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ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2012 - Part 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 Mon, Dec 31 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ageist Politics

As the debate on the fiscal cliff was winding down toward the deadline earlier this week, Representative Steve LaTourette (R–OH) is said to have told his Congressional colleagues: “We should not take a package put together by a bunch of... Read More....

Published Fri, Jan 04 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Social Life in Old Age

It has become a tenet of old age that without plenty of friends and family, and an active social life, we are doomed to die before our time. In fact, one study, as reported in The Guardian last year, went... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1969 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, Feb 01 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Bear with Me Through This Bug

Just as I'm all revved up for a leap back into blogging, wham! Some kind of bug hit me Monday morning bringing along aches, pains, a cotton head and general flu-ishness. Maybe if I'd taken the flu shot last week... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 20 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 24 September 2011

I'm just back from a flu-fogged week during which there was hardly any media in my life. Hence, a shorter Interesting Stuff today with a bit of an editorial toward the end. WHITE HOUSE HOME BREW A couple of weeks... Read More...

Published Sat, Sep 24 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Last Acts of Kindness

Here we are, you and I, hanging out on a blog that states right at the top that it is about “what it's really like to get old” and yet we don't talk about death and dying – or hardly... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 28 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Franz Schubert

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, Mar 08 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

2015 Best Media Effort in Combatting Ageism

Pretty much all media is rife with ageist references and language. Just now as I begin writing this post, Today show host Matt Lauer, droning on in the background, said that actor Florence Henderson is “81 years young.” Some people... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 12 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

“At 80, We Understand We are Extraterrestrial”

Maybe you know of Donald Hall. He is a well known as a poet. In fact, The Library of Congress appointed him poet laureate in 2006. He tells us now in Essays at Eighty that the muse of poetry has... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 16 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Uncertainty in Old Age

Just some stuff that's been floating around in my head. Among the mantras of our recession that has been annoying me is the insistence from bankers, Wall Street, CEOs, right wing politicians and pundits that the economic climate will not... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 20 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Distracted on Sunday Afternoon

The intention was to write about something else for today, but there were other obligations on Sunday and the time set aside for writing today's post was, instead, spent with The New York Times - in particular, the newspaper's extensive... Read...

Published Mon, Oct 24 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What Sequestration Means for Elders

In nine days, on 1 March, the so-called “sequestration” - also known as the Budget Control Act - will take effect meaning automatic and immediate across-the-board cuts to federal spending in the amount of $85 billion for 2013. That is,... Read More.....

Published Wed, Feb 20 2013 5:32 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

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ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2012 - Part 2

Ageist Politics

Social Life in Old Age

ELDER MUSIC: 1969 Again

Bear with Me Through This Bug

INTERESTING STUFF: 24 September 2011

Last Acts of Kindness

ELDER MUSIC: Franz Schubert

2015 Best Media Effort in Combatting Ageism

“At 80, We Understand We are Extraterrestrial”

Uncertainty in Old Age

Distracted on Sunday Afternoon

What Sequestration Means for Elders

The Forgotten Generations and Ageism

Disengagement in Old Age