Time Goes By

An Extraordinary Personal Health Essay

When, last year, the shock of being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer had subsided to a small degree, I set about deciding whether to write about it in these pages. A whole bunch of thoughts filled my head: This is blog... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 26 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Everly Brothers

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 25 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 24 February 2018

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO RIDE A FOUR-PERSON BOBSLED This video, shot with a GoPro camera, gives us a glimpse of the excitement involved with bobsledding. This is a four-person bobsled but the camera is at the front so we don't... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 24 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Net Neutrality Dies on 23 April Plus The Alex and Ronni Show

It surprised me to find that the first interview I did via Skype with my former husband Alex Bennett was published here way back last September. (Blame that damned time-goes-faster-as-you-get-older phenomenon.) Ever since, Alex has been nudging me to...

Published Fri, Feb 23 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Pet Adoption and Old People

A few days ago, TGB reader Trudy Kappel emailed about elders and pets: I am the same age as you and my beloved and aged cat died a few weeks ago,” wrote Trudy. “Right now it is much too soon... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 21 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Thank You. President's Day. The Parody Project.

Yesterday, the annual TGB donation drive ended. I'll bet you're glad to get rid of those notices at the top of last week's posts. As in the past, I am dismayed at your generosity and there are so many of... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 19 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Night They Invented Champagne

TIME GOES BY DONATION WEEK - LAST DAY Hurray. This is the last day of the 2018 TGB donation drive to help support the increasing costs of maintaining Time Goes By. You can read the details on Monday's post. Whether... Read More...

Published Sun, Feb 18 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 17 February 2018

TIME GOES BY DONATION WEEK Hurray. Just one more day left of the 2018 TGB donation drive to help support the increasing costs of maintaining Time Goes By. You can read the details on Monday's post. Whether you donate or... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 17 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady and Kids' Names for Grandparents

TIME GOES BY DONATION WEEK REMINDER We are nearly at the end of the 2018 TGB donation drive to help support the costs of maintaining Time Goes By. Just two more days to go. You can read the donation drive... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 16 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ivanka Trump, Social Security and Valentine's Day

TIME GOES BY DONATION WEEK REMINDER This is day three of the 2018 TGB donation drive to help support the increasing costs of maintaining Time Goes By. You can read the details on Monday's post. Whether you donate or not,... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 14 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Annual TimeGoesBy Donation Week 2018

Here I am having been annoyed all week by the constant drumbeat of NPR's winter donation drive and now find myself kicking off the annual donation drive for TimeGoesBy. Inconsistency thy name is Ronni. I'll try to keep the irritation... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 12 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: LPs and EPs

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 11 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 10 February 2018

THE OLDEST RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD Botin Restaurant has been open for business every day for the past 293 years. In that time, since 1725, the oven fire has never been extinguished. ”According to deputy manager Luis Javier Sànchez Alvarez,... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 10 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When You are Well Again

”...the thing is, once something goes wrong, forever after you know that something CAN go wrong. Up until then, we're all blessed with kind of an ignorant sense of invincibility... “None of us know what's going to hit us out... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 09 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Cancer and an Altered Self-Image

We don't much think about – or, perhaps, it is I who has not done so – who we are. What descriptions we have of ourselves accumulate, I think, over our lifetimes and we hardly notice it happening: doctor, lawyer,... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 07 2018 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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