Time Goes By

Crabby Old Lady and End of Literacy

Okay, maybe Crabby Old Lady is overstating it in that headline, but voice and and tiny little pictographs appear to be taking over human communication at the expense of the written word. It's not just email and texting. When you... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 08 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Making Hearing Aids as Cool as Eyeglasses

A neighbor leaned in close, putting her ear near mine. “Can you hear it?” she asked, referring to her new hearing aid? Yes. Yes, I could hear her hearing aid announcing that it had been inserted correctly. They haven't gotten... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 13 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Wolves

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, Nov 19 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 25 November 2017

BEFORE WE GET STARTED TODAY... With the amount of time it takes to be a cancer patient, I haven't kept up with many of the websites and blogs that I used to check regularly so I am grateful to Cop... Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 25 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Amateur Cancer Patient

Aside from a flu now and then, and a mystery illness 40 years ago that was never diagnosed but involved 11 days in hospital, I have never had a serious disease or condition until now. Throughout my adult years, when... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 01 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady's State of the Union

Today's post isn't precisely about ageing but Crabby Old Lady needs to get some of this off her chest and suspects a lot of you may want to also. Have there ever been so many different things going wrong –... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 06 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Rethinking Ageism

There has been a surge recently in the number of print media stories about ageism. Two I've seen are important. In November, Joseph F. Coughlin, who is founder and director of MIT’s AgeLab, noted in Time magazine that old people... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 11 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1931

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 17 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

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

"Let Age Be Age"

Not meaning to sound too much like a grinch, finally these endless holidays are done and good riddance. They last nowadays forever – my first Christmas catalog arrived in August – and one of the things I have come to... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 03 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Unsettling Changes and a Book Giveaway

Two items today – one that is probably close to universal among people past a certain age, and a second that undoubtedly has a more limited audience. Doesn't matter – it's all good. Let's start with CALVIN TRILLIN'S "ALL THUMBS"...

Published Mon, Jan 08 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Recent Discoveries

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, Jan 14 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 20 January 2018

LIVE JAZZ EVERY SUNDAY IN HARLEM APARTMENT Every Sunday, Marjorie Eliot and Rudel Drears open the doors of their Harlem apartment to anyone in the mood for jazz. At first, this was a way for Marjorie to honor her son’s... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 20 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Senior Discounts: A Rite of Passage Redux

EDITORIAL NOTE: This week got so busy I couldn't find time for today's story so I have resurrected a post from the second year of TGB, 11 November 2005, about senior discounts. In the penultimate paragraph, I mention that I... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 26 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Crabby Old Lady and End of Literacy

Making Hearing Aids as Cool as Eyeglasses

ELDER MUSIC: Wolves

INTERESTING STUFF – 25 November 2017

The Amateur Cancer Patient

Crabby Old Lady's State of the Union

Rethinking Ageism

ELDER MUSIC: 1931

INTERESTING STUFF – 23 December 2017

A Small New Years Potpourri

"Let Age Be Age"

Unsettling Changes and a Book Giveaway

ELDER MUSIC: Recent Discoveries

INTERESTING STUFF – 20 January 2018

Senior Discounts: A Rite of Passage Redux