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INTERESTING STUFF – 28 March 2015

MORE DATING FOLLOWUP You will recall we discussed elder dating in three posts over the past week or so. Darlene Costner send one more update for us. Enjoy: Daughter: Daddy, I am coming home to get married. Take out your... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old People and Weather

[PERSONAL NOTE: I've not been feeling well for a couple of days – a bad cold or mild flu (this year's vaccine missed a strain or two) – so when I take a few minutes off from napping, I'm writing... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Can You Trust Online Health Information?

Or, for that matter, any other kind of information? There are some general rules of thumb that anyone with even minimal critical thinking skills probably uses: • Who is doing the writing? What are his/her credentials? (If there is no... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 26 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Yes, Another Elder Online Dating Post – Part 3 (Unplanned)

Yesterday's post, Part 2 of this series, was supposed to be the end of it. But two pertinent things happened that make it worth extending for a day – especially because I think the topic of elder dating deserves a... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 24 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

I Flunked Elder Online Dating – Part 2

As I reported at the end of Part 1, I was flattered to receive the first response to my profile and photo within about five minutes of posting them to pof.com and OurTime: “Great profile,” it read. “I'd love to... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 23 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Jerusalem

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, Mar 22 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 March 3015

LARRY WILMORE ON AGE As you know, Larry Wilmore has taken over the Comedy Central spot at 11:30PM formerly held by Stephen Colbert who is preparing to step into David Letterman's position at CBS-TV in the fall. Recently, Steve Garfield... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 21 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

I Flunked Elder Online Dating – Part 1

There are certain elder topics that are difficult for this blog because I have no personal experience. I can imagine but I don't really bring anything useful to the party. Never having been a mother, I'm not much good at... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 20 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Wise and Wily Old People

One of the good things the ageing of the huge baby boomer generation has spawned is an upsurge in research about old people, particularly brain and cognition research, and I follow it closely. Well, as much as possible. Most study... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 19 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady on (Literally) Dying of Boredom

On Monday's post about Donald Hall's Essays at Eighty, Crabby Old Lady made particular note of a couple of readers who picked up and ran with the poet's thought about what bores him: ”You know what I find boring?” commented... Read More.....

Published Wed, Mar 18 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Reason Old People Forget Things

About ten days ago, I wrote about being so forgetful now that I had gone to the store with only one item in mind and got home with six other things but not the apples I intended. According to the... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 17 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

“At 80, We Understand We are Extraterrestrial”

Maybe you know of Donald Hall. He is a well known as a poet. In fact, The Library of Congress appointed him poet laureate in 2006. He tells us now in Essays at Eighty that the muse of poetry has... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 16 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1972

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, Mar 15 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 March 2015

IMAGES FROM THE 1950s I feel safe in saying that the majority of us at this blog have strong memories of the 1950s. And if not, at least a few memories of the era because decades don't come in neat... Read More...

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

Poem: On Approaching Seventy and Baking Bread

More than 40 years ago there was, in the weekend house in upstate New York I shared with the man I then lived with, a woodburning kitchen stove. That's it. You either built a fire or you didn't get hot... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 13 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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