story and gifting it to others                        

      Enhancing Your Emotional Intelligence
          Learning to use the five hallmarks of "EQ" in daily life

      Growing Grateful: How Appreciation Leads to Joy
      Generating new, intentional habits that create and nurture more mature lives

  

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     Shared Stories from Different Eras

 The following presentations honor the past while linking them to the present.

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​Going, Going, Almost Gone: “Digging” the Artifacts

Sharing stories of "stuff" that's "gone with the wind"

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Coming, Coming, Here and Now: New, New Things

Discussing "what's happening now" - and what it means for us

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1950s: Legacies and Memories

Looking back at the Nifty Fifties in personal ways

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1960s: Legacies and Memories

Looking back at the Exciting Sixties in personal ways

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1970s: Legacies and Memories

Looking back at the "Me" decade in personal ways

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The Magic’s in the Music & the Music’s in Me   

       Biographies of musicians who became famous in the 50s, 60s, and 70s

 

Buddy Holly: "Not Fade Away"

The "Everyman" Rock Star

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Ella Fitzgerald: "First Lady of Song"

Scat and so much more than that

Johnny Rivers: "From Whisky a Go Go to Big Sur"

A man I met at Big Sur - not a "Secret Agent Man"

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Aretha Franklin

 A legacy of unique vocal talent, musical innovation, and cultural impact

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Joni Mitchell

Artistic integrity, innovation, and profound emotional depth

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Neil Young

Seamlessly blending folk, rock, country and more

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Roy Orbison
A soulful, velvet-voiced rock and roll icon with a haunting, emotional delivery 

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​Patsy Cline 

​Pioneering country music legend with a voice that resonated with deep emotion

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Carole King

Legendary singer-songwriter with a soulful, timeless voice

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Frank Sinatra

He did it his way...

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Tony Bennett

Leaving our hearts in San Francisco but staying in our hearts always

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Louis Armstrong

The man, the legend making ours a more wonderful world

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Willie Nelson

National music treasure

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More Biographies

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Rachel Carson 
 

Pioneering environmentalist
and author of Silent Spring

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Bette Davis

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A fiercely dramatic, trailblazing Hollywood icon
with an unforgettable presence (who lived in my hometown)

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Katherine Johnson

A trailblazing mathematician who     
helped pioneer space exploration

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James Dean

Iconic actor known most for  Rebel Without a Cause
and East of Eden

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​Harry Belafonte
 

Singer and actor known for his
Caribbean-inspired music and powerful social impact.

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Sonia Sotomayor

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First Hispanic and Latina to serve 
as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice

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Neil Armstrong



A shy man with strong ethics and the
first person to walk on the Moon

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Jonas Salk

 

Ethical genius who developed     
the first effective polio vaccine

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Jody Foster

Versatile actress known for her intense
performances and strong screen presence​

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Bill Russell

Civil Rights leader and 11-time NBA
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Andy Warhol


Transforming everyday objects and
celebrity culture into iconic art.

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Cesar Chavez


Pioneering labor leader and civil rights activist
who fought for farm-workers' rights and social justice

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Margaret Sanger​

Founder and leader of the birth control movement

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The Privilege of a Lifetime: Being Who You Are

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"You Are All That" - Feeling Truly Alive in a World of “Flow”

How to intentionally create "flow" experiences in the space between anxiety and boredom

Rhythms of Beauty

Exploring nature without and within​

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The "DRS" Cure for Everyday Stress

What do the right Diversions, Re-framing, and Sleep have to do with curing stress? Everything.

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