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How to Survive a Hospital Stay

Way back in 1977, on the day I was to begin an exciting new job, I instead wound up in a hospital with, among other symptoms, a high fever and unbearable abdominal pain. Soon after my arrival, I lay on... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 07 2012 5:42 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Lines on Retirement, after Reading <em>Lear</em>

By David Wright Avoid storms. And retirement parties. You can’t trust the sweetnesses your friends will offer, when they really want your office, which they’ll redecorate. Beware the still untested pension plan. Keep your keys. Ask for more troops than...

Published Thu, Mar 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Gulf Coast

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, Jun 06 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Republicans and the Health Care Reform Law

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, Jun 12 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Sea Songs

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, Jun 13 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Reverse Mortgages – Part 4: Do Not Fear HECMs

This week, I met in person with each of the three prospective reverse mortgage lenders I had spoken with on the telephone. They had all emailed comparison estimates of types of HECMs I might choose showing interest rates, loan amounts,... Read More.....

Published Fri, Jul 16 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old People Having Sex - Amazing

Here's a personal story I've probably told before but it has some small bearing today as it is about Viagra and when I think about it now and then these 17 years later, it still amuses me and makes me... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 08 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: The New Obama

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 03 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Holiday Gifts for Elders 2015

A quick look around here reveals that I've been doing this annual post since 2006 – ten years now. Even so, the bare bones truth is that I don't know any more about gifts for old people than the next... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 4 May 2013

56 ACRONYMS FROM MENTAL FLOSS Mental Floss host John Green runs through the meaning of 56 acronyms. Who knew the Ms in M&Ms actually stand for something? There are plenty more, some you know and some you don't. (Hat tip... Read More...

Published Sat, May 04 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Occupy

On yesterday's post about a (non)answer from the White House in response to my letter about Social Security, Jan Adams, Letha, Frank Paynter and Linda all noted that this is an example of what the Occupy movement is about and... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Happy Thanksgiving 2016, Everyone

Some of us may have worried a bit about the outcome during the presidential election campaign but I doubt many – and certainly not me – could bring ourselves to deep-down, really believe our country would be where it is... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 23 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 10 October 2015

IMAGES OF SOLITUDE Each month, the online Guardian selects a theme and invites readers from around the world to send their travel photographs depicting that topic. As serendipity would have it, on Friday I wrote about rediscovering my solitude and......

Published Sat, Oct 10 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 24 October 2015

AGE BOOM: EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS With a dozen other journalists, back in 2009, I attended an intensive week of study about ageing in New York City called the Age Boom Academy. It was founded by geriatrician Robert N. Butler and held... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 24 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ice Cream, Guilt and Aging Well

Among my favorite foods are lobster; Dungeness crab; big, fat, ripe blackberries; a blue cheese from Spain called Cabrales; maple-infused, grilled salmon; and gorilla salad, my own dinner invention involving 10 to 15 vegetables and fruits held together...

Published Mon, May 03 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

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