Time Goes By

ELDER MUSIC: Answer 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, May 03 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 May 2015

102-YEAR-OLD FORMER DANCER SEES HERSELF ON FILM FOR THE FIRST TIME Back in the 1930s and '40s, Alice Barker was a chorus line dancer at such famed venues in Harlem as The Apollo, The Cotton Club and the Zanzibar Club.... Read More...

Published Sat, May 02 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Better Brain Health

I am alone in my greatest fear of old age: losing my mind. Okay, these days the more polite terms are dementia and Alzheimer's but the words amount to the same thing. ”In 2013, a YouGov survey...found that Americans of... Read More...

Published Fri, May 01 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Email Issues Affect Time Goes By

I will get to those email issues in a moment, but first: This is the third week of the new publishing schedule at Time Goes By – Monday, Wednesday, Friday instead of Monday through Friday. Saturday (Interesting Stuff) and Sunday... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 29 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Generations: The Passing of the Baton

One of the biggest changes in old age is how we are treated by other, mostly younger, people. We are ignored, dismissed and made invisible based solely on our appearance. Put the same words, thoughts and opinions we have in... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1975

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, Apr 26 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 25 April 2015

YOU'LL BE GETTING A NEW MEDICARE CARD People have long complained (correctly) that Social Security numbers displayed prominently on the U.S. Medicare card makes identity theft easy. It's right there in the middle labeled “Medicare Claim Number...

Published Sat, Apr 25 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Fashion – Still an Oxymoron

We gave Wednesday over to a men's club this week. Let's make today, Friday, women's day although men are as welcome to chime in as women did on Wednesday. When I first wrote about “elder fashion” here in 2008, I... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 24 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

It's About Retired Men Today

If you read this blog regularly, you know there are a lot more women who comment than men. That is likely due to the fact that there are more elder women than men – we (women) tend to live longer... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 22 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Dear Diary: A Foolish Passionate Woman

On reading The New York Times Op-Ed page yesterday, I had a bit of a private snit about columnist Maureen Dowd. As usual. Again. From that you would be correct to infer I am not a fan. Never have been.... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 20 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Songs with Street Names

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, Apr 19 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 18 April 2015

THE ONLY KNOWN FOOTAGE OF ANNE FRANK It's grainy, black-and-white shot on 22 July 1941, but you know immediately that it is Anne Frank. She is leaning out of the second-floor window of her home in Amsterdam watching a bride... Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 18 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Disengagement in Old Age

Readers sometimes send me interesting questions about getting old (as if you think I actually have answers). When they are specific and about topics on which there is a body of knowledge and consensus from experts, I can act as... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 17 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Workbook for Healthy Aging

When I was a kid, old people regularly annoyed me with a mantra they used as a catchall comment to discussions of even the mildest difficulties: “As long as you've got your health.” they repeated. “As long as you've got... Read More...

Published Wed, Apr 15 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Forgotten Generations and Ageism

REMINDER: Beginning today, Time Goes By will not be published on Tuesdays and Thursdays as in the past 10 years. This is an experiment to be re-evaluated in the fall. In addition, links are no longer appended at the bottom... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 13 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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ELDER MUSIC: Answer Songs

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 May 2015

Better Brain Health

Email Issues Affect Time Goes By

Generations: The Passing of the Baton

ELDER MUSIC: 1975

INTERESTING STUFF – 25 April 2015

Elder Fashion – Still an Oxymoron

It's About Retired Men Today

Dear Diary: A Foolish Passionate Woman

ELDER MUSIC: Songs with Street Names

INTERESTING STUFF – 18 April 2015

Disengagement in Old Age

A Workbook for Healthy Aging

The Forgotten Generations and Ageism