Time Goes By

ELDER MUSIC: Songs about the King

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 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: On Charlie Christian's Shoulders

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, Mar 20 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER PROSE INTERLUDE: My Twice-Lived Life

By Donald M. Murray “My fear of aging was not loneliness but bingo. I was terrified of the loss of aloneness, of being driven to a senior center where I would confront a huge jigsaw puzzle, a class in square... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 05 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Sunday <em>Damages</em>

The Saturday to-do list was longer than usual. Not that I ever finish even short ones; there are always plenty of items to carry over to the next day. And the next. At the same time, the weather here (sorry... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 09 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The M Word

It was 31 years ago that my doctor “diagnosed” me (if that's the word” with menopause. I was shocked. I had never much thought about it and when I did, I sort of maybe guessed it happened to women in... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 25 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders Invisible – Not This Time

A poem from Shel Silverstein nicely captures the invisibility that cloaks people as we get old: Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.” Said the old man, “I do that too.” The little boy whispered, “I wet my... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 24 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Three Rivers Village Update - May 2014

In every survey ever done, a consistent 90 percent or so of respondents say they want to live in their own homes until they die. This is fortunate because as I have mentioned in the past, there are not enough... Read More...

Published Thu, May 29 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Reasons to Exercise Now, Not Later

It was early on Sunday morning, 7AM or so. Having just finished my 45-minute, at-home, exercise routine, I was perusing The New York Times with my second cup of coffee. In the Review section was an essay about the contributor's... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Secrets (or Not) to Long Life

Last week in Great Falls, Montana, the world's oldest man died of natural causes. Walter Breuning was 114. Whenever someone reaches great age, usually 100 or more, it is tradition that a reporter from the local newspaper asks how he... Read More....

Published Thu, Apr 21 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Adventures in Moving Far Away

Last week, on my post that was mostly about the new paint job in my apartment, Lee left this comment: ”Ronni, you and Celia started a conversation I'd like to eavesdrop on a little longer about moving to a new... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 11 August 2011

DANCE WALKING FOLLOWUP Last week on Interesting Stuff, we enjoyed Ben Aaron's dance walking video. A day or two later, TGB reader Heidi sent a link to this video in which Ben finds the original dance walking guy who had... Read More...

Published Sat, Aug 11 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 28 June 2014

EDITORIAL NOTE: It may be 28 June on your calendar but to me, it's 21 June and I'm typing as fast as I can to fill up this space for you while I'm away in New York. That's just to... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 28 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

2014 Medicare and Social Security Trustees' Reports

On Monday, the Medicare and Social Security Trustees released their annual report. Since it is 283 pages long, I'll give you the highlights as transmitted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) Media Center and NBC News. MEDICARE....

Published Tue, Jul 29 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

The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

”There’s no shame in spending an afternoon on a park bench reading a novel, or watching the children play. It is expected of the elderly, even when they are in good health...But idleness is only satisfying for a while; repose... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 06 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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