Mark Twain once famously said, “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” It’s an adage fiercely embraced by the ever-youthful Judy Collins, currently on the road celebrating her 86th birthday, which was on May 1. And while artists of her vintage might be expected to be doing some kind of greatest hits tour, that’s not the case for Collins. She is not only promoting her current record, 2022’s Grammy-nominated “Spellbound,” but also her forth-coming book, “Sometimes It’s Heaven: Poems of Love, Loss and Redemption.” To call the Seattle native a creative dynamo is an understatement, but it’s the only way she knows how to approach life.

“I always say I’m the Betty White of the music industry,” she said with a laugh during a recent interview. “I have the bless

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