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As coronavirus creeps in, let us lean on the wisdom of a 94-year-old Dallas retiree and our other elders


March 15, 2020

Social distancing and 94-year-old John Gould do not go together. Despite the coronavirus creeping all around us, the World War II Marine-turned-piano-tuner graciously invited me to visit with him Saturday morning inside his retirement-community apartment on the edge of White Rock Lake. As much as I wanted to see his family photos and hear him play his trumpet, I knew …

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