May 2017 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Cheating Death is an Ancient Dream

PROTEST FCC CHANGES TO NET NEUTRALITY Finally, John Oliver's direct link to the FCC comment page on the agency's net neutrality changes is up and running again. To get there, go to this URL, click on the word, “express” at... Read More...

Published Fri, May 26 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

All My Blog Friends Live Close By Redux

EDITORIAL NOTE: Writing this note on Tuesday, I'm still under the weather, a condition that manifests itself (among other symptoms) with brain death. There isn't a chance that I could write anything coherent right now so I've pulled out this...

Published Wed, May 31 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Making a Good Life in Retirement

An acquaintance, looking to discuss his recent unsought retirement, emailed to arrange lunch. His efforts to deal with retirement, he said, have been “futile” so far and he hopes my “advice will inspire” him. Oy vey. Advice is not an... Read More...

Published Wed, May 03 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Profanity and Crabby Old Lady

EDITORIAL NOTE: Ted Carr, who worked in the tech industry during some its most exciting years, retired about six years ago. He now hosts a podcast called Retirement Journeys – Real-Life Experience that Informs, Engages and Inspires and in February,.....

Published Mon, May 08 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Singing Sisters

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 14 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 20 May 2017

PORTRAITS OF A CENTURY As Senior Planet explains it, Czech Republic photographer, Jan Langer ”...has spent some time comparing images of people when they were young with their 100-year-old selves. His meditation on age is the basis for a thoughtful,....

Published Sat, May 20 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Cruel Cuts in the Trump Budget

The main beneficiaries of President Donald Trump's 2018 budget proposal are the people who already have too much, the one percent. Here's how tax cuts go for them, as reported in Yahoo! News: ”According to calculations from the Center for... Read...

Published Wed, May 24 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Memorial Day 2017 and a 92nd Birthday

That is one of the U.S. soldiers who spent a good deal of time last week placing a flag at each and every one of the more than 400,000 military graves at Arlington Cemetery. Today, beginning at 2PM EDT, there... Read More...

Published Mon, May 29 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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