Time Goes By

Not on the Backs of Elders

For the nearly 10 years I've been writing this blog and paying close attention to the ways of Washington as they relate to elders, someone there has been trying to privatize, reduce, cut or kill Social Security. Mainstream media generally... Read...

Published Tue, Nov 20 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 24 November 2012

LONGEST CHOCOLATE TRAIN EVER Oh, you're gonna love this. No more words – just watch. KEY AND PEELE IMPERSONATE THE PREZ This is wildly inventive, clever and hilarious. It takes not one, but two of these guys, Keegan-Michael Key and... Read More.....

Published Sat, Nov 24 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Being Old: When Strangers Notice

This is a story about how people behave differently with you when you're old. I didn't see it that way when this happened; a friend later explained. It was Wednesday morning, the day before Thanksgiving, and it was to be... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 28 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady: Dead or Alive?

This has been a disastrous holiday season for Crabby Old Lady. Not the holidays themselves; just everything else. To give you an idea, the least of it is that her heating has not worked since Christmas. It is finally being... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 07 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Attitude Can Keep You Healthy

If you have been reading Time Goes By for a couple of years or more, you know that there is growing evidence that your personal attitude toward getting old can affect your health and even your longevity. I first reported... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 11 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

VINTAGE TGB: Long Hair and Old Women

EDITORIAL NOTE: I needed a day off from writing yesterday, so here's a vintage TGB for you today from October 2009. The Elder Storytelling Place story is new, linked as always at the bottom of this post. Forty-seven-year-old TGB reader,... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 15 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 19 January 2013

PRESIDENTIAL CAT HERDING The phrase “herding cats” has always delighted me as a perfect description of any task involving too many unruly participants – someone is always escaping the net. A similar thought led to artist Barry Blitt's New Yorker....

Published Sat, Jan 19 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ageism and Oprah Winfrey

Clearly, I have not been paying attention. I had thought Oprah Winfrey made a big deal a few years ago about retiring from television. I was greatly relieved then because throughout the 25 or 30 years of her TV show,... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 23 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

We Need Jon Stewart More Than Ever

In the park where I was walking one morning a few days ago, I found myself in conversation with two strangers who were near my age. The talk turned to politics and although they were interested, their lack of knowledge... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 25 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

John Oliver Takes on Big Pharma

As I was sipping my first cup of coffee yesterday – Monday - morning, a regularly scheduled email update from The Center for Aging and Work at Boston College dropped into my mailbox. It contained the Fact of the Week... Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 10 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 February 2015

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE I completely missed Valentines Day until I had finished writing today's Interesting Stuff but I caught myself. So here is a holiday ditty - well-suited to such a blog as this - from Henry Lowenstern who... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 14 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When Blog Friends Go Missing

Like much younger people who participate in blogging and other social media, we elders have online friends who are every bit as important to us as those we know in “real life.” A difference, however, is that we have a... Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 29 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Why I Write About Growing Old

On Saturday, I posted one photograph with a link to more of elders who are at least 100 years old. The goal of the photographer is to show the beauty in age, and the reason it is necessary for some... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 03 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What Steve Jobs Reminded Me Of

There is nothing I can say that hasn't already been said about Steve Jobs, undoubtedly a genius of a certain kind, who pushed technology forward at a faster clip than it would otherwise have moved, who made elegant, little toys... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 07 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Too Old To Run for Congress?

On Saturday, I received a query from Huffington Post Live about appearing today on a panel discussion titled Too Old to Run? Circumstances prevented my participation but not my consideration of the question. [NOTE: You can see the live discussion... Read...

Published Mon, Jan 28 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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