December 2017 - Time Goes By - The Network of Care

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

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

ELDER MUSIC: Songs of Frank Loesser

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 03 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 9 December 2017

CHRISTMAS WINDOWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD The New York Times has a beautiful collection of department store Christmas windows from around the world: Saks Fifth Avenue, New York City: Selfridges, London: Many more to see at the NYT. 10-YEAR-OLD UNLOCKS....

Published Sat, Dec 09 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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

Crabby Old Lady will be here in a moment but for a few sentences this is me, Ronni. After I wrote today's post, members of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on Friday to kill Net Neutrality. A couple... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 15 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

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

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

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