Time Goes By

INTERESTING STUFF – 28 November 2015

TECH TATS There are gazillion ways these days to track our health stats like blood pressure, heart rate, temperature not to mention how many steps we've taken and who knows what else. A new style of monitor, not yet available,... Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Happy Hannukah 5776

This year Hanukkah begins at about 4:30PM my time on Sunday but because Sunday is always Elder Music with Peter Tibbles day at this blog, I'm celebrating online today. I will, however, be lighting the first-night candle at the proper... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 04 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Departure from Elder Issues

The entire purpose of this blog, as the subtitle above says, is to discuss what it is really like to get old. If, in the dozen or so years of the existence of Time Goes By, I have written about... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 09 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 10 August 2013

80-SOMETHINGS ARRESTED IN WISCONSIN For singing in public. Yes. For exercising peaceful First Amendment rights. Old age doesn't make this any worse than if the singers were young but it does draw attention to frightening behavior from officials who...

Published Sat, Aug 10 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Celebrate Social Security Today

Two weeks ago, we celebrated the 48th anniversary of Medicare. Thirty years before that, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had signed into law the Social Security Act. He did that on today's date in 1935: HOW SOCIAL SECURITY HELPS AMERICANS So... Read...

Published Wed, Aug 14 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Variations on Take Five and Moanin'

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, Dec 13 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

LAGNIAPPE: Drug Company CEO Shkreli Arrested on Fraud Charges

Today's note is a perfect use of the little feature recently introduced here at TGB. Lagniappe is for short items that are extra special or time-worthy enough to post on Tuesday or Thursday, days on which I usually do not... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 17 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Good Year for Elder Actors

Not infrequently, I grumble out loud around here about how few roles, especially major roles, there are in film for elder actors. Our generation doesn't get much representation on what in our youth was called the silver screen. But not... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 21 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Century-Old Quilt – Like New

The weather has warmed enough where I live that it was time this weekend to put away the winter bed quilts for something lighter. As there are a number of color and style choices on my shelves, I can pick... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Trump's “Woman Card” is Similar to the “Old-Age Card”

Earlier this week, Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, snidely attacked the Democratic presidential candidate by saying that Secretary Hillary Clinton has nothing more going for her than the “Woman Card." Ms. Clinton's response to...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

“About” Taking a Day Off

Life has intruded and for a day or two I need take a short break from writing that requires actual thought. So here are a couple of things that won't tax my brain and I hope will amuse you. PIGS... Read More...

Published Wed, May 04 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What is Successful Ageing?

For several years now there has been a lot of talk about “successful ageing” (also called “ageing well”) and how to do it. Hardly a day goes by that I don't see a new article about it and in fact,... Read More...

Published Mon, May 09 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Singing Dead

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 15 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Me, Myself and I in Old Age

A friend who lives on the east coast mentioned to me last week that his wife, at an age when they are both coasting toward retirement, says she feels more and more like being a homebody these days. Me too.... Read More...

Published Fri, May 20 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Facts and Figures About the U.S. Elder Population

Back in 1963, President John F. Kennedy designated May as Senior Citizens Month. Two years later, Congress passed the Older American's Act to deal with a lack of community services for elders. The Act established the U.S. Administration on Aging....

Published Wed, May 25 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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