May 2014 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

How It is to Be Old

Having fallen asleep with the television on a few nights ago, I woke a couple of hours later to the fragment of a sentence just before a commercial began: “...young people wondering how it is to be old.” Sleep for... Read More...

Published Wed, May 07 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Sinking of the Titanic - Mom’s Conception

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ronni here. I'm taking a day off and since it is the day after Mother's Day, here's a poem from Tom Delmore – from a point of view you might not have considered about your mom. See you... Read More...

Published Mon, May 12 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

1952 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, May 25 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

TGB Reader Preferences of Names for Old People

Last Thursday, we held a poll to see what generic (usually media) names and synonyms for old people we prefer and which ones we dislike. First, my apologies to anyone who could not participate for technical reasons. It is the... Read More...

Published Tue, May 27 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Rewind the Week – 30 May 2014

Yesterday I gave you an update on the development of Three Rivers Village. Working on that project is taking more of my time now and the need is growing. With that, I have been struggling to figure out how to... Read More...

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

ELDER MUSIC: Songs of Jimmy Webb

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, May 18 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

REPEAT: Net Neutrality on the Ropes

IMPORTANT EDITORIAL NOTE: Yesterday, my blog host again suffered a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and both this blog and The Elder Storytelling Place were unavailable until late in the day. Therefore, I am leaving the Monday stories on.....

Published Tue, May 20 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Net Neutrality and Elders

If you have been reading this blog for more than a couple of weeks, you know that I believe in the internet for old people with my heart and soul, for all the reasons I harp on: • It helps... Read More...

Published Tue, May 13 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Some Good and Not So Good Names for Old People

A whole bunch of readers sent me the link to an NPR story about what names old people like and don't like to be called. For me, the first problem was the NPR headline that referenced “the over-65 set” in... Read More...

Published Thu, May 22 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Losses of Age

Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the death of a good friend I had met in 1970. She was younger than I by a handful of years and according to the actuarial tables, she should still be here. I wish... Read More...

Published Wed, May 14 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Some Rituals of Life are Better In Person

A story in the Baltimore Sun on Saturday reported that a memo from the Social Security Administration reveals they are considering moving almost all services to the internet and closing thousands of field offices. ”The document, drafted by an independent...

Published Thu, May 08 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Was (or Is) Your Work a Labor of Love?

Undoubtedly because we are in college commencement season, last weekend a philosophy professor held forth in the pages of The New York Times on the subject of the well-worn counsel to “follow your passion” or “do what you love” or... Read More...

Published Wed, May 21 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady Laments the Future...

...at least as The New York Times reports it. In the past, predictions have usually usually appeared as science fiction fantasies of life 50 or a 100 years hence and it's always fun – and funny - when such prophecies... Read More...

Published Mon, May 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What You Can Do at the Medicare and SSA Websites

[NOTE TO NON-U.S. READERS: You can safely skip reading today's post. It's all about the American system of Social Security and medical care for elders.] In the eight years since I joined Medicare, my card has become not just smudgy... Read More...

Published Fri, May 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Net Neutrality on the Ropes

Interest was high on this page last week when we discussed net neutrality in the lead-up to release of a proposal for new regulations from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). That proposal was released by FCC Commissioner Tom Wheeler on... Read...

Published Mon, May 19 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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