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INTERESTING STUFF – 28 April 2012

A SUNDAY AT 105 This 13-minute film follows Aldéa Pellerin-Cormier through one day from early morning until time for bed. Made by her great-grandson, Daniel Leger, Ms. Pellerin-Cormier's comments are in French with English subtitles. There is more...

Published Sat, Apr 28 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Advertising the Agony of Old Age (from 2008)

EDITORIAL NOTE: Time Goes By Sunday Elder Music columnist, Peter Tibbles and his Assistant Musicologist are visiting from Melbourne for a few days. While they are here, in place of new posts are some vintage TGB stories that I kind... Read More...

Published Wed, May 02 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Thanksgiving Day 2013

I was a week late last year in discovering that 2012 was the 45th anniversary of Arlo Guthrie's epic Thanksgiving fable, Alice's Restaurant. I also discovered, all these years later, that with a couple of minor lapses, I still know... Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 28 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Physician-Assisted Suicide

My friend Wendl Kornfeld sent me a link to an impassioned rant from Dilbert creator, Scott Adams, about his 86-year-old father's final months. This excerpt gives you the gist of it: ”If my dad were a cat, we would have... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 02 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 12 May 2012

BIONIC EYES FOR ELDERS An estimated half million Amercians age 75 and older are afflicted with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) along with, eventually, the resultant blindness. Two years ago, the Federal Trade Commission approved an amazing space...

Published Sat, May 12 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Peter Tibbles' Trip to Oregon – Part 2

Ten days ago or so, I posted some photos of Time Goes By Elder Music columnist Peter Tibbles and his Assistant Musicologist, Norma, during their stay with me here in Oregon. On 3 May, I saw them off to Idaho... Read More...

Published Wed, May 16 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Vintage TGB: 2 November 2004

[Each Saturday, a vintage story from the Time Goes By archive is published here. They correspond to a date of approximately five years ago – sometimes updated, sometimes not.] Vaccine Shortages and Drug Prices In late August or early September,... Read...

Published Sat, Oct 31 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GAY AND GRAY: Assassination Scars

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, Jan 25 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Some Classical Folks

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, Jan 30 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Meaning of Happiness

I know we discussed this not long ago, but I'm doing it again anyway because I have had some interesting new input. Happiness has become big business. There are dozens of books about how to achieve it. More people have... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 11 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Touch Me

By Stanley Kunitz Summer is late, my heart. Words plucked out of the air some forty years ago when I was wild with love and torn almost in two scatter like leaves this night of whistling wind and rain. It... Read More...

Published Thu, May 24 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Welcome to Summer

Well, for friends in Australia, New Zealand and other places in the southern hemisphere, it's the beginning of winter. Nevertheless, where I live, today – Memorial Day – is the unofficial beginning of the summer season. It's a three-day weekend...

Published Mon, May 28 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady's New Brain Game

It is late Sunday afternoon, every brain cell has leaked out of Crabby Old Lady's head and she is incapable of useful thought to write a real blog post. She just wants a few words on the screen so TGB... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 03 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

THE TGB ELDER GEEK: Working with Your Photos

Virginia DeBolt (bio) writes the bi-weekly Elder Geek column for Time Goes By in which she takes the mystery out of techie things all bloggers and internet users need to know to simplify computer use. She has written several books... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 03 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Belated Thanksgiving

Somewhere around Thanksgiving, I meant to write a heartfelt thank you to all the people involved with Time Goes By and The Elder Storytelling Place. But, as we have often discussed here, time speeds by and some things get overlooked.... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 07 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

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