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LAGNIAPPE: A Woman's Solution to Gun Violence

On Saturday I asked if readers would be interested In a single “interesting stuff” item on Tuesdays and Thursdays since I no longer write full blog posts on those days and I often have more interesting stuff than there is... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Holiday Pet Feast

You might have noticed that I am mostly taking off these two holiday weeks from anything serious. A kind of vacation to get rested for the new year. Today's silliness dropped into my inbox at the last minute. You've probably... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ray's Music Exchange

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, Jan 03 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 9 January 2016

STUNNING AGEISM VIDEO Take a look at this advertising experiment created by Australia's Apia Insurance. In some ways, it is shocking – in others, unsurprising. It's also worth watching this short “making of” video that goes with advert. Give a...

Published Sat, Jan 09 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Becoming Stronger, Faster, Smarter in Old Age

On Monday's post about the newest old age suit, TGB reader Cathy Johnson commented that although the suits are probably a good thing, ”I wouldn't mind some breaking news that there's something that WILL make me stronger, faster and reverse...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

It is sometimes said that old people have better memories for events that happened decades ago than for what they had for breakfast this morning. As we have discussed here many times, old-age short-term memory difficulties certainly are annoying (the...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2016 6:12 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1951 Yet Again

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, Jan 24 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 30 January 2016

ACTOR ABE VIGODA DIES - AGAIN Remember Barney Miller? And remember the loveable Detective Fish on that show. His daughter announced this week that he died in his sleep at age 94. But he had died once before – sort... Read More...

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

Reporting From the Country of Old Age

As I've told you ad nauseum here, I started studying ageing 20-odd years ago because the received wisdom everywhere in those days was that getting old is awful, the worst thing that could happen to anyone. It consists, they all... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

On the Move

This is the dread extraction day on my journey to a denture. It's an early appointment – 8AM – so by the time most of you read this, it will be over and, I assume, I'll be napping. One of... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 17 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Songs About Films

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, Mar 21 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Rain 2

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 18 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Planes

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 24 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 30 April 2016

STILL DREAMING This documentary follows some of the residents of the Lillian Booth Actors Home in New Jersey as two young theatrical directors rehearse them for a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream. As we come to know the elders... Read More...

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

Old People's Take on the 2016 Presidential Campaign

This blog is about “what it's really like to get old.” Almost always, you can rely on that and when the topic does go sideways, usually there is a component – however small – that involves elders. Maybe not today.... Read More...

Published Fri, May 06 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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LAGNIAPPE: A Woman's Solution to Gun Violence

A Holiday Pet Feast

Ray's Music Exchange

INTERESTING STUFF – 9 January 2016

Becoming Stronger, Faster, Smarter in Old Age

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

ELDER MUSIC: 1951 Yet Again

INTERESTING STUFF – 30 January 2016

Reporting From the Country of Old Age

On the Move

ELDER MUSIC: Songs About Films

ELDER MUSIC: Rain 2

ELDER MUSIC: Planes

INTERESTING STUFF – 30 April 2016

Old People's Take on the 2016 Presidential Campaign