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Elder-Friendly Stores

Thank you all for your lovely comments on yesterday's post about Time Goes By's poor reputation rating. It surely was not meant as a fishing expedition and I was surprised. You make me feel all warm and fuzzy. You're all... Read More...

Published Thu, May 19 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

TGB FORUM: Readers Write the Blog – Day 2

As I explained on Monday, while Peter Tibbles and Norma Gates are visiting from Melbourne, I am taking a mini-vacation and letting you, dear readers, write the blog based on your own topics. Today's comes from Tamsin. It may, in... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 30 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The History of Old Age – Old Women

My new project on the history of old age is moving forward slowly. Mostly, right now, I'm researching sources, deciding how deep or scholarly I want this to be and gathering materials. It would be good for me to be... Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 07 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Rewind the Week – 13 June 2014

Announcement Unrelated to Rewind: If you change your email address, please do not ask me to change your subscription to the new address. You subscribed on your own and you will need change your subscription on your own. It's not... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 13 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Summer Heat Help

(Australians and other TGB readers below the equator can skip today's post or save it for next November.) It's starting to warm up here in Oregon. Nothing unbearable yet but it reminds me that it's time for the annual TGB... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 11 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and Obama's Speech

Did you watch President Obama's speech yesterday afternoon? Whew! It was better than I feared it would be. Kinda busy today (Wednesday) so mostly I'll stick to the major points affecting elders. If you will recall, Paul Ryan's deficit reduction...

Published Thu, Apr 14 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Two D-Day Octogenarians

Actually, they are nearly nonagenarians. Both men are 89 and they made big news for themselves on D-Day last week. Jock Hutton was among the first wave of Allied troops who parachuted into Normandy in 1994. He repeated the jump... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 18 August 2012

Time to celebrate. It's Millie Garfield's 87th birthday today. She is among the oldest elderbloggers around. Millie recently sold her condo and moved a few miles down the road to Brooksby Village. That's a big deal when you are Millie's...

Published Sat, Aug 18 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Washington Square Park

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, Aug 19 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Chamber Music

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, Apr 17 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 22 October 2010

Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 22 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Dylan and Dench on Growing Old

[A TUESDAY EXTRA:: Before I get to today's story - remember when, in Saturday's Interesting Stuff, I told you that I would, on Saturday's, post John Oliver's weekly Last Week Tonight essay AND in a separate item I bitched about... Read...

Published Tue, Mar 10 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady on (Literally) Dying of Boredom

On Monday's post about Donald Hall's Essays at Eighty, Crabby Old Lady made particular note of a couple of readers who picked up and ran with the poet's thought about what bores him: ”You know what I find boring?” commented... Read More.....

Published Wed, Mar 18 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

History of Old Age – The Ancients

It's been awhile but you may recall that I am working on a personal project, a history of old age. Previous posts here, here and here. It's been slow going. I keep reading about the through the centuries – my... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GAY AND GRAY: When It's the Parents Who Grow Up and Come Out

When I heard an interview by NPR's Terry Gross with filmmaker Mike Mills about his new film Beginners, I knew I'd run across a topic for this month's column. This movie - still in quite wide theatrical distribution - is... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 29 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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