Time Goes By

Substance-Free, Self-Indulgent Friday

It's easy for me to get wound up, as I did yesterday on Social Security, about all the many things that seem to be wrong with our country; I do it every day. But mixed in with that is one... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Trump's Budget and Medicare

(This is wonkier that usual in some places but I think it's important to know and I've tried to keep confusion to a minimum.) Remember when, during the presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would never allow cuts... Read...

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

Small Pleasures

As many TGB readers noted on the posts I wrote about my cancer, small pleasures are closely related to the idea of living in the moment. We usually develop an appreciation of such commonplaces throughout our lives but are so... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 05 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Heat Waves and Elders

When, in 2006, I was forced to sell my apartment in Manhattan, I had to decide where to go. Because I considered New York City my natural home (and still do) and had been there for 40 years, it was... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 28 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Another Reader, Another Age Dilemma

Exactly 55. That is the age at which I learned I am not immortal. I've told the story many times: I scanned the newsroom one day to locate a writer I needed to speak with and was stunned, gazing over... Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 29 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<em>The Longevity Prescription</em> of Dr. Robert Butler: Nurture Your Relationships

As Dr. Robert N. Butler makes clear in Chapter 2 of his book, The Longevity Prescription titled “Nurture Your Relationships,” we should not “underestimate the value of touching, hugging, and sharing...” He is discussing the people he calls “elemental...

Published Tue, Aug 31 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Wit and Wisdom of TGB Readers

Well, maybe not the pithy sayings we are accustomed to from those little “wit and wisdom” books of the past, but the best part of this blog is the discussion in the comments and in recent months, it appears to... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 01 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Reverse Mortgages - Part 5: The Mandatory Counseling Session

On Wednesday, I participated in the counseling session required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of all HECM (FHA insured) reverse mortgage applicants. A lender may not begin the mortgage process until it receives the certificate...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Net Neutrality Dies on 23 April Plus The Alex and Ronni Show

It surprised me to find that the first interview I did via Skype with my former husband Alex Bennett was published here way back last September. (Blame that damned time-goes-faster-as-you-get-older phenomenon.) Ever since, Alex has been nudging me to...

Published Fri, Feb 23 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 10 March 2018

INTERESTING STUFF – 10 March 2018 THE BABY WHISPERER According to the YouTube page: ”Over the last 12 years, David Deutchman has held and soothed over 1,200 babies at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Hospital. He’s a... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 10 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Classical - Various 3

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 11 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Older an Busier Than Ever

In the comments on last week's post about Chapter 6 of Dr. Robert Butler's book, The Longevity Prescription - all about the importance of exercise – Elizabeth Rogers posted this: “Back when I was putting in 60+ hour workweeks, I... Read More....

Published Mon, Oct 04 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Forty-Seven Years Ago Today

EDITORIAL NOTE: Jan Adams, who blogs at Happening Here and usually writes the Gay and Gray column for this blog, is on a terrific trek visiting Hong Kong and Nepal. Before she left, she penned this story about today's sad... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 22 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Seasons - Summer Part 2

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, Jul 10 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What You Can Do to Help Save Social Security

Thanksgiving dinner was a smashing success – a beautiful turkey, all the trimmings and I am, today, properly – ahem, stuffed. Thank you all for your lovely greetings yesterday. Black Friday holds no charms for me. Shopping has never been... Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 26 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

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