December 2014 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Hanukkah 5775

[EDITORIAL NOTE: Usually, on big holidays, I post a photo or video, something short as a celebration and let us otherwise have a day off from the blog. This year, a contributor to The Elder Storytelling Place sent a Hanukkah... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 16 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

And the Winner of <em>How To Be Old</em> Is...

Last week, I told you about a new book I like a lot, How To Be Old, a modern-language update of Marcus Tullius Cicero's 2000-year-old masterpiece, De Senectute, by Richard Gerberding and Lance Rossi. A random number drawing was held... Read More....

Published Mon, Dec 15 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1966 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, Dec 14 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 13 December 2014

SNL'S MOCK STAR WARS TRAILER The much awaited trailer for the newest Star Wars movie was released and a week ago. Saturday Night Live responded by reimagining the video with elder versions of the original characters – Luke Skywalker, Princess... Read...

Published Sat, Dec 13 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Maybe It's Not Worth the Effort at My Age

[CONTEST NOTE: The contest posted yesterday to win a copy of the book, How To Be Old, is still open. You may add your name for the drawing in the comments ON THAT PAGE ONLY until midnight tonight Pacific Standard... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How to be Old

De Senectute - in English, On Old Age - was written by Marcus Tullius Cicero more than 2,000 years ago. Not many books are consistently read through the ages and this is one of the few. Widely read in its... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 11 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Cat Alarm Clocks

Posts so far this week have been fairly heavy going so let's lighten up today in a way I don't often do – cats. Some of you may know that last month, Ollie the cat became deathly ill. Cats don't... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 10 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Are You Ageing Successfully?

Hardly a day goes by that you don't bump into the phrase, successful ageing. Well, you do if you read as much about growing old as I do and it is one of the most empty phrases I know. What... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old Age is Better Than Most People Believe

Many of you sent a link to the Wall Street Journal Encore section titled “Why Everything You Think About Aging May be Wrong.” The sections of the report are divided into six myths about depression, cognitive decline, employment productivity, loneliness...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Transforming a Song 2

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, Dec 07 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 6 December 2014

OLD NFL COACHES WINNING The Arizona Cardinals was a struggling team two years ago when they hired the third oldest head coach in the history of the NFL. Then, that guy hired three assistant coaches who are even older than... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 06 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Thank You for Being Such Good Blog Commenters

An increasing number of websites – Reuters, Popular Science, the Chicago Sun-Times among them - have turned off their online comments sections. According to a story at World News Publishing Focus, one reason is ”The arduous task of moderating the... Read...

Published Fri, Dec 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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