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Adventures of the Elders Food Fun and Games New York

WLBOTT Squashes Grand Central

WLBOTT is proud to sponsor the 2026 Grand Central Station Squash Tournament. Elder JimZim y familia are currently in New York City to sample the bagels and attend the Grand Central Station Squash Championship as our official representative. Times Past Una plétora de problemas No one informed us that the squash court walls were supposed […]

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Brotherhood/Sisterhood Movies New York

“Our Ordeal is Worth It!”

We find it fascinating how many of the WLBOTT communal ideals intersect with The Shakers. Radical equality between the genders and the races. Communal living. Compassion and a joy for life. This morning the editorial staff was pleasantly surprised to find a review of a new movie in The Guardian. The movie, The Testament of […]

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Adventures of the Elders Brotherhood/Sisterhood New York

Order of the Bedazzled Bonnet (part 2)

The Amicable Split: A Tale of Simplicity & Sequins In the early days of WLBOTT, all Elders met under the same twine-strung roof. But as the flock grew, so too did its eccentricities. Among the Elders were two unusually persuasive voices: For years, Prudence and Gloria debated in good humor, often during long WLBOTT council […]

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Adventures of the Elders Musings New York

Order of the Bedazzled Bonnet (part 1)

“Hands to work, hearts to twine, and feathers to the wind.” The WLBOTT mansion has many rooms. But sometimes we need a second mansion to contain the overflow. Such is the case when our large group of neo-Shakers and retired Las Vegas showgirls formed a coalition, and expressed an interest in moving to a farm […]

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Adventures of the Elders Music New York

Upcoming Events

One of our esteemed Elders, Elder Jim Zim, is traveling to upstate New York. Elder JimZim is visiting remote farms that may serve as an enclave for a group of splinter Proto-WLBOTTers. He is also attending a monthly gathering of the Adult Camera Club, near Woodstock. Elder JimZim made some new friends at the Adult […]

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Heros - NOT New York Sticking It To The Man The Criminal Justice System

Can We Please Get On With our Lives?

In a minute. But first…. Correlation, causation and coincidence There is both a metaphysical and statistical debate about the titled topics.  But I will just point out the drop in Hormel stock today, a can of Spam is 340 grams  and Trump getting convicted on 34 counts.  I’ll let the Elders ruminate on this. UC#3

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Adventures of the Elders Africa Heros New York

Helen Keller Intl => Vitamin A => Dag Hammarskjöld => Polar Bears

The Elders of WLBOTT are proud to support the good work of Helen Keller International. At Helen Keller International, we are guided by the fierce optimism of our co-founder, Helen Keller, who advocated for people who would have otherwise been left behind. Today, inequities in health and food systems rob more than one billion people […]