October 2015 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

MENTAL DOODLES: Memory, The Line and Mystery

EDITORIAL NOTE: Since sometime in 2003 when I first began thinking about creating this blog, I have kept a notebook, a journals if you will or maybe it is what used to be called a commonplace book - now a... Read More...

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

A Contradiction of Old Age

It makes me happy when I come across other people writing about the serious effects of ageist language. The latest I've seen is from a trio of academics who work in the field of ageing: ”Recent articles in a variety... Read More...

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

ELDER MUSIC: More Classical Gas

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, Oct 04 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ageing in Place – Or Maybe Not

In every survey taken over many years, about 90 percent of old people say they want to age in place – that is, stay in the home where they are now and have lived for many years. In addition, it... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 12 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Language of Memory and Forgetting

With what I believe is the excessive amount of media attention given to Alzheimer's and other dementias, elders can be forgiven for being overly concerned about where they misplaced the house keys. We console ourselves with such slogans as, “If.....

Published Wed, Oct 14 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old Fashioned Slang, Words and Phrases

EDITORIAL NOTE: Serendipity is a delightful word and, of course, it is an equally delightful occurrence. After I had finished writing today's post about one kind of language, I heard from Kirsten Jacobs, a young woman who is the education... Read...

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

How Low (or No) Inflation Affects Elders' Income

Have you noticed that it's bill increase season? It is for me – the time of year when notices of an uptick in price arrive from the companies that provide products and services one cannot cancel or do without. My... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 02 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

One Old Woman's Solitude

A couple of months ago, I stopped publishing this blog on Tuesdays and Thursdays. During several months prior, I withdrew from a couple of outside organizations I had been working with. And I made a new rule to turn off... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 09 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Playing with Mr B

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

INTERESTING STUFF – 3 October 2015

EDITORIAL NOTE: I try to keep this weekly links post to nine items or fewer because I believe that too much choice is no choice at all. Even so, I've gone overboard today but there was just so much interesting... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 03 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Preparing a Final Blog or Facebook Post

It has been many years since I wrote on this topic but it came to mind a couple of weeks ago when I announced the new Elderbloggers List and spoke of the blogs that were either abandoned or had disappeared:... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 16 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What Really Matters at the End of Life

Many years ago - even decades - when I was still quite young, I knew how I want to die. It hasn't changed and it isn't unique: I want to be conscious, clear-headed and pain-free so that I can concentrate,... Read More...

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

ELDER MUSIC: 1934

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, Oct 11 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Breeding Fear of Growing Old

As far as I can see there is a concerted effort, perhaps even a cabal when I am feeling fanciful, to scare the bejesus out of old people and keep it that way unto our graves. There is no escaping... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 07 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Practical Gun Control Solution

Below is a repost from December 2012, right after the Sandy Hook shootings, and at first I hesitated to publish it again. Then I changed my mind. With yet another god-awful massacre, I think that we in our little community... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 05 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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MENTAL DOODLES: Memory, The Line and Mystery

A Contradiction of Old Age

ELDER MUSIC: More Classical Gas

Ageing in Place – Or Maybe Not

The Language of Memory and Forgetting

Old Fashioned Slang, Words and Phrases

How Low (or No) Inflation Affects Elders' Income

One Old Woman's Solitude

ELDER MUSIC: Playing with Mr B

INTERESTING STUFF – 3 October 2015

Preparing a Final Blog or Facebook Post

What Really Matters at the End of Life

ELDER MUSIC: 1934

Breeding Fear of Growing Old

A Practical Gun Control Solution