May 2012 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

By Dylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because... Read More...

Published Thu, May 31 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<em>Older Than My Old Man Now</em>

EDITORIAL NOTES: If anyone has been waiting for me to answer an email for more than three or four days, it is probably to do with spam filters at your end. I have been getting a lot of returns of... Read More...

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

What to Do With Your Ashes

If you would rather be buried in a casket, this post probably is not for you. But after Saturday's Interesting Stuff item about James Doohan's ashes being carried into space last week, I wondered about the ways people deal with... Read More.....

Published Tue, May 29 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Welcome to Summer

Well, for friends in Australia, New Zealand and other places in the southern hemisphere, it's the beginning of winter. Nevertheless, where I live, today – Memorial Day – is the unofficial beginning of the summer season. It's a three-day weekend...

Published Mon, May 28 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Telemann

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, May 27 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 26 May 2012

THE ULTIMATE BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY When James Doolin who played Star Trek chief engineer, Scotty, died in 2005, his will specified his desire to have his ashes sent into space. Two attempts failed for various reasons. Finally, last Tuesday,... Read More...

Published Sat, May 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Spending Changes in Retirement

We were speaking of retirement earlier this week and when I ran across a news item I had saved, I decided why not go whole hog in one week on this topic. According to a study by the Employee Research... Read More...

Published Fri, May 25 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Touch Me

By Stanley Kunitz Summer is late, my heart. Words plucked out of the air some forty years ago when I was wild with love and torn almost in two scatter like leaves this night of whistling wind and rain. It... Read More...

Published Thu, May 24 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Peter Tibbles' Travel Travails and Salmon Recipe

As regular readers know, Peter Tibbles owns Sundays at this blog where he weekly posts his delightful Elder Music column. But there's more to Peter than music (as if that's not enough) and I think you will enjoy this report... Read More...

Published Wed, May 23 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Retirement Stories – Part 2

Like some of the elders discussed in Part 1 of this series, I was forced into retirement before my time but luckier that it was before the 2008 crash. Laid off in 2004, my young colleagues were finding new jobs... Read More...

Published Tue, May 22 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Retirement Stories – Part 1

Reporter Floyd Norris, writing in The New York Times on Saturday, had this to say about retiring from the workforce: ”THE retirement dream seems further away for a lot of baby boomers, and they appear to be responding to that... Read More...

Published Mon, May 21 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Drinking Songs 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, May 20 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTIING STUFF – 19 May 2012

THE KIND OF CENTENARIAN I WANT TO BE In April, Eileen Emeline Ingles of Invercargill, New Zealand, turned 100. Until a year ago, writes reporter Gwyneth Hyndman, she ran to the mailbox every morning. I like what Ms. Ingles says... Read More...

Published Sat, May 19 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

THE TGB ELDERLAW ATTORNEY: Understanding Trusts

Orrin Onken writes the twice-monthly TGB Elderlaw Attorney column in which he discusses legal issues of concern and interest to elders. He is an elderlaw attorney licensed to practice in the state of Oregon. He also keeps his own blog,... Read More.....

Published Fri, May 18 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Fixing (Not Destroying) Social Security

As reported here two days ago, a bunch of rich, white men (and two or three equally privileged women) met in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday resulting in a bit more media attention than I had expected. What they reported, mostly,... Read More...

Published Thu, May 17 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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