May 2015 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Are You an Elder Orphan?

I am. And it's not a comfortable thing to be. In case the phrase is new to you: An elder orphan is an old person who is single, lives alone, has no children or family member or friend who can... Read More...

Published Fri, May 22 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The In-Person Internet: Bill Thomas, Kavan Peterson and Me

When I started studying ageing 20 years ago, the popular press was concerned with advising readers how to hide indications of age like wrinkles and sags. Almost all the more useful information was written by and for academics and little... Read More....

Published Wed, May 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Bernie Sanders: Elders' Best Political Candidate

Actually, he is the people's candidate (as opposed to the corporate candidate all the rest are) but he is the only one who speaks directly and repeatedly to the well being of old people. Plus, at 73, he is one... Read More...

Published Mon, May 04 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Not Rhymin', Simon

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, May 10 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 16 May 2015

GRANDPA AND ME AND A HELICOPTER TO HEAVEN Reader Tom Delmore sent this video of the touching relationship between an old man at the end of his life and his grandson. Simple and beautiful. (In Swedish with subtitles.) OH, GOD,... Read More...

Published Sat, May 16 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Australia's Favorite Baroque Pieces (No. 20 – 11)

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, May 24 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 30 May 2015

LE SERVEUR I've seen this video before – and laughed out loud – but I can't find that I ever posted it. I can't imagine why not. It a funny reminder of the familiar saying, old age and treachery beats... Read More...

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

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 May 2015

102-YEAR-OLD FORMER DANCER SEES HERSELF ON FILM FOR THE FIRST TIME Back in the 1930s and '40s, Alice Barker was a chorus line dancer at such famed venues in Harlem as The Apollo, The Cotton Club and the Zanzibar Club.... Read More...

Published Sat, May 02 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders' Fading Five Senses

On Wednesday's post about striving, a commenter named Jack used a terrific phrase I'd never run into before – at least not in relation to dental ills. He wrote that he is “in the process of outliving his teeth.” TASTE... Read More...

Published Fri, May 08 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Growing Old with Unrealized Ambitions

It has been awhile since we've had a reader-suggested conversation which makes it high time, I think, to do so. Today's comes from Anne Brew who tells me in an email that although she spent her career as a primary... Read More...

Published Wed, May 13 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How to Celebrate Older Americans Month

May is Older Americans Month. It is also Jewish American Heritage Month, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Mental Health Awareness Month, National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, and National Foster Care Month but this is a blog about growing...

Published Mon, May 18 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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