Time Goes By

Elders Re-Enact Famous Movie Scenes

By the time most of you read today's post, I will have undergone cataract surgery on my left eye and be home already. I am scheduled for the procedure at 9AM and told I will be ready to leave by... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 27 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Korean Elders v. McDonald's

It is a long-established fact that isolation in old age is deadly. As the late geriatrician Robert N. Butler – who invented the term “ageism” in 1968 – wrote in his final book, The Longevity Prescription, ”Connectivity enhances health...the link... Read...

Published Fri, Jan 31 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Well Do You Sleep?

As I have undoubtedly mentioned here from time to time, I don't sleep worth a damn. If it's not that I need to pee, it's waking at ungodly early hours - like 2:30AM - without a chance of going back... Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 20 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

REFLECTIONS: The Long View

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the twice-monthlyReflections 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. His...

Published Tue, Nov 24 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Getting Old Might Soon Get Easier

Last week, one of the fluorescent tubes, hidden behind a decorative panel at the top of my kitchen cupboards, burned out for the first time since I moved here last May. To remove it and see what I needed to... Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 08 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Terrible Billionaire Effect

What Citizens United hath wrought: The media, the pundits and the Republicans themselves say they expect a billion dollars to be spent to elect Mitt Romney president. Think of it: a billion dollars and what sane people could do with... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 04 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When Aging is a Good Thing

That headline, “When Aging is a Good Thing,” turned up earlier this week in the Wall Street Journal but hardly in a positive sense. Since the story is about aged beef at a certain Manhattan restaurant, the headline is a... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 13 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Of a Holiday, Contest Winners and a Favorite Elder

Henry Lowenstern regularly contributes five-line ditties and limericks to The Elder Storytelling Place. He sent one for today's green holiday. A Bit of Irish History St. Patrick checked out all the lakes of Ireland, playing ducks and drakes, and turning...

Published Mon, Mar 17 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

An Elder Weight Control Plan

A few days ago, I mentioned in reference to something else that after having lost a great deal of weight last year, some of it has been creeping back so I'm being extra diligent now about what goes in my... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 15 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

G&G: Applying for Medicare While Gay

Gay and Gray is a monthly column at Time Goes By written by Jan Adams (bio) in which she thinks out loud for us on issues of aging lesbians and gay men. Jan also writes on many topics at her... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 19 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Help Save Social Security Today

I know some of you, certainly those outside the U.S., are may be frustrated that I keep banging on about Social Security and I promise we'll do something fun here before the week is out. But there is also serious... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1949

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, Apr 13 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Mental Health Day No. 2

What an interesting and fruitful discussion we had on Tuesday on the post about retirement living preferences. If you haven't read the comments, you should. You will be enlightened. Elizabeth left a comment that may or may not have been... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 17 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Mental Health Day 5

Tom Delmore of crowsperch sent this little image. I think that for almost everyone it takes a lifetime to not only understand that what others think of us doesn't matter but to learn the greater truth, how you see yourself... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 22 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

National Grilled Cheese Month

I don't know who decides these things, but I have learned that today marks the beginning of National Grilled Cheese Month. I know – it's April Fool's Day, but this isn't a joke. It's just something silly to do on... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 01 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

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