February 2012 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

The White House Responds and...

...there is nothing to know. Did we really expect anything else? Remember last Friday when I posted a letter here that I had emailed the White House asking President Barack Obama not to sell out elders in regard to Social... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 01 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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...

Published Mon, Feb 20 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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...

Published Fri, Feb 24 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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...

Published Wed, Feb 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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...

Published Sun, Feb 12 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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...

Published Tue, Feb 14 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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...

Published Sat, Feb 18 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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...

Published Fri, Feb 03 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Latest Awful Medicare Privatization Plan

The Republicans will not ever give up their goal to kill Medicare. Not ever. Whatever they call it, however they dress it up, it's really privatization designed to kill Medicare. (By the way, they've got a new name for it... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 22 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Cajun and Zydeco

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...

Published Sun, Feb 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady on Komen/Planned Parenthood

The first thing Crabby Old Lady did last week when she read about Susan G. Komen For the Cure withdrawing their grants to Planned Parenthood for *** cancer screenings was send a donation to Planned Parenthood. Apparently, she was not... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 06 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Beer Delivery from the Post Office

That's just one of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders' ideas to “save” the post office from draconian cuts that would, probably, destroy it. Well, it would not need saving except that six years ago during the Bush administration, Republicans in Congress...

Published Fri, Feb 10 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Santorum's Extremism

One of the nicest things that has happened in response to The New York Times story I was quoted in last week is that I have heard from about a dozen old friends I had not been in touch with... Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 28 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Forgetfulness

Now and then on Thursdays, particularly when I need some extra time, I will post a poem I like related to aging. Today, it is from Billy Collins - Forgetfulness The name of the author is the first to go... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 16 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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