Time Goes By

Retirement Sloth

If you are still working, today's post probably won't resonate much. But if you have been retired for awhile, perhaps you will know whereof Crabby Old Lady speaks. Or not. Crabby was laid off from what turned out to be... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 16 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Thoughts on Tucson

Since there really isn't much else to think about this week, let's keep going on the Arizona massacre. Some random thoughts: That awful church, Westboro Baptist, that demonstrates with vile signs and slogans at military funerals announced they...

Published Wed, Jan 12 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Gordon Lightfoot

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 16 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady Versus Big Pharma

In a couple of weeks, Crabby Old Lady will undergo her first cataract surgery so on Tuesday she delivered herself to the physician's office for measurement of her eye and to go over admitting procedures. Among those were an explanation... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 16 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What I Learned This Month About Being Sick While Old

One of the universal effects of getting old is that our bodies and their systems gradually slow down and operate less efficiently so illness hits us harder than when we were younger and lasts longer. I see now, as I... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 20 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elderblog List Update – November 2009

With hundreds of blogs on the Elderbloggers List, I don't often visit all of them so I'm deeply grateful to Deejay, who blogs these days at The Chinese Mirror about Chinese-language film. He took the time to click through every... Read More.....

Published Fri, Nov 13 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Social Media Jabberwocky

There is hardly a moment in Crabby Old Lady's online life when she is not being exhorted to tweet, Digg, Facebook, Yahoo Buzz, etc. everything she reads, hears, eats, believes and thinks. It's not just blogs anymore, it's newspapers big.....

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 June 2012

THE SMELL OF OLD AGE No matter what jokes young comedians make, old people smell just fine. That's according to a new study from Monell Chemical Sense Center as reported in ScienceDaily: “...humans can identify the age of other humans... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 02 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Morituri Salutamus

By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Written for the 50th anniversary of Longfellow's class at Bowdoin College in Portland, Maine. These are the final three stanzas; the full poem can be found here.) ...But why, you ask me, should this tale be... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 06 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Retirement Sloth

Thoughts on Tucson

ELDER MUSIC: Gordon Lightfoot

Crabby Old Lady Versus Big Pharma

What I Learned This Month About Being Sick While Old

Elderblog List Update – November 2009

Social Media Jabberwocky

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 June 2012

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Morituri Salutamus

INTERESTING STUFF – 15 March 2014

How Satisfying is Your Old Age?

ELDER MUSIC: Musicals

A Mental Health Day

President Obama and Social Security

What is Your Retirement Housing Preference?