Time Goes By

Sorting a Lifetime of Books

It's a long way from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon – somewhere, according to Google Maps, in the realm of 3,300 miles depending on which highway you drive – and the moving company is going to charge a lot of... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 12 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 27 August 2010

This edition of Interesting Stuff is top-heavy with video, silliness and fun, but not entirely. Enjoy. ELDER TELEMEDICINE Only 11 percent of medical schools in the U.S. require geriatric training and there are not now, nor will there be in... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 27 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Day After the Final Presidential Debate of 2016

Like all previous debate moderators, Chris Wallace reminded the audience of thousands at last night's final debate in Las Vegas that they were spectators, not participants and he admonished them to withhold applause, laughter, boos and cheers. But...

Published Thu, Oct 20 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders' Fading Five Senses

On Wednesday's post about striving, a commenter named Jack used a terrific phrase I'd never run into before – at least not in relation to dental ills. He wrote that he is “in the process of outliving his teeth.” TASTE... Read More...

Published Fri, May 08 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The New Telephone Culture

One of the most dramatic cultural changes in the lifetimes of those who read this blog is the fading of the telephone from our lives – at least for its original intended use. I had been thinking about how little... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 21 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

How It is to Be Old

Having fallen asleep with the television on a few nights ago, I woke a couple of hours later to the fragment of a sentence just before a commercial began: “...young people wondering how it is to be old.” Sleep for... Read More...

Published Wed, May 07 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

At ESP: My Forever Amber

Although Time Goes By is on haitus this week, there are new stories at The Elder Storytelling Place. Today's is from Lyn Burstine, titled My Forever Amber. Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 20 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Statistical Notes on the U.S. 65-Plus Population

The United States Bureau of the Census is a formidable agency. It's primary responsibility is, as we know, to conduct the constitutionally-mandated nose count of the population every ten years ending in a zero but it collects much more information...

Published Thu, Mar 27 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Nancy Lazinsky at ESP

I'm on hiatus until Monday 19 September. The Elder Storytelling Place continues as will Interesting Stuff on Saturday and Peter Tibbles' Elder Music on Sunday. At The Elder Storytelling Place today, Nancy Lazinsky: My Crosley Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 15 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Shakespeare's Old Age

I am the first to admit that my knowledge of Shakespeare is spotty and even that may be overstating it. Something like a hundred years ago, I read all 37 plays along with some learned commentary and have re-read or... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 25 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Growing Old with Long Gray Hair

It was about three-and-a-half years ago that we had a terrific discussion about long hair on elder women. I went back to re-read it over the weekend because I was delighted with this comment that arrived on Saturday from a... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 29 2013 5:30 AM by 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

Living and Dying: A Love Story

At the bottom of this page is the latest edition of The Alex and Ronni Show – a conversation between me and my former husband, Alex Bennett, that we recorded on Tuesday. Early in the recording, Alex (who lives in... Read More...

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

Stephen Hawking 1942 – 2018

Even though I generally can't understand anything about physics, gravity, black holes and all the other challenging subjects physicist Stephen Hawking studied, I've always read everything I came across about him and somehow, even though he had...

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

On Your “Best Behavior” When the Children Visit?

Last month, a TGB reader we call A asked for your thoughts on making decisions about how and where to live when you're old and single and wow! – you gave us all an excellent conversation with all kinds of... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2015 5:10 AM by TIME GOES BY

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