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Let's Chat About Social Security

ATTENTION TGB SUBSCRIBERS: If you want to comment on stories you read here, DO NOT click reply. That sends a personal email only to me. To comment, click the title of the story. That will open your browser at the... Read More...

Published Tue, May 24 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Tall Woman Looking

As I tell the publicists who contact me about books they are flogging, I don't “review” books, I write about a few of them I like. Not many more than half a dozen a year. The reason for so few... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 21 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

My Short, Accidental Foray in Politics

Ever since the 1952 presidential election when my parents allowed me to stay up late listening to the returns on the radio in the contest between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson, I've been a political junkie but mostly as an... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 10 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 27 September 2014

BACKSTAGE AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA The New York Times posted a lovely little montage video of what it's like at the Met a week before the season premier. JOHN OLIVER ON THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT This is a funny and... Read More...

Published Sat, Sep 27 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

TGB FORUM: Readers Write the Blog – Day 3

As I explained on Monday, while Peter Tibbles and Norma Gates are visiting from Melbourne, I am taking a mini-vacation and letting you, dear readers, write the blog based on your own topics. Today's comes from Cathy Johnson and I... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 01 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: States – Massachusetts to New Jersey

NOTE FROM RONNI: Peter has been presenting the music about states in alphabetical order. Last week, I screwed up and posted New Mexico to South Carolina ahead of time when it should have been the states you reading about today.... Read More...

Published Sun, Oct 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Hail, Hail Rock & Roll

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, Sep 23 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Help Needed For Interesting Stuff

Some of the items I run on Saturday's Interesting Stuff post come to me from friends and readers. Others arrive via email or I find them in my wanderings around the internet in the days leading up to any given... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 23 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady v. the Cable Company

Crabby Old Lady does not like using her blog for rants about personal issues but every couple of years something so egregious happens that she cannot help herself. This one is about trying to reduce her cable/internet costs and let... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 21 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 25 October 2014

IN PRAISE OF KNOTS According to the story at The New York Times, ”Knots are an ancient technology. They predate the axe and the wheel, quite possibly the use of fire and maybe even man himself: Some scientists have speculated... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 25 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

By the Hair on Crabby Old Lady's Chinny Chin Chin

Before she even gets started, let Crabby Old Lady be clear: she is deeply grateful that so far – at age 73 – she has escaped the common conditions and diseases of old age. No arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, high... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1963 Again

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, Nov 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Trios

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, Oct 21 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Good, Humane News From Medicare

Yeah, yeah, I know you feel like you've had more than enough from me about Medicare over the past ten days. But this is big-deal, good news you need to know. On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced a proposed settlement... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 25 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 16 July 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, Jul 16 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Let's Chat About Social Security

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Tall Woman Looking

My Short, Accidental Foray in Politics

INTERESTING STUFF – 27 September 2014

TGB FORUM: Readers Write the Blog – Day 3

ELDER MUSIC: States – Massachusetts to New Jersey

ELDER MUSIC: Hail, Hail Rock & Roll

Help Needed For Interesting Stuff

Crabby Old Lady v. the Cable Company

INTERESTING STUFF – 25 October 2014

By the Hair on Crabby Old Lady's Chinny Chin Chin

ELDER MUSIC: 1963 Again

ELDER MUSIC: Trios

Good, Humane News From Medicare

INTERESTING STUFF: 16 July 2011