September 2016 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

Elder Orphans – Part 1: Definition

About 18 months ago, I started a conversation here about elder orphans. It is a distinct characteristic of old age for tens of millions of old people but recognized as such only recently. Somehow I dropped the ball on this... Read More...

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

A Rite of Elderpassage – One More Time

[EDITORIAL NOTE: A couple of unexpected appointments intruded yesterday leaving no time to get a post written before I ran out of steam by mid-afternoon so today I have a rerun for you. This was first published here 10 years... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 28 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Day After the First Presidential Debate of 2016

She crushed him. Hillary Clinton crushed him. She was prepared, poised, knowledgeable and in control of the stage. Donald Trump was vague, pouty and flailing, clearly out of his depth and after the first 30 minutes or so, incoherent. Clinton... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2016 4:27 AM by TIME GOES BY

Watching the First Presidential Debate Tonight

It's been 14 years now I've been at this blog and I'm pretty sure 99.99 percent of the posts relate to ageing no matter how much I sometimes stretch the definition of that word to fit whatever I'm writing. None... Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 26 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1962 Yet Again

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, Sep 25 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 24 September 2016

THIS 90-YEAR-OLD PROVES I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DEDICATION From the Youtube page: ”For 53 years, Justo Gallego has been building a cathedral by hand on the outskirts of Madrid almost entirely by himself. Gallego has no formal architecture or....

Published Sat, Sep 24 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Welcome to Fall - And to Falls Prevention

Besides being the official first day of fall, yesterday, 22 September, was National Falls Prevention Awareness Day – as it has been for the past nine years. Wait. Let me back up a bit first. For readers who have been... Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 23 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Vote as If It Matters

Over the past couple of weeks, Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump has not only gained on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the polls, he has surpassed her in some of them and Democrats are beginning to panic. I'm not a... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 21 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby and Her Latest Annoying Affliction of Old Age

As if there are not enough well-known ailments of old age, new ones keep creeping up on Crabby Old Lady. She's not talking about the diseases of age, not the terrible diagnoses no one want to hear. She's talking about... Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 19 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

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, Sep 18 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 17 September 2016

WHY RULINE IS WITH HILLARY Now don't go getting all up about this being a list of women's firsts or tell us that it's not right to vote for Hillary just because she's a woman. Forget that for a moment... Read More...

Published Sat, Sep 17 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady Contemplates Shaving Her Head

A more serious post was planned for today but a story about a generation of young women shaving their heads grabbed Crabby Old Lady's attention and it's been too long since she appeared in these pages. The New York Times... Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 16 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Hearing Loss Treatment and Medicare

Hearing loss is one of the least attended health problems in the United States. That's just my opinion but take a look at the statistics. According to The New York Times: • Hearing loss affects 45 percent of people age... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 14 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Flu Shots and Exercise for Elders

When I was young, in my twenties, I came down with a flu every winter, stuck in bed for a week, achy, miserable and barely lucid. By age 30, I got smarter and I was taking the vaccine every year.... Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 12 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Send the Kiddies Out of the Room

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, Sep 11 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

September 2016 - Time Goes By

Syndication

Recent Posts

Archives

Elder Orphans – Part 1: Definition

A Rite of Elderpassage – One More Time

The Day After the First Presidential Debate of 2016

Watching the First Presidential Debate Tonight

ELDER MUSIC: 1962 Yet Again

INTERESTING STUFF – 24 September 2016

Welcome to Fall - And to Falls Prevention

Vote as If It Matters

Crabby and Her Latest Annoying Affliction of Old Age

ELDER MUSIC: The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

INTERESTING STUFF – 17 September 2016

Crabby Old Lady Contemplates Shaving Her Head

Hearing Loss Treatment and Medicare

Flu Shots and Exercise for Elders

ELDER MUSIC: Send the Kiddies Out of the Room