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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

<em>The Longevity Prescription</em> of Dr. Robert Butler: Set Stress Aside

“ n estimated 60 percent of doctor visits are for stress-related complaints.” I was shocked to read that statement halfway through Chapter 4, Set Stress Aside, of Dr. Robert N. Butler's book, The Longevity Prescription, that we are reading together...

Published Tue, Sep 14 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Mistaken Cultural Expectations of Elders

Lilalia, a gifted artist who blogs at Yum Yum Cafe, sent me a link to a short, Guardian UK video interview with crime writer, P.D. James, a decades-long favorite of mine. The occasion of the interview was Ms. James's 90th... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 05 2010 7:03 AM by TIME GOES BY

Sunday at the Movies with Ronni

I had a plan for Sunday to write a Monday post that would knock your socks off in its brilliance. Well, that's often the plan and I've yet to achieve it, but I did have a couple of important things... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 14 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2011 - Part 2

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

The White House Responds and...

...there is nothing to know. Did we really expect anything else? Remember last Friday when I posted a letter here that I had emailed the White House asking President Barack Obama not to sell out elders in regard to Social... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 01 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

It's Not Over Until You're Dead

Definitely, I am not the kid I used to be. I had such a good time with everyone at the Saturday meetup of elderbloggers and readers, and it was no big deal to clean up on Sunday – it took... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 12 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Fear of Food

About ten years ago, on the evening before an airplane flight, Crabby Old Lady ate a bad oyster. Not that she knew it right away. She attended a meeting in San Francisco the next morning and then boarded her noon... Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 02 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Age-Related Loss of Smell and Taste

Considering what serious things can and do go wrong with people in old age, I don't want to make a big deal of this but it's been more than a decade that my senses of taste and smell have been... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 07 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 10 August 2013

80-SOMETHINGS ARRESTED IN WISCONSIN For singing in public. Yes. For exercising peaceful First Amendment rights. Old age doesn't make this any worse than if the singers were young but it does draw attention to frightening behavior from officials who...

Published Sat, Aug 10 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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