Time Goes By

Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney

What Hilary Rosen said about Ann Romney last week has been ticking at my brain like one of Peter Tibbles' earworms. “Never worked a day in her life. Never worked a day in her life.” And again, “never worked a... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 16 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

My Friend, My Teacher - Saul Friedman

Of course, I had known this day would come. Saul had told me about his stroke, his later treatment for esophageal cancer and more recently, a stomach cancer. Some months ago, he said, he had gone into hospice care and... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 27 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<div style=color:#d10000>HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 EVERYONE</div>

And so a new year rolls round again – sooner, always, than we expect. To celebrate this time, a slide show sent by Darlene Costner of Darlene's Hodgepodge. No politics, no war, no strife, no exhortations to do anything. Just... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 31 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

THE TGB ELDERLAW ATTORNEY: Estate Plans

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 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Doris Lessing Dies at Age 94

When a news alert box popped onto my computer screen that Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing had died at her home in London on Sunday, I stopped what I was doing and thought about how I have reached the age... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 18 2013 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

Let's Increase Social Security Benefits

Two or three or four years ago or maybe more (you know how hard it is track time in old age when it starts moving so much faster) I first came across the idea that Social Security benefits should not... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 11 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Some Oddities of Being Old (from 2007)

EDITORIAL NOTE: Time Goes By Sunday Elder Music columnist, Peter Tibbles and his Assistant Musicologist are visiting from Melbourne for a few days. While they are here, in place of new posts are some vintage TGB stories that I kind... Read More...

Published Thu, May 03 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

New Elder Blood Pressure Guidelines (and Chicken)

On Wednesday, The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) upended 30 years of medical advice by publishing new hypertension (high blood pressure) guidelines from a committee of 17 academcis that apply to people age 60 and older. For 30... Read...

Published Fri, Dec 20 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Nat King Cole - <em>The Christmas Song</em>

PERSONAL NOTE: With Christmas day landing smack in the middle of the week this year, it kind of spreads the celebration over all these five days and that gives me an opportunity for some time off. But not TGB. I've... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 24 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 28 December 2013

BADASS GRANDPA TOKYO DRIFT The title is ... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 28 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

New Years Day 2014

PERSONAL NOTE: The "list of annoyances" below was posted here one year ago today. When I reread it about a week ago, most of it seemed as new as if I were seeing it for the first time. It so... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1942

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, Jan 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ennui and a Senior Moment

Yesterday, a friend labeled his email to me “ennui” and I realized that may be the exact word for what's wrong with me this week. Not that I am without physical symptoms of the bodily disturbance sort best left unmentioned... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

THE TGB ELDERLAW ATTORNEY: Understanding Trusts