Episode 6 "90 Isn't So Old"

Episode 6 “90 Isn’t So Old”, recorded on March 29, 2023. In this conversation, we’re a bit all over the place with topics but one is again about music, which is a major part of Elana’s life. After Elana recites some of the poems she wrote as a young girl of 12 near the end of WW2 - and still remembers!- we talk about how it continues 80 years later with lyrics she’s currently writing about Earl and a song she started lyrics for called “Shangri La”, which Allan is composing music for. Elana reflects on her early memories of music with her five aunts, who she adored, and how they helped shape her love of dancing, which manifested at one point in her life with she and Earl entertaining on the NY square dancing circuit. We also talk about the importance of supporting local artisans - and how that fits so perfectly with Elana’s love of shopping- and our familial love of game playing, always heightened by our serious competitiveness with each other.  Elana explains the profound support she finds within her family, how she feels surrounded by love, and we agree that the relationships that each of my sons, Martin, Charlie and Jonny, have with her are precious and priceless. We also discuss the art of conversation, which Elana has absolutely mastered in her 90 years, and the value of listening to others, which I learned from her and try to do her justice by, with varying degrees of success. Stay tuned at the end for this episode’s original tune by Larry, the wonderful “When Will I See You”. Instagram @allaboutmymotherinlaw