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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: Connection & Resilience
          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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