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  • INTERESTING STUFF – 1 March 2014

    REST IN PEACE, ALICE HERZ-SOMMER At the top of last Saturday's Interesting Stuff, I told you about Alice Herz-Sommer, the 110-year-old musician and oldest Holocaust survivor. The next day, Sunday, she died in a hospital in London after having been...

  • Cataract Miracle

    I don't think it is an overstatement to say that cataract surgery is a modern medical miracle. That said, there is some archaeological evidence that as far back as ancient Rome, surgery may have been performed to treat cataracts. Yeah,... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: Songs about the King

    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...

  • INTERESTING STUFF – 15 March 2014

    TGB GETS PUNKED In last week's Interesting Stuff, I referenced a survey that found 10 percent of Americans believe html is a sexually transmitted disease. Wrong. Or, probably wrong. Like the Los Angeles Times and other media outlets, I did... Read...

  • How Satisfying is Your Old Age?

    An old friend recently asked me that question or, rather, something similar: “Are you happy in your old age?” he asked. “Are you checking off items on your bucket list?” Since I was pretty sure I understood what he intended... Read More...

  • INTERESTING STUFF – 22 March 2014

    LOVING GETTING OLD The British charity, AgeUK, created this gorgeous video – 100 people age 1 to 100 – to help promote age acceptance. Roger McGough's poem is read by Sir Christopher Lee. I was shocked when it was pointed... Read More...

  • Elder Organ Donation

    A few days ago, an email landed in my inbox with a subject line about old age and organ donation. Huh? Without having given it much thought, I had assumed old organs were probably not useful, probably worn out. According... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: 1948

    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 MUSIC: 1946

    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...

  • Being Good at Being Old

    TGB reader chlost, who blogs at Just My Life, sent this video that in a kneejerk manner of many years at doing this, I bookmarked for Saturday's Interesting Stuff list. But it kept pulling me back so I watched it... Read More...

  • The Courage and Bravery of Elders

    Recently, I ran across a quotation from Muriel Spark on the subject of growing old: ”Being over 70 is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the... Read More...

  • At What Age is Someone Old?

    An amazing number of people – old people; even people older than 80 – say they are not old. Some people in that camp say things like, “you're only as old as as you feel.” Yeah, right. Tell that to... Read More...

  • ELDER MUSIC: 1947

    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 MUSIC: Elvis Covers

    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...

  • Statistical Notes on the U.S. 65-Plus Population

    The United States Bureau of the Census is a formidable agency. It's primary responsibility is, as we know, to conduct the constitutionally-mandated nose count of the population every ten years ending in a zero but it collects much more information...
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