January 2010 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Those Amazing Elders

Check this out – the first former President Bush skydiving on his 85th birthday last year. Mr. Bush made his first skydive on his 75th birthday and has now promised to do it again on his 90th in 2014. Last... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Don't Trust What They Tell You

About a hundred years ago when Crabby Old Lady was a young woman – girl, actually, no more than a teenager – first living on her own, she overspent on her first credit card. The debt was so large that... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Attention Email Subscribers – and Others Too

Comments, conversation and community are the life blood of blogs. Many of us have become good friends having first “met” one another in the comments sections of our blogs. Plus, the comments provide a lot of additional information, ideas and... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER GEEK: The Big Mystery

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...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER NEWS: Cultural and Political Notes

I've resurrected Elder News today for some short takes on what has caught my attention in the past week or so. MORE CORPORATE SPENDING ON ELECTION CAMPAIGNS If, as court watchers expect, the Supreme Court of the United States removes... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Chicago Blues

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...

Published Sun, Jan 10 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Reverse Mortgages

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the weekly Gray Matters column which appears here each Saturday. Links to past Gray Matters columns can be found here. Saul's Reflections column, in which he comments on news, politics and...

Published Sat, Jan 09 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Cultural Perception of Aging

In a short-lived fit of actually caring about something important, I posted a story yesterday about the Peter G. Peterson-backed plot to kill Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Today, I have fallen back into what Citizen K referred to in... Read...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Continuing Plot to Kill Social Security

Suppose a right-wing billionaire, who has never had to choose between paying the mortgage and feeding the kids, or has never foregone medical treatment due to lack of health coverage, wanted to kill Social Security and Medicare. Now suppose that... Read...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Recession Practicalities

I have been unable to work up a proper interest in serious issues - of which there are so many - since the Senate passed their health care reform proposal on Christmas Eve. Is it winter doldrums, perhaps? A break... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

REFLECTIONS: The South

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the twice-monthly 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....

Published Tue, Jan 05 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Some Minor Cultural Notes to Start the Year

The weather people were all atwitter last Friday about the beginning of a three-day snow storm with “blizzard conditions” up here in Maine. High winds often mean power outages for us, so Ollie the cat and I stocked the cupboard... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Porgy and Bess

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...

Published Sun, Jan 03 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Learning