Time Goes By

<em>The Longevity Prescription</em> of Dr. Robert Butler: A Proposal

Over the weekend, I ran across a beautiful online tribute to Dr. Robert Butler, the learned geriatrician, teacher, researcher, longevity expert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and elder advocate who died last month on 4 July at age 83. It was written....

Published Mon, Aug 09 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Paul Simon

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, Nov 13 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Couple of Health Miracles

I suppose “miracle” is in the eye of the beholder, but there are, to me, two health miracles all capable elders should adopt. First, last month, Washington Post wellness writer Lenny Bernstein reported on 102-year-old Ray Clark: “'I was getting.....

Published Fri, Apr 05 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

REFLECTIONS: On a Holy Night

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 Thu, Dec 24 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Do You Learn Something New Every Day?

UPDATE: Thank you Peter Tibbles for correcting the count of years among us on Millie Garfield's 90th birthday post. Inevitably things go wrong - not important when it was only meant to be fun but still you want to be... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 19 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the weekly Gray Matters column which appears here each Saturday. Links to past Gray Matters columns can be found here. Saul's Reflections column, in which he comments on news, politics and...

Published Sat, Mar 06 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 5 September 2015

BORROWED TIME TRAILER Gradually – I've been watching it happen over the past several years - as artists, musicians, writers, film makers and others realize how much the elder population is growing, they seem also to come to understanding what... Read...

Published Sat, Sep 05 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Book 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 23 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

The Language of Memory and Forgetting

With what I believe is the excessive amount of media attention given to Alzheimer's and other dementias, elders can be forgiven for being overly concerned about where they misplaced the house keys. We console ourselves with such slogans as, “If.....

Published Wed, Oct 14 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders Repeating Ourselves

By the time my great Aunt Edith was into her 80s (she lived to be 89), she repeated her stories a lot. I lived in New York City then, she in Portland, Oregon, and we kept a weekly appointment to... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 23 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 13 May 2017

REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE DISSOCIATION Jonathan Chait in New York magazine tried to explain the reasons many Republicans believe women should pay more for healthcare than men: ”Women have, on average, higher lifetime medical costs than men, which means a...

Published Sat, May 13 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Send the Kiddies Out of the Room

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, Sep 11 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Girls Scouts and Elders Playing Games Together

Before I get into this, let me give you the backstory. I have never considered myself a kid person. As my biological clock ticked toward 40, I carefully considered childbearing and realized I had never had the overwhelming desire that... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 18 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

From Mystery Malady to Pancreatic Cancer

As I mentioned on Friday, TGB reader dkzody last week commented that she had believed pancreatic cancer is hard to diagnose and wondered what my “mystery malady” was. Today, I'll tell you my experience with that mystery and my eventual... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 12 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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