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Reverse Mortgages – Part 2: The Basics

Because there are many small details to know about reverse mortgages and enough individual questions to fill a book, I am going to start broadly and drill down in subsequent posts so that we can absorb the needed information in... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 02 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

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

Contest Winners and Cancer Update

SOCIAL SILVER SURFERS EBOOK WINNERS On Friday, I wrote about a new eBook reporting on a survey about how elders use the internet. One of the authors, Erin Read who is a friend of mine, offered to give away three... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 02 2017 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

Update to an Old Woman's Tears

Yes, this is a Tuesday post – something I stopped doing about a month ago but because you were all so helpful last week with my email/computer troubles - for which I am grateful - I want to bring you... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 09 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Nursing Homes and Drugs

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, Apr 10 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Some Divas

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, Oct 13 2013 5:30 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

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

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

INTERESTING STUFF: 8 December 2012

BRAND NEW BABY ELEPHANT It happened eight days ago right here at the Portland, Oregon zoo. After a 21-month pregnancy and five days of labor, Asian elephant Rose-Tu gave birth to a 300-pound daughter. This video was shot on 30... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Blog Housekeeping Notes

I'm taking a day off from blogging but here are a couple of housekeeping items. There is a new addition to the TGB feature, Where Elders Blog, from a woman who calls herself The Little Old Lady. Take a look.... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 16 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Age and the Body Beautiful

Thanks to cramped quarters, security measures imposed after 9/11 and the general difficulties of traversing airports, travel by plane these days is an exercise in non-stop torture, particularly for elders. This is not unknown and Crabby Old Lady will...

Published Tue, Jul 05 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady Takes a Breather

Here's how it works: if you put yourself out here on the internet and if you don't hide your identity and if you take strong positions on political and cultural issues, some people are bound to give you a hard... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 15 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

There is No Holding Back Time

UPDATE - DARLENE'S HOMECOMING: Before I get going on today's post, let me give you this happy update. As many of you know, long-time blogger and TGB participant, Darlene Costner, who turned 90 last year, fell in her home in... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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