Time Goes By

Wise and Wily Old People

One of the good things the ageing of the huge baby boomer generation has spawned is an upsurge in research about old people, particularly brain and cognition research, and I follow it closely. Well, as much as possible. Most study... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 19 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Jerusalem

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 22 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 28 March 2015

MORE DATING FOLLOWUP You will recall we discussed elder dating in three posts over the past week or so. Darlene Costner send one more update for us. Enjoy: Daughter: Daddy, I am coming home to get married. Take out your... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

John Oliver's April Fool's Day (Or, Technology Troubles – Day 3)

John Oliver and his Last Week Tonight crew took off last Sunday but they prepared this timely short video that well expresses my feeling about this so-called holiday. Heh. He's such a teenage boy, sometimes. A brilliantly funny teenage boy.... Read...

Published Wed, Apr 01 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Book Day Among the TGB Elders

When, yesterday, I read Jan Adams' review of Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic 1789 - 1815 by historian Gordon S. Wood, I immediately bookmarked it to buy for my Kindle. This grabbed me: “The title phrase... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 27 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

New Years Eve at Home

Even by age 30 when I was still young enough on other occasions to party all night, I had begun my New Year's Eve ritual which I have followed unerringly ever since: purchase something wonderful for dinner, a meal not... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 31 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Some Minor Cultural Notes to Start the Year

The weather people were all atwitter last Friday about the beginning of a three-day snow storm with “blizzard conditions” up here in Maine. High winds often mean power outages for us, so Ollie the cat and I stocked the cupboard... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 04 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Cultural Perception of Aging

In a short-lived fit of actually caring about something important, I posted a story yesterday about the Peter G. Peterson-backed plot to kill Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Today, I have fallen back into what Citizen K referred to in... Read...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Tuesday 7 April 2015

This is Peter (the TGB music columnist). There's been a coup here at TGB and I've taken over. I achieved that by waving ice cream at Ronni and distracting her that way. I will be a benevolent leader, if you... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 07 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Friday Holiday

NOTICE: The 2013 TGB Elderblogger Survey was scheduled to end Wednesday night at midnight. But the service was down for most of that day so I extended the deadline until tonight, Friday 19 April at 12 midnight Pacific time. This... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 19 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

2013 TGB Elderblogging Survey Results – Part 1

Among the irritating events plaguing me since last week is this damned Elderblogging Survey. I am sorry I started it and believe me, it won't happen again. It began with my admission in the post announcing the survey that I... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 23 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GAY AND GRAY: Traveling While Gay

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 Thu, Jan 28 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

2013 TGB Elderblogging Survey Results – Part 2

Following along on results from the 2013 Elderblogging Survey, today we'll look at health and related end-of-life issues. The usual caveats for this kind of survey apply: It is not balanced against the general population It is not balanced against...

Published Wed, Apr 24 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

If You Thought the Gregg/Conrad Commission was a Bad Idea...

...wait until you read this. On the day of President Obama's State of the Union address, Republican Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin introduced a budget proposal that would, according to the Congressional Budget Office [pdf], create a budget...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Bringing an Old Woman to Tears and...

...why I'm telling you about it. I had planned to write about sex today - that would be fun - but technology and the people assigned to handhold those of us who are unschooled in the ones and zeroes of... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 05 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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