October 2016 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

ELDER MUSIC: His Slight Muse Do Please These Curious Days

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, Oct 16 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Measly Social Security COLA Increase for 2017

Anyone who reads this blog undoubtedly already knows this already: on Tuesday, the Social Security Administration announced that the annual cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for 2017 will be .3%. That's right, three-tenths of one percent. If you apply...

Published Fri, Oct 21 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Good Old Days

The theme on one side of this endless presidential campaign is a reminiscence for the good old days. Okay, the Trumpists refer to it as the days when America was great, but it's the same thing. The anti-Trumpists like to... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 26 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ageism, RIP Zacherele and Happy Halloween

AGEIST LANGUAGE A few weeks ago, freelance writer Debbie Reslock interviewed me about ageist language, particularly people's penchant for calling old folks “honey,” “sweetie,” "dearie," etc. Reslock's story was published last week at...

Published Mon, Oct 31 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Franz Hoffmeister, et al

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, Oct 02 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Age Discrimination Affects People of All Ages

Maybe some of you noticed a few typos and other mistakes in Monday's post. After Crabby Old Lady, a couple of weeks ago, wrote about how these errors have increased as she has grown older, I have been more diligent... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 07 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What It Means to be Human

Isn't that a splendid story? It's barely a minute long yet it is filled with a world of love, understanding, grief, joy, compassion, insight and maybe some magic. There isn't much of that these days. At least, not in public... Read More.....

Published Wed, Oct 12 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Cooking at Home as We Get Older

Last week, TGB reader, Elizabeth Archerd contacted me with a topic suggestion for Time Goes By: ”...can we talk about how to manage home cooking as we age? “...My eating habits are great, according to every medical person I know,... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 17 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 22 October 2016

INTIMATIONS OF AGEING Our own Peter Tibbles, who writes the Sunday Elder Music column here, reports on a recent conversation at the fish market when a young woman who served him mentioned that her name is Bianca. PETER: Oh, like... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 22 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Deathpods and the Deathlab

For many years, decades if I'm honest, I've said I want to cremated when I die and have a friend distribute my ashes among two or three certain places in Manhattan. This is no longer a good idea. In recent... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 28 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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