Time Goes By

Something Special on End of Life Care

[PERSONAL UPDATE: How nice to receive so many words of encouragement from you on yesterday's post about my - uh, dental challenge. Thank you all for your kind notes. The needle pricks (more than a dozen) of novocaine were the... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 18 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 January 2016

THE SUM OF OUR LIVES What if in the afterlife, you relive all of your experiences but this time, you experience them grouped together? You’d spend six weeks clipping your nails, for example, then 15 months looking for lost items,... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 02 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Why There is No Cure or Prevention for Cancer

More than half a century ago, when I was somewhere around age 20, I worried a lot about cancer. I was terrified of it in the way of people who are not old enough yet to have become sanguine about... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 08 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Disease Begins to Come Into Focus

Wow. You are, each and every one of you, wonderful people. Regarding the number of comments and seeing the latest of them, I never noticed before that after 100 comments there is a "more comments" link. You can follow that... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 05 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 20 May 2017

PORTRAITS OF A CENTURY As Senior Planet explains it, Czech Republic photographer, Jan Langer ”...has spent some time comparing images of people when they were young with their 100-year-old selves. His meditation on age is the basis for a thoughtful,....

Published Sat, May 20 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Two Standout Differences in Oregon

Having been in my new town in Oregon for less than three weeks, I'm hardly qualified to make any judgments about the place. Aside from forays to local stores for necessities like food and kitty litter, I've hardly strayed beyond... Read More....

Published Fri, Jun 04 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Making Peace with Suburbia

For a few years when I was a kid, I lived in the 'burbs. Following World War II, my parents built a house right here in Lake Oswego; in the mid-1950s, I lived for a couple of years in Marin... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

More of Where We Blog

Elderblogger Marcia Mayo has sent a photo of her computer workplace. You can see it here. You can find a list of other elderbloggers' work spaces here and get instructions here for including a photo of your blogging place. And... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 09 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

New Year's Eve Eve 2015

If you have been here for previous New Year posts, today's will be repetitive. I don't do New Year' Eve, not in what is supposed to be the traditional way. I have not been out of the house on that... Read More...

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

Am I Exhausted From the Campaign Because I'm Old?

Or is it something else? [RONNI HERE: As the subtitle says in the banner above, Time Goes By is about “What it's really like to get old.” That's what I cover here, ageing, and that's what it will continue to... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 01 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

More Hooky

Still taking a break for another day. I'll be back tomorrow. Meanwhile, did you know that YouTube has a whole bunch of full-length movies to watch? For free? (There are others for a small fee.) I'm probably way behind the... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 14 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elderblogger Meetup – An Invitation

Way back in April (well, not so long ago but it feels that way) when my Maine home had been sold, a new one found in Oregon and I was in the midst of packing for the move, I wrote... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 11 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Reverse Mortgages Part 6: The Home Appraisal

Until the bank makes their offer of the principal amount of one's reverse mortgage, the numbers you have been working with in the Good Faith Estimate of loan costs from the broker are just that, an estimate. In my case,... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 12 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and Loneliness

Recently, AARP released a survey titled Loneliness among Older Adults [pdf] which was conducted during the summer. The age group included, beginning at 45, is problematic for me. I believe loneliness among people in the middle of their career years.....

Published Fri, Oct 15 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Medicare for All

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, Oct 16 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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