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Elders and Loneliness

Recently, AARP released a survey titled Loneliness among Older Adults [pdf] which was conducted during the summer. The age group included, beginning at 45, is problematic for me. I believe loneliness among people in the middle of their career years.....

Published Fri, Oct 15 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Medicare for All

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, Oct 16 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<em>The Longevity Prescription</em> of Dr. Robert Butler: Eat Your Way to Health

With preparations for last weekend's Elderblogger Meetup, the next chapter of Dr. Butler's book got sidelined. Now I'm back on track. What could be more fun than talking about food, glorious food? Flavor, texture, aroma, beauty, conviviality...

Published Wed, Oct 13 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 3 December 2011

FINDING FRIENDSHIP IN A CEMETERY For almost as long as I have been blogging, I have known elderblogger Claude Covo-Farchi who lives in France. She even visited me in Maine for a few days. Then she realized she enjoyed photography... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 03 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

It's Not Easy Running a Blog

At their whim, blog readers come and blog readers go – that's the nature of all media. You can gauge how many visit your blog from whatever statistics package you use, together with the number of email and RSS subscriptions... Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 23 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Social Security COLA Increase: 1.5% - Whoopdedoo!

On Wednesday, it was announced that the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2014 will be 1.5 percent. With the average benefit at around $14,000 per year, that means about $19 more per month for the average elder. Don't spend... Read...

Published Fri, Nov 01 2013 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

ELDER MUSIC: 1971

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, Mar 01 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1949

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 13 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elderblog List Update – November 2009

With hundreds of blogs on the Elderbloggers List, I don't often visit all of them so I'm deeply grateful to Deejay, who blogs these days at The Chinese Mirror about Chinese-language film. He took the time to click through every... Read More.....

Published Fri, Nov 13 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Retirement – 10 Years In

Even at age 63, I had not yet thought seriously about retirement. About getting old? Yes. But not retirement. I can't say why except that unlike many people I knew then, I had always enjoyed the kind of work I... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 03 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 3 November 2012

AN EXTRA HOUR OF SLEEP TONIGHT Yes, it's that time of year again – Daylight Savings Time is ending. So turn back your clocks tonight before you go to sleep and get that hour back you lost in the spring.... Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 03 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Thank You for Being Such Good Blog Commenters

An increasing number of websites – Reuters, Popular Science, the Chicago Sun-Times among them - have turned off their online comments sections. According to a story at World News Publishing Focus, one reason is ”The arduous task of moderating the... Read...

Published Fri, Dec 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Having THAT Conversation With Elders

You would be amazed at how many emails I receive with links to instructions for how to have “that” conversation with aging parents. You know, the one(s) about the future: should the parent sell the house, move to a smaller... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 15 September 2012

CHEVY'S AWFUL CAR COMMERCIAL TGB reader Marc Leavitt left a link to this Chevy Malibu commercial recently. It is exactly why ageism and age discrimination exist. So-called “funny” presentations of elders like this one happen thousands of times across...

Published Sat, Sep 15 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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