January 2013 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

An Update: The Best Books on Aging

It's hard for me to keep up with the housekeeping around this blog, but four-and-a-half years is a bit much even for my lazy ass. Imagine if I hadn't dusted the house in that long? But that's what it's been... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 31 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old Age and Daily Routine

If you Google “old age and routine,” you get only two relevant returns: one I wrote in 2008 and another from the Telegraph from 2011. I did this search after reading a comment from Mary Follett a few days ago... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 30 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Sleep and Short-Term Memory

Old people regularly lament our short-term memory lapses and we often do it with rueful jokes as if we are whistling past the graveyard of brain cells. An example from a story here in 2009 when I lived in Maine:... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 29 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Too Old To Run for Congress?

On Saturday, I received a query from Huffington Post Live about appearing today on a panel discussion titled Too Old to Run? Circumstances prevented my participation but not my consideration of the question. [NOTE: You can see the live discussion... Read...

Published Mon, Jan 28 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

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, Jan 27 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 26 January 2013

THE WRITER WHO COULD NOT READ Imagine if overnight words on a page all looked like gibberish. Imagine then, too, that you make your living as a writer. Take a look: You can read more here: WHERE IN THE WORLD... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 26 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

VINTAGE TGB: What Happened to My Butt?

EDITORIAL NOTE: I needed a day off yesterday for a day trip to the Oregon coast with my friend and house guest, Jim Stone, so you are getting a vintage post from a couple of years ago. Everything I said... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 25 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

History of Old Age – The Ancients

It's been awhile but you may recall that I am working on a personal project, a history of old age. Previous posts here, here and here. It's been slow going. I keep reading about the through the centuries – my... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ageism and Oprah Winfrey

Clearly, I have not been paying attention. I had thought Oprah Winfrey made a big deal a few years ago about retiring from television. I was greatly relieved then because throughout the 25 or 30 years of her TV show,... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 23 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

“The Commitments We Make to Each Other”

TGB Reader John left a comment after President Barack Obama's speech yesterday: "The speech was wonderful. Fox news headline: Obama declares 'Hands off Entitlements.' Hooray! Well, Fox News, as frequently happens, got it wrong. What the...

Published Tue, Jan 22 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

In Honor of

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the presidential inauguration celebration and arrival of a houseguest chez Bennett, this has been declared a day off from blogging. We will return to our regularly scheduled posting on Tuesday. The mini-hiatus also applies...

Published Mon, Jan 21 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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