Time Goes By

ELDER MUSIC: Millions

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, Feb 10 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Valentine's Day, Social Security and Darlene Costner

DARLENE COSTNER As many of you are aware, Darlene Costner is a reliable supplier of terrific items for Saturday's Interesting Stuff posts and she often comments here at TGB, at The Elder Storytelling Place and on other elderblogs. (Until last... Read...

Published Thu, Feb 14 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Spring? In February?

Don't tell the grandkids but when I was little, instead of President's Day, we had Abraham Lincoln's birthday AND George Washington's birthday – both of them holidays. Now school children get just one day off in February. Most of “official...

Published Mon, Feb 18 2013 11:18 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Women and Underpants

Last week, there was good number of comments on the post responding to Jackie's question about brassieres with a lot of good suggestions for readers who are dissatisfied with what they are wearing to hold up their boobies. Online and... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 07 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and the Information Age

The title of this image, created by Jesse Lenz for a story in the November issue of Popular Science magazine, is The Analog Kindle. I can't say I've seen a copy of that magazine in 30 or 40 years, but... Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A 27-Year-Old Takes on the World of Elders – Part 2

[Part 1 was posted yesterday and can be found here.) As I explained yesterday, I “met” 27-year-old Marcie Rogo on the telephone after she emailed me seeking a story on Time Goes By about her fledgling, online business, ConnectAround. I... Read More.....

Published Tue, Mar 12 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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, Mar 17 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

At ESP: We are Never Alone at Death

Although Time Goes By is on haitus this week, there are new stories at The Elder Storytelling Place. Today's is from Joyce Benedict, titled We are Never Alone at Death. Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 21 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Finding One's Own Kind of Retirement

A month or so ago, I received an email from long-time TGB reader James Wallace Harris who blogs at Auxiliary Memory. He has been retired for awhile now and is feeling restless from what might be too much unaccustomed freedom:... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 10 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Workbook for Healthy Aging

When I was a kid, old people regularly annoyed me with a mantra they used as a catchall comment to discussions of even the mildest difficulties: “As long as you've got your health.” they repeated. “As long as you've got... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 15 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Dear Diary: A Foolish Passionate Woman

On reading The New York Times Op-Ed page yesterday, I had a bit of a private snit about columnist Maureen Dowd. As usual. Again. From that you would be correct to infer I am not a fan. Never have been.... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 20 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Attention Email Subscribers – and Others Too

Comments, conversation and community are the life blood of blogs. Many of us have become good friends having first “met” one another in the comments sections of our blogs. Plus, the comments provide a lot of additional information, ideas and... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Byrds Family Tree

You never know who you're going to meet on the internet and I came to know Peter Tibbles (bio here) via email over the past couple of years. His extensive knowledge of most genres of music and his excellent taste... Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 17 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Terrible Week for the United States

NOTICE: The 2013 TGB Elderblogger Survey was scheduled to end last night at midnight. But the service was down yesterday so no one could participate. Therefore, now that it is repaired, I have extended the deadline through Friday 19 April... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 18 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Deception, Trickery and Chicanery Aimed at Elders

Wanna know why I skipped writing a blog post for Friday last week? I mentioned then that it was an accumulation of a whole lot of a small irritations that finally added up to too much at once. This is... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 22 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Syndication

Recent Posts

Archives