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INTERESTING STUFF: 24 August 2013

ASTOUNDING INSPIRATION As you probably know, I've been on a campaign since March to lose 40 pounds. My inspiration was and is FEAR with capital letters. When it had become difficult to bend over to feed the cat, I FEARED... Read More...

Published Sat, Aug 24 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Windy Songs

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, Aug 25 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Books Today, Just Books, No Ageing

A friend said to me in an email that a certain non-fiction book is one of a shelf full that makes you understand why books have mattered for so many thousands of years. People who are life-long readers instantly understand... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 21 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 25 March 2017

ODE TO FORGETFULNESS This is all too familiar to me and probably to many of you too. Comedian Mack Dryden, who used to write for Bill Maher, has a whole lot more videos and his website is here. SURPRISINGLY COMPLICATED... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 25 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Let's Retire to a Cruise Ship Redux

It's been a rough week here at Time Goes By – mostly troubling stuff about Social Security payments if the government defaults next week, problems with the annual Medicare enrollment period due to the government employee furloughs and hard decisions...

Published Fri, Oct 11 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Looking Like Your Mother (or Your Father)

A friend – a male friend – once told me that the older he gets the stronger his physical resemblance to his mother becomes and he's not pleased with that. Their relationship was uncomfortable at best. I had never thought... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 04 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Young Man's Poem

EDITORIAL NOTE: This evening, President Barack Obama delivers his 2013 State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at 9PM eastern time. Although there are other important issues too, listen for what he says about what he... Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 12 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

It's About Retired Men Today

If you read this blog regularly, you know there are a lot more women who comment than men. That is likely due to the fact that there are more elder women than men – we (women) tend to live longer... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 22 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Some Changes at Time Goes By

You may recall one of the quotations I selected from the Doris Lessing section in Esther Harriott's excellent book, Aging and Writers: “It takes me longer to do things,” said Lessing. “Not physical things...but where it shows is the energy... Read...

Published Thu, Apr 09 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 25 February 2012

ONE OF THE REASONS A MISS NEW YORK CITY When I first moved to New York in 1967, a taxi driver told me that the best thing about the city is that if you're one in a million, there are... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 25 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Happy Thanksgiving Day 2011

The Elder Storytelling Place will return tomorrow. Happy Holiday. Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 24 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Sibling Duos

You never know who you're going to meet on the internet and I came to know Peter Tibbles (bio here) via email over the past couple of years. His extensive knowledge of most genres of music and his excellent taste... Read More...

Published Sun, Sep 19 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Twitching Through the News

One of the things that is generally misunderstood is that dissatisfaction is not a personality flaw nor does it make you an unhappy person. But if you criticize the status quo or point out an inequity or declaim against corruption... Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 17 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: New Medicare Services (CMS) Administrator

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the weekly Gray Matters column which appears here each Saturday. Links to past Gray Matters columns can be found here. Saul's Reflections column, in which he comments on news, politics and...

Published Sat, Jul 10 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Favorite Vacations

I've known since last week that this one would be busier than usual: meetings with several potential reverse mortgage lenders, a lot of reverse mortgage homework, some plumbing work here to oversee and several other obligations – in addition to.....

Published Wed, Jul 14 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

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