August 2012 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

INTERESTING STUFF: 11 August 2011

DANCE WALKING FOLLOWUP Last week on Interesting Stuff, we enjoyed Ben Aaron's dance walking video. A day or two later, TGB reader Heidi sent a link to this video in which Ben finds the original dance walking guy who had... Read More...

Published Sat, Aug 11 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Becoming Your Parents

Remember, when you were a little kid, vowing NEVER to do THAT with your kids when you grew up? As it turned out, I had no children so I didn't get to test that particular pledge but there are a... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 28 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 4 August 2012

SPECTACULAR GYMNAST WINNER It's never interested me, the Olympics. When I've tuned in over the years by accident, all I've ever seen are a bunch of obscure “sports” like ping-pong, trampoline, archery, tug-of-war. And come on - we all know...

Published Sat, Aug 04 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Better Language Improves Lives

It could be my imagination, but lately there seems to be an increase in the amount of age denial going on – particularly, an uptick in requests to review books on how to stay young forever and also, more ads... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Dr. Bill Thomas Does My Work For Me

Not long ago, an announcement of a new study from Cambridge Journals about amazingly young-functioning memory and cognition discovered in some 80-year-olds dropped into my inbox. I was busy so I skimmed the report and set it aside for a... Read More....

Published Fri, Aug 24 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: I'm Growing Old

By John Godfrey Saxe The more time I spend with poetry about age and growing old and death and such, the more I am surprised how little it has changed between ancient times and now. If you told me that... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 16 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Grandmother Gene

EDITOR'S NOTE: I am deep in the weeds on the Ryan/Romney plans for Medicare and Social Security and could use some extra time. So here's a very old post I like from the earliest days of this blog, 2004, updated... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 20 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: <em>Summertime</em>

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, Aug 12 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The History of Old Age – A Beginning

I have recently begun a new project, one that will probably go on for a long time before I feel finished. It is, as the headline states, to study the history of old age. It's going to be a lot... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 29 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Maria Muldaur

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, Aug 05 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ryan/Romney - The Upside Down Presidential Ticket

It was over in all but name for Mitt Romney the minute word leaked he had chosen (or was told to choose?) Paul Ryan as his running mate. The media flock to Ryan and his budget plan because however unserious... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 21 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 25 August 2012

MITT ROMNEY: BIRTHER I had finished writing today's Interesting Stuff on Friday when some Mitt Romney news arrived that is too odious to leave until Monday. The regular potpourri of the Saturday post will return next week. What Romney did... Read...

Published Sat, Aug 25 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

And the <em>JOB!</em> Book Winners Are...

A reader emailed about Wednesday's story and contest to say, “Please tell me this is a spoof.” Over the many years of this blog, spoofs have not been my modus operandi so I don't know why anyone would think that.... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 17 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ave Atque Vale, Gore Vidal

For me, the unbearable thing about getting old is being forced to live on without the friends who are wretched enough to leave me behind when they go. One of them did that this week when, on Tuesday evening, Gore... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 02 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

THE ELDERLAW ATTORNEY: Gifts and Elder Care

Orrin Onken writes the twice-monthly TGB Elderlaw Attorney column in which he discusses legal issues of concern and interest to elders. He is an elderlaw attorney licensed to practice in the state of Oregon. He also keeps his own blog,... Read More.....

Published Thu, Aug 09 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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