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What Others Say About Death

Compared to how I felt in the first couple of weeks following surgery (which was awful), I am more than pleased with how my recovery is going. However, about once a week, I have a bad night without a wink... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 02 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Money Part 3 – Money Saving Shopping Tips

There are great sales going on in New York City every day. They are so frequent and so big that during the 40 years I lived in Manhattan, my friends and I insisted to one another that we wouldn't bother... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 24 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Moving Day Stage 1

This move to Oregon takes place in two stages. Ollie the cat and I fly to the west coast next Tuesday, 18 May (stage two). Today (stage one), the moving van will be loaded, including the car, so that furniture... Read More...

Published Wed, May 12 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: From the Cutting Room Floor

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 12 2017 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

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

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

In Memoriam – Nancy Belle

Yesterday, I learned that Nancy Belle died unexpectedly last Thursday, 17 June. Many of you may know her. She commented here from time to time and she blogged at The Tempered Optimist. Almost exactly a year ago, she wrote a... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

December/May Romance

When I was in my twenties, I came to know for awhile a couple in which the wife was 18 or 20 years older than her husband who was about my age. Although I enjoyed meals, day trips and other... Read More...

Published Wed, May 17 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old and Young Having Fun Together

Three or four years ago, I was invited to a “Brownie Day” at the Adult Community Center (ACC) – the name my town gives the senior center. The nine-year-old members of a local Brownie troop (young Girl Scouts) each made... Read More...

Published Mon, May 22 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Making a Good Life in Retirement

An acquaintance, looking to discuss his recent unsought retirement, emailed to arrange lunch. His efforts to deal with retirement, he said, have been “futile” so far and he hopes my “advice will inspire” him. Oy vey. Advice is not an... Read More...

Published Wed, May 03 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Fear and Loathing of Pancreatic Cancer

Earlier this week, a surgical aide explained some of the things I will need to do when I get home from the hospital. It's a long list, some of them being relatively big changes in daily life. Without putting any... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 16 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 17 June 2017

A PERSONAL NOTE My surgery is coming up fast and this will be the last Interesting Stuff for awhile. Like last week, it is shorter than usual - I've been kind of busy. On one item, you don't need to... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 17 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Two Tims

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, May 28 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Cheating Death is an Ancient Dream

PROTEST FCC CHANGES TO NET NEUTRALITY Finally, John Oliver's direct link to the FCC comment page on the agency's net neutrality changes is up and running again. To get there, go to this URL, click on the word, “express” at... Read More...

Published Fri, May 26 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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