Time Goes By

Some Old People's Household Habits

There was a mildly sheepish quality to my voice. I could hear it as, during a long phone visit with a good friend, I tentatively asked (while also wondering to myself if I could quickly withdraw the question if it... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 08 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Death With Dignity and the Supreme Court Nominee

It's not often I can combine an age-related post with a political one as directly as I can today so I'm taking advantage of it while the opportunity is here. When I moved to Oregon nearly seven years ago, the... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 06 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1957 Yet 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 05 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 4 February 2017

DON'T EVER DOUBT WHAT YOU CAN OVERCOME AGAIN. EVER It's been several months since Darlene Costner sent this video and I've waited too long to show it to you. It's a promo for the Rio Paralympics last year. Not the... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 04 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Only 12 Percent of Elders Have Dental Coverage

Just two more appointments, if all goes well, and by the end of February I will be finished at last with a long, complicated dental procedure that began in 2014. About a year ago, I told you about growing new... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 03 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night?

As you might imagine, in 20 years of researching what it's like to grow old and writing about it for nearly 13 years, I think about death and dying now and then. At the most pratical level, we who are... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 01 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

First They Came For the Immigrants...

On Saturday morning, I put the finishing touches on what I thought would be today's post about President Donald Trump's awful first week in office. It began like this: Does anyone else think it's weird that President Donald Trump shows......

Published Mon, Jan 30 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Sweetheart of the Rodeo

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, Jan 29 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 28 January 2017

CAROLE KING'S UPATED VERSION OF ONE SMALL VOICE In 1971, I got through the first horrible weeks of separation prior to my divorce by listening to composer Carole King's “Tapestry” album over and over and over and over again .... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 28 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Done With Self-Improvement

EDITORIAL NOTE: Please take note of a new regular section at the bottom of today's post. * * * During most of my adult life, the United States has been big on self-improvement. Thousands of books bear witness to this... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 27 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Excellent Tool for Doctor Visit

For good reasons that are not pertinent to this post, in November I fired my doctor. Five or six weeks later, after an hour with my new primary care physician, I was pleased to feel that I had found someone... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 25 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The New President's First Official Act

FIRST, A NOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL TGB READERS: The outpouring of protest at the Saturday Women's March in cities across the U.S. turned out to be much larger than anyone anticipated – certainly me. And what surprised me most - in... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 23 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Name Dropper Hummel

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, Jan 22 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 January 2017

A SENSE OF PURPOSE This is a video about what happened when the U.S. Department of Labor stepped in to enforce their employment regulations against piece workers in a retirement home. It was produced last year by students in The... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 21 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What are You Doing During Today's Inauguration?

Civil Rights hero John Lewis has been the representative for the state of Georgia's Fifth Congressional District since 1987. He has taken a lot of tweet vitriol from the new president for announcing that he is boycotting today's inauguration....

Published Fri, Jan 20 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Some Old People's Household Habits

Death With Dignity and the Supreme Court Nominee

ELDER MUSIC: 1957 Yet Again

INTERESTING STUFF – 4 February 2017

Only 12 Percent of Elders Have Dental Coverage

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night?

First They Came For the Immigrants...

ELDER MUSIC: Sweetheart of the Rodeo

INTERESTING STUFF – 28 January 2017

Done With Self-Improvement

Excellent Tool for Doctor Visit

The New President's First Official Act

ELDER MUSIC: Name Dropper Hummel

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 January 2017

What are You Doing During Today's Inauguration?