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  • Reverse Mortgage – Part 1

    Like so many elders, I lost a lot of money in the financial crash of 2008. There was not all that much to begin with, but enough to augment my Social Security benefit so that without undue effort, I could... Read More...

  • New Home, New Treats

    This is what happens when I putter around not doing much of anything on the weekend: you get a photo story on Monday, something that doesn't require much thinking. But first... I would love to have found a home with... Read More...

  • Fear of Getting Old

    EDITORIAL NOTE: Another elderblogger has sent in a photo of her computer space. You can see TechnoBabe's work room here. You can find a list of other elderbloggers' work spaces here and get instructions here for including a photo of... Read More...

  • Retirement Adjustments

    There was a terrific, wide-ranging discussion here last week responding to a post titled Grateful to be Retired, but I never got around to saying why I am grateful to be retired and there is oh, so much that made... Read More...

  • Grumpy is Good for You

    According to an Australian researcher who studies human emotions, grumpy people think more clearly and are better able to cope with demanding situations than cheerful people. “In contrast to those annoying happy types,” reported BBC.com, “miserable people...

  • Partnered Aging – Solo Aging

    It's amazing sometimes how readers' thoughts parallel mine. With the intention of writing about it soon, last week I made some notes about getting old as a single person versus as part of a couple. Lo – the next morning,... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Ladies’ Day

    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...

  • More of Where We Blog

    Elderblogger Marcia Mayo has sent a photo of her computer workplace. You can see it here. You can find a list of other elderbloggers' work spaces here and get instructions here for including a photo of your blogging place. And... Read More...

  • Two Standout Differences in Oregon

    Having been in my new town in Oregon for less than three weeks, I'm hardly qualified to make any judgments about the place. Aside from forays to local stores for necessities like food and kitty litter, I've hardly strayed beyond... Read More....

  • GRAY MATTERS: D-Day

    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...

  • ELDER MUSIC: The Gulf Coast

    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...

  • Making Peace with Suburbia

    For a few years when I was a kid, I lived in the 'burbs. Following World War II, my parents built a house right here in Lake Oswego; in the mid-1950s, I lived for a couple of years in Marin... Read More...

  • Grateful to Be Retired

    Among the stray thoughts that roll around in my head, one repeats itself every time I see a news story about unemployment, underemployment and recession-related job advice: how grateful I am that I am no longer in the workforce. Retiring... Read More...

  • GRAY MATTERS: Republicans and the Health Care Reform Law

    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...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Sea Songs

    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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