Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

Bill Frisell’s recordings of music from movies, especially John Barry’s “James Bond” music

“The Weight” and “What a Wonderful World” at Pink Pedrazzi and George Ricci’s concert in Basel last Friday

Steve Swallow telling Larry Grenadier about the “secret” he learned when he was 70

Heather Cox Richardson’s list of figures who opposed discrimination throughout the history of the United States

An apparently false memory of a story about Jason Moran playing piano for senior citizens

Pip’s nighttime plan to “enlist for India as a private soldier” in Charles Dickens’s “Great Expectations” (1861)