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Notes From a Political Punching Bag

Gay and Gray is a monthly column at Time Goes By written by Jan Adams (bio) in which she thinks out loud for us on issues of aging lesbians and gay men. Jan also writes on many topics at her... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 28 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: New Ideas For Social Security

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 02 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Making Peace with Death - A Contest For You

Yeah, I know. "Death" and "contest" in the same breath sounds just a little creepy. Maybe that's what I like about it. Earlier this week, we talked about one of the social taboos of getting old – women's hair loss.... Read...

Published Fri, Jan 06 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Credit

Did you know that renting a car with a debit card will hurt your credit rating? I didn't. So will closing a credit card that has a zero balance. At least that's what AARP tells me and for now, I'm... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 10 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<em>The Longevity Prescription</em> of Dr. Robert Butler: Practice Prevention

Throughout this book, Dr. Butler does not waste words. Every chapter is packed with helpful information. Even when the admonitions are not new, they are a powerful reminder about how much we can control about our health and how to... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 20 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Kings of the Blues

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, Oct 24 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What Old Timey Print Ads Tell Us

Within an hour or so of each other on the weekend, emails arrived from two friends – one from Nancy Leitz whom you know from her family tales at The Elder Storytelling Place and the other from John Brandt, whom... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 31 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 4 February 2012

THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF... Mr. Morris Lessmore. On last week's discussion of e-readers versus “real” books, Marian (sorry, the link you left to your blog doesn't work) left a reference to a little animated movie titled as above. It's...

Published Sat, Feb 04 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Beatles

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, Nov 14 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Some Impressions About Our World

As I am sure it true for you too, it's getting busy around here. Lots of planning, ordering, shopping and cleaning for the Thanksgiving feast at my place next week (how come my turkey baster is nowhere to be found?)... Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 18 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Latest Awful Medicare Privatization Plan

The Republicans will not ever give up their goal to kill Medicare. Not ever. Whatever they call it, however they dress it up, it's really privatization designed to kill Medicare. (By the way, they've got a new name for it... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 22 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Cajun and Zydeco

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, Feb 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 3 March 2012

WOMEN'S HEALTH EXPERTS SPEAK OUT After the squeaker of a vote in the Senate this week that did manage to defeat the horrific Blunt Amendment, we definitely need to blow off some steam and this video should do it for... Read More...

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

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 MUSIC: Big