May 2014 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

INTERESTING STUFF – 31 May 2014

OLD PEOPLE CAN BE SO UNEXPECTEDLY COOL SOMETIMES This elder Italian joins some kids in a game of street soccer and shows some serious moves. Take a look: Huffpost has a some more information. U.S. LEADS THE WORLD IN OBESITY... Read More...

Published Sat, May 31 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 3 May 2014

GRANDFATHER SURPRISE The man you see in this video is an only child. So is his grown son. Watch his reaction when that son and his daughter-in-law tell him he is going to be a grandfather. THE RACE HORSE ARTIST... Read More...

Published Sat, May 03 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

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

Extending the Human Lifespan

[EDITORIAL NOTE: This post is wonkier than you usually find on TGB but I think it is remarkable that in a short period of time new research has shot down three venerable areas of longevity research – something that should... Read More...

Published Fri, May 16 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 17 May 2014

MOVIE: A SHORT HISTORY OF DECAY It is easy to think at first that this is a quiet little family comedy in which nothing much happens. But under the surface it is roiling with the difficult dynamics common to many... Read More...

Published Sat, May 17 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

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

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

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

Elders and Marijuana

As you undoubtedly know, last year the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado voted to legalize marijuana for recreational use. In 14 other states, it has been decriminalized to varying degrees and 20 states plus the District of Columbia allow... Read...

Published Tue, May 06 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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

ELDER MUSIC: 1951 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 11 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Customs of an Earlier Age

There are not usually many people in the streets of my suburban town. Even on weekends, I can walk two or three blocks in the main shopping area without passing anyone. That changes on holidays like last Sunday – Mothers... Read More...

Published Thu, May 15 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

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