October 2013 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

What Was Your First Paying Job?

We are supposed to be talking about money-saving tips today but due to some other obligations I need a blog post I can write more quickly than that so Elder Money Part 3 will appear tomorrow, Thursday. Recently I ran... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 23 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Lead Guitarists

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, Oct 27 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Happy Halloween 2013

It is, of course, William Shakespeare who gave us so many of the words and images we associate with Halloween in this magic spell cast by the witches in Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I: Round about the cauldron go; In... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 31 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Random Thoughts for Elders (and Others)

SCARY CONGRESS Still holding my breath over the debt ceiling. Here is the latest New Yorker cover which would be would be funny if it were not so true. LATE NIGHT RUMINATIONS • Regarding anti-aging products and other futile attempts... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 15 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 19 October 2013

AGEIST OR JUST CHEEKY? Nobody doesn't like 91-year-old comedian/actress Betty White. Her TV Land series, Hot in Cleveland, is going into its fifth season and she's widely sought after as a spokesperson. In this new commercial video, White represents...

Published Sat, Oct 19 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Let's Retire to a Cruise Ship Redux

It's been a rough week here at Time Goes By – mostly troubling stuff about Social Security payments if the government defaults next week, problems with the annual Medicare enrollment period due to the government employee furloughs and hard decisions...

Published Fri, Oct 11 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Extending Friendship Beyond the Blog

On Tuesday here, we talked about the importance of online friendships especially to elders. Two commenters and two others via email warned against online friends: ”I'd like to caution that no one assume an online friend will also make a... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 03 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Naked Old People Dancing in the Street

Oops, sorry – that's a lie. There are no photos of naked old people here. Instead, today's post is about the threats from Congress and President Barack Obama to the Social Security program. The reason I have resorted to such... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 07 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Money Part 3 – Money Saving Shopping Tips

There are great sales going on in New York City every day. They are so frequent and so big that during the 40 years I lived in Manhattan, my friends and I insisted to one another that we wouldn't bother... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 24 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old Time Halloween Candies

At about this time in October when I was a kid, I was getting excited about Halloween. We usually made our costumes and although I don't remember what the sticking points were in the annual argument, I was negotiating with... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 28 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 12 October 2013

TIME'S TRANSFORMATIONS On one of the webpage that display these moving gifs, whoever DL Cade is writes, “Fair warning, if you’re squeamish about aging, you might want pass on this one.” Really? Is the culture's preference for youth so deep,.....

Published Sat, Oct 12 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Golden Oldie: What Happened to My Butt

PERSONAL NOTE: I sit here (Tuesday) with television news droning in the background hoping for something smart from Congress to be announced (I know, I know – futile). My mind is so nearly paralyzed over impending default that I'm not... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 16 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1937

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, Oct 20 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Obamacare Affects Medicare

By now, readers age 65 and older have probably received their annual issue of Medicare and You, the not-so-small booklet that tells you a lot of what you need to know about Medicare for 2014. The government shutdown notwithstanding, ten... Read More....

Published Fri, Oct 04 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Choosing Elder Housing

Last week I received an email from a reader named Dina Zinnes: ”I would like to talk to others about how they are thinking about the next stage of their life - the one where they move out of their... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 08 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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