April 2010 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Sure Ways to Age Well

Hardly a day passes that some media person – a television reporter, perhaps, a local newspaper columnist or a self-appointed aging guru – gives us a list of things to do to “age well.” There is never anything new on... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 30 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Goldman Sachs: Criminal or Incompetent?

Did you watch any of the Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday with Goldman Sachs executives? I was packing for my move to Oregon most of the day while it played in the background and I highly recommend it as an... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 29 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Reasons For Retirement

In response to a story published here last week (The Courage to Get Old), Elaine Magalis asked on her blog, Late Fruit, Why Would Anyone Want to “Retire”? “Ronni and several of her respondents were discussing what retirement means to... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 28 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

GAY AND GRAY: Obama Orders Hospital Visitation Rights For "Unrelated" Partners

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...

Published Tue, Apr 27 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Moving is a Lot More Than Packing

The moving van is due here on 12 May and packing is coming along fine, a few boxes each day. I'm being ruthless about what to keep. No one needs 38 coffee mugs many of which were Secret Santa gifts... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 26 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Sam Cooke

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, Apr 25 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Taxes

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, Apr 24 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Lighter than Air Friday Blog

There is a whole lot I want to say about Wall Street reform and the president's so-called “entitlement commission” among a few other things, but I've been too busy packing and shuffling an extraordinary amount of paper involved in the... Read...

Published Fri, Apr 23 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER GEEK: How to Use Facebook

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 Thu, Apr 22 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Courage to Get Old

Last week, a post titled Old Age: Reinvention vs. Reflection drew a lot of good conversation. I came down on the side of Reflection and a couple of people disagreed, wanting to continue to reinvent themselves. From their comments, I... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 21 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

REFLECTIONS: My Companion, Cancer

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, Apr 20 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Oregon Move Update

When I moved to Maine from New York City four years ago, there were 60-plus boxes of books. Because the upcoming move to Oregon is a lot farther and I'm on a tight budget, I sold about half my books... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Fish Heads

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, Apr 18 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Socialized Medicine?

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, Apr 17 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old Age: Reinvention vs. Reflection

Ever since the oldest baby boomer turned 60 in 2006, just about every media story about aging tells us that boomers are “reinventing retirement.” Without any evidence to back up the statement, reporters rely on the singular example of a... Read More....

Published Fri, Apr 16 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

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