Time Goes By

A Mental Health Day

Over the years, I have known a number of screenwriters. And over those same years, as we grew older, they got fewer and fewer jobs. Ageism in Hollywood is not new; women actors over the age of 30 or so... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 01 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Romney/Ryan Relying on Greedy Geezers

It's pretty funny watching Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his surrogates trying to distance him from his running mate's budget that explicitly states, among other draconian measures, there would be more tax cuts for the wealthy...

Published Tue, Aug 14 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 8 September 2012

COOL KICKS FOR GRANDMA For many years, I have been bitching that the majority commercials with and for elders advertise only products to treat icky conditions. But this is a terrific exception and a clever appeal to both young and... Read More...

Published Sat, Sep 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Louis Armstrong

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, Sep 09 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Being Old is Time Consuming

Crabby Old Lady is worn out and it's not because she has been extra special busy lately. It's just ordinary living that takes up more time than it did when she was younger. Or, maybe, it's the consequences of ordinary... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 05 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 July 2012

END OF MINITEL IN FRANCE In 1988, when I visited an American friend working in Paris for several months, she showed me the most amazing appliance – the Minitel. Long before there were personal computers, in France nearly everyone had... Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 14 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Woody Guthrie

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, Jul 15 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 9 April 2011

Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 09 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER PROSE: <em>Somewhere Toward the End</em>

In her 2009 award-winning memoir, Somewhere Towards the End, Diana Athill writes: “I am puzzled by something which I believe I share with a good many other oldies: I have gone off novels... “...'going off' novels doesn't mean that I... Read...

Published Fri, Aug 10 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Aches and Pains

IMPORTANT UPDATE to Tuesday's post on 2011 health care changes: the provision for Medicare to pay physicians for annual, voluntary, end-of-life counseling has been rescinded. Robert Pear, writing in The New York Times yesterday, explained: “While...

Published Thu, Jan 06 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Losing 30 Pounds in 10 Months

More of you than I would have expected want to know some details about my weight loss. So here goes. Understand that there are no surprises. Like I said a couple of days ago, I have no magic potion; I... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 10 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 11 January 2014

POLAR VORTEX My part of the U.S., northwest Oregon, escaped the extreme cold that plagued most of the nation early last week. The extreme sub-zero temperatures produced an avalanche (sorry) of odd news coverage. Here are several: You might have... Read...

Published Sat, Jan 11 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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