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Everyday Ageism

This year-long, presidential primary has given Americans (and the world) an education in what brazenly overt racism looks and sounds like. Until this election campaign, it bubbled under the surface hiding behind euphemisms (that we all recognize but too...

Published Mon, Jun 13 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Wedding Bells

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, Jun 12 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 11 June 2016

ACTOR MERYL STREEP AS DONALD TRUMP At a fundraiser last Monday night for New York City's Shakespeare in the Park, Meryl Streep impersonates Donald Trump. There is not nearly as much video as you would like and it's terrible quality.... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 11 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Historic Week for Women's Equality and Our Generation Did It

Are you as thrilled as I am? For the first time in the history of the United States a woman is representing one of the two major political parties in the election for president. Wow. Are you grinning as much... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 10 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Terrible Consequences of Sleep Deprivation – Part 2

As I explained in Part 1 on Monday, for four months this year, I tried to function on two to three hours of sleep a night. This was due to the sudden onset, sometime in January, of a nightly crescendo... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 08 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Terrible Consequences of Sleep Deprivation – Part 1

There is a reason sadists keep sleep deprivation in their torture arsenal. As Dr. Kelly Bulkeley writes at Psychology Today online: ”...prolonged sleep deprivation is an especially insidious form of torture because it attacks the deep biological functions...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Romeo and Juliet

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, Jun 05 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 4 June 2016

OBAMA CALLS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY EXPANSION Several times during budget negotiations with Congress during his administration, President Barack Obama supported and even suggested cuts to Social Security: ”The cut Obama came closest to passing,” Huffington...

Published Sat, Jun 04 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

As Forgetfulness Sneaks Up

As you will see from today's post, I had such a good time recently re-reading a 35-year-old collection by American poet laureate, Billy Collins, that I couldn't resist a second post (see Wednesday). Collins and I both turned 75 this... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 03 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Ordinary Artifacts of Everyday Life

Because we are human, we have our frailties. One of mine is that it is hard to imagine the world without me in it, a world in which I am not taking up some amount of space along with the... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Memorial Day 2016

Today, we honor the men and women who have died while serving in America's armed forces. Today, there will be parades in thousands of cities and towns throughout the country. Today, there will also be the annual National Memorial Day... Read More...

Published Mon, May 30 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1958 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, May 29 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 28 May 2016

MAN DRIVES SAME CAR FOR 77 YEARS It was a happy day for me when, having moved to New York City in early 1969, I could sell the car. It didn't please me when I left Manhattan and needed a... Read More...

Published Sat, May 28 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Expectations Versus Reality About Old Age

Not too long ago, my Canadian blog friend, doctafil, emailed a story from the Montreal Gazette that contained a lot of statistics and information about how people are growing old in Canada. The serendipity is that it arrived when I... Read More...

Published Fri, May 27 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Facts and Figures About the U.S. Elder Population

Back in 1963, President John F. Kennedy designated May as Senior Citizens Month. Two years later, Congress passed the Older American's Act to deal with a lack of community services for elders. The Act established the U.S. Administration on Aging....

Published Wed, May 25 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Everyday Ageism

ELDER MUSIC: Wedding Bells

INTERESTING STUFF – 11 June 2016

A Historic Week for Women's Equality and Our Generation Did It

The Terrible Consequences of Sleep Deprivation – Part 2

The Terrible Consequences of Sleep Deprivation – Part 1

ELDER MUSIC: Romeo and Juliet

INTERESTING STUFF – 4 June 2016

As Forgetfulness Sneaks Up

The Ordinary Artifacts of Everyday Life

Memorial Day 2016

ELDER MUSIC: 1958 Yet Again

INTERESTING STUFF – 28 May 2016

Expectations Versus Reality About Old Age

Facts and Figures About the U.S. Elder Population