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What It's Like to Get Old – on This Day, Anyway
Well, I mean yesterday, Thursday. It's been happening about every two months for the past five years or so, as it did yesterday. I awakened at my usual early hour and followed my normal routine. Fed the cat, made the... Read More...
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Fri, Feb 03 2012 5:30 AM
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What Elders Know About Sexual Politics
Wow. After the sexual politics of last week, is there anything more to say about contraception, abortion, women's right to choose, perceptions of religious liberty and coerced female penetration - not to mention the widespread male anxiety about female...
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Mon, Feb 20 2012 5:30 AM
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Elders Living Alone
There was a lot of response yesterday at The New York Times about the living alone story where I was mentioned and many commenters there said that none of us who were interviewed were particularly “quirky” as the headline claims.... Read More...
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Fri, Feb 24 2012 5:30 AM
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Elder Effort for Medical Marijuana
The guy in the video looked to be near my age and he was talking to a group of other people as old or older than I am. ”We invented marijuana,” he said. “We're the Woodstock generation.” Well, that got... Read More...
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Tue, Feb 14 2012 5:30 AM
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INTERESTING STUFF: 18 February 2012
YAAKOV KIRSCHEN'S DRY BONES There are days in my life when I find it so painful that friends live so far away I can hardly allow myself to think about it. In the past, I have shown you some work... Read More...
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Sat, Feb 18 2012 5:30 AM
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Youth, Day, Old Age and Night
Lately, I've been reading some poems about old age. A large number are painful, angry or sad. And then there is this one: Youth, large, lusty, loving-youth full of grace, force, fascination, Do you know that Old Age may come... Read More...
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Wed, Feb 08 2012 5:30 AM
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ELDER MUSIC: Elvis – Part 1
This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...
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Sun, Feb 12 2012 5:30 AM
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INTERESTING STUFF – 4 February 2012
THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF... Mr. Morris Lessmore. On last week's discussion of e-readers versus “real” books, Marian (sorry, the link you left to your blog doesn't work) left a reference to a little animated movie titled as above. It's...
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Sat, Feb 04 2012 5:30 AM
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Dr. Krauthammer's Excellent Doctor's Visit Tips
My friend John Brandt sent me the excellent list below. It is the advice of retired cardiologist, Martin Krauthammer, that will help us get more out of office visits with our doctors. Some items seem obvious, but we don't always... Read More...
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Tue, Feb 21 2012 5:30 AM
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INTERESTING STUFF: 25 February 2012
ONE OF THE REASONS A MISS NEW YORK CITY When I first moved to New York in 1967, a taxi driver told me that the best thing about the city is that if you're one in a million, there are... Read More...
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Sat, Feb 25 2012 5:30 AM
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Elders and Washington Politics (This Week)
UPDATE: In the time since I wrote this post on Tuesday, Congress has reached what is being called a "tentative" deal to extend not just the payroll tax holiday but unemployment benefits and make the "doc fix" which prevents a... Read...
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Wed, Feb 15 2012 5:31 AM
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ELDER MUSIC: Elvis - Part 2
This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...
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Sun, Feb 19 2012 5:30 AM
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ELDER MUSIC: Vivaldi
This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...
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Sun, Feb 05 2012 5:30 AM
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Crabby Old Lady on Awareness Junk
You could say that Crabby Old Lady is on a tear this week, what might be called a *** roll. First Komen, then White House communication and today, awareness junk – the ribbons, car magnets, wristbands and other trinkets that... Read More...
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Thu, Feb 09 2012 5:30 AM
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Elder Occupy
On yesterday's post about a (non)answer from the White House in response to my letter about Social Security, Jan Adams, Letha, Frank Paynter and Linda all noted that this is an example of what the Occupy movement is about and... Read More...
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Thu, Feb 02 2012 5:30 AM
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