Time Goes By

ELDER MUSIC: 1938

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, Nov 03 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Accepting the Idea of Death

Death, my own, has been a companion for all my life - or close enough. Such thoughts took up a good portion of my 21st birthday – the arrival of full adulthood for my generation - as I spent two... Read More...

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

ELDER MUSIC: Mozart's Lesser Known Operas

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, Nov 05 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 11 November 2017

VETERANS DAY Today is American Veteran's Day and I like this video that turned up about Captain Simtratpal Singh who is a West Point graduate, a war veteran, an active duty Army officer and a recipient of the Bronze Star.... Read More...

Published Sat, Nov 11 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Cancer Surprise

Thank you all for your concern and suggestions on Wednesday's post about my fatigue. I wrote that post late on Tuesday anticipating my regular chemo session the next afternoon. It did not go exactly as planned. First, you would not... Read More.....

Published Fri, Nov 17 2017 5:50 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and Dog Sharing

Day in and day out, there is so much bad news, I decided that in keeping with the holiday tomorrow, we should have a week of light news and commentary. God knows such things as sexual misconduct, tax reform, net... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 22 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What Net Neutrality Means to Your Online Life

We have been through this before and here we are again: someone in government wants to make it hard, maybe impossible, for startups and ordinary people to get online without paying a whole lot more money that we do now.... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 27 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Songs of Frank Loesser

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, Dec 03 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 9 December 2017

CHRISTMAS WINDOWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD The New York Times has a beautiful collection of department store Christmas windows from around the world: Saks Fifth Avenue, New York City: Selfridges, London: Many more to see at the NYT. 10-YEAR-OLD UNLOCKS....

Published Sat, Dec 09 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady and the Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Old

Crabby Old Lady will be here in a moment but for a few sentences this is me, Ronni. After I wrote today's post, members of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on Friday to kill Net Neutrality. A couple... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 15 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Existentialism of Pancreatic Cancer

It is not difficult to understand that a diagnosis of cancer – in my case, pancreatic – might produce an existential crisis or, at least, a renewed look at what you have supposed these many years is the meaning of... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 20 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Merry Christmas To All – 2017

This blog has been around long enough now – there was a first, tentative appearance in 2004 - that some traditions have been formed. At U.S. Thanksgiving last month, there was the fifth annual rendition of Arlo Guthrie's epic monologue,... Read More...

Published Mon, Dec 25 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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ELDER MUSIC: 1938

Accepting the Idea of Death

ELDER MUSIC: Mozart's Lesser Known Operas

INTERESTING STUFF – 11 November 2017

A Cancer Surprise

Elders and Dog Sharing

What Net Neutrality Means to Your Online Life

ELDER MUSIC: Songs of Frank Loesser

INTERESTING STUFF – 9 December 2017

Crabby Old Lady and the Things They Don't Tell You About Getting Old

Existentialism of Pancreatic Cancer

Merry Christmas To All – 2017

EDLER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2017 - Part 1

INTERESTING STUFF – 6 January 2018

What It's Really Like to Get Old