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  • ELDER MUSIC: Mozart's Lesser Known Operas

    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 11-05-2017
  • Chemo Brain and Bravery

    [To be clear, I want to assure you that I don't intend to turn Time Goes By into a cancer blog - I have plenty of other interests in regard to aging. But for the two weeks I was stuck... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 11-06-2017
  • Crabby Old Lady and End of Literacy

    Okay, maybe Crabby Old Lady is overstating it in that headline, but voice and and tiny little pictographs appear to be taking over human communication at the expense of the written word. It's not just email and texting. When you... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 11-08-2017
  • The Democratic Wins in Tuesday's Election

    Let's have a little political talk around here today as a switch from too much health chitchat. Democratic candidates got an amazing number of wins over their Republican opponents in Tuesday's election and in some cases did it in a... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 11-10-2017
  • INTERESTING STUFF – 11 November 2017

    VETERANS DAY Today is American Veteran's Day and I like this video that turned up about Captain Simtratpal Singh who is a West Point graduate, a war veteran, an active duty Army officer and a recipient of the Bronze Star.... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 11-11-2017
  • ELDER MUSIC: 1953 Yet Again

    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 11-12-2017
  • Making Hearing Aids as Cool as Eyeglasses

    A neighbor leaned in close, putting her ear near mine. “Can you hear it?” she asked, referring to her new hearing aid? Yes. Yes, I could hear her hearing aid announcing that it had been inserted correctly. They haven't gotten... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 11-13-2017
  • The Reality of Cancer Treatment Sets In

    As I sit here at my desk tapping out this first sentence, I'd rather be curled up in bed. I don't necessarily need to sleep; I just want to lie down. I am deeply weary. This is not an unexpected... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 11-15-2017
  • A Cancer Surprise

    Thank you all for your concern and suggestions on Wednesday's post about my fatigue. I wrote that post late on Tuesday anticipating my regular chemo session the next afternoon. It did not go exactly as planned. First, you would not... Read More.....
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 11-17-2017
  • INTERESTING STUFF – 18 November 2017

    CENTENARIAN SHARES ADVICE WITH STRANGERS IN NYC Eileen Wilkinson's grandson set up a laptop on an upper west side corner in New York City so that his 100-year-old grandmother could give out free advice to strangers. It seems everyone is... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 11-18-2017
  • ELDER MUSIC: Wolves

    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 11-19-2017
  • Downsizing and Old Love Letters

    You might imagine that given my age (76) and with the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, I've been thinking lately about clearing out some of the detritus here in the ol' homestead. Not that I've done much about it but it... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 11-20-2017
  • Elders and Dog Sharing

    Day in and day out, there is so much bad news, I decided that in keeping with the holiday tomorrow, we should have a week of light news and commentary. God knows such things as sexual misconduct, tax reform, net... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 11-22-2017
  • Happy Thanksgiving 2017, Everyone

    Given the condition of the national government (not to mention some state governments), we in the United States could be forgiven for wondering what there is to be thankful for this year. May I suggest we go micro, local, personal.... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 11-23-2017
  • INTERESTING STUFF – 25 November 2017

    BEFORE WE GET STARTED TODAY... With the amount of time it takes to be a cancer patient, I haven't kept up with many of the websites and blogs that I used to check regularly so I am grateful to Cop... Read More...
    Posted to Time Goes By by TIME GOES BY on 11-25-2017