Time Goes By

You and Me and Flu Season

EDITORIAL NOTE: Several readers suggested I replace the far right photo in the banner with a screen grab from the video interview I posted on Saturday. I thought that was a pretty good idea, so I did it. See above.... Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 11 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

My Introduction to Chemotherapy

What interesting, useful and fruitful discussions you - TGB readers - have been carrying on in the comments of posts about my pancreatic cancer. Some of you have been-there-done-that with a variety of cancers and I appreciate your generosity in... Read...

Published Fri, Aug 11 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Fear and Loathing of Pancreatic Cancer

Earlier this week, a surgical aide explained some of the things I will need to do when I get home from the hospital. It's a long list, some of them being relatively big changes in daily life. Without putting any... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 16 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 17 June 2017

A PERSONAL NOTE My surgery is coming up fast and this will be the last Interesting Stuff for awhile. Like last week, it is shorter than usual - I've been kind of busy. On one item, you don't need to... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 17 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Top 10 Jazz Albums

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 21 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Getting Elder Sex Out of the Closet

One of the pleasures of writing this blog for so many years - more than a dozen so far - is watching how issues affecting elders sometimes get better. When I began doing this, the general attitude toward old people... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 15 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What It Means to be Human

Isn't that a splendid story? It's barely a minute long yet it is filled with a world of love, understanding, grief, joy, compassion, insight and maybe some magic. There isn't much of that these days. At least, not in public... Read More.....

Published Wed, Oct 12 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Saving Medicare and Contacting Congress

EDITORIAL NOTE: This is a nuts-and-bolts post pulling together some information we are going to need before long. I know some readers don't want any more politics, but emboldened Republicans are hard bent on killing Medicare and they want to... Read...

Published Mon, Nov 28 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Republican War on Obamacare and Medicare

It's getting complicated, my friends - and hard, too - to keep up with the fierce Republican war on healthcare. In that regard on Sunday, New York Times cartoonist Brian McFadden pretty well captured all you need to know about... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 05 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

REFLECTIONS: On Social Security

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the twice-monthly Reflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest generation....

Published Tue, Jul 27 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Paul Kelly

You never know who you're going to meet on the internet and I came to know Peter Tibbles (bio here) via email over the past couple of years. His extensive knowledge of most genres of music and his excellent taste... Read More...

Published Sun, Jul 25 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GAY AND GRAY: A Movie Not to be Missed

The documentary film, Stonewall Uprising, is currently showing in many places around the country. I think many elders, especially those of us with vivid memories of the 60s and early 70s, might very much enjoy it. Why? Because filmmakers Kate... Read...

Published Thu, Jul 29 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

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