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  • Home Maintenance in Old Age

    [EDITORIAL NOTE: I enjoyed my conversation yesterday with reporter Patty Hemetz of The Salt Lake Tribune. We talked about elders in relation to Representative Paul Ryan's budget proposal and President Obama's Wednesday budget speech. She was kind...

  • Elders and Obama's Speech

    Did you watch President Obama's speech yesterday afternoon? Whew! It was better than I feared it would be. Kinda busy today (Wednesday) so mostly I'll stick to the major points affecting elders. If you will recall, Paul Ryan's deficit reduction...

  • Elder Brains and Multi-tasking

    If the number of emails from readers yesterday regarding the announcement of a new study about elder brains' “failure” at multitasking is an indicator, there is broad interest in it. The result of the research is not that elders are... Read More....

  • The Fight of Our Lifetimes

    After last week's budget battle, the lines are drawn. Two factions are in control of the debate for the future of the United States: The religious zealots who intend to make their ignorance the law of the land The corporatocracy... Read More...

  • A Week's Worth of One Elder's Trivia

    Monday posts are becoming problematic. I always write a day ahead and lately, my brain seems to take a holiday on Sundays leaving me both slothful and mute. I putter around, read a bit, take a walk, maybe watch a... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: 1952

    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...

  • INTERESTING STUFF – 9 April 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...

  • At 70

    With a special shout out to Peter Tibbles for his birthday music yesterday, you guys sure do know how to throw a fabulous 70th birthday. Thank you all so much for your greetings, comments, emails and blog posts. You are... Read More...

  • Today's Big, Round-Number Birthday

    Yes, it is one of those. I've reached age 70, a number in our years that requires notice. I will privately mark it with a salon visit to have the guy whack off about 12 or 14 inches of my... Read More...

  • Note to Elder Republicans: Suckers!

    In the 2010 midterm elections, elders voted Republican 58 to 39 percent. As Paul Krugman said on his blog Monday: ”Oh, and for all those older Americans who voted GOP last year because those nasty Democrats were going to cut... Read More...

  • About Retirement

    Yesterday in The New York Times, there was a terrific story by Al Baker about a police detective, a veteran of 40 years on the force, that has it all: human interest, crime statistics, department history, snitches, murder, mayhem and... Read More...

  • An Empty Mind

    Some days, you just have nothin' to say about anything and this is one of them. At The Elder Storytelling Place today, Marcia Mayo: The Electrocution of the Bookworm Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Concert Albums

    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...

  • INTERESTING STUFF: 2 April 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...

  • National Grilled Cheese Month

    I don't know who decides these things, but I have learned that today marks the beginning of National Grilled Cheese Month. I know – it's April Fool's Day, but this isn't a joke. It's just something silly to do on... Read More...
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