July 2014 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

A Week in Manhattan: Part One

When, eight days ago, Manhattan burst into view through the windshield of my taxi from JFK, tears dribbled down my cheeks. And so they did for the rest of my visit whenever I was careless enough to allow my love... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 01 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady on Youthful Stupidity

[EDITORIAL NOTE: Over the weekend, I played hooky a bit from the work I should have been doing to spend time lost in a couple of books. One of them, The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes was a... Read More...

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

Independence Day 2014

Last year when I posted a video of spectacular fireworks on the Fourth of July, I told you that they were the best I had ever seen. That's no longer so. These, sent by Darlene Costner and Joan McMullen several... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 04 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Farmlines: Dumb Phones and Analog Apps

[EDITORIAL: As you know, I went to New York ten days ago at the invitation of Senior Planet to report on the Consumer Electronics show known at CE Week. There were three of us, each charged with selecting one Senior... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 08 2014 5:37 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Songs of Gerry Goffin and Carole 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, Jul 13 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Do You Feel About Your Appearance?

It doesn't take long for little kids to understand that physical appearance - whether you are beautiful or handsome or not in the eyes of others - matters a great deal in the world. Those who win the beauty lottery... Read More...

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

Old Age Incontinence

According to a June 2014 report [pdf] from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half the U.S. population age 65 and older (50.9%) report urinary and/or bowel leakage. That's just the group of us who live independently;... Read...

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

What Makes a Good Retirement?

There is a lot of retirement advice - really a lot. Key that phrase - retirement advice - into Google and you get 350 million returns. That's the exact number – 350,000,000 - meaning there is whole lot more but... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Jessye Norman

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

Traveling By Air While Old

On my first Manhattan post this week, TGB reader Annie left this important query: ”I noticed you didn't mention travel difficulties or sheer exhaustion. I hope there were no glitches, and your joy and new fitness level gave you much... Read More....

Published Thu, Jul 03 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

On Loneliness and Old Age

Have you ever had a spell of loneliness? I don't mean those times when, for a few days or a week or so, everyone you know seems to be overworked or out of town. That happens sometimes and it goes... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Rewind the Week – 11 July 2014

Compared to many blogs, TGB has a consistently compelling comment section. In addition, I needed to carve out time away from the the computer so I've invented Rewind the Week, a weekly (or so) compendium of some of the provocative,... Read More.....

Published Fri, Jul 11 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 12 July 2014

98 YEAR OLD EVICTED FROM HER HOME Mary Phillips has lived in her San Francisco apartment for 50 years. She has always paid her rent on time. But she's being evicted anyway – except that she has no intention of... Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 12 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Myths of Age Quiz

People old and young believe a lot of twaddle about elders. I first wrote about that during the inaugural year of this blog, 2004, when hardly anyone was reading it. A portion of Erdman Palmore's Facts on Aging Quiz had... Read More...

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

ELDER MUSIC: 1956 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, Jul 20 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

July 2014 - Time Goes By

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A Week in Manhattan: Part One

Crabby Old Lady on Youthful Stupidity

Independence Day 2014

Farmlines: Dumb Phones and Analog Apps

ELDER MUSIC: The Songs of Gerry Goffin and Carole King

How Do You Feel About Your Appearance?

Old Age Incontinence

What Makes a Good Retirement?

ELDER MUSIC: Jessye Norman

Traveling By Air While Old

On Loneliness and Old Age

Rewind the Week – 11 July 2014

INTERESTING STUFF: 12 July 2014

Myths of Age Quiz

ELDER MUSIC: 1956 Again