August 2014 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

INTERESTING STUFF – 16 August 2014

THE 105-YEAR-OLD TATTOOED LADY Mimi Rosenthal has an interesting-enough life story without having become, starting at age 99, a tattooed lady. She graduated from college when hardly any women did that, raised two kids and ran a travel agency for... Read...

Published Sat, Aug 16 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders, Sex and HIV/AIDS

Do you know that according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in 2011, people aged 50 and older accounted for 24 percent (7,771) of the estimated 32,052 AIDS diagnoses in the United States that year? That would be “diagnoses”... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 15 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When I'm an Old Lady

Many of you are probably familiar with that poem by Jenny Joseph adopted by the certain elder women as their anthem. It is titled Warning and is entirely responsible for hordes of women wandering the streets of cities in the... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 14 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Happy Ten Years, Oliver Bennett

It was a long time ago, 1987, when the veterinarian referred to my then-cat as “elderly.” I was shocked. “He's only ten.” I said. “I've known lots of cats who live to be 19 or 20 and I've read of... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 13 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Stupid After Lunch

Anyone who knows me well or, more particularly, talks with me in the afternoon or evening knows that my conversation then is peppered with such phrases as, “Oh, what is that word?” or “Well, I don't recall the name right... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 12 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Tyranny of “Still”

Last week, a news anchor was interviewing 74-year-old Tom Hayden on one of the cable news channels. I wasn't paying attention so I don't recall which channel nor why he was being interviewed but the anchor's introduction certainly caught my...

Published Mon, Aug 11 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Transforming a Song

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, Aug 10 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 9 August 2014

AQUADETTES Cop Car, who blogs at Cop Car... Read More...

Published Sat, Aug 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

His Turn to be Young

Like yesterday, I need some free time to meet some other obligations. There are all kinds of ways to fill this spot when that happens, posts that don't take much effort. The easiest: I could leave it blank but that... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Old Folks Laugh

Maya Angelou, who died earlier this year at age 86, seems to have been beloved by all. She was a wise woman - wise, I think, even as a young-ish woman. There are a couple of things she said somewhere... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 07 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

”There’s no shame in spending an afternoon on a park bench reading a novel, or watching the children play. It is expected of the elderly, even when they are in good health...But idleness is only satisfying for a while; repose... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 06 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Have You Had Your Best Jump Yet?

I don't mean to go all Pollyana on you. If you've been hanging out here awhile, you know that although I am fascinated with the many aspects of growing old – both personally and in general – I am deeply... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Best is Yet to Come

When we are in high school and college, most of us are eager to get on with “real life.” Whether our hopes are modest or grandiose, we anticipate, even daydream about the mark we are going to make on the... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 04 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1957 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, Aug 03 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 August 2014

JUSTICE GINSBERG ON HER HOBBY LOBBY DISSENT The three female Supreme Court justices were unanimous in their minority dissent on the Hobby Lobby, contraceptive decision. Here, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg discusses the “blistering” objection she wrote and...

Published Sat, Aug 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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