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This is the title of an interview that I just gave with AARP..... yes the old folks organization we all reach at some point in our life. I personally threw everything away they sent me for years because AARP was for old folks ....... and I wasn't one of them....yet. Well that all changed when my step daughter Isabel went to work for AARP as an event organizer. It wasn't long before she drafted her mother, my wife, into a role of being the interviewer for a series of podcas

As I was doing some work on my website, www.stanhoperocks.com, this week I kept getting this message to advertise one of the new features of my website. The add said "Good Vibes Coming Your Way".... I thought .... perfect. I am so fortunate, and work hard, to be in a few all original bands. My newest formation is a few years old now and was started with my buddy Glen Kozielic. Glen is one of the most gifted guitarist/musicians/songwriters I have worked with and was able to

"I am so grateful every day for the choices that I have."....... this is the opening line to our 432 Peace Project song about ....... you got it...... choices. This may be the single most important topic that we have written about..... so important we had two special musical guests stop by and lend some of their musical prowess to the piece.......thank you Glen Kozielic and Rick Thompson. Why is choice so important? Great question...... It is my belief that all we have are o

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I would be writing about aging. That was something my parents and elders talked about when they would "talk about the good old days". Well here I am..... 60 years old and a grandfather. Holy Sh#%t..... I have spent the last few months discussing this topic with a few older friends. We decided that we ought to write one of our 432 Peace Project songs about death. One of the men didn't want to talk about death and wanted to kn