Time Goes By

Too Old To Run for Congress?

On Saturday, I received a query from Huffington Post Live about appearing today on a panel discussion titled Too Old to Run? Circumstances prevented my participation but not my consideration of the question. [NOTE: You can see the live discussion... Read...

Published Mon, Jan 28 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Disliking Our Mothers

My mention last week that I did not particularly like my mother caused a bit of a stir, enough so that Katie called it out in her own comment: ”What really strikes me though, throughout today's conversation, is how many... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 09 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Poem: On Approaching Seventy and Baking Bread

More than 40 years ago there was, in the weekend house in upstate New York I shared with the man I then lived with, a woodburning kitchen stove. That's it. You either built a fire or you didn't get hot... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 13 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Reason Old People Forget Things

About ten days ago, I wrote about being so forgetful now that I had gone to the store with only one item in mind and got home with six other things but not the apples I intended. According to the... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 17 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Aging as an Extreme Sport

Although I have never met him, one of my favorite people in the “aging business” (if you will) is Joe Coughlin. He is the founder and director of the MIT AgeLab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I've mentioned the AgeLab from time... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 21 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

An Open Letter to Arthur S. Brisbane at the NYT

This letter has been sitting on my to-do list since at least last January. I finally settled down yesterday, got it written and emailed it to Arthur S. Brisbane who is the public editor at The New York Times. Dear... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 25 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

We are the Last Generation To...

On Monday at The Elder Storytelling Place, Ann Berger wrote about the horse, Lady, who took her to school each day when she was a child. With the possible exception of a few families living in the rural wilds of... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 09 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Singing about Jazz Musicians

You never know who you're going to meet on the internet and I came to know Peter Tibbles (bio here) via email over the past couple of years. His extensive knowledge of most genres of music and his excellent taste... Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 13 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When Television is Really Good

It is fashionable, in certain circles, to claim that television is a lowbrow form of entertainment not worthy of time and attention. I beg to differ. There are execrable shows, for sure, but I have been impressed in recent years... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 17 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Supporting the Senate Health Care Bill

So the Senate voted early this morning to end debate on their version of a health care bill. Why it was done in the middle of the night is a mystery. After eight months of raucous debate, it wasn't going... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 21 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Christmas Day 2009

A couple of weeks ago, Darlene Costner of Darlene's Hodgepodge sent this video of the most amazing private Christmas light display ever. Enjoy. And a few days after that, Darlene sent this one – high school students. Darlene is the... Read More.....

Published Fri, Dec 25 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 25 April 2015

YOU'LL BE GETTING A NEW MEDICARE CARD People have long complained (correctly) that Social Security numbers displayed prominently on the U.S. Medicare card makes identity theft easy. It's right there in the middle labeled “Medicare Claim Number...

Published Sat, Apr 25 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Better Brain Health

I am alone in my greatest fear of old age: losing my mind. Okay, these days the more polite terms are dementia and Alzheimer's but the words amount to the same thing. ”In 2013, a YouGov survey...found that Americans of... Read More...

Published Fri, May 01 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

At ESP: Elderly Love

Although Time Goes By is on haitus this week, there are new stories at The Elder Storytelling Place. Today's is from Joanne Zimmermann, titled Elderly Love. Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 22 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady: A Tale of Two Blogs About Aging

When Crabby Old Lady started this blog a decade ago, hardly anyone else was writing about aging – not online, in magazines and newspapers or anywhere else. Apparently it was too much of a bummer in those days to remind... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 26 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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