June 2013 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

ELDER MUSIC: Köchel and the Others

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, Jun 30 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 29 June 2013

1981 EXPERIMENT WITH ONLINE NEWS Now, in 2013, we take it for granted – we can read pretty much any newspaper we want on our computers along with TV shows, other video and blogs and Facebook and Twitter and more.... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 29 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Big Week in Civil Rights – The Good and Not So Good

EDITORIAL NOTE 2: Well, John (see directly below) advises me that he did not notice that this is an ebook and he is strictly a paper kind of guy. (Please, folks, try to read these things more carefully.) So, the... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 28 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<em>Inspire Your Fit Behavior</em>

As noted in a post earlier this month about hanging on to our health in old age, the reason I have been able to keep up my six-day-a-week exercise routine for nearly a year now – or, at least, the... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 27 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and Personal Hygiene

As explained in yesterday's post about whether there is such a thing as old people smell (there is), it is not connected to personal hygiene. Our personal cleanliness is the basic bargain we make with one another as members of... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 26 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Do Old People Smell Funny?

It was a failed attempt at humor when, last week, I headlined a post about loss of the sense of smell, How Well Do You Smell? But a few of you were kind enough to acknowledge the effort anyway: ”At... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 25 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Important Blog Comment Problem

As they say, shit happens and for the past month or so, many of your comments at this blog and, to a lesser degree at The Elder Storytelling Place, have been relegated to the spam folder instead of being published.... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 24 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Almost Angels

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, Jun 23 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 22 June 2013

HOW TO SING THE PUPPIES TO SLEEP This has been all over Reddit and Huffpo so you may have seen it already. But even if you have, it's too wonderful to watch this adorable group of puppies settle down and... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 22 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and the Need to be Touched

A couple of weeks ago, I bought myself a massage. Even though many friends through the years have extolled its virtues and powers, it is not something I have done much in my life – probably no more than half... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 21 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Things I Wish I Had Known

Old people sometimes mention lessons they wish they had learned long before they did. Many of us have similar lists so I suspect these things are universal - stuff individuals of every generation must learn for themselves and then moan... Read More.....

Published Thu, Jun 20 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Well Do You Smell?

My nose has been nearly useless for at least a decade – probably longer. It just doesn't work anymore. Obviously, there can be dangers in having a smell deficit – being unaware of a gas leak, for example, or something... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 19 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Volunteering Linked to Reduced Risk of Hypertension

”New research from Carnegie Mellon University shows that older adults who volunteer for at least 200 hours per year decrease their risk of hypertension, or high blood pressure, by 40 percent. Hypertension is estimated to affect 65 million Americans. It...

Published Tue, Jun 18 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

18th Century Guide to Old Men's Health

”Of all passions let the old man avoid a foolish fondness for women. This never will solicit him, for nature knows her own time...and he will be only making himself the ridicule of those who seem to favour his vain... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 17 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Banned by the BBC

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, Jun 16 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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ELDER MUSIC: Köchel and the Others

INTERESTING STUFF – 29 June 2013

A Big Week in Civil Rights – The Good and Not So Good

<em>Inspire Your Fit Behavior</em>

Elders and Personal Hygiene

Do Old People Smell Funny?

Important Blog Comment Problem

ELDER MUSIC: Almost Angels

INTERESTING STUFF – 22 June 2013

Elders and the Need to be Touched

Things I Wish I Had Known

How Well Do You Smell?

Volunteering Linked to Reduced Risk of Hypertension

18th Century Guide to Old Men's Health

ELDER MUSIC: Banned by the BBC