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ELDER MUSIC: Various Classical

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 10 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 16 December 2017

MEDICAL TERMS FOR MINOR MEDICAL PROBLEMS An interesting thing that has happened from my cancer treatments with many visits to clinics and doctors is that I get to watch them at their jobs and pertinent to this, listen in on... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 16 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INSPIRING TREES THAT REFUSE TO DIE

At the beginning of this long holiday weekend, it feels unseemly to write about any on my long list of topics about elders and politics. Celebration and camaraderie and love should be the focus of these few days once a... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 22 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Looking Back at 2017: Trump and Cancer

From any point of view, the year 2017 was one of the most momentous in my life. The last time I lived through something of as much significance, I think, would be in 1992, when I moved to Sacramento for... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 27 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Welcome to the New Year 2018

Ella Wheeler Wilcox was a popular and well-known poet of the late 19th and early 20th century. I know a lot about her because my mother often quoted her poetry from memory. Wilcox is the person who wrote this that... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 01 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2017 - Part 2

[Toes Up in 2017 - Part 1 is here.] 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... Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 07 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Sorry: No Interesting Stuff Today

It's Friday evening as I write this and I'm just now home from the two nights in the hospital. Cancer related, of course. It was due to a repeat performance of November when I had extremely low red blood cell... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 13 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady and Protest/Donation Fatigue

But first – we have a winner in Monday's random drawing for a book of essays by Ursula K. Le Guin titled No Time to Spare. The random number generator spoke and Karin Bendel's name came up. The book has... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 19 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Funny Little Health Remedy that Actually Works – For Me

Surely you have been hit with a charley horse more than once – that sudden muscle spasm in a leg, arm, foot, hand, fingers or toes that can cause excruciating pain. According to the Mayo Clinic, age increases risk of... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 24 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Old is Old?

Almost universally, surveys reveal that people believe old age begins at some time beyond the age they are at the moment. This is particularly so of age deniers but many of the rest of us congratulate ourselves, if only privately,... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 29 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Secrets

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, Feb 04 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 10 February 2018

THE OLDEST RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD Botin Restaurant has been open for business every day for the past 293 years. In that time, since 1725, the oven fire has never been extinguished. ”According to deputy manager Luis Javier Sànchez Alvarez,... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 10 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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