September 2011 - Time Goes By

Time Goes By

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  • Alzheimer's on Television

    As Ann Shaw (who blogs here) remarked on one of my flu fogged posts earlier this week: “There's nothing like enforced rest in bed to get you thinking.” She is right, you know. All sorts of odd and (occasionally) interesting... Read More...
  • Old Age and Weight Control

    There are a whole bunch of things I want to tell you about Social Security, Medicare, some aspects of retirement, caregiving, elders and work, along with evolving cultural attitudes toward aging, scary stuff from the potential Republican candidates for...
  • INTERESTING STUFF: 24 September 2011

    I'm just back from a flu-fogged week during which there was hardly any media in my life. Hence, a shorter Interesting Stuff today with a bit of an editorial toward the end. WHITE HOUSE HOME BREW A couple of weeks... Read More...
  • Last Acts of Kindness

    Here we are, you and I, hanging out on a blog that states right at the top that it is about “what it's really like to get old” and yet we don't talk about death and dying – or hardly... Read More...
  • Johna Ferguson at ESP

    I'm on hiatus until Monday 19 September. The Elder Storytelling Place continues as will Interesting Stuff on Saturday and Peter Tibbles' Elder Music on Sunday. At The Elder Storytelling Place today, Johna Ferguson: Dreams Read More...
  • ELDER MUSIC: Jones

    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...
  • INTERESTING STUFF: 10 September 2011

    Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...
  • ELDER MUSIC: Nat King Cole

    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...
  • Mary B Summerlin at ESP

    I'm on hiatus until Monday 19 September. The Elder Storytelling Place continues as will Interesting Stuff on Saturday and Peter Tibbles' Elder Music on Sunday. At The Elder Storytelling Place today, Mary B Summerlin: Little Old Ladies Read More...
  • Listening to Our Bodies

    We don't give our bodies enough credit for what they do. Think about it. Cut your hand? Clean it up, put a Band-aid on it and in a few days it's fine. Bang your knee and raise a purple bruise?... Read More...
  • INTERESTING STUFF: 17 September 2011

    Well, if you had television on any of the news channels last weekend, there certainly was an orgy of 9/11 remembrances. What is it about zero-ending anniversaries that we love so much? I'm just as guilty as everyone when they... Read More...
  • A Holiday Art Tour

    Last year on Labor Day, I showed you some of the outdoor sculpture around this town, Lake Oswego, where I live now. Another year has passed and I've had more time to explore. Wow – the sculpture collection, in out... Read More...
  • More Elder Weight Control

    A little late to the party on the weight control in old age post that I wrote last week, Ashleigh Burrows left this comment (in part) yesterday: “Without wanton snacking and with a modicum of exercise I've maintained my post-Jan... Read More...
  • INTERESTING STUFF: 3 September 2011

    Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...
  • Antiques at ESP

    I'm on hiatus until Monday 19 September. The Elder Storytelling Place continues as will Interesting Stuff on Saturday and Peter Tibbles' Elder Music on Sunday. At The Elder Storytelling Place today, Terry Hamburg: Antiques Back in the Good Old...