February 2015 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

'INTERESTING STUFF – 28 February 2015

EDITORIAL NOTE As you know, on Monday through Friday, there is a link at the bottom of each TGB story to that day's story by readers at The Elder Storytelling Place. Last Monday, I neglected to set up the ESP... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady on Cutting the Cable Cord

Four weeks ago, Crabby Old Lady told you about how she reduced her fixed expenses by cutting the cable TV cord after Giant Cable Company (hereinafter referred to as GCC) jacked up the monthly charge by 39 percent. She didn't... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

10 Myths About Ageing

When, in 1995, I began to research what ageing is all about, there were hardly any non-academic books about it (and so it remained until 2005 when the media caught on that the oldest baby boomers were turning 60 and... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 26 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Not Too Old for Another Surprise

Remember yesterday's post when I quoted some notes from my blog journal? Perhaps you recall reading this one: ”Sometimes I am afraid that there will be no more wonderful surprises, that the future I have left will be no different... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 25 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Dear Diary: Some Notes on Ageing

There is a handwritten journal I keep although, unlike the kind many others' have, the entries are undated. This latest edition is the third I have filled over 10 years (they are thick with many pages). It is my blog... Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 24 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Oliver Sacks' Essential Essay on Dying

On the Op-Ed page of The New York Times last week, renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks announced his impending death from terminal cancer. True to his nature – or what I know of it from his 12 books and dozens of... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 23 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Devil Made Me Do It

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, Feb 22 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 February 2015

THE LADIES Two sisters in their 90s live and work together in their New York City apartment which doubles as their dressmaking shop. As explained at Aeon, "A lifetime ago in their native Hungary, Mimi was a renowned costumer, crafting... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 21 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

In the Tenth Decade of Life

When the renowned essayist – most often about sports, but other topics too – Roger Angell published “This Old Man: Life in the nineties” it became, deservedly, an instant classic. A couple of weeks ago, Tom Delmore emailed to remind... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 20 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Meditation for Elders

One of the unavoidable consequences of making it beyond age 60 or so is that varieties of diseases, conditions and age-induced injuries become more likely than when we were young. It is well established – though definitely not a guarantee... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 19 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Blogging is Dead, Long Live My Blog

Every year or two, the internet announces that blogging is dead. Most recently this happened when long-time political blogger Andrew Sullivan announced in late January that he was hanging up his keyboard: “...although it has been the most rewarding experience...

Published Wed, Feb 18 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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