Time Goes By

Crabby Old Lady on Cutting the Cable Cord

Four weeks ago, Crabby Old Lady told you about how she reduced her fixed expenses by cutting the cable TV cord after Giant Cable Company (hereinafter referred to as GCC) jacked up the monthly charge by 39 percent. She didn't... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

'INTERESTING STUFF – 28 February 2015

EDITORIAL NOTE As you know, on Monday through Friday, there is a link at the bottom of each TGB story to that day's story by readers at The Elder Storytelling Place. Last Monday, I neglected to set up the ESP... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

New Years Eve at Home

Even by age 30 when I was still young enough on other occasions to party all night, I had begun my New Year's Eve ritual which I have followed unerringly ever since: purchase something wonderful for dinner, a meal not... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 31 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Health Care Reform Schedule and Medicare

If email messages I've been getting is an indication, some people are confused about the process of the health care reform in Congress. A couple of them seemed to think that the bill passed by the Senate Finance Committee last... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 28 June 2014

EDITORIAL NOTE: It may be 28 June on your calendar but to me, it's 21 June and I'm typing as fast as I can to fill up this space for you while I'm away in New York. That's just to... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 28 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Movie Theater Massacre

I had another post written for today, something a bit silly about getting old but after the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, it seems out of place for now, as though we – or I – need more time and space... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 23 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 23 March 2013

RONNI HERE: I don't usually write introductions to Saturday's Interesting Stuff; most of them stand on their own. But I've been gone from the blog for a week and today's collection is, this one time, a bit different. For one... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 23 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Generations: The Passing of the Baton

One of the biggest changes in old age is how we are treated by other, mostly younger, people. We are ignored, dismissed and made invisible based solely on our appearance. Put the same words, thoughts and opinions we have in... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 7 December 2013

FOUR STAR CHEF SWITCHES TO A SOUP KITCHEN According to this story from KARE-TV, this man gave up a six-figure income as executive chef at one of the finest restaurants in Minneapolis/St. Paul for a Salvation Army soup kitchen. And... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 07 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Mother's Stroke

”This has to be one of the modern circles of hell, stroke. Or should we call it our plague? One day my mother is walking two miles on the beach and doing crossword puzzles in ink. The next day her... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 28 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Are You Taking Full Advantage of Medicare?

Four years ago or so, my physician recommended a colonoscopy. It was my first and it cost me a fortune – at least, by my retired income standards. Now, thanks to the Affordable Care Act (ACA, health care reform, Obamacare... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Reasons to Exercise Now, Not Later

It was early on Sunday morning, 7AM or so. Having just finished my 45-minute, at-home, exercise routine, I was perusing The New York Times with my second cup of coffee. In the Review section was an essay about the contributor's... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree - Christmas 2014

Here it is Christmas Day again. You'd think it wouldn't surprise me anymore that it feels like it comes around about a week after last time but it still does – surprise me, that is. Undoubtedly, I will wake up... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 25 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

REFLECTIONS: The Early Days

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the bi-weekly Reflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest generation. He also...

Published Tue, Oct 27 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady on Youthful Stupidity

[EDITORIAL NOTE: Over the weekend, I played hooky a bit from the work I should have been doing to spend time lost in a couple of books. One of them, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes was a... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 28 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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