August 2011 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Elder Happiness, S&P Downgrade and Dying in Your Sleep

Three random thoughts that I have given a bit of time over the weekend. HAPPINESS IN OLD AGE A lot of scientific news about health with its mays, mights and maybes is not, in terms of usefulness, worth the effort... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Social Security – Yes, Again, Because...

...it is vitally important not only to you and me, but to our younger friends, our children, grandchildren and beyond. Nevertheless, a lot of members of Congress and all the Republican presidential candidates would kill it altogether if they could......

Published Fri, Aug 19 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GAY AND GRAY: One Vision for Gay Elder Care

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 Tue, Aug 30 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby's Vocabulary Complaints

A couple of evenings ago, a young pundit who is a regular on the MSNBC political chat shows used the word, “efficacy.” Crabby Old Lady thought it was nice to hear the vocabulary of public discourse raised a smidgeon from... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 31 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

We Need Jon Stewart More Than Ever

In the park where I was walking one morning a few days ago, I found myself in conversation with two strangers who were near my age. The talk turned to politics and although they were interested, their lack of knowledge... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 25 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 27 August 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, Aug 27 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1962

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, Aug 28 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 6 August 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, Aug 06 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and Hurricane Irene

First an earthquake and then a hurricane. I fully expect the east coast to be hit with swarms of locusts next week followed by a plague of frogs. It was impressive in the run-up to Hurricane Irene how hospitals and... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 29 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When it Comes to Money, It's Always Something

It would be easy to assume after the posts of Monday and Tuesday this week that Crabby Old Lady had had her say for awhile. But it's always something. Thursday morning, Crabby woke to no hot water. (Insert all your... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 26 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Saul Friedman on Social Security

EDITORIAL NOTE: I'm taking a couple of days off from blogging and in my absence, will post a some repeats. For two years, Saul Friedman eloquently enlightened us on so many elder issues - among them Social Security. This column... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 09 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Did You Meet Your Significant Other?

NOTE: Not long ago, a reporter for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, Katy Reid, interviewed me for a story on what name to call old people. It has now been published and you can read it here. That story is... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 04 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady's Economic Prescription

Crabby Old Lady has been on sabbatical from this blog for a couple of months. Spurred on by the debt ceiling kabuki that obsessed Washington politicians for months along with their general falsehoods and stupidities on the subject of the... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 23 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Clive and Friends

Today's column is about Clive Powell and his friends and associates. Who? I can hear you ask. Who indeed? This is another column with music suggested by Norma, the Assistant Musicologist, and all will be revealed. It is GEORGIE FAME... Read More....

Published Sun, Aug 21 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Is This the Best America Can Do?

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney believes corporations are people. Michele Bachmann has pledged to support a Constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage and wants to “wean everybody off” Social Security and Medicare. In his three-day-old campaign...

Published Wed, Aug 17 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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