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Old and Fat – Facts of Life

It is no secret that many people gain weight as they age. Science does not fully understand the reasons but among the guesses are genetics (yeah, that stuff we're stuck with and can't change), diet and lack of exercise which... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 18 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

G&G: Applying for Medicare While Gay

Gay and Gray is a monthly column at Time Goes By written by Jan Adams (bio) in which she thinks out loud for us on issues of aging lesbians and gay men. Jan also writes on many topics at her... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 19 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Slipperiness of Age and Time

This isn't a real blog post today – I'm just kind of ruminating on something that's been on my mind, but isn't wildly clear to me yet. Time's passage is a slippery thing that, I think, gets more interesting as... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 16 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Musicals

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, Jun 17 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Was (or Is) Your Work a Labor of Love?

Undoubtedly because we are in college commencement season, last weekend a philosophy professor held forth in the pages of The New York Times on the subject of the well-worn counsel to “follow your passion” or “do what you love” or... Read More...

Published Wed, May 21 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Cult of Manhattan Tower

Two or three times over the life of this blog, I have written about a 1945 recording titled Manhattan Tower. I was a little girl of no more than five or six when my parents obtained it when it was... Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 19 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

What Not to be Thankful For

There is not much to be thankful for this season; it's been a horrible, painful year. Millions of people unemployed, millions thrown out of their homes, trillions of dollars in savings lost to the bank crash. Oh, wait. Not everyone... Read More.....

Published Wed, Nov 25 2009 2:47 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 22 February 2014

THE WOMAN IN NO. 6 Tamar Orvell, who blogs at Only Connect, sent this video that is nominated for an Academy Award next month. It concerns 110-year-old Alice Herz Sommer who is the oldest Holocaust survivor in the world. As... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 22 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady, Books and Blog Spam

When this blog started up a decade ago, nobody cared about or wanted to know anything about old people. As Crabby Old Lady has often explained, back then pretty much everything about aging in the popular press, academia, television and... Read More.....

Published Fri, Mar 28 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 July 2012

VP BIDEN ON MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY Last Monday, Vice President Joe Biden addressed a group of community leaders from senior centers around the country who were visiting the White House. He asserted the Obama administration's continued opposition...

Published Sat, Jul 21 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Old and Fat – Facts of Life

G&G: Applying for Medicare While Gay

The Slipperiness of Age and Time

ELDER MUSIC: Musicals

Was (or Is) Your Work a Labor of Love?

The Cult of Manhattan Tower

What Not to be Thankful For

INTERESTING STUFF – 22 February 2014

Crabby Old Lady, Books and Blog Spam

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 July 2012

INTERESTING STUFF – 11 October 2014

INTERESTING STUFF – 18 October 2014

Medicare and the Republican Ticket

A Short Lesson in Critical Reading

ELDER MUSIC: 1957 Again