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Ray's Music Exchange

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, Jan 03 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 January 2016

THE SUM OF OUR LIVES What if in the afterlife, you relive all of your experiences but this time, you experience them grouped together? You’d spend six weeks clipping your nails, for example, then 15 months looking for lost items,... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 02 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Poem to Welcome 2016

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote here of a new study from Yale's Becca Levy about how negative beliefs about growing may correlate with later onset of Alzheimer's disease. In case anyone misunderstood, it was not my intention to... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

New Year's Eve Eve 2015

If you have been here for previous New Year posts, today's will be repetitive. I don't do New Year' Eve, not in what is supposed to be the traditional way. I have not been out of the house on that... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 30 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Holiday Pet Feast

You might have noticed that I am mostly taking off these two holiday weeks from anything serious. A kind of vacation to get rested for the new year. Today's silliness dropped into my inbox at the last minute. You've probably... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up for the Second Half of 2015

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, Dec 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 26 December 2015

101 YEAR OLD WOMAN SEES HERSELF ON TELEVISION First, the wimp website posted this video of 101-year old Albina Foisy who had asked her son to stop the car so she would play in the snow. It went viral on... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 26 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Merry Christmas, Everyone - 2015

Here it is Christmas Day again. Every damned year I say to myself, “Huh? Didn't we do this just last week? Of course, only old people say things like that. If you've got any little kids around you know they... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 25 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ghost Stores for Christmas Eve Eve

Here is an 1842 John Leech illustration of Ebenezer Scrooge and Marley's Ghost from, of course, the classic holiday story by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. I stole that image from an article at Paris Review that dropped in my... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 23 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Good Year for Elder Actors

Not infrequently, I grumble out loud around here about how few roles, especially major roles, there are in film for elder actors. Our generation doesn't get much representation on what in our youth was called the silver screen. But not... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 21 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Christmas 2015

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, Dec 20 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 19 December 2015

REGIFTING – A WEB EXCLUSIVE FROM JOHN OLIVER John Oliver and his HBO program, Last Week Tonight, are off the air until February. But he didn't forget us at Christmas time. This is a web exclusive of Oliver's take on... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 19 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Can Ageist Beliefs Increase Your Risk for Alzheimer's?

That is the conclusion of associate professor Becca Levy and her fellow researchers at the Yale School of Pubic Health in New Haven, Connecticut: "What we found is that negative perceptions on aging are definitely significantly related to [Alzheimer's...

Published Fri, Dec 18 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

LAGNIAPPE: Drug Company CEO Shkreli Arrested on Fraud Charges

Today's note is a perfect use of the little feature recently introduced here at TGB. Lagniappe is for short items that are extra special or time-worthy enough to post on Tuesday or Thursday, days on which I usually do not... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 17 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Being Priced Out of Drug Treatment?

People 65 and older comprise about 13 percent of the U.S. population but account for 34 percent of all prescription medicine use and 30 percent of all over-the-counter (OTC) drug use. Because the size of our age group increases by... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 16 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Ray's Music Exchange

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 January 2016

A Poem to Welcome 2016

New Year's Eve Eve 2015

A Holiday Pet Feast

ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up for the Second Half of 2015

INTERESTING STUFF – 26 December 2015

Merry Christmas, Everyone - 2015

Ghost Stores for Christmas Eve Eve

A Good Year for Elder Actors

ELDER MUSIC: Christmas 2015

INTERESTING STUFF – 19 December 2015

Can Ageist Beliefs Increase Your Risk for Alzheimer's?

LAGNIAPPE: Drug Company CEO Shkreli Arrested on Fraud Charges

Being Priced Out of Drug Treatment?