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GRAY MATTERS: Elke's Tribute to Her Husband, Saul Friedman

As you know, Gray Matters and Reflections columnist, Saul Friedman, died on 24 December 2010. He was beloved by his readers, a great man, a great journalist and teacher, someone we could all do well to emulate. Saul's funeral was... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 01 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Age Comes A-Wooing

By Joyce Kilmer With shameless and incessant lust Thy tremulous hot hands are thrust Upon my body's loveliness. O loathsome Age, thy foul caress Puts on my heart a deadly blight, Withers my hair to leprous white, Binds fetters on... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 19 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Do You Want to Live?

In last Monday's post, I told you that I was in Providence, Rhode Island for a conference on “Connected Aging” at the Business Innovation Factory (BFI) and that the overall issue to be addressed was the need for our culture... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 11 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Taboos – Part 2: Incontinence Products

This blog is one of the few places I've ever found that openly discusses leaky pipes – urinary incontinence – which, some research says, affects about 35 to 45 percent of older women and only slightly fewer men older than... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 12 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<em>Older Than My Old Man Now</em>

EDITORIAL NOTES: If anyone has been waiting for me to answer an email for more than three or four days, it is probably to do with spam filters at your end. I have been getting a lot of returns of... Read More...

Published Wed, May 30 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

At 70

With a special shout out to Peter Tibbles for his birthday music yesterday, you guys sure do know how to throw a fabulous 70th birthday. Thank you all so much for your greetings, comments, emails and blog posts. You are... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 08 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Beethoven Obsession

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, May 04 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GAY AND GRAY: Meet David

Gay and Gray is a monthly column at Time Goes By written by Jan Adams (bio) in which she thinks out loud for us on issues of aging lesbians and gay men. Jan also writes on many topics at her... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 25 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

The History of Old Age – A Beginning

I have recently begun a new project, one that will probably go on for a long time before I feel finished. It is, as the headline states, to study the history of old age. It's going to be a lot... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 29 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Reasons Growing Old is Good

You might have noticed that from time to time here, I write about liking old age. I perfectly well know that, as the old song goes, “my days dwindle down to a precious few” but that doesn't get in the... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 01 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 August 2014

JUSTICE GINSBERG ON HER HOBBY LOBBY DISSENT The three female Supreme Court justices were unanimous in their minority dissent on the Hobby Lobby, contraceptive decision. Here, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg discusses the “blistering” objection she wrote and...

Published Sat, Aug 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Finding Purpose in Old Age

Yesterday Paula Span, who contributes to the New Old Age blog at The New York Times, reported on some recent studies about the benefits of having a purpose in late life. Although not definitive, the research discoveries about purpose (or... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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