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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • The World's Oldest Rock and Roll Band

    If you were young in the 1960s when youth culture was still being invented, it was a social requirement of the highest order to declare a band choice: you were either a Beatles fan or a Rolling Stones fan and... Read More...

  • Crabby Old Lady, Books and Blog Spam

    When this blog started up a decade ago, nobody cared about or wanted to know anything about old people. As Crabby Old Lady has often explained, back then pretty much everything about aging in the popular press, academia, television and... Read More.....

  • INTERESTING STUFF – 29 March 2014

    LET'S BRING BACK JONATHAN WINTERS In April 1964, late night host Jack Paar handed comedian Jonathan Winters a stick. It's just an old stick and all Paar says is, “Do something with it.” Watch as Winters riffs for four minutes... Read More...

  • Old and Fat – Facts of Life

    It is no secret that many people gain weight as they age. Science does not fully understand the reasons but among the guesses are genetics (yeah, that stuff we're stuck with and can't change), diet and lack of exercise which... Read More...

  • Of a Holiday, Contest Winners and a Favorite Elder

    Henry Lowenstern regularly contributes five-line ditties and limericks to The Elder Storytelling Place. He sent one for today's green holiday. A Bit of Irish History St. Patrick checked out all the lakes of Ireland, playing ducks and drakes, and turning...

  • 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...

  • Elder Role Models

    Last week, the Guardian published the results of a survey the newspaper had conducted about aging. It appears the U.K. government hasn't done any better preparing for the big demographic shift to an older population than the U.S. government has.....

  • 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...

  • 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 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...

  • Imagining Being Old

    It is easy to feel chagrined at falling into the online rabbit hole, wasting hours with cute kitty videos and whatnot. But it's not always fruitless. Following one link to another, particularly when starting out with a list of search... Read More...
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