January 2015 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

INTERESTING STUFF – 31 January 2015

RONNI HERE: In producing this Saturday list, I aim for a balance with a little something for everyone – sort of an update of an old-timey variety show from our generation's youth. At first, this week, I thought there was... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 31 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Adoption of Technology – Or Not

There is no argument about it: the development of technology in our lifetime is nothing less that astounding. Sometimes, I think, we've become so accustomed to it that we forget there is no essential difference between modern digital technology and...

Published Fri, Jan 30 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Accepting the Difficulties of Growing Old

File this post under Ronni was too weary and/or lazy to write on Wednesday. It happens to all of us, you know. I own an elegant, little easel frame. It is quite small – about two-and-a-half by three inches or... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Social Life in Old Age

It has become a tenet of old age that without plenty of friends and family, and an active social life, we are doomed to die before our time. In fact, one study, as reported in The Guardian last year, went... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

New Clues for the Internet and You

In 1999, four middle-ish-aged guys who were stars in the development of the still-emergent internet wrote a book about how the internet, an amazing global “conversation” platform whereby individuals could share information at blinding speeds that gave...

Published Tue, Jan 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old People's Sense of Time or

...lack thereof. [EDITORIAL NOTE: As far as I know, the following has no basis in fact and may or may not be related to age (although I believe it is). It is no more than my observation of a personal... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Impressions, Etc.

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, Jan 25 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 24 January 2014

GROWING OLD ALONE RESPONSE There was a strong response to our Wednesday feature about growing old alone that used an interview with actor Jack Nicholson as a jumping off point. It caused a lot of interesting comments. Herm is a... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 24 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A New Late Night Star For Us

Larry Wilmore's Comedy Central program, The Nightly Show, premiered this week in Stephen Colbert's old time slot following The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. On Tuesday, all the reviews were laudatory and I agree. Strongly. We have a new late.....

Published Fri, Jan 23 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Dog's Tale of Aging Well

An American friend, Jim Stone, who is wintering in New Zealand where it is summer, emailed urging me to read a story he had found with some good advice from our dogs about how to deal with old age. Before... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 22 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Growing Old Alone

A week ago, TGB reader Yvonne Cunningham emailed a link about 77-year-old actor (and lifelong lothario), Jack Nicholson. Britain's National Post reports that he ”...admitted to being lonely as he faces dying with nobody by his side. “In an interview...

Published Wed, Jan 21 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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