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INTERESTING STUFF – 11 July 2015

SONG FOR GRATEFUL DEAD'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY It has been half a century since the Grateful Dead first set foot on a stage and over the 4 July weekend, they played their final concerts. Norma, the Assistant Musicologist, sent this video... Read More....

Published Sat, Jul 11 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up for the First Half of 2015

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, Jul 12 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Welcome to Fall...

...that is, the beginning of autumn today. And welcome again to the annual Time Goes By falls prevention blog post. I know I bang on about this, but it is important, crucial even, and besides, if I don't do it... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 23 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elderblogger List Updated for 2015 – At Last

Little by little, this blog is getting a face lift. First, there were some overall design changes, the new banner, a bit of simplification and now this. Some readers have been nagging me about it for quite awhile and I... Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Pope and the U.S. Congress

If, like me, you spend a lot of time with the cable TV news channels, you overdosed on the Pope last week. Whatever else of note happened during the eight days of Francis's visit to North America, it was not... Read More...

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

How Low (or No) Inflation Affects Elders' Income

Have you noticed that it's bill increase season? It is for me – the time of year when notices of an uptick in price arrive from the companies that provide products and services one cannot cancel or do without. My... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 02 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Images of Life: Then and Now

From a series titled Reflections by award-winning photographer, Tom Hussey: It immediately brings a smile to my face - the man recalling his younger self in a moment of pride. It's been many years since then and now he seems... Read More...

Published Thu, Jul 18 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Happy 70th Birthday, Peter Tibbles

As you know, around here we like to celebrate a few of those big, round-number birthdays. Today, 16 September, it is Peter Tibbles. In case you have not been reading the TGB Sunday Elder Music column Peter has been writing... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 16 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Music of New Orleans Part 3

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 20 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1964

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, Sep 25 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Some Basics

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, Dec 26 2009 2:30 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

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