Time Goes By

Do You Use Feedburner for Your Blog's Subscriptions?

Time Goes By and The Elder Storytelling Place do and according to Google, which owns Feedburner, it will soon shut down. Well, not quite shut down; here's how our old tech guru friend, Web Teacher Virginia DeBolt, explains it: ”On... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Aging in Place – Your Town

I grew up in suburban Oregon and California so I had a good deal of experience with suburban living before I moved here to Lake Oswego, Oregon, four years ago. I also lived for 40 years in New York City... Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 15 2014 8:20 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 24 March 2012

Happy weekend, everyone. Ronni here. Today's Interesting Stuff is almost entirely about animals. It was turning out that way so I just went with the flow. There are several birds, a cat, a whole lot of fish – beautiful fish... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 24 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The 27 Club

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 06 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What Have You Stopped Doing in Old Age?

I am on an overnight visit to Astoria and although there is a list of posts I want to write, most require research and reporting. It's a matter of available time. Writing yesterday's post reminded me of this TGB golden... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Update: Social Security and Government Shutdown

May I just say: Good god, I'm tired of this shit. Congress members spend 50 percent of their time raising money from corporations for their next campaign; another 25 percent yammering inanities at media cameras; and when you subtract meal... Read...

Published Fri, Feb 25 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1949

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, Apr 13 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Memorial Day 2014

This is a good day for a bit of discussion about the recent media attention to the problems of health care at the U.S. Veterans Administration. Last February, Senate Republicans blocked important legislation from Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of...

Published Mon, May 26 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Maria Muldaur

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, Aug 05 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 17 May 2014

MOVIE: A SHORT HISTORY OF DECAY It is easy to think at first that this is a quiet little family comedy in which nothing much happens. But under the surface it is roiling with the difficult dynamics common to many... Read More...

Published Sat, May 17 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Christmas 2016

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 25 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Watching Myself Grow Old

A couple of weeks ago, we had a long discussion about cosmetic surgery in old age. The comments score pro and con, if you don't count a few who confused cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, was about 50/50. It baffles me... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 04 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

News About Old People - 11 January 2017

Here are a few items I want to tell you about that do not quite fit Saturday's Interesting Stuff and are also not big enough or meaty enough for a post of their own. Even so, I think you might... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 11 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 January 2017

SOMETHING SPECIAL HAPPENED AT THE SUPERMARKET Between an old person and a four-year-old kid. MY GOD, I WILL MISS BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA On 6 January at the White House, Michelle Obama gave gave her final speech as First Lady.... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 14 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Some Advantages of Being Old

Crabby Old Lady and I have spent a lot of time here in the past couple of months writing about one of the big downsides of old age, serious medical problems. Let's do something different today. Here is a list... Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 08 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Do You Use Feedburner for Your Blog's Subscriptions?

Aging in Place – Your Town

INTERESTING STUFF – 24 March 2012

ELDER MUSIC: The 27 Club

What Have You Stopped Doing in Old Age?

Update: Social Security and Government Shutdown

ELDER MUSIC: 1949

Memorial Day 2014

ELDER MUSIC: Maria Muldaur

INTERESTING STUFF – 17 May 2014

ELDER MUSIC: Christmas 2016

Watching Myself Grow Old

News About Old People - 11 January 2017

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 January 2017

Some Advantages of Being Old