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GRAY MATTERS: Celebration of Our Union

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 03 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Joy of a Good Summer Read

Yesterday, Crabby Old Lady explained that she was light on blogging because she was having a load a fun with a great page-turner of a novel she doesn't want to put down. And so it is, as I write this,... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 13 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Health Cost Fears

[EDITORIAL NOTE: LC, who blogs at Retirement Daze, has sent in her photo for the Where Elder Blog feature. You can see it here. And you can find out how to submit a photo of your own blogging place here.]... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 01 2010 5:35 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

INTERESTING STUFF – 7 October 2017

CHART OF MASS KILLINGS 2013-2017 It's been a terrible week for several reasons, the saddest of which is the shooting in Las Vegas. It may seem like it's a unique event but that is so only in the number dead.... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 07 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The 21st Meal Weight Loss Plan

On Friday, in a couple of comments and even more emails, readers asked how I lost 40-odd pounds, what my weight loss plan was. It's been more than five years since I wrote about that so maybe it's time for... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 09 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Amazing Medical Advances (?)

A whole bunch of you, TGB readers, sent me a medical story published this week about the development of a deceptively simple test for pancreatic cancer – nothing more than a smartphone app called BiliScreen that uses the whites of... Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 01 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 September 2017

About half of this week's items are about animals. Maybe after such a horrendous political and weather week, it was just time to enjoy the sweet innocence of our furry and feathered friends. * * * HURRICANE HARVEY PET RESCUES... Read More...

Published Sat, Sep 02 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Better Than Bob?

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, Sep 03 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Youth, Day, Old Age and Night

Lately, I've been reading some poems about old age. A large number are painful, angry or sad. And then there is this one: Youth, large, lusty, loving-youth full of grace, force, fascination, Do you know that Old Age may come... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 1 October 2010

Interesting Stuff is an occasional column of short takes and links to web items that have recently caught my attention – some related to aging and some not. All readers are welcome to submit items for inclusion. Just click Contact... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

October's Gifts

Will you look at that. According to accuweather.com, there's not a raindrop in sight for the next two weeks. Instead, bright full sun and mid-60s temperatures. I don't suppose I'm complaining but it wasn't like that on Saturday and in...

Published Mon, Oct 14 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 22 April 2017

HOW SMALL WE ARE IN THE SCALE OF THE UNIVERSE Of course, you have intuited how small we are on the scale of the universe. But this TED Talk brings it home is a big – uh, make that small... Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 22 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Classical Gas - Part 6

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, May 07 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Profanity and Crabby Old Lady

EDITORIAL NOTE: Ted Carr, who worked in the tech industry during some its most exciting years, retired about six years ago. He now hosts a podcast called Retirement Journeys – Real-Life Experience that Informs, Engages and Inspires and in February,.....

Published Mon, May 08 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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