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INTERESTING STUFF: 24 September 2011

I'm just back from a flu-fogged week during which there was hardly any media in my life. Hence, a shorter Interesting Stuff today with a bit of an editorial toward the end. WHITE HOUSE HOME BREW A couple of weeks... Read More...

Published Sat, Sep 24 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Last Acts of Kindness

Here we are, you and I, hanging out on a blog that states right at the top that it is about “what it's really like to get old” and yet we don't talk about death and dying – or hardly... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 28 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

“At 80, We Understand We are Extraterrestrial”

Maybe you know of Donald Hall. He is a well known as a poet. In fact, The Library of Congress appointed him poet laureate in 2006. He tells us now in Essays at Eighty that the muse of poetry has... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 16 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Reason Old People Forget Things

About ten days ago, I wrote about being so forgetful now that I had gone to the store with only one item in mind and got home with six other things but not the apples I intended. According to the... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 17 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Social Security COLA and Medicare 2012

Summer is gone, the first of fall/winter holidays will be here in 10 days or so (Boo!) and that means it must be time to think about finances for 2012. Herewith an update for elders. UPDATE: It was announced this... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 19 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Some Needed Relief From the Troubles of the World

I don't know if I'm slowing down in my old age or if life is busier than usual, but I have fallen hopelessly behind on the to-do list, which has spilled over to two pages for the first time in... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 18 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Slow Internet Day

It is late Monday morning as I write this and for hours now, I would have been better off with a Dixie cup and a string than the internet. Still would be. It has been taking up to ten minutes... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 13 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Distracted on Sunday Afternoon

The intention was to write about something else for today, but there were other obligations on Sunday and the time set aside for writing today's post was, instead, spent with The New York Times - in particular, the newspaper's extensive... Read...

Published Mon, Oct 24 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

We are the Last Generation To...

On Monday at The Elder Storytelling Place, Ann Berger wrote about the horse, Lady, who took her to school each day when she was a child. With the possible exception of a few families living in the rural wilds of... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 09 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Nat King Cole - <em>The Christmas Song</em>

PERSONAL NOTE: With Christmas day landing smack in the middle of the week this year, it kind of spreads the celebration over all these five days and that gives me an opportunity for some time off. But not TGB. I've... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 24 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 28 December 2013

BADASS GRANDPA TOKYO DRIFT The title is ... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 28 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The New Way of Talking About Death and Dying

PERSONAL NOTE: I was overwhelmed yesterday when I returned home from a meeting in the late morning to a huge number of emails from readers asking if I was all right - there was no new story posted nor email... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 07 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Days of Christmas

There were not many in my family to begin with: a mom, a dad, two children, a great aunt, a grandfather I knew and a grandmother I did not know who lived halfway across the country from our home in... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 28 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 29 December 2010

Interesting Stuff is an occasional column of short takes and links to web items that have recently caught my attention – some related to aging and some not. All readers are encouraged to submit items for inclusion. Just click Contact... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 29 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Chasing Crabby Old Lady Away From the Internet

Crabby Old Lady is spending less and less time online. That ought to be a good thing but it is not. There are many useful websites Crabby likes that supply her with good information for her blog and her life,... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 19 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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