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  • The Nature of Cats

    [Where Elders Blog is a section of Time Goes By with a collection of photos showing where elderbloggers and readers spend their time online. Bev Sykes has sent in her photo. You can see it here.] To me, cats and... Read More...

  • Health Care Reform Schedule and Medicare

    If email messages I've been getting is an indication, some people are confused about the process of the health care reform in Congress. A couple of them seemed to think that the bill passed by the Senate Finance Committee last... Read More...

  • REFLECTIONS: The Early Days

    Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the bi-weekly Reflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest generation. He also...

  • Vintage TGB: 28 October 2004

    [Each Saturday, a vintage story from the Time Goes By archive is published here. They correspond to a date of approximately five years ago – sometimes updated, sometimes not.] A Question of Maturity A week or so ago, Clarence, at... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Classical Again – Part 2 of 3

    You never know who you're going to meet on the internet and I came to know Peter Tibbles (bio here) via email over the past couple of years. His extensive knowledge of most genres of music and his excellent taste... Read More...

  • Letting Myself Off the Hook

    For the past few days, I've been wrestling some computer problems to the ground. If you are waiting for an email response from me, I'll get to it as soon as everything is in working order again – before long.... Read More...

  • The Essence of Elders

    One of the highest compliments there is, is this: “I've always known that; why didn't I know it before." It occurs when hearing or reading something that initially sounds obvious, but on further thought is so right and true that... Read More...

  • Medicare Physician Payments

    On Monday, reporting on a conference call with aides to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, I wrote that there would be a vote this week to eliminate the mandated 21.5 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursement to physicians that is scheduled... Read...

  • THE TGB ELDER GEEK: Readable

    Virginia DeBolt (bio) writes the bi-weekly Elder Geek column for Time Goes By in which she takes the mystery out of techie things all bloggers and internet users need to know to simplify computer use. She has written several books... Read More...

  • Retirement Sloth

    If you are still working, today's post probably won't resonate much. But if you have been retired for awhile, perhaps you will know whereof Crabby Old Lady speaks. Or not. Crabby was laid off from what turned out to be... Read More...

  • Long Hair and Older Women

    Forty-seven-year-old TGB reader, Peggy Race, emailed recently asking about old women and long hair. “I'm getting subtle pressure to cut my long hair,” she wrote. “It is down past my shoulders at the moment and there seems to be some... Read More....

  • Senator Kohl Video Postponed

    Your questions about health care reform for Senator Kohl were sent to his office on Wednesday morning, time for recording his answers was scheduled for Thursday and the video was to be posted here today. Unfortunately, things don't always go... Read...

  • Medicare Part D: Crapshoot Coverage

    In a month, on 15 November, the six-week enrollment period for 2010 Medicare Part D plans begins. The Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder is now available at the Medicare website. It is not too soon to investigate the details of... Read More...

  • Vintage TGB: 19 October 2004

    [Each Saturday, a vintage story from the Time Goes By archive is published here. They correspond to a date of approximately five years ago – sometimes updated, sometimes not.] Younger Lovers Millie Garfield, over at My Mom’s Blog, recently posted... Read...

  • The (Non)Public Option

    On Sunday's political talk shows, journalists and others who purport to have the inside scoop on the progress of health care reform in Congress said the White House – that is, President Obama – prefers the “trigger” style of public... Read More.....
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