June 2011 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

The TGB Interview: BETTY WHITE

About 25 years ago, when I was working on The Barbara Walters Specials, we interviewed actor Betty White at her home in Los Angeles. The first thing you notice is that needlepoint is everywhere – pillows, cushions, seat covers, wall... Read More...

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

GAY AND GRAY: When It's the Parents Who Grow Up and Come Out

When I heard an interview by NPR's Terry Gross with filmmaker Mike Mills about his new film Beginners, I knew I'd run across a topic for this month's column. This movie - still in quite wide theatrical distribution - is... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 29 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Trip to Ford Motor Company – Part 2

(Part 1 is here.) At the Forward with Ford 2011 conference I attended in Dearborn last week, one of the hottest topics of conversation among attendees – many of whom were old hands at tech conferences – was how well... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 28 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Trip to the Ford Motor Company – Part 1

Last week, at the invitation of Ford Motor Company, I attended a two-day media conference at the company's world headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan. Billed as Forward with Ford 2011, futurists and trend spotters along with Ford's designers, scientists...

Published Mon, Jun 27 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Al Kooper

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, Jun 26 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 25 June 2011

I'm back from Michigan, had a terrific time and I'll tell you all about it next week. Meanwhile, thank you for such a overflowing response to my request for help with Interesting Stuff this week. There were so many that... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 25 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Life Beyond Adulthood

Somehow, the video chats here between geriatrician Bill Thomas and me have gotten lost in our busy lives. When I return from this trip, I'll see about resurrecting them. Meanwhile, I have from him something excellent for you. On 4... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 24 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Help Needed For Interesting Stuff

Some of the items I run on Saturday's Interesting Stuff post come to me from friends and readers. Others arrive via email or I find them in my wanderings around the internet in the days leading up to any given... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 23 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Online Town Hall Tonight for Social Security

This evening, the good folks at the Strengthen Social Security organization and Brave New Films are co-hosting a live, online town hall to premier a new film. ”The short and gripping video from Brave New Films, Social Security Echo Chamber,... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 22 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Being Sick With Fear

EDITORIAL NOTE: As most of you are reading this, I am winging my way to Dearborn, Michigan, to attend a two-day “futuring and trend” conference for 100 bloggers sponsored by Ford Motor Company at their world headquarters. Promising “interactive sessions...

Published Tue, Jun 21 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

AARP Supports Cuts To Social Security

It was a shocker early Friday morning when, in a front page Wall Street Journal story*, AARP reversed its long-standing opposition to cuts in Social Security. According to WSJ reporter Laura Meckler, "AARP now has concluded that change is inevitable...

Published Mon, Jun 20 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1957

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, Jun 19 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 18 June 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, Jun 18 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Keeping Track of Medications

I need to come down from yesterday's mad Republican rant so let's do something mundane but important today. As reported yesterday in The New Old Age blog at The New York Times, a study was conducted with 464 Chicago-area adults... Read More.....

Published Fri, Jun 17 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Republican Agenda

On Tuesday morning, my first thought upon waking was this: I hate John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, Ron Scott of Florida, Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Rich Perry of Texas... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 16 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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