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GAY AND GRAY: BlackedOUT History

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 Wed, Feb 23 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

To Be Old in America in 2012

[NOTE: I know I told you yesterday that there would be a post today from a resident in an assisted living home. That's still coming soon but until then, this today. It's long and will probably bore some of you,... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 17 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Some Rituals of Life are Better In Person

A story in the Baltimore Sun on Saturday reported that a memo from the Social Security Administration reveals they are considering moving almost all services to the internet and closing thousands of field offices. ”The document, drafted by an independent...

Published Thu, May 08 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

On Loneliness and Old Age

Have you ever had a spell of loneliness? I don't mean those times when, for a few days or a week or so, everyone you know seems to be overworked or out of town. That happens sometimes and it goes... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Week's Worth of One Elder's Trivia

Monday posts are becoming problematic. I always write a day ahead and lately, my brain seems to take a holiday on Sundays leaving me both slothful and mute. I putter around, read a bit, take a walk, maybe watch a... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 11 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Last Magnificent Movie Queen

The worst part of being sick with a cold is that my brain stops working. And although my body keeps saying, sleep, sleep – sometimes you just gotta get out of bed for awhile. Certainly you know by now that... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 24 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Possibilities of the Internet

Marc Leavitt keeps a blog, is a regular contributor to The Elder Storytelling Place and is one of those TGB readers who has become an email friend. We live a continent apart so we are unlikely to meet in person... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 29 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF - 26 April 2014

MARRIED 70 YEARS, THEY DIE A FEW HOURS APART Imagine being married – to the same person - for 70 years. Some people don't even get to live that long. This is the sweetest story: ”A couple who held hands... Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 26 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Age Quotitis

Everyone likes quotations, right? The ones we like best are usually those that confirm our prejudices. A whole lot of others allow us to believe we have learned something important or useful or wise or clever but are so banal... Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 17 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and the Presidential Debate

Yes, President Barack Obama was off his game in Wednesday evening's debate appearing, at various times, tired, bored and listless. And whoever advised Obama not to pound Mitt Romney with his 47 percent speech every time the Republican nominee said...

Published Fri, Oct 05 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 27 December 2014

YOUNG WOMAN'S BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AT A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY That doesn't sound like much of a big deal, does it? After all, lots of people bring music to elders, particularly at this time of year. But it's really different with 24-year-old......

Published Sat, Dec 27 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER PROSE INTERLUDE: The Measure of My Days

Through the nearly two decades I have been studying (or researching or reading or whatever this continuing interest is) aging, I have collected a good-sized library of related books. Mixed among the practical, the journalistic, scholarly and political...

Published Tue, Jun 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Making Light of Our Mortality

For a long while during the middle years of the 20th century, my great Aunt Edith (see Timeline series about her here) worked as the executive secretary of the Oregon Funeral Directors Association. Undoubtedly, this accounts for my ease with... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 22 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE – You Are Old, Father William

By Lewis Carroll "You are old, Father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head— Do you think, at your age, it is right?" "In my youth," Father... Read...

Published Wed, Jun 13 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTIING STUFF – 19 May 2012

THE KIND OF CENTENARIAN I WANT TO BE In April, Eileen Emeline Ingles of Invercargill, New Zealand, turned 100. Until a year ago, writes reporter Gwyneth Hyndman, she ran to the mailbox every morning. I like what Ms. Ingles says... Read More...

Published Sat, May 19 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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