April 2014 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

The Technology Elders Use – And Don't

When, a few months ago, I saw a new primary care physician, of course he drew blood for a bunch of tests. Two days later, I was delighted to receive an email from the large health provider with which he... Read More...

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

The Possibilities of the Internet

Marc Leavitt keeps a blog, is a regular contributor to The Elder Storytelling Place and is one of those TGB readers who has become an email friend. We live a continent apart so we are unlikely to meet in person... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 29 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Depression, Elders and the Internet

Throughout the decade-long history of this blog, I've written about the importance to elders of blogging and of the friendships that develop at a time in our lives when we have left behind the camaraderie of the workplace, when old... Read More.....

Published Mon, Apr 28 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1950 Again

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, Apr 27 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF - 26 April 2014

MARRIED 70 YEARS, THEY DIE A FEW HOURS APART Imagine being married – to the same person - for 70 years. Some people don't even get to live that long. This is the sweetest story: ”A couple who held hands... Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 26 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The M Word

It was 31 years ago that my doctor “diagnosed” me (if that's the word” with menopause. I was shocked. I had never much thought about it and when I did, I sort of maybe guessed it happened to women in... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 25 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Dementia Fear

Back in the stone age when we were little kids, it was called senility. Probably, like me, you knew an elder or two – perhaps family or maybe a neighbor – who fit that bill. Mostly, in my memory, they... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 24 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Blog Blackout

Since Thursday 19 April, Time Goes By and The Elder Storytelling Place have been offline. For the first day or two, the outages were intermittent and the two blogs were sometimes available. By Saturday or Sunday, nothing appeared when anyone... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 23 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Mental Health Day 5

Tom Delmore of crowsperch sent this little image. I think that for almost everyone it takes a lifetime to not only understand that what others think of us doesn't matter but to learn the greater truth, how you see yourself... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 22 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Mental Health Day No. 4 - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[EDITORIAL NOTE: For the past two days, this blog and The Elder Storytelling Place have been unavailable for long periods of time due to a denial of service attack at the host. It is being worked on. Such is the... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 21 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Triskaidekaphilia

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, Apr 20 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF - 19 April 2014

TWO GRANDMOTHERS FIRST AIRPLANE FLIGHT Just about every TGB reader has sent this or shorter versions of it. Here's the whole thing. ELDERS VOLUNTEER WITH FOSTER KIDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING Tom Delmore of crowsperch sent this story from PBS about....

Published Sat, Apr 19 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Mental Health Day No. 3 – Hand Wave

Remember two days ago when I said a minimal post might be just a handwave? Here's a high five for you. At The Elder Storytelling Place today, Nancy Leitz: Oh, No! Not Grandmom Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 18 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Mental Health Day No. 2

What an interesting and fruitful discussion we had on Tuesday on the post about retirement living preferences. If you haven't read the comments, you should. You will be enlightened. Elizabeth left a comment that may or may not have been... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 17 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Mental Health Day No. 1

Do you ever just feel like throwing it all in for awhile? Don't get me wrong. I like doing this blog. A lot. Although at minimum it gives me a reason to get out of bed every day, that is... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 16 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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