November 2015 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Senator Elizabeth Warren's Social Security Legislation

As you know, there is no cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for Social Security recipients in 2016. It is only the third time in 40 years that this has happened and when you recall that 47% of unmarried recipients and 22% of married... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 09 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1980

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, Nov 08 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 7 November 2015

THERAPY DOGS WORK FOR HUGS Therapy dogs have been around for a long time now but that doesn't mean we should take a look now and then at how wonderful they are for people. Just for the record, cats do... Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 07 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Do People Grow More Conservative as They Age?

Conventional wisdom has long answered this question in the affirmative and my unscientific observation after doing this blog for about a dozen years agrees. So do such people as Winston Churchill or Victor Hugo to whom this quotation has been... Read...

Published Fri, Nov 06 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

LAGNIAPPE: John Oliver and the Tuesday Elections

Most Saturdays, I post the latest John Oliver Last Week Tonight video essay in the weekly Interesting Stuff column. Because his program airs on HBO on Sunday nights, my followup is necessarily seven days late and in some cases, like... Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 05 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Lifelong Paper versus Modern Screen Reading

Superficially, today's post doesn't appear to be age-related unless you consider this: that young people, those born – oh, let's say since 1990 or so, are probably more comfortable reading on a screen than you and I. And, I can't... Read...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Is This an Uncharted Lapse of Old Age?

A few days ago, 69-year-old Richard Lombard told me that as he left his home on a foggy Sunday morning, he wondered for a moment why the construction across the way was wrapped in Tylenol. Of course the name on... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 02 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Songs About Cities: San Francisco

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, Nov 01 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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