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  • A Day in an Elder's Life

    It's been a dispiriting week. Pretty much everyone in print, on the internets (including me) and on the teevee has had entirely too much to say about the Tucson massacre without arriving at a consensus or even anything constructive. I... Read More...

  • Exhausted

    ANOTHER IMPORTANT UPDATE to Tuesday's post about health care changes in 2011 in which I stated: “Current [Medicare] Advantage enrollees who wish to join or return to traditional Medicare have 90 days from 1 January to do so.” The time... Read More...

  • INTERESTING STUFF: 29 January 2011

    Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...

  • Tucson and One of Our Own Elders

    Perhaps you missed the note from Nance of Mature Landscaping in the comments on yesterday's post: elderblogger Ashleigh Burrows was one of the shooting victims in Tucson on Saturday. Her daughter updated Ashleigh's blog, The Burrow, yesterday...

  • Thoughts on Tucson

    Since there really isn't much else to think about this week, let's keep going on the Arizona massacre. Some random thoughts: That awful church, Westboro Baptist, that demonstrates with vile signs and slogans at military funerals announced they...

  • GRAY MATTERS: Elke's Tribute to Her Husband, Saul Friedman

    As you know, Gray Matters and Reflections columnist, Saul Friedman, died on 24 December 2010. He was beloved by his readers, a great man, a great journalist and teacher, someone we could all do well to emulate. Saul's funeral was... Read More...

  • Ageism 2011

    A few months ago, a local TV news program reported the “plight” of a 21-year-old, disabled woman living in a nursing home here in Portland, Oregon. She “found herself,” the news anchor read from the TelePrompTer, “with an elderly roommate... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Gordon Lightfoot

    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...

  • Healthcare Changes for 2011

    For the second year in a row, there is no Social Security cost-of-living increase for 2011, due to the federal government's determination that there was no inflation last year. We all know that's not true – just look at your... Read More...

  • A New Beginning Again

    By the time anyone reaches the age most of us who hang out at Time Goes By have attained, we have learned the futility of new year's resolutions. “I'm going to lose 15 pounds.” “I'll save more money.” “I promise... Read More...

  • GRAY MATTERS: Lise's Tribute to Her Father, Saul Friedman

    As you know, Gray Matters and Reflections columnist, Saul Friedman, died on 24 December 2010. He was beloved by his readers, a great man, a great journalist and teacher, someone we could all do well to emulate. Saul's funeral was... Read More...

  • INTERESTING STUFF: 22 January 2011

    Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...

  • Aches and Pains

    IMPORTANT UPDATE to Tuesday's post on 2011 health care changes: the provision for Medicare to pay physicians for annual, voluntary, end-of-life counseling has been rescinded. Robert Pear, writing in The New York Times yesterday, explained: “While...

  • INTERESTING STUFF: 15 January 2011

    Since November 2009, this Saturday space had been reserved for Saul Friedman's graceful, informative Gray Matters column and he filled it – I know not at what personal difficulty in his final months – through the Saturday before he died... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up 2010

    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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