Time Goes By

Music Festival Age Discrimination

Were you at Woodstock? I was – but that was only the largest among other music festivals and concerts I attended, each packed with crowds, camaraderie, plenty of weed and most of all, great music. If, sometimes, performances in that... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Glad My Dating Days are Done

Several neighbors came by for lunch when I was visiting my mother for a few days in the late 1960s. Because I then worked producing a radio talk show that often featured interviews with the biggest music stars of the... Read More...

Published Wed, May 18 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Songs of the Gershwins

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, May 22 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 7 May 2016

LONDON MARATHON IN SPACE Last Sunday, the city of London held it's annual marathon. British astronaut Tim Peake ran the race in real time in the International Space Station. Peake is not the first astronaut to run a marathon in... Read More...

Published Sat, May 07 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Writing Your Own Obituary

Throughout the ten years I've been blogging, too frequently a fellow elderblogger has died and it was a long time until I knew. Sometimes, you're never certain; sometimes bloggers or non-bloggers who regularly comment have just disappeared and...

Published Mon, Aug 05 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Life Expectancy at Age 65

There have been moments – fleeting, I will admit – when I have wished I knew when I will die. The key word in that sentence is “fleeting” - a momentary lapse in sanity while contemplating end-of-life choices and the... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 07 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Century-Old Quilt – Like New

The weather has warmed enough where I live that it was time this weekend to put away the winter bed quilts for something lighter. As there are a number of color and style choices on my shelves, I can pick... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Chooks

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, Jul 05 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 15 June 2013

JOHN OLIVER'S DOING GREAT - - on The Daily Show while Jon Stewart is off for the summer directing a movie in the Middle East. I watched all four shows this week and was not disappointed in the least. Of... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 15 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Banned by the BBC

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, Jun 16 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Theory of Health Care Spending

For a good while, I've had a half-baked and only half-joking theory that health care spending would not be so high if we were not constantly reminded of all the things that could be wrong with us. I watch or... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 09 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Music of New Orleans, Part 1

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, Sep 06 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Is Science on Course to Reverse Ageing?

Ever since humankind climbed down from the trees, people have been looking for a fountain of youth along with its companion aspiration, immortality. Many a myth is based on these yearnings including the Greek legend in which Eos, goddess of... Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 04 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Willy DeVille

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 06 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Robot Caregivers and Old People

If you live long enough, one of these robots may be in your future. This year for Christmas, Hasbro is selling what they call an animatronic cat for elders who cannot have a living pet. It responds to touch, movement,... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 11 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Music Festival Age Discrimination

Glad My Dating Days are Done

ELDER MUSIC: Songs of the Gershwins

INTERESTING STUFF – 7 May 2016

Writing Your Own Obituary

Life Expectancy at Age 65

The Century-Old Quilt – Like New

ELDER MUSIC: Chooks

INTERESTING STUFF – 15 June 2013

ELDER MUSIC: Banned by the BBC

A Theory of Health Care Spending

ELDER MUSIC: Music of New Orleans, Part 1

Is Science on Course to Reverse Ageing?

ELDER MUSIC: Willy DeVille

Robot Caregivers and Old People