Time Goes By

Watching Out for Elder Scams and Fraud

As a general rule – no, I take that back. As a hard and fast rule, never, ever fall for anyone offering free anything. A mid-2010 survey by Investor Protection Trust revealed that 7.3 million older Americans – 20 percent... Read More...

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

Over 50 and Out of Work

When I was 63 back in 2004, I found myself unemployed when the company I had been with for three years suddenly laid off a group of us. How they handled the firings was a nasty, humiliating business that no... Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 19 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Voyager 1 and 2

You never know who you're going to meet on the internet and I came to know Peter Tibbles (bio here) via email over the past couple of years. His extensive knowledge of most genres of music and his excellent taste... Read More...

Published Sun, Nov 21 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady's Customer Service Success

Last week, Crabby Old Lady's internet and television provider, Comcast, sent a letter with a big bold telephone number and headline asking, Are You Getting the Best Value? In November, when the company raised her monthly fee again (as they... Read...

Published Wed, Jan 11 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Not Rhymin', Simon

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 10 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1929

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

Surgery Recovery – Day to Day

(NOTE: This is a report about my personal progress – no one else's. Maybe there are hints for others in a similar recovery, maybe not. Aside from the general path toward recovery, none of us can know another's needs or... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: NAIDOC Week 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 09 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Recovering at Home

This post has been the Saturday Interesting Stuff for many years but not today. I'm writing on Friday morning because I am too tired now to think that I can do any better later. One day at a time. Up... Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 01 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Joy of the Ordinary

Nobody tells you – well, nobody told me - how busy they keep you when you're sick. And these aren't things you can blow off. Except for the weekend when I was fairly well wiped out from all the “work”... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 07 2017 5:45 AM by TIME GOES BY

Some Reason for Hope

Although I could argue the point, it is possible there is always reason for hope and I found that on Wednesday during my consult with the surgeon and his team. Having decided that formality is a good posture to adopt... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 09 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Cruel Cuts in the Trump Budget

The main beneficiaries of President Donald Trump's 2018 budget proposal are the people who already have too much, the one percent. Here's how tax cuts go for them, as reported in Yahoo! News: ”According to calculations from the Center for... Read...

Published Wed, May 24 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

Earlier this week, I received this email note from Peter Tibbles, he who runs the Sunday Elder Music column and is a handful of years younger than I am: ”This morning I decided to take some cardboard down to the... Read More...

Published Fri, May 19 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: The Consequences of Unequal Wealth Distrubution

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 07 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crowdsourcing the TGB Elder Community

It was a long time ago, about six years, that an email arrived from a woman who said she had no stories to tell because her life had been so ordinary. In my response titled (Extra)ordinary Lives on Time Goes... Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 15 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Watching Out for Elder Scams and Fraud

Over 50 and Out of Work

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Crabby Old Lady's Customer Service Success

ELDER MUSIC: Not Rhymin', Simon

ELDER MUSIC: 1929

Surgery Recovery – Day to Day

ELDER MUSIC: NAIDOC Week 2

Recovering at Home

The Joy of the Ordinary

Some Reason for Hope

Cruel Cuts in the Trump Budget

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

GRAY MATTERS: The Consequences of Unequal Wealth Distrubution

Crowdsourcing the TGB Elder Community