March 2015 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

ELDER MUSIC: Jerusalem

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

Old and Forgetful

Old people are widely accused of many things that aren't true, among them that we can't adapt to change, that we all suffer from depression, and we don't like sex anymore. All are wrong. But the one almost universal true... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 06 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1972

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, Mar 15 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Often Should Elders Bathe?

In the kitchen one morning not long ago, I heard an exchange on television about how often people bathe, how often they ought to bathe, etc. I couldn't see the screen but I heard a lot “eew” responses from the... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 03 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Stirring Up Daily Life

It is not clear that “binge watching” began when Netflix released all 13 episodes of the first season of House of Cards on the same day two years ago but it is, certainly, when it became a popular pastime. And... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 02 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Technology Troubles

There are days in life, it is said, that will become so troublesome there is no point in getting out of bed. I say nay. I say there are entire weekends in that category and now I know they can... Read More...

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

1980s Technology Troubles (Or, Technology Troubles – Day 2)

You are STILL not getting a regular blog post. I'm going slowly, carefully and taking a lot of rest breaks so I don't pull out what's left of my hair. It is times like these that I desperately crave cigarettes.... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 31 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1973

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, Mar 29 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

“At 80, We Understand We are Extraterrestrial”

Maybe you know of Donald Hall. He is a well known as a poet. In fact, The Library of Congress appointed him poet laureate in 2006. He tells us now in Essays at Eighty that the muse of poetry has... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 16 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Reason Old People Forget Things

About ten days ago, I wrote about being so forgetful now that I had gone to the store with only one item in mind and got home with six other things but not the apples I intended. According to the... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 17 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Dylan and Dench on Growing Old

[A TUESDAY EXTRA:: Before I get to today's story - remember when, in Saturday's Interesting Stuff, I told you that I would, on Saturday's, post John Oliver's weekly Last Week Tonight essay AND in a separate item I bitched about... Read...

Published Tue, Mar 10 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Poem: On Approaching Seventy and Baking Bread

More than 40 years ago there was, in the weekend house in upstate New York I shared with the man I then lived with, a woodburning kitchen stove. That's it. You either built a fire or you didn't get hot... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 13 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

I Flunked Elder Online Dating – Part 2

As I reported at the end of Part 1, I was flattered to receive the first response to my profile and photo within about five minutes of posting them to pof.com and OurTime: “Great profile,” it read. “I'd love to... Read More...

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

Old People and Weather

[PERSONAL NOTE: I've not been feeling well for a couple of days – a bad cold or mild flu (this year's vaccine missed a strain or two) – so when I take a few minutes off from napping, I'm writing... Read More...

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

Crabby Old Lady on (Literally) Dying of Boredom

On Monday's post about Donald Hall's Essays at Eighty, Crabby Old Lady made particular note of a couple of readers who picked up and ran with the poet's thought about what bores him: ”You know what I find boring?” commented... Read More.....

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

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ELDER MUSIC: Jerusalem

Old and Forgetful

ELDER MUSIC: 1972

How Often Should Elders Bathe?

Stirring Up Daily Life

Technology Troubles

1980s Technology Troubles (Or, Technology Troubles – Day 2)

ELDER MUSIC: 1973

“At 80, We Understand We are Extraterrestrial”

A Reason Old People Forget Things

Dylan and Dench on Growing Old

Poem: On Approaching Seventy and Baking Bread

I Flunked Elder Online Dating – Part 2

Old People and Weather

Crabby Old Lady on (Literally) Dying of Boredom