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  • ELDER MUSIC: Rain 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...

  • Pets and Elders

    Those two kinds of living creatures go together well. Many studies show that sharing life with a dog or cat or other kind of pet increases health and well-being of elders, even lowers blood pressure. Our pets are our boon... Read More...

  • Non-Existent Elder Fashion

    [Editorial Note: I last wrote about this subject five years ago. Due to that post, on Friday I was contacted for advice by a young fashion designer who wants to specialize in fashion for elder women. That gives me a... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Songs of Bobby Charles

    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...

  • ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: The Layers

    A TGB reader, Tom Delmore, sent me the poem below. He's a poet too and I told you about him in this post back in May. Today's poet, Stanley Kunitz, was born in Massachusetts in 1905, died in 2006 -... Read More...

  • Elder Crowd Sourcing: Family Photos

    In the comments on Monday's post about writing one's obituary, Celeste who blogs at Celeste Bergin, asked about another concern the story raised for her: ”When the elder is without offspring and they have tons of family photos, what should......

  • Are Elders Retreating from the GOP?

    To my everlasting chagrin as an elder advocate, a majority of old people (those who are 65-plus) vote Republican. In the 2012 presidential election, they went for Governor Mitt Romney over President Barack Obama 56 to 44. As the above... Read More...

  • The 2003 Blackout

    If Wednesday had not been the 78th anniversary of Social Security, I would have written about the tenth anniversary of the northeast blackout. So I'll do it now instead. It happened, where I was in New York City, on what... Read More...

  • Elders' Tough Decisions

    Some of you may recall late last year when I told you about, Travels with Epicurus, a lovely little book about living a fulfilled old age written by philosopher Daniel Klein. In his introduction Klein explains why, at age 72,... Read More...

  • Elders Repeating Ourselves

    By the time my great Aunt Edith was into her 80s (she lived to be 89), she repeated her stories a lot. I lived in New York City then, she in Portland, Oregon, and we kept a weekly appointment to... Read More...

  • Quick and Easy Blog Post

    An old friend, Jim Stone, is visiting for a few days so posting will be light and brief this week. Yesterday, we drove up to Mt. Hood for lunch at Timberline Lodge – about an hour-and-a-half from home. You may... Read More...

  • Does Brain Training Work?

    [PERSONAL NOTE:] Summer break. Mental health week. Vacation. Breather. Whatever you call it, it means time away and I'm putting some distance between me and this blog for a week. Posts here will be a combination of new that I've... Read More....

  • Writing Your Own Obituary

    Throughout the ten years I've been blogging, too frequently a fellow elderblogger has died and it was a long time until I knew. Sometimes, you're never certain; sometimes bloggers or non-bloggers who regularly comment have just disappeared and...

  • What Americans Think About Aging - 2013

    ITEM: 57% of U.S. seniors state that overall, the past year of their life has been “normal,” versus 42% of those surveyed in 2012. ITEM: More than half (51%) of seniors expect their quality of life to stay about the... Read More...

  • Down with the Crud

    Or, at least, that's what my father called it when I was a kid and there was nothing in particular to diagnose – just feeling sick-ish. Maybe a summer cold? I'm sneezing a lot and really tired so this is... Read More...
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