July 2013 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

ELDER MUSIC: Country Chain - Part 1

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, Jul 21 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 20 July 2013

JON STEWART AND GEORGE CARLIN He has been dead for five years but George Carlin's riffs are as fresh as if he had delivered them last evening. Today we have Jon Stewart and his crew on The Daily Show to... Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 20 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 6 July 2013

GRANDMA MISAO AND HER CAT, FUKUMARU For 13 years Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara has been photographing her grandmother and her grandmother's odd-eyed cat. Because my cat Ollie and I spend a lot of time looking directly in one another's eyes...

Published Sat, Jul 06 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Songs About Cities: Paris

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, Jul 07 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Summer Farmer's Market

Whew! Is it as sizzling where you live as it is where I am? Actually, even during a heat wave, northwest Oregon is one of the cooler places in the United States – around 90° Fahrenheit instead of 100° and... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 01 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Hunger and the Republican Party

Who says Congress can't do anything? Why just last week, the House voted to kill food stamps (SNAP). Well, it wasn't quite that straightforward but it's heading in that direction. The first vote on the farm bill (which is due... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 17 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 13 July 2013

FASCINATING AIDA We have featured the British comedy/singing group, Fascinating Aida, in the past. In this video, they take on the generations with their song, Down With the Kids. (Hat tip to Pamela of Costa de la Luz Gardening) You... Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 13 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When You're Not Old Enough Yet for Medicare

[EDITORIAL NOTE: I know a lot of people who read Time Goes By are younger than 65 and this post today is specifically for you. But 65-plus readers may want to pay attention for your children and grandchildren.] At age... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 19 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Appointment in Samarra [redux]

EDITORIAL NOTE: My brain always rebels more strongly than my body against hot weather and again, I'm feeling rather stupid while this heat wave goes on one more day. This, like yesterday's rerun, is from 2005. Due to the fable... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 03 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Independence Day 2013

Is there anyone else out there who, like me, never tires of well-done video of fireworks? Even though it's London on New Year's Day, I haven't found any I like better than this one I posted on the Fourth of... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 04 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

And When I Die [redux]

EDITORIAL NOTE: Whatever it was I so blithely said yesterday about the heat not bothering me, it IS sapping my mental strength and I can't think well enough (or, maybe, just don't want to) to write anything cogent. Also, it's... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 02 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Drinking Songs Part 2

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, Jul 14 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Sex in Old Age Makes You Look Younger (?)

There was something entirely different on my agenda for today's post but then that headline (minus the question mark) popped into the ol' inbox first thing yesterday and I couldn't resist tracking down who was claiming such a ridiculous thing...

Published Wed, Jul 10 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and Youth: More Alike Than You Think

Let me explain that I had some other things to do on Wednesday and needed to knock off a quick and dirty blog post – something that takes no time and doesn't stretch brain cells. In this circumstance, I've discovered... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 11 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Are You a Senior Center Snob?

I was. Throughout my adulthood, when my ignorance of senior centers was total, they conjured never-ending bingo games in my mind, daycare for old people who hadn't the wit about them for anything more challenging. When I started studying aging,.....

Published Fri, Jul 12 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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ELDER MUSIC: Country Chain - Part 1

INTERESTING STUFF – 20 July 2013

INTERESTING STUFF – 6 July 2013

Songs About Cities: Paris

Summer Farmer's Market

Elder Hunger and the Republican Party

INTERESTING STUFF – 13 July 2013

When You're Not Old Enough Yet for Medicare

Appointment in Samarra [redux]

Independence Day 2013

And When I Die [redux]

ELDER MUSIC: Drinking Songs Part 2

Sex in Old Age Makes You Look Younger (?)

Elders and Youth: More Alike Than You Think

Are You a Senior Center Snob?