December 2013 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Driving While Old

Aside from dementia, nothing at the moment frightens me more than losing driving privileges. Even if you live in a place with good public transportation such as New York City or Portland, Oregon, it's not the same. There are half... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 16 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1941

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, Dec 15 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 December 2013

TWIN BOYS JUST BORN All it says at the YouTube page is that they don't realize yet they have been born – I'm guessing that means they don't know yet they're in a new environment. It is magical. (Thank you... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 14 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<em>You're Only Old Once</em>

Did you know that Dr. Seuss wrote a book about being old? It's called You're Only Old Once – a Book for Obsolete Children. The book was published on Theodor Seuss Geisel's 82nd birthday in 1986, and he wrote it... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 13 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Helping Out Elders in Winter

Although we are finally heading back into the low 40s Farenheit today, like much of the United States for the past week or 10 days, my area has suffered frigid, below freezing weather 24/7. Unusual for northwest Oregon. Perhaps I... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Let's Increase Social Security Benefits

Two or three or four years ago or maybe more (you know how hard it is track time in old age when it starts moving so much faster) I first came across the idea that Social Security benefits should not... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 11 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

On Confronting the Inevitable

There are a whole bunch of interesting comments on my “journal entry” post last week musing about what comes next as I get older. One of them is a question posed by an Australian TGB reader, Brigid Walsh: ”I wonder... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 10 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Christmas Movies for Elders

More tired than usual one evening last week, I surfed through television channels looking for some mildly distracting entertainment that did not involve reality programs, shopping channels, talent shows or other bottomfeeders of mindrot TV. That's...

Published Mon, Dec 09 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Interesting Singers

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, Dec 08 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 7 December 2013

FOUR STAR CHEF SWITCHES TO A SOUP KITCHEN According to this story from KARE-TV, this man gave up a six-figure income as executive chef at one of the finest restaurants in Minneapolis/St. Paul for a Salvation Army soup kitchen. And... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 07 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Journal Entry: The Next Step in My Old Age

All we know for sure is that life is short. Or, more likely, it's only old people who know that. When I was young, in my 20s and contemplating my future, to be 70 someday felt like an eternity, even... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 06 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Government War on Old People

I dislike slogans that declare war. You know, the war on drugs, the war on poverty. We have all seen how well those have gone and it deprives a word like “war” of its power when we apply it to... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 05 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Journal Entry: Plugged Back in to the Medical World

At my annual vision checkup a couple of weeks ago, Dr. O said my cataracts have advanced far enough for removal and an appointment was made with a surgical specialist. That's where I spent the greater part of Tuesday –... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 04 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Holiday Gifts for Elders 2013

Supposedly it's hard to find gifts for people like us – old folks - but judging by the length of my past annual posts on this subject along with reader suggestions in comments, it shouldn't be difficult. Ideas runneth over.... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 03 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Physician-Assisted Suicide

My friend Wendl Kornfeld sent me a link to an impassioned rant from Dilbert creator, Scott Adams, about his 86-year-old father's final months. This excerpt gives you the gist of it: ”If my dad were a cat, we would have... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 02 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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