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  • “About” Taking a Day Off

    Life has intruded and for a day or two I need take a short break from writing that requires actual thought. So here are a couple of things that won't tax my brain and I hope will amuse you. PIGS... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-04-2016

  • Old People's Take on the 2016 Presidential Campaign

    This blog is about “what it's really like to get old.” Almost always, you can rely on that and when the topic does go sideways, usually there is a component – however small – that involves elders. Maybe not today.... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-06-2016

  • INTERESTING STUFF – 7 May 2016

    LONDON MARATHON IN SPACE Last Sunday, the city of London held it's annual marathon. British astronaut Tim Peake ran the race in real time in the International Space Station. Peake is not the first astronaut to run a marathon in... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-07-2016

  • ELDER MUSIC: Creeque Alley

    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...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-08-2016

  • What is Successful Ageing?

    For several years now there has been a lot of talk about “successful ageing” (also called “ageing well”) and how to do it. Hardly a day goes by that I don't see a new article about it and in fact,... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-09-2016

  • Will I Live Long Enough to Use All This?

    Have you seen those human interest stories that turn up now and then about super-dooper coupon clippers? You know, the mothers who feed a family of six for $3.27 a month because they are such world-class coupon collectors? I have... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-11-2016

  • How Time Flies – Or Not Sometimes

    Most old people agree that the older we get, the faster time goes by. But in under an hour early Tuesday morning, I had a good lesson in just how slowly time can pass in certain circumstances. By 8AM, I... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-13-2016

  • INTERESTING STUFF – 14 May 2016

    NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES I still remember my surprise more than half a century ago when, at a radio station, I saw a stack of audio cassettes with such labels as “Eisenhower Obit.” Not that I had thought about it... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-14-2016

  • ELDER MUSIC: The Singing Dead

    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...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-15-2016

  • What are the Late Years For?

    Last week, on a post titled What is Successful Ageing?, I wrote this about reflecting upon our lives: ”This takes quiet time, alone time. Make notes, write a memoir even if it's only for yourself. These years are the time... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-16-2016

  • Glad My Dating Days are Done

    Several neighbors came by for lunch when I was visiting my mother for a few days in the late 1960s. Because I then worked producing a radio talk show that often featured interviews with the biggest music stars of the... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-18-2016

  • A TGB Extra: Tech Support Fun

    Darlene Costner emailed the following joke that had me laughing all day. Anyone who has ever had computer problems and relationship issues will get it. I suspect this one has been around the web for many years and you may... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-19-2016

  • Me, Myself and I in Old Age

    A friend who lives on the east coast mentioned to me last week that his wife, at an age when they are both coasting toward retirement, says she feels more and more like being a homebody these days. Me too.... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-20-2016

  • INTERESTING STUFF – 21 May 2016

    ELDER-FRIENDLY SUMMER FESTIVALS IN THE U.K. For U.K. TGB readers, there is an extensive list online of upcoming summer festivals – an amazing variety of them. I'm sorry I missed the mussel festival earlier this month but on 25 and... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-21-2016

  • ELDER MUSIC: Songs of the Gershwins

    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...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 05-22-2016
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