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Contest Winners and Reader Location Check

On Tuesday, readers were given the opportunity to win one of three copies of Tribes of Eden, the new novel by friend of Time Goes By and renowned geriatrician Bill Thomas. “Thomas said he used a post-apocalyptic scenario [in Tribes... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 06 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

THE TGB ELDERLAW ATTORNEY: Probate

Orrin Onken writes the twice-monthly TGB Elderlaw Attorney column in which he discusses legal issues of concern and interest to elders. He is an elderlaw attorney licensed to practice in the state of Oregon. He also keeps his own blog,... Read More.....

Published Thu, Apr 05 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A New Explanation for Elder Insomnia

[CONTEST NOTE: Winners of yesterday's contest to win copies of Dr. Bill Thomas's new book, Tribes of Eden, will be announced in this spot on Friday. If you have time today, you might enjoy attending the live, online party for... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<em>Tribes of Eden</em> Book Launch and Contest

Surely you recall that back in January, I told you about Tribes of Eden, a new novel from geriatrician Bill Thomas - a giant among elder advocates and one of my few heroes. As he explains, the book is a... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 03 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Our Right and Duty to Vote

This is the story of our Grandmothers and Great-Grandmothers - only 90 years ago. That is the beginning of a story continued below that has been floating around via email since about 2004. I had not seen it until Darlene... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 02 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Earworms

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, Apr 01 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 31 March 2012

GOP WAR ON WOMEN This political season has been rough on women and it's damned hard to find any other way to define it than as a war on women. The Washington Post reports this week that advertisers are “trickling”... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 31 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Death and Taxes

Well, not taxes specifically but money, for sure, which affects taxes and I ran out of better ideas. One evening last week, I attended an event of a local non-profit, Elders in Action. Since 1968, they have worked in a... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 30 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: In View of the Fact

By A. R. Ammons The people of my time are passing away: my wife is baking for a funeral, a 60-year-old who died suddenly, when the phone rings, and it's Ruth we care so much about in intensive care: it... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 29 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Misconception That Elders are Stuck in their Ways

Okay, SuzyR and Cathy, you are IT today. I don't mean to pick on you specifically, but something you each said in your comments on yesterday's post needs to be addressed because it is a widely-held myth that must be... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 28 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Age and Its Awful Discontents (?)

Today's blog post title (but for the question mark) is taken verbatim from a New York Times Op-Ed piece published about ten days ago by attorney and novelist, Louis Begley, age 78. You should go read it now and then... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 27 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders, the Supreme Court and the Republican Budget

Beginning today through Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing six hours of oral arguments in regard to several aspects of the Affordable Care Act. (That's “Obamacare,” the once derisive name Republicans gave the Act which the Obama administration...

Published Mon, Mar 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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