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ELDER MUSIC: Patsy Cline

Mar 14, 2010 1:30am

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......

GRAY MATTERS: Update on Saul

Mar 13, 2010 2:30am

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 social issues......

Sorting a Lifetime of Books

Mar 12, 2010 2:35am

It's a long way from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon – somewhere, according to Google Maps, in the realm of 3,300 miles depending on which highway you drive – and the moving company is going to charge a lot of......

When Your Home is on the Market

Mar 11, 2010 2:35am

It's not like this is a surprise; it was only a little less than five years ago that my New York home was on the market. But I am that much older now and I had forgotten how damned hard......

Cat Tales

Mar 10, 2010 2:35am

Blame Ollie the cat for today's lighter-than-air post. Once upon a time, back in 2004, he was a winsome baby kitten, still frightened in his new home far away from mom in Philadelphia, but oh so eager to please. Now,......

A Theory of Health Care Spending

Mar 9, 2010 2:35am

For a good while, I've had a half-baked and only half-joking theory that health care spending would not be so high if we were not constantly reminded of all the things that could be wrong with us. I watch or......

Deficit Reduction on the Backs of Elders - a Foregone Conclusion?

Mar 8, 2010 2:35am

Last week, a friend at The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare alerted me to an interview with former Senator Alan Simpson by Maria Bartiromo of CNBC. Before I get to that, some background. In February, President Obama......

ELDER MUSIC: Divas

Mar 7, 2010 2:30am

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......

GRAY MATTERS

Mar 6, 2010 2:30am

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 social issues......

How are We Feeling Today, Dearie?

Mar 5, 2010 2:35am

There comes a time for everyone when, in the eyes of the people around us, we have passed an invisible barrier into old age. If we have not yet realized this transition ourselves, there are plenty of younger people willing......

Mean, Nasty, Hateful and Corrupt

Mar 4, 2010 2:35am

You could say that my mind is elsewhere right now what with selling my home and trying to survive the huge amount dental work that will go on throughout this month. You could say that I'm not paying my usual......

Denture

Mar 3, 2010 2:35am

Did you know that dentures were made by the Etruscans way back in 700 B.C.? Human and animal teeth were used and (George Washington's wooden choppers notwithstanding) continued to be so-fashioned until the mid-19th century. At least, that's what a......

REFLECTIONS: On Being Too Nice

Mar 2, 2010 2:35am

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the twice-monthly Reflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest generation. His other......

Officially on the Market - Almost

Mar 1, 2010 2:35am

Remember when we recently discussed how time flies as we get older? After the past week, I have definitely settled on the “novel experience theory” to explain the phenomenon. For months on end, especially during winter, my days are pretty......

ELDER MUSIC: Sun Records - Part 2

Feb 28, 2010 2:30am

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......