Time Goes By

ELDER MUSIC: Linda Ronstadt (My Selection)

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, Aug 09 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Big Week in Civil Rights – The Good and Not So Good

EDITORIAL NOTE 2: Well, John (see directly below) advises me that he did not notice that this is an ebook and he is strictly a paper kind of guy. (Please, folks, try to read these things more carefully.) So, the... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 28 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

And When I Die [redux]

EDITORIAL NOTE: Whatever it was I so blithely said yesterday about the heat not bothering me, it IS sapping my mental strength and I can't think well enough (or, maybe, just don't want to) to write anything cogent. Also, it's... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 02 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 6 July 2013

GRANDMA MISAO AND HER CAT, FUKUMARU For 13 years Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara has been photographing her grandmother and her grandmother's odd-eyed cat. Because my cat Ollie and I spend a lot of time looking directly in one another's eyes...

Published Sat, Jul 06 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 10 October 2015

IMAGES OF SOLITUDE Each month, the online Guardian selects a theme and invites readers from around the world to send their travel photographs depicting that topic. As serendipity would have it, on Friday I wrote about rediscovering my solitude and......

Published Sat, Oct 10 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Preparing a Final Blog or Facebook Post

It has been many years since I wrote on this topic but it came to mind a couple of weeks ago when I announced the new Elderbloggers List and spoke of the blogs that were either abandoned or had disappeared:... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 16 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Will Congress Raise the Debt Ceiling before Social Security Payments are Affected?

EDITORIAL NOTE: Today's post is so U.S.-centric that non-American readers in other countries should feel free to take the day off. * * * Congress has done no governing since their last election in 2014 – none – but as... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What Really Matters at the End of Life

Many years ago - even decades - when I was still quite young, I knew how I want to die. It hasn't changed and it isn't unique: I want to be conscious, clear-headed and pain-free so that I can concentrate,... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Outside of a Small Circle of Friends

[PERSONAL NOTE:] Summer break. Mental health week. Vacation. Breather. Whatever you call it, it means time away and I'm putting some distance between me and this blog for a week. Posts here will be a combination of new that I've... Read More....

Published Wed, Jul 31 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Songs of Bobby Charles

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, Aug 04 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Contradiction of Old Age

It makes me happy when I come across other people writing about the serious effects of ageist language. The latest I've seen is from a trio of academics who work in the field of ageing: ”Recent articles in a variety... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

National Senior Citizens Day?

Minus the question mark, that's what a press release Crabby Old Lady received on Monday tells her about today. Ever heard of it? Neither has Crabby and the more she looked into it, the more she wished she hadn't. What... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 21 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Windy Songs

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, Aug 25 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Contest Winners and Crabby Old Lady

WINNERS OF THE WHAT WE GAIN BOOK GIVEAWAY What an amazing response to the Wednesday drawing for a copy of What We Gain as We Grow Older: On Gelassenheit by the well-known German philosopher, Wilhelm Schmid. We heard from a... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 12 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 13 February 2016

WHAT JOHN KASICH TOLD ELDERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE The Ohio governor is not the mild-mannered moderate the media has been promoting since his surge into a second-place win in New Hampshire last Tuesday. Clare Malone, writing at fivethirtyeight.com is representative...

Published Sat, Feb 13 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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ELDER MUSIC: Linda Ronstadt (My Selection)

A Big Week in Civil Rights – The Good and Not So Good

And When I Die [redux]

INTERESTING STUFF – 6 July 2013

INTERESTING STUFF – 10 October 2015

Preparing a Final Blog or Facebook Post

Will Congress Raise the Debt Ceiling before Social Security Payments are Affected?

What Really Matters at the End of Life

Outside of a Small Circle of Friends

ELDER MUSIC: Songs of Bobby Charles

A Contradiction of Old Age

National Senior Citizens Day?

ELDER MUSIC: Windy Songs

Contest Winners and Crabby Old Lady

INTERESTING STUFF – 13 February 2016