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INTERESTING STUFF – 21 May 2011

Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...

Published Sat, May 21 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Do You Live in a Good Aging-in-Place Community?

For years in repeated surveys, 89 or 90 percent of people polled say they want to “age in place.” Most frequently, that phrase means they want to stay in the homes where they currently live until they die or, at... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 07 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Do You Feel About Your Appearance?

It doesn't take long for little kids to understand that physical appearance - whether you are beautiful or handsome or not in the eyes of others - matters a great deal in the world. Those who win the beauty lottery... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 17 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Snapshot of 65 and Older Age Group in the U.S.

Did you know: That the states with the highest proportion of old people in their populations in 2010 were Florida, West Virginia, Maine and Pennsylvania (all above 15 percent)? States with the lowest proportion of elders were Alaska, Utah and... Read...

Published Tue, Jul 15 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

And the <em>JOB!</em> Book Winners Are...

A reader emailed about Wednesday's story and contest to say, “Please tell me this is a spoof.” Over the many years of this blog, spoofs have not been my modus operandi so I don't know why anyone would think that.... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 17 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old Farts - Literally

Last week at The Elder Storytelling Place, Nancy Leitz told us about Uncle Arthur: “It was a beautiful day and even Uncle Arthur had come to spend the afternoon. He was about 83 then and was not only hard of... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 18 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Bear with Me Through This Bug

Just as I'm all revved up for a leap back into blogging, wham! Some kind of bug hit me Monday morning bringing along aches, pains, a cotton head and general flu-ishness. Maybe if I'd taken the flu shot last week... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 20 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1972

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, Mar 15 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Mom's 20th Yarzeit

Today is the 20th anniversary of my mother's death, her “yahrzeit” in Yiddish. I am not religious. Not at all. In fact, I don't believe there is a god. But I like this ritual of lighting a 24-hour yahrzeit candle... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 27 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

On Confronting the Inevitable

There are a whole bunch of interesting comments on my “journal entry” post last week musing about what comes next as I get older. One of them is a question posed by an Australian TGB reader, Brigid Walsh: ”I wonder... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 10 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Medicare Part D: Crapshoot Coverage

In a month, on 15 November, the six-week enrollment period for 2010 Medicare Part D plans begins. The Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder is now available at the Medicare website. It is not too soon to investigate the details of... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 14 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

THE TGB ELDER GEEK: Readable

Virginia DeBolt (bio) writes the bi-weekly Elder Geek column for Time Goes By in which she takes the mystery out of techie things all bloggers and internet users need to know to simplify computer use. She has written several books... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 15 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Short Blogging Hiatus

Regarding Friday's post, it made me laugh to read the notes from some of you volunteering to answer my irritating email. Thank you – for the fun and the offer. I would take you up on it except that copyright... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 10 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Secret War on Social Security and Medicare

Certainly you recall that back in 2004 and 2005, then-President Bush put all the substantial muscle of his office into Social Security “reform.” He and his surrogates spent more than year flitting about the nation spreading lies that Social Security....

Published Wed, Nov 18 2009 2:38 AM by TIME GOES BY

Medicare Physician Payments

On Monday, reporting on a conference call with aides to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, I wrote that there would be a vote this week to eliminate the mandated 21.5 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursement to physicians that is scheduled... Read...

Published Fri, Oct 23 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

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