April 2016 - Time Goes By

Time Goes By

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  • INTERESTING STUFF – 9 April 2016

    WHAT MILLENNIALS THINK OLD PEOPLE ARE LIKE From AARP, here's an experiment with millennials and elders. IT'S NOT JUST US OLD FOLKS WHO FALL DOWN Over most of the history of this blog, I have posted a story about preventing... Read More...
  • On Becoming 75

    [BIRTHDAY NOTE: Thank you all so much for the many kind greetings you left in the comments yesterday. You made my birthday extra special and I appreciate every one of you. You too, Peter Tibbles, for that excellent musical party.]... Read More...
  • ELDER MUSIC: The 7th of April 2016

    This is Peter Tibbles. I'm usually lurking over there on Sunday but now and again I pop up my head on other days and take over the column, so here I am again. This is because Ronni turns 75 today... Read More...
  • Senior Centers

    Senior centers have a bad rap and they should not. Although there may still be too many that offer little more than bingo night once or twice a week and not much else, most are working hard to upgrade and... Read More...
  • How Our Convictions Changes as We Age

    Recently, I've been thinking about how interests, beliefs and convictions change as we grow older. By growing older, I do not mean that milestone of crossing the invisible line between midlife and old age. I mean how we change during... Read More...
  • ELDER MUSIC: Never Talk to Strangers

    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...
  • INTERESTING STUFF – 2 April 2016

    MILLENNIALS MOVE INTO SENIOR LIVING CENTER For a long time I've believed that anyone who develops products, services, government programs or anything else meant for elders' use should be required employ elder advisors because only old people can...
  • A Good Death

    For most of my life, talking about death and dying has been taboo. Death has always been scary. For centuries, humans have tried to mitigate that fear with ghost stories, with goblins and skeleton costumes on Halloween and the popularity... Read More...