November 2015 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

ELDER MUSIC: 1980

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, Nov 08 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Do People Grow More Conservative as They Age?

Conventional wisdom has long answered this question in the affirmative and my unscientific observation after doing this blog for about a dozen years agrees. So do such people as Winston Churchill or Victor Hugo to whom this quotation has been... Read...

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

ELDER MUSIC: Songs within Songs

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

An Old Woman's “Runner's High”

Well, not exactly but it's just as good as far as I'm concerned. Let me explain. About three years ago, I set out to lose the 40 pounds I had allowed myself to gain after I retired in 2004. That... Read More...

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

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 November 2015

MUSIC STUDENTS LIVING IN CLEVELAND RETIREMENT HOME I'm pretty sure I've published a story about this place before but this is a new video and such a good idea is worth repeating: young music students living with old people and... Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 14 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

LAGNIAPPE: John Oliver and the Tuesday Elections

Most Saturdays, I post the latest John Oliver Last Week Tonight video essay in the weekly Interesting Stuff column. Because his program airs on HBO on Sunday nights, my followup is necessarily seven days late and in some cases, like... Read More...

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

INTERESTING STUFF – 7 November 2015

THERAPY DOGS WORK FOR HUGS Therapy dogs have been around for a long time now but that doesn't mean we should take a look now and then at how wonderful they are for people. Just for the record, cats do... Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 07 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Senator Elizabeth Warren's Social Security Legislation

As you know, there is no cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for Social Security recipients in 2016. It is only the third time in 40 years that this has happened and when you recall that 47% of unmarried recipients and 22% of married... Read More...

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

November 2015 - Time Goes By

Syndication

Recent Posts

Archives