Time Goes By

Flu Shots and Exercise for Elders

When I was young, in my twenties, I came down with a flu every winter, stuck in bed for a week, achy, miserable and barely lucid. By age 30, I got smarter and I was taking the vaccine every year.... Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 12 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Are Old People (and Everyone Else) Sleeping All Wrong?

ITEM 1: Everyone knows that insomnia is a common condition of growing old; it just comes with age, like wrinkles. ITEM 2: We also know that the proper and natural way to get a good night's sleep is to bed... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 28 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Raising the Retirement Age?

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the weekly Gray Matters column which appears here each Saturday. Links to past Gray Matters columns can be found here. Saul's Reflections column, in which he comments on news, politics and...

Published Sat, Nov 20 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Do Dreams Change in Old Age?

PERSONAL NOTE: Apparently it is interview season at TimeGoesBy. There are the ongoing Skype chats with my former husband, Alex; the recent print interview with Debbie Reslock at Next Avenue; and today, an audio interview with Jana Panarites of Agewyz...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Why Aren't They Talking to Crabby Old Lady?

For a good while, Crabby Old Lady has sensed that some of the media has stopped talking to old people – not in general (although a case could be made for that), but about their own important life events. This... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Great Elder Email Schlep

Elders are the largest voting bloc by age in the country. I suppose retired people have more time to get to the polls and we are likely to be more serious about taking part in this aspect of democracy. Although... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Varieties of Thanksgivings

It really is the nicest of our holidays, isn't it. It is quiet as opposed to noisy (Independence Day). There are no gifts to obsess over (Christmas) unless bringing dessert counts. And you don't have to stand outside freezing your... Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 22 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Social Security's Diamond Jubilee

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the weekly Gray Matters column which appears here each Saturday. Links to past Gray Matters columns can be found here. Saul's Reflections column, in which he comments on news, politics and...

Published Sat, Aug 21 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Gordie Revisited

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, Oct 08 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Things You Can Learn at the Chemo Clinic

When, on three Wednesdays out of four, I go to the Knight Cancer Institute at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) for my weekly chemotherapy infusion, the view from my chair is this: (Photo credit: Kristian Foden-Vencil-OPB) On those......

Published Mon, Oct 16 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady Watches the Academy Awards

Did you watch the Academy Award show last Sunday? Crabby Old Lady did. There wasn't much else on the tube then and it's the sort of program Crabby can watch here and there that doesn't much disturb the reading she's... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 07 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Doctor, Doctor Give Me the News

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 04 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

<em>On Aging</em> by Maya Angelou

In between naps last week during the several days' recovery following my dental surgery, I read. Not any of the several books I am currently working through – I didn't think I would have much recall, given the effects of... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 16 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Happiness, S&P Downgrade and Dying in Your Sleep

Three random thoughts that I have given a bit of time over the weekend. HAPPINESS IN OLD AGE A lot of scientific news about health with its mays, mights and maybes is not, in terms of usefulness, worth the effort... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Dr. Bill Thomas Does My Work For Me

Not long ago, an announcement of a new study from Cambridge Journals about amazingly young-functioning memory and cognition discovered in some 80-year-olds dropped into my inbox. I was busy so I skimmed the report and set it aside for a... Read More....

Published Fri, Aug 24 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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