May 2011 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

2011 Trustees' Report on Social Security and Medicare

The annual Trustees' Report on the Status of Social Security and Medicare was released on Friday. Due to the weakened economy, slower economic recovery than was assumed in last year's report, lower estimates for death rates and increasing number...

Published Mon, May 16 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: New Blues-ish Women

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, May 15 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 May 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...

Published Sat, May 14 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Earliest Memories

My brother and I lived together as children for only about nine years. I was five-and-a-half when he was born and moved to California when I was 15 and he was nine. In the year since I moved to Oregon... Read More...

Published Fri, May 13 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Health Care and the Department of Lost Causes

No one of any political stripe can argue that health care is not a problem that must be addressed. The divide occurs when solutions for reform are discussed. The first big disappointment came in 2009 when, with the health care... Read More...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Frittering Time Away

For the 47 years I worked, free time was precious. I devoted Saturday mornings to chores and errands that had to be done: cleaning the house, laundry, any needed repairs, shopping for food and other necessities, banking, etc. The goal... Read More...

Published Wed, May 11 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elderbloggers Pioneering the Future of Aging

In a story at boston.com about the future of aging, reporter Leon Neyfalkh concludes: ”...one thing we can definitely count on is that the old people of the future will have been young once — and the lives they were... Read More...

Published Tue, May 10 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Unemployment

Superficially, the latest unemployment numbers showed some good news for workers age 55 and older: 203,000 more of them were employed in April than in March and the unemployment rate for the group remained steady at 6.5 percent. The improvement... Read...

Published Mon, May 09 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1954

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, May 08 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 7 May 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...

Published Sat, May 07 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Republicans Wobbling on Cutting Medicare

According to Lori Montgomery, writing in the Washington Post, Republicans began backtracking Wednesday on the draconian changes to Medicare contained in Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan's Pathway to Prosperity budget proposal: ”On the eve of debt-reduction...

Published Fri, May 06 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Did the Women's Movement Affect Your Life?

[EDITORIAL NOTE: Regarding the link about face aging technology showing up on the Facebook walls of some of you yesterday: that most definitely was not from me. It was spam. Being Facebook illiterate, I have no idea how it happened... Read More...

Published Thu, May 05 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The People's Budget – A Sane Third Way

As legislators returned to Washington from their two-week recess on Monday, the death of Osama bin Laden provided a rare moment of bipartisan collegiality. Even Republicans praised President Obama for a job well done. Now, there are a budget, a... Read...

Published Wed, May 04 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Killing Bin Laden

I had other plans for this blog today, but it seems there is nothing else to think about but the death of Osama bin Laden. It was almost funny early Monday morning when I checked the day's headlines. The first... Read More...

Published Tue, May 03 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Playing Blog Hooky

This was the gorgeous view out my dining room window at about 7AM yesterday, Sunday morning. The weatherman predicted bright skies all day and 70F degrees – the first time the temperature has been that high since sometime last fall.... Read More...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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