March 2014 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

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...

Published Sun, Mar 16 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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...

Published Sat, Mar 15 2014 5:34 AM by TIME GOES BY

How to Thwart Age Invisibility

[The giveaway of Dr. Bill Thomas's new book, “Second Wind” and tickets to his Second Wind Tour Live Event” remains open until midnight tonight, 14 March 2014, at midnight Pacific Daylight Time. You can enter the drawing at yesterday's post.]....

Published Fri, Mar 14 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When Aging is a Good Thing

That headline, “When Aging is a Good Thing,” turned up earlier this week in the Wall Street Journal but hardly in a positive sense. Since the story is about aged beef at a certain Manhattan restaurant, the headline is a... Read More...

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

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...

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

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Getting Old by Jack Gilbert

Someday I might tell you the story of why I never married again after divorcing at age 31. Or not, and not today. Instead, I give you a poem that resonates with me on that topic. It arrived a few... Read More...

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

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...

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

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...

Published Sun, Mar 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 8 March 2014

OSCAR WINNER: THE LADY IN NUMBER 6 For the past two Saturdays, the documentary about the 110-year-old pianist who was also the oldest Holocaust survivor was featured in this first spot on the list. So it makes sense that today... Read More...

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

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.....

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

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...

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

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...

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

From Drug Lord to Elder Fitness Guru

Once upon a time, a young drug dealer was riding high. Before he was 25 years old, he had amassed ”...18 properties, including a five-bedroom, five-bathroom retreat in the affluent Long Island community of Dix Hills; 18 luxury cars, including... Read...

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

Proposed Changes to Medicare Part D

Although it's been out there in public for about six weeks, proposed changes to Medicare Part D, the prescription drug coverage, had escaped my notice until an email press release from my Senator, Ron Wyden, arrived over the weekend. ”In... Read More...

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

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...

Published Sun, Mar 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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ELDER MUSIC: 1947

INTERESTING STUFF – 15 March 2014

How to Thwart Age Invisibility

When Aging is a Good Thing

At What Age is Someone Old?

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Getting Old by Jack Gilbert

The Courage and Bravery of Elders

ELDER MUSIC: Songs about the King

INTERESTING STUFF – 8 March 2014

Elder Role Models

Being Good at Being Old

Cataract Miracle

From Drug Lord to Elder Fitness Guru

Proposed Changes to Medicare Part D

ELDER MUSIC: 1946