December 2017 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

EDLER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2017 - Part 1

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, Dec 31 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 30 December 2017

ELDER UPTOWN FUNK Canadian TGB reader doctafil alerted us to this video by a group of elders in Sarnia, Ontario. They call themselves the Landmark Village Players (after the name of their retirement community) and what they have done here,... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 30 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Small New Years Potpourri

During these end-of-year holidays, I've mostly kept it light in these pages and sometimes, too, let others do the telling for me. And so it is again today as we head into 2018. RONNI BENNETT INTERVIEW The senior center in... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 29 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Looking Back at 2017: Trump and Cancer

From any point of view, the year 2017 was one of the most momentous in my life. The last time I lived through something of as much significance, I think, would be in 1992, when I moved to Sacramento for... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 27 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Merry Christmas To All – 2017

This blog has been around long enough now – there was a first, tentative appearance in 2004 - that some traditions have been formed. At U.S. Thanksgiving last month, there was the fifth annual rendition of Arlo Guthrie's epic monologue,... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 25 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Christmas 17

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, Dec 24 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 23 December 2017

THE COFFIN CLUB Reader Kathleen Noble send this music video from New Zealand about members of the Kiwi Coffin Club who “cope with death and loss while bringing some fun and personality to their own final journey” says YouTube. U.S.... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 23 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INSPIRING TREES THAT REFUSE TO DIE

At the beginning of this long holiday weekend, it feels unseemly to write about any on my long list of topics about elders and politics. Celebration and camaraderie and love should be the focus of these few days once a... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 22 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Existentialism of Pancreatic Cancer

It is not difficult to understand that a diagnosis of cancer – in my case, pancreatic – might produce an existential crisis or, at least, a renewed look at what you have supposed these many years is the meaning of... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 20 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Trump Administration Tries to Ban 7 Words

Unless you're sensible enough to take the weekend off from Trump-related politics, you already know about this story: that the U.S. Centers for Disease (CDC) are now forbidden from using a certain seven words in reports and official budget documents...

Published Mon, Dec 18 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

December 2017 - Time Goes By

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EDLER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2017 - Part 1

INTERESTING STUFF – 30 December 2017

A Small New Years Potpourri

Looking Back at 2017: Trump and Cancer

Merry Christmas To All – 2017

ELDER MUSIC: Christmas 17

INTERESTING STUFF – 23 December 2017

INSPIRING TREES THAT REFUSE TO DIE

Existentialism of Pancreatic Cancer

Trump Administration Tries to Ban 7 Words

ELDER MUSIC: 1931

INTERESTING STUFF – 16 December 2017

Crabby Old Lady and the Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Old

AG Sessions Aiming For Marijuana Prosecutions

Rethinking Ageism