The week's good news: December 5, 2019

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Senior Song Book.
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1. Senior neighbors join forces to write and produce their 1st album

The unexpected musical partnership between Alan Tripp, 102, and Marvin Weisbord, 88, started with a poem. Tripp and Weisbord live in the same Pennsylvania retirement community, and right before he turned 100, Tripp penned a poem about life and growing old. As a birthday present, Weisbord surprised Tripp by setting it to music. The pair enjoyed the finished product so much they decided to start working on more original songs. In September, they hit the recording studio, and in November, the duo released their 8-song album, Senior Song Book. The tunes are reminiscent of the music they listened to in the 1940s, with "lyrics telling stories about what our lives are like now," Weisbord told The Washington Post. 
They spend roughly 30 to 40 hours every week on their music. "I've never had so much fun in my life, and I never expected to be doing this in my old age," Weisbord said.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.