Dear BWH, To add to Blat's magazine list I would include MacUser and PC Computing depending on the computer you're working on. With a fixed income, I can understand your reluctance to purchase books like this. Consider making a list of a few of these and asking your local library to add them to their collection. Also, check with the local colleges in your area about workshops they might offer. Blat and I have workshops we run from time to time and we frequently open them up to people in the community.
Many colleges have special tution rates for people over certain age limits.
Then there is the ElderHostel program. A quick check of their web site showed lots of computer and Internet courses, like those at Penn State and Oklahoma State University in their Spring catalog. Bluffton College in Ohio is offering a computer and music course. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress. Squeak This web page is prepared as a service to The College Music Society and The Association for Technology in Music Instruction .