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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • REFLECTIONS: Obama So Far

    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...

  • Cataracts

    [WHERE ELDERS BLOG: Mary H. Warren has sent a photo of where she does her blogging. You can add yours to the collection too. Instructions are here.] If you have reached age 65, you have a 50 percent chance of... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Cover Versions

    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...

  • Vintage TGB: 12 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.] Embracing One's Inner Old Woman On my first day in Manhattan... Read More...

  • Health Care Reform and Medicare Advantage

    Yesterday, a reader named Fran left a comment asking about what happens to Medicare Advantage plans if/when health care reform is passed. (We're going to get a bit wonky now, but not too much.) If you are unfamiliar with Medicare... Read More...

  • Senator Kohl Answers Your Health Care Reform Questions

    As reported here last Friday, Senator Herb Kohl was delayed in a Senate hearing on the Patriot Act that ran overtime and he was not able to record answers to the questions you submitted in time for them 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....

  • Aging Hands

    HAIKU CONTEST WINNER: Thank you everyone who voted in yesterday's “make up” poll for a year's subscription to Typepad blog service. We have a winner: the haiku beginning with the line, "Memory bottle. More to come at a later date.... Read...

  • Haiku Contest Cheating and Re-Vote

    HOUSEKEEPING NOTE: I woke this morning to an almost empty email inbox. It was, admittedly, overstuffed, but I have my methods and systems and knew which ones needed attention. Now, however, they are gone. I'm working to recover them, but... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Guitarists

    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...

  • Vintage TGB: 14 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.] In Search of a Quiet Afternoon Last Saturday afternoon, Crabby Old... Read...

  • 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...
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