Time Goes By

The Privilege to Grow Old

It's a cliché, that headline. You see it printed on plaques and greeting cards and if people still stitched them, undoubtedly it would turn up on samplers: ”Do not regret growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.” The... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 3 May 2014

GRANDFATHER SURPRISE The man you see in this video is an only child. So is his grown son. Watch his reaction when that son and his daughter-in-law tell him he is going to be a grandfather. THE RACE HORSE ARTIST... Read More...

Published Sat, May 03 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 9 April 2011

Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 09 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1952

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, Apr 10 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ageism 2011

A few months ago, a local TV news program reported the “plight” of a 21-year-old, disabled woman living in a nursing home here in Portland, Oregon. She “found herself,” the news anchor read from the TelePrompTer, “with an elderly roommate... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 03 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 December 2013

TWIN BOYS JUST BORN All it says at the YouTube page is that they don't realize yet they have been born – I'm guessing that means they don't know yet they're in a new environment. It is magical. (Thank you... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 14 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Health Care Help

During the first five months of this year, the Gallup organization conducted a huge survey of Americans about health and well-being: ” random sample of 484,278 adults, aged 18 and older, including a random sample of 150,984 adults aged 65... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Wrinkles, We Have Wrinkles

It is, to me, the most offensive word there is about getting old: “anti-aging.” To be anti-aging is to be anti-life but even so, the word, the idea, is ubiquitous on the packaging of hundreds of brands of snake oil... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 01 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Retirement Investing Advice (?)

Undoubtedly you see as many financial services commercials on TV, in print and online as I do. In addition, I get dozens of pitches every year to review advice books about retirement investing or to interview so-called experts in the... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Shame and Ego

Recently, a friend who is in our age group – about 73 now – dislocated his shoulder. It affected some nerves in his hand and fingers and recovery, even with diligent rehab exercises, is slow. One of the effects is... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 15 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Helping Out Elders in Winter

Although we are finally heading back into the low 40s Farenheit today, like much of the United States for the past week or 10 days, my area has suffered frigid, below freezing weather 24/7. Unusual for northwest Oregon. Perhaps I... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Interesting Singers

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 08 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Eleven Eleven Eleven

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 10 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Medicare Website Update

Way back in 1996 or '97, when the public internet was just getting started, I was among the “pioneers,” working at the first CBS News website. No one knew, then, how to create good websites and we were all inventing... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 15 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Only 12 Percent of Elders Have Dental Coverage

Just two more appointments, if all goes well, and by the end of February I will be finished at last with a long, complicated dental procedure that began in 2014. About a year ago, I told you about growing new... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 03 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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