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Presidential Candidates Ignoring Their Age Peers
As Marc Freedman, the founder and CEO of Encore.org noted in The Wall Street Journal last week, with the exception of Ted Cruz, age 45, all the remaining candidates of both parties are old enough for Social Security. Bernie Sanders... Read More...
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Wed, Mar 30 2016 5:30 AM
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Never Ending Ageism
Several new books about ageing and ageism are being published this year and they will not go unnoticed at this blog. Meanwhile, a reader alerted me to an op-ed piece published on Friday in the Los Angeles Times that goes... Read More...
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Mon, Mar 28 2016 5:30 AM
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ELDER MUSIC: Variations on Work Song and Round Midnight
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, Mar 27 2016 5:30 AM
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INTERESTING STUFF – 26 March 2016
AT THE BERNIE SANDERS RALLY IN PORTLAND, OREGON LAST NIGHT This happened. Around the intertubes, it's being called "Birdie Sanders." In the nastiest, dirtiest presidential campaign in my lifetime it was sorely needed - a perfect, refreshing...
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Sat, Mar 26 2016 5:30 AM
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Some TimeGoesBy Blog Housekeeping
Today's is not wildly inspiring post but it is about what we do here – you and me together – and some changes. They come about as a result of your generosity during the first ever TimeGoesBy donation campaign last... Read More...
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Fri, Mar 25 2016 5:30 AM
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Crabby Old Lady and Loud Movies
Last week we discussed hearing loss. Today, it is the opposite – painfully loud noise. Specifically, the audio volume in movie theaters. A couple of months ago, a friend suggested seeing Spotlight at a local theater. Crabby Old Lady hardly... Read More...
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Wed, Mar 23 2016 5:30 AM
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Once Again for the Last Time?
One of the most common laments of the oldest old is for the things left undone. A large number say they wish they had traveled more. Others are sorry they didn't take more chances or that they didn't study harder... Read More...
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Mon, Mar 21 2016 5:30 AM
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ELDER MUSIC: A Barrel of Bachs
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, Mar 20 2016 5:30 AM
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INTERESTING STUFF – 19 March 2016
MY GAL, ROSEMARIE Rosemarie and Ray live only on their two Social Security checks and have no savings. They get by with small pleasures and as Rosemarie's 90th birthday approaches, Ray collects cans to afford a meal out together. Thank... Read More...
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Sat, Mar 19 2016 5:30 AM
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Can You Hear Me Now?
CONTEST NOTE: The magic random number generator has spoken and selected three readers as winners of the book, Seven Ways to Lighten Your Life Before You Kick the Bucket that was offered on Wednesday. As in merry old England where... Read More...
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Fri, Mar 18 2016 5:30 AM
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<em>Lighten Your Life Before You Kick the Bucket</em> - Book and Contest
That headline is only part of the title. In full, it is Seven Ways to Lighten Your Life Before You Kick the Bucket and the first thing to know about it is that it is not about bucket lists. (Whew!... Read More...
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Wed, Mar 16 2016 5:30 AM
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Electronic Home Monitoring of Elders
After the story here last week about the Two Matts that includes a video they produced for an elder home monitoring system, a TGB reader in Tallinn, Estonia, left a comment with some concerns about such services: "I'm working for... Read More...
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Mon, Mar 14 2016 5:30 AM
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ELDER MUSIC: Jennifer
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, Mar 13 2016 5:30 AM
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INTERESTING STUFF – 12 March 2016
NO DONUTS IF YOU'RE OLDER THAN 40 In a month or so, a book titled Disrupt Aging, written by AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins, will be published. When that happens, I will report on it. Meanwhile, to promote the book,... Read More...
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Sat, Mar 12 2016 5:30 AM
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Crabby Old Lady's List of Nuisance Ailments
A few weeks ago, Crabby Old Lady complained about the time consuming aspects of growing old and found a lot of agreement from readers in the comments. Nobody tells you this stuff will happen when you get old so, for... Read More...
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Fri, Mar 11 2016 5:30 AM
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