March 2015 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

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

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 March 2015

IMAGES FROM THE 1950s I feel safe in saying that the majority of us at this blog have strong memories of the 1950s. And if not, at least a few memories of the era because decades don't come in neat... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 14 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

2015 Best Media Effort in Combatting Ageism

Pretty much all media is rife with ageist references and language. Just now as I begin writing this post, Today show host Matt Lauer, droning on in the background, said that actor Florence Henderson is “81 years young.” Some people... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 12 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How <em>House of Cards</em> May be Helping to Undermine Social Security

Although I am a big fan of the first two seasons of House of Cards on Netflix, as I mentioned last week, I was bored silly with the third season and watched only the first two episodes. That doesn't mean... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 11 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

Disliking Our Mothers

My mention last week that I did not particularly like my mother caused a bit of a stir, enough so that Katie called it out in her own comment: ”What really strikes me though, throughout today's conversation, is how many... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 09 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Franz Schubert

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 08 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 7 March 2015

HOW TO SUGGEST ITEMS FOR INTERESTING STUFF A short reminder that when you send email suggesting an item for this Saturday list, you must include the web address of your blog if you want me to link to it. This... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 07 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 High Achievers: Inspiration or Reverse Ageism?

The media keep us well supplied with tales of derring-do by high achieving elders. Former President George H.W. Bush skydives every five years, most recently on his 90th birthday. An 80-year-old Japanese man becomes the oldest to climb Mt. Everest......

Published Thu, Mar 05 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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