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INTERESTING STUFF – 1 October 2016

CULTURAL MARKERS OF OLD AGE TGB's Sunday Elder Music columnist, Peter Tibbles, sent this Pearls Before Swine cartoon. It seems to me that the older I get, the more obsolete objects from my younger life pile up. There are more... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 01 2016 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 December 2016

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS – EPISODE 1 Yes, it's a television commercial. Yes, it's sentimental and it's sappy. But it's really cute too. OAKLAND GHOST SHIP PHOTOGRAPHS Undoubtedly you know of the terrible warehouse fire in Oakland, California...

Published Sat, Dec 10 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Moving Into Limbo

My cross-country move from Portland East to Portland West is – well, moving right along. The van will be here next Wednesday, just six days now, and boxes are being packed in good time. Years ago, before smokers became pariahs,... Read More...

Published Thu, May 06 2010 2:35 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

GRAY MATTERS: Hunger and Shame

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, May 08 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Dolls

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, May 09 2010 2:30 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

INTERESTING STUFF – 4 March 2017

THIS GIRL (OF ALL AGES) CAN VIDEO Sport England just released a new video for the This Girl Can campaign which, they explain, ”...encourages women to challenge cultural assumptions about femininity that prevent them engaging in sport and exercise. The...

Published Sat, Mar 04 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Happy Thanksgiving 2016, Everyone

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Moving Into Limbo

Ice Cream, Guilt and Aging Well

GRAY MATTERS: Hunger and Shame

ELDER MUSIC: Dolls

GRAY MATTERS: The New Obama

INTERESTING STUFF – 4 March 2017

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