February 2014 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Elders Being Green

[RONNI HERE: Over a period of time, several readers have sent this story via email. At first, I thought it was interesting but perhaps too divisive of generations to be useful. But as more people forwarded it and I re-read... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 13 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Poem on My 79th Birthday

From time to occasional time, I receive a missive from Tom Delmore who always signs himself, Poet - and that he is. I told you about him and his work in a post last May and his most recent book... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 12 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Is Low-T a Real Condition?

The commercials for prescription drugs to treat what the ads call “low-T” are so frequent and ubiquitous I can almost recite the frightful side effects from memory: ”Stop using AndroGel and call your healthcare provider right away if you see... Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 11 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Snow Weekend in Oregon

Let me say right here at the top that compared to weather in a whole lot of the rest of United States recently and ongoing, what happened here in northwest Oregon over the weekend is hardly worth mentioning. Except, if... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 10 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Songs About Cities - New Orleans

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, Feb 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 8 February 2014

HELEN MIRREN'S TWERKING SKILLS Certainly you recall the “twerking” craze that lasted for a day or two following Miley Cyrus's “performance” of the maneuver at an award show not long ago. Now, one of our favorite elder actors, Helen Mirren,......

Published Sat, Feb 08 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady's Political Harassment

I don't know about you guys but I liked the mix of this week's blog posts more than many weeks. The daily topics are not something I plan much. They come about and are decided upon almost entirely day-to-day from... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 07 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Coming Out as Old

To be old in America is to be regularly demeaned with stereotypes and euphemisms. It goes on every day. At the simplest level, the two words “young” and “old” work to marginalize elders. The first is a compliment - all... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 06 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When Was the Last Time You Wept?

Regular readers will know that I have little tolerance for nostalgia or regret which, in our time, so often provoke a simplistic sentimentality. That does not mean at all, however, that I don't give value to our memories. As forms... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady and Dodgy Aging Claims

Like Crabby Old Lady, perhaps some other bloggers reading this received an email Monday from a marketer touting a seminar series by Deepak Chopra. You need to know up front that Dr. Chopra is not on the list of people... Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 04 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady's New Brain Game

It is late Sunday afternoon, every brain cell has leaked out of Crabby Old Lady's head and she is incapable of useful thought to write a real blog post. She just wants a few words on the screen so TGB... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 03 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1944

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, Feb 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 1 February 2014

NO ONE YOUNGER THAN 50 UNDERTSTANDS Huffington Post came up with 50 things people younger than most of us at this blog don't get. There's Howdy Doody, dial telephones, Burma Shave signs, drive-in movies, life without beepers, answering machines...

Published Sat, Feb 01 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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