Time Goes By

ELDER MUSIC: Heroes and Villains

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 26 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Independence Day 2016

Each year we celebrate the The Declaration of Independence with parades, backyard barbecues and fireworks. All good things but it is also a good thing now and then to re-read or re-listen to the words of this powerful document that... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 04 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 16 July 2016

SECRETARY CLINTON COMMITS TO EXPANDING SOCIAL SECURITY At their appearance together last Tuesday (which this week feels like a month ago) as Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed Secretary Hillary Clinton for president, she adopted Sanders's position on...

Published Sat, Jul 16 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Importance of the Latest Old Age Suit

It was way back in 2005 that I first read that airplane manufacturer Boeing, using an “age suit,” was researching changes that could make airline travel easier for elders. The company was probably using a version of AGNES (acronym for... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 11 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The 7th of April 2016

This is Peter Tibbles. I'm usually lurking over there on Sunday but now and again I pop up my head on other days and take over the column, so here I am again. This is because Ronni turns 75 today... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 07 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 10 October 2015

IMAGES OF SOLITUDE Each month, the online Guardian selects a theme and invites readers from around the world to send their travel photographs depicting that topic. As serendipity would have it, on Friday I wrote about rediscovering my solitude and......

Published Sat, Oct 10 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 1 October 2010

Interesting Stuff is an occasional column of short takes and links to web items that have recently caught my attention – some related to aging and some not. All readers are welcome to submit items for inclusion. Just click Contact... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 01 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Rodgers & Hart

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, Oct 30 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 3 December 2016

* HAT TREE ORNAMENT Maybe it's not enough, all those red Make America Great Again hats. Now you can have a miniature one as a Christmas ornament at a whole lot more than a miniature price: If you need to... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 03 2016 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

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

INTERESTING STUFF – 31 December 2016

THE NEW YEAR THAT IS UPON US Here we are today at the end of another year. This is the final Interesting Stuff and the final post overall for the year of 2016, which passes into history tonight. My first... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 31 2016 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

REFLECTIONS: On Fascism

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the twice-monthly Reflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest generation....

Published Wed, May 05 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Fear of Food

About ten years ago, on the evening before an airplane flight, Crabby Old Lady ate a bad oyster. Not that she knew it right away. She attended a meeting in San Francisco the next morning and then boarded her noon... Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 02 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

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