June 2011 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

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

My Misplaced Location on the Planet

When I'm reading a blog post or exchanging email or speaking on the phone with anyone, I like to know where they are, what state and city they live in so I can place them in relation to where I... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 14 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 4 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 04 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

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

GAY AND GRAY: "Salvaging the Old"

Gay and Gray is a monthly column at Time Goes By written by Jan Adams (bio) in which she thinks out loud for us on issues of aging lesbians and gay men. Jan also writes on many topics at her... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 02 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

Meditation and Music on the Conditions of Age

Last week when we were discussing age-related hair loss in women, I was reminded that getting old is just one damned thing after another. I don't mean diseases or conditions that need ongoing medical attention, but the less serious changes... Read...

Published Thu, Jun 09 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

Follow Up On my Accidental Foray into Politics

Over the weekend, I was thinking about the story I told you last Friday about my short, accidental (almost) foray into politics in relation to Representative Anthony Wiener's (D-NY) recent debacle - along with those of the politicians who came......

Published Mon, Jun 13 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

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

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