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  • Sorting a Lifetime of Books

    It's a long way from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon – somewhere, according to Google Maps, in the realm of 3,300 miles depending on which highway you drive – and the moving company is going to charge a lot of... Read More...

  • Short Take on the Health Bill Vote

    So they finally passed the health care bill in the House yesterday. The few press stories I've had time to read this morning hail it as “historic” and I suppose, given the decades of failure, it is. But it is... Read More...

  • A Tangled Web of Gender

    Gay and Gray is a monthly column at Time Goes By written by Jan Adams (bio) in which she thinks out loud for us on issues of aging lesbians and gay men. Jan also writes on many topics at her... Read More...

  • Oregon Day 2

    Too busy - and tired - to write today. That three-hour time difference is a killer. At The elder Storytelling Place today, Walt Grant: Tommy's Story Read More...

  • Officially on the Market - Almost

    Remember when we recently discussed how time flies as we get older? After the past week, I have definitely settled on the “novel experience theory” to explain the phenomenon. For months on end, especially during winter, my days are pretty... Read More...

  • Not the Kid I Used to Be

    One of the things I've noticed about getting older is that when illness strikes, it takes so damned long to get well. Colds are particularly irritating. When I was a kid, my mother handed me a couple of packs of... Read More...

  • On the Move

    This is the dread extraction day on my journey to a denture. It's an early appointment – 8AM – so by the time most of you read this, it will be over and, I assume, I'll be napping. One of... Read More...

  • Finding a New Home (Again)

    Early tomorrow morning, I will board an airplane headed for Portland, Oregon. My goal, over the next three or four days is to find a new home. Portland, Oregon is what most people think of as a home town; it... Read More...

  • GRAY MATTERS: Health Care Reform

    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...

  • How are We Feeling Today, Dearie?

    There comes a time for everyone when, in the eyes of the people around us, we have passed an invisible barrier into old age. If we have not yet realized this transition ourselves, there are plenty of younger people willing... Read More...

  • GRAY MATTERS

    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...

  • GRAY MATTERS: Estate Planning

    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...

  • Cat Tales

    Blame Ollie the cat for today's lighter-than-air post. Once upon a time, back in 2004, he was a winsome baby kitten, still frightened in his new home far away from mom in Philadelphia, but oh so eager to please./p> Now,... Read More...

  • REFLECTIONS: On Being Too Nice

    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....

  • ELDER MUSIC: Songs About Films

    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...
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