January 2014 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

New Years Day 2014

PERSONAL NOTE: The "list of annoyances" below was posted here one year ago today. When I reread it about a week ago, most of it seemed as new as if I were seeing it for the first time. It so... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1942

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 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ennui and a Senior Moment

Yesterday, a friend labeled his email to me “ennui” and I realized that may be the exact word for what's wrong with me this week. Not that I am without physical symptoms of the bodily disturbance sort best left unmentioned... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady Versus Big Pharma

In a couple of weeks, Crabby Old Lady will undergo her first cataract surgery so on Tuesday she delivered herself to the physician's office for measurement of her eye and to go over admitting procedures. Among those were an explanation... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 16 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What I Learned This Month About Being Sick While Old

One of the universal effects of getting old is that our bodies and their systems gradually slow down and operate less efficiently so illness hits us harder than when we were younger and lasts longer. I see now, as I... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 20 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 25 January 2014

Of course, there are cats this week. And some important political notes along with, god help me, two items of bathroom humor. I couldn't help myself; they both made me laugh. See what you think. ARE YOU THIS HAPPY IN... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 25 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Never Again in a Lifetime

Nine years ago (wow – it really has been that long), I posted a story here titled, For the Last Time? It came about due to TGB reader Clarence who had written about his youthful passion for roller skating. His... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 29 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Weight Loss Follow Up

Several people emailed with questions similar to those in a comment Bia Redko left on last week's story about my weight loss: I loved your diet and trying to follow it. You do not have any milk? And eggs? And... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 14 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Fashion Sense

As many TGB readers know from the saga of my hair loss, in 2013 I adopted the wearing of hats whenever I step out my door to hide the bald spot at my crown. I have slowly accumulated a variety... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 03 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The New Way of Talking About Death and Dying

PERSONAL NOTE: I was overwhelmed yesterday when I returned home from a meeting in the late morning to a huge number of emails from readers asking if I was all right - there was no new story posted nor email... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 07 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 11 January 2014

POLAR VORTEX My part of the U.S., northwest Oregon, escaped the extreme cold that plagued most of the nation early last week. The extreme sub-zero temperatures produced an avalanche (sorry) of odd news coverage. Here are several: You might have... Read...

Published Sat, Jan 11 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 18 January 2014

JIMMY FALLON AND THE BOSS Whether Bridgegate will become New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's Watergate is yet to be seen but for all the media overkill about it in the past week, this was the best. Bruce Spingsteen and Jimmy... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 18 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Senior Moments: A Feature, Not a Bug

It is “common knowledge” that turns up every day in print, online, in movies and TV shows: old people are all incompetent, can't learn anything new, don't care about sex, are depressed and senile. Of course, none of that is... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 22 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders Re-Enact Famous Movie Scenes

By the time most of you read today's post, I will have undergone cataract surgery on my left eye and be home already. I am scheduled for the procedure at 9AM and told I will be ready to leave by... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 27 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Korean Elders v. McDonald's

It is a long-established fact that isolation in old age is deadly. As the late geriatrician Robert N. Butler – who invented the term “ageism” in 1968 – wrote in his final book, The Longevity Prescription, ”Connectivity enhances health...the link... Read...

Published Fri, Jan 31 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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