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Payroll Tax Cut Ambivalence

It tells you a lot about our corrupt politics that when Congress passed the payroll tax holiday in December 2010 in the same package as the extension of the Bush era tax cuts primarily benefiting the wealthy, the former was... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 30 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Joan Baez

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 03 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: The Downside of Medicare

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, Aug 28 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady and the Consumer Culture

Undoubtedly you have heard that the real purpose of Thanksgiving – Black Friday and Cyber Monday - were a big success this year racking up billions of dollars in sales for retailers. A lot of pundit know-it-alls would have you... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 02 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Moving In – Day One

The moving company said the van would arrive on Monday morning, sometime between 10AM and 11AM. I left Ollie the cat at my brother's home and drove here early. Good thing. The van and three men showed up at 9:15AM.... Read More...

Published Tue, May 25 2010 5:34 AM by TIME GOES BY

Tiptoeing into a New Life

No matter how well you plan, how much you organize and how many lists you make, something always goes wrong. I had expected that my stuff would be here in Lake Oswego by today, but it won't arrive until Monday.... Read More...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 10:20 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Tony Bennett

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, Jan 28 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Question of a Loneliness Epidemic

Just last week, British Prime Minister Theresa May created a new government position: Minister for Loneliness. According to a 2017 report, more than 9 million people in Britain often or always feel lonely. May, quoted in The New York Times,... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and Voter Suppression

Are you registered to vote? Are you sure? Using a pretext of widespread voter fraud, Republicans in the 50 states have been on tear creating an array of new, restrictive voter ID legislation that makes it difficult, expensive and, in... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Happy Thanksgiving 2015, Everyone

A SHORT NOTE: Before I get to the holiday part of today's story, let me mention that I will soon be posting the annual gift ideas for elders column. If you have a suggestion or more, please forward them to... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 25 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Georgia on my Mind

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, Jan 22 2012 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

Useful Health Related Websites for Elders

On television few nights ago, someone made reference to the flying Dutchman and I wondered where the legend had originated. In pre-internet days, if I didn't have an encyclopedia around the house, I would have been forced to wait until... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 21 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Living the Early Bird Specials Time Table

EDITORIAL NOTE: On yesterday's post, the link to The Elder Storytelling Place was coded wrong (my bad) and brought up a blank page. Here's a link to Marc Leavitt's poem, On Money, that does work. Lately I have been facing... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 12 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day(s)

(With apologies for the headline above to the wonderful Judith Viorst) Crabby Old Lady should have known last week that something awful was brewing. Her desktop PC was becoming more unsteady and rickety by the day with programs not responding,... Read...

Published Wed, Oct 25 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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