Time Goes By

Elder Health and Influenza

The Labor Day holiday always reminds me that it's flu shot season and even if I had forgotten, signs were already up last week at the supermarket pharmacies. Maybe you know the statistics about flu and old people. Or maybe... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Haiku

Certainly you know haiku, the elegant Japanese form of short poetry, tiny gems usually about nature but not always. From Jokun: Ah! I intended Never never to grow old Listen: New Year's Bell! Translated into English, classic Japanese haiku consists...

Published Thu, Sep 27 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Thanks for the Link, But I'll Stick With Elderblogging

It's always nice when someone links to your blog, something Jamie Carracher of the PR firm Edelman Digital did on Monday in a post titled, Elderblogging and When a Senior Gets a Tumblr. Noting that there are 152 million blogs... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 15 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Keeping Up with Technology While Old – or Not

Have you heard about the “Internet of Things”? The idea is that before long, everything you own – toaster, refrigerator, alarm clock, heater and air conditioner, electric razor and even toilet – will be connected via computer chip to the... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 8 November 2014

FINALLY MARRIED AFTER 72 YEARS TOGETHER It took 72 years of life together but in September, Vivian Boyack and Alice “Nonie” Dubes could finally marry in Iowa. Watch. You can read more here. A "SHOPERA" IN A LONDON SUPERMARKET As... Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 08 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Is Hillary Clinton Too Old to be President?

Kentucky Senator and 2016 presidential hopeful, Rand Paul, thinks so. Here is what he told Politico this week in an interview with Mike Allen: “'I think all the polls show if [Senator Hillary Clinton] does run, she’ll win the Democrat... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Still Livin’ On

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, Oct 14 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Medicare Enrollment Information: Part 3 – Prescription Drugs

EDITORIAL NOTE: As with all these Medicare posts, it is crucial to be correct. If you find errors, please email me (as opposed to posting corrections in the comments) so I can incorporate them into the body of post where... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 18 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 29 November 2014

URSULA LE GUIN'S DON'T-MISS SPEECH On 19 November, 85-year-old fantasy and science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin accepted the Medal for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters at the 2014 National Book Awards ceremony. It's not that...

Published Sat, Nov 29 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Important Cold Weather Tips for Elders

For years now, when summer arrives, I've been posting tips for keeping cool in hot weather. It is especially important for us elders because our natural body temperature regulators don't always work as well as when we were younger and... Read...

Published Wed, Dec 03 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Women's Vote

For the past couple of days, as at least half a dozen TGB readers have let me know (what would I do without you all?), this video, endorsed by 60's phenom, Lesley Gore, has been on fire around the web:... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Big Effin' Deal from Jan Adams

UPDATE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING: I wrote this post over the weekend to help give me some time off this week but now there is Sandy. Taking nothing away from California Prop34 and Jan Adams, please feel free to also discuss... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 30 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 3 November 2012

AN EXTRA HOUR OF SLEEP TONIGHT Yes, it's that time of year again – Daylight Savings Time is ending. So turn back your clocks tonight before you go to sleep and get that hour back you lost in the spring.... Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 03 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: Special Edition for 23 July 2011

Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 23 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Norman Lear's <em>Guess Who Died?</em>

Since his well-received memoir, Even This I Get to Experience, was published in October 2014, 92-year-old Norman Lear has been making the rounds of the television and print interview circuit. He has done dozens of interviews by now but only... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 05 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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