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ELDER MUSIC: Classical Chain

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, Oct 30 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Brassieres and Elder Women

An email arrives from TGB reader, Judith: I am a 36B, take my bra off whenever I hit the door, feel dragged down by breasts when tired or hot, hate the bra pressure under my breasts, chafe in the summer,... Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 03 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

New Elderblog List

Aside from personal R&R, my goals for last week's hiatus from daily blogging were to finish the updated elderblog list and make some back end changes to Time Goes By. There is success and there is failure, the latter due... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 04 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When Elder Capabilities Wane

Recently, I was alerted to an episode of Monday Mornings, a new medical drama on the TNT television channel inspired by a novel from TV physician/reporter, Sanjay Gupta, who serves as executive producer of the series. Although it appears (from... Read...

Published Fri, Mar 08 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1967

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, Nov 06 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Forgotten Generations and Ageism

REMINDER: Beginning today, Time Goes By will not be published on Tuesdays and Thursdays as in the past 10 years. This is an experiment to be re-evaluated in the fall. In addition, links are no longer appended at the bottom... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 13 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Disengagement in Old Age

Readers sometimes send me interesting questions about getting old (as if you think I actually have answers). When they are specific and about topics on which there is a body of knowledge and consensus from experts, I can act as... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 17 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Chicago Blues

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, Jan 10 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Don't Trust What They Tell You

About a hundred years ago when Crabby Old Lady was a young woman – girl, actually, no more than a teenager – first living on her own, she overspent on her first credit card. The debt was so large that... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

It's About Retired Men Today

If you read this blog regularly, you know there are a lot more women who comment than men. That is likely due to the fact that there are more elder women than men – we (women) tend to live longer... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 22 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Growing Old with Long Gray Hair

It was about three-and-a-half years ago that we had a terrific discussion about long hair on elder women. I went back to re-read it over the weekend because I was delighted with this comment that arrived on Saturday from a... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 29 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Rest in Peace Roy Leitz

Many of you who read TGB's companion blog, The Elder Storytelling Place, will certainly know Nancy Leitz, one of the best storytellers we have at that blog. She has been missing from the mix for the past several months after... Read More...

Published Fri, May 03 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders' Fading Five Senses

On Wednesday's post about striving, a commenter named Jack used a terrific phrase I'd never run into before – at least not in relation to dental ills. He wrote that he is “in the process of outliving his teeth.” TASTE... Read More...

Published Fri, May 08 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Growing Old with Unrealized Ambitions

It has been awhile since we've had a reader-suggested conversation which makes it high time, I think, to do so. Today's comes from Anne Brew who tells me in an email that although she spent her career as a primary... Read More...

Published Wed, May 13 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How to Celebrate Older Americans Month

May is Older Americans Month. It is also Jewish American Heritage Month, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Mental Health Awareness Month, National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, and National Foster Care Month but this is a blog about growing...

Published Mon, May 18 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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ELDER MUSIC: Classical Chain

Brassieres and Elder Women

New Elderblog List

When Elder Capabilities Wane

ELDER MUSIC: 1967

The Forgotten Generations and Ageism

Disengagement in Old Age

ELDER MUSIC: Chicago Blues

Don't Trust What They Tell You

It's About Retired Men Today

Growing Old with Long Gray Hair

Rest in Peace Roy Leitz

Elders' Fading Five Senses

Growing Old with Unrealized Ambitions

How to Celebrate Older Americans Month