January 2016 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

An Elder Couple's Suicide – A Reasoned Choice

Five U.S. states including my own, Oregon, allow some form of physician-assisted suicide. Although some young people, usually when faced with a fatal diagnosis, have used the statutes to end their lives, most frequently it is old people who choose......

Published Wed, Jan 20 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Have You Been Dropping More Things as You Get Older?

It is hard to be sure but it seems to be so for me. And it is really annoying. For example, one day last week, I dropped a spoon on the kitchen floor. I picked it up, rinsed it off... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 25 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Australia's Classic 100 Opera Arias (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, Jan 31 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

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

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

INTERESTING STUFF – 17 January 2016

COW DUNG PATTIES SELL LIKE HOTCAKES In The Asian Reporter, there was a story recently about the sale of cow dung patties in India. As you probably know, dung is an ancient for of fuel throughout the world. Now, cow... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 16 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Theme of an Old Woman's Life

The specifics of this story are unlikely to match any of yours but perhaps there is something in your life that provokes a similar longing. It begins at Christmas 69 years ago. I've told this part of the story on... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 22 2016 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Alive! 55 Plus and Kickin' - Inspired and Inspiring

Ordinarily, I leave anything about music to Peter Tibbles in his Sunday Elder Music column at this blog. Peter's knowledge, with the aid of “assistant musicologist” Norma, is wide and deep. Mine, although I am an appreciator, is haphazard and... Read...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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