January 2016 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

The Importance of the Latest Old Age Suit

It was way back in 2005 that I first read that airplane manufacturer Boeing, using an “age suit,” was researching changes that could make airline travel easier for elders. The company was probably using a version of AGNES (acronym for... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Every Picture Tells a Story

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, Jan 10 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 9 January 2016

STUNNING AGEISM VIDEO Take a look at this advertising experiment created by Australia's Apia Insurance. In some ways, it is shocking – in others, unsurprising. It's also worth watching this short “making of” video that goes with advert. Give a...

Published Sat, Jan 09 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Why There is No Cure or Prevention for Cancer

More than half a century ago, when I was somewhere around age 20, I worried a lot about cancer. I was terrified of it in the way of people who are not old enough yet to have become sanguine about... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

There is No Holding Back Time

UPDATE - DARLENE'S HOMECOMING: Before I get going on today's post, let me give you this happy update. As many of you know, long-time blogger and TGB participant, Darlene Costner, who turned 90 last year, fell in her home in... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 06 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Welcome Snow Day

Recent weird and dreadful weather worldwide notwithstanding, one of the things I miss about living in the northeast United States is four definitive seasons. Each one of them has its charms and I never tired of feeling the change in... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ray's Music Exchange

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, Jan 03 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 January 2016

THE SUM OF OUR LIVES What if in the afterlife, you relive all of your experiences but this time, you experience them grouped together? You’d spend six weeks clipping your nails, for example, then 15 months looking for lost items,... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 02 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Poem to Welcome 2016

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote here of a new study from Yale's Becca Levy about how negative beliefs about growing may correlate with later onset of Alzheimer's disease. In case anyone misunderstood, it was not my intention to... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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