Time Goes By

The Saturday Farmer's Market

Anyone who has been reading this blog for more than a few months knows that one of my favorite excursions in Portland, Maine was the Wednesday farmers' market in Monument Square. I liked getting there when it opened at 7AM... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 5:35 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

The First Sneak Attack on Medicare, Social Security Has Already Happened

And we didn't even know it. Remember, back on the morning of 3 January when the new 115th Congress convened, Republicans had already voted in secret the night before to shut down the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE)? And how,... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 18 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 January 2017

A SENSE OF PURPOSE This is a video about what happened when the U.S. Department of Labor stepped in to enforce their employment regulations against piece workers in a retirement home. It was produced last year by students in The... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 21 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Small Miracles

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, Dec 18 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Long, Slow Winding Down of Old Age

Lately, I have made a few choices to do something or not do something because – well, it seems to be connected to my time dwindling down. Or, at least, that's the reason I “think” I am doing and (mostly)... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 13 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Peter Tibbles and the AM in Oregon

You probably noticed that I wasn't here last week – instead, playing host to Peter Tibbles who had arrived all the way from Melbourne with the Assistant Musicologist (AM). Surely you know the two of them: Peter who holds forth... Read More...

Published Mon, May 07 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Fixing (Not Destroying) Social Security

As reported here two days ago, a bunch of rich, white men (and two or three equally privileged women) met in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday resulting in a bit more media attention than I had expected. What they reported, mostly,... Read More...

Published Thu, May 17 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTIING STUFF – 19 May 2012

THE KIND OF CENTENARIAN I WANT TO BE In April, Eileen Emeline Ingles of Invercargill, New Zealand, turned 100. Until a year ago, writes reporter Gwyneth Hyndman, she ran to the mailbox every morning. I like what Ms. Ingles says... Read More...

Published Sat, May 19 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Income

There has been plenty of reporting on the increasing inequality of wealth distribution between the top one percent of the population and the 99 percent of the rest of us. The disparity is breathtaking. By most measurements, the top .01... Read More.....

Published Mon, Apr 23 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Older an Busier Than Ever

The First Sneak Attack on Medicare, Social Security Has Already Happened

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 January 2017

GRAY MATTERS: Small Miracles

The Long, Slow Winding Down of Old Age

Peter Tibbles and the AM in Oregon

Fixing (Not Destroying) Social Security

INTERESTIING STUFF – 19 May 2012

Elder Income

Bucket List Failure

Breakthrough Test for Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis

INTERESTING STUFF – 22 February 2014

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ELDER MUSIC: 1960