July 2010 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Reverse Mortgages – Part 4: Do Not Fear HECMs

This week, I met in person with each of the three prospective reverse mortgage lenders I had spoken with on the telephone. They had all emailed comparison estimates of types of HECMs I might choose showing interest rates, loan amounts,... Read More.....

Published Fri, Jul 16 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

REFLECTIONS: On Official Stupidity

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 Thu, Jul 15 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Favorite Vacations

I've known since last week that this one would be busier than usual: meetings with several potential reverse mortgage lenders, a lot of reverse mortgage homework, some plumbing work here to oversee and several other obligations – in addition to.....

Published Wed, Jul 14 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Joy of a Good Summer Read

Yesterday, Crabby Old Lady explained that she was light on blogging because she was having a load a fun with a great page-turner of a novel she doesn't want to put down. And so it is, as I write this,... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 13 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Unintended Technology Troubles

[EDITORIAL NOTE: You won't find anything about being old here today. Crabby Old Lady is halfway through the first novel she has read in more than a year - Steig Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Yeah, yeah –... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 12 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Singing with Emmylou

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, Jul 11 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: New Medicare Services (CMS) Administrator

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, Jul 10 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Reverse Mortgages – Part 3: Finding a Lender

First, two EDITORIAL NOTES about reverse mortgages: Item 1: They are not as complex as some would have you believe, but there are a lot of details and they are not to be taken on lightly. Ninety-five percent of all... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 09 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

My Late Life Angst

During the entire 12 months following my 39th birthday, I annoyed most of my friends and colleagues with frequent hang-wringing about the impending black day in April 1981, when I would turn the dreaded 40. I couldn't stop thinking about... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 08 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders Have Lost a Great Man

The news was shocking when it dropped into my mailbox yesterday: geriatrician Robert N. Butler had died on Sunday due to complications from leukemia. He was 83. If you've been reading this blog for awhile, you at least know of... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 5:39 AM by TIME GOES BY

Morning Walk in a Lake Oswego Park

Almost exactly four years ago, I showed you my then-new morning walk along Casco Bay in Portland, Maine. Now, five weeks after having moved into my new home near Portland, Oregon, I have another new morning walk, this one in... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Happy Fourth of July 2010

I have always lavishly loved fireworks. Sometimes I wonder how they do it; how are all those shapes, sizes and colors so perfectly created and how are the displays synchronized with music? But I have never looked into it -... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 05 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Band

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, Jul 04 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Celebration of Our Union

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, Jul 03 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Reverse Mortgages – Part 2: The Basics

Because there are many small details to know about reverse mortgages and enough individual questions to fill a book, I am going to start broadly and drill down in subsequent posts so that we can absorb the needed information in... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 02 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

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