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: The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

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 18 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Australian Favorites - Mozart (10-1)

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, Aug 14 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Australia's Classic 100 Opera Arias (20-11)

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, Jan 31 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Generations: The Passing of the Baton

One of the biggest changes in old age is how we are treated by other, mostly younger, people. We are ignored, dismissed and made invisible based solely on our appearance. Put the same words, thoughts and opinions we have in... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Let There Be [Elder] Light

The National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. is more formally named the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It is also sometimes called “the national house of prayer,” the Episcopal church where many presidents have worshipped and where presidential...

Published Mon, Apr 01 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

It's Ronni Here

I am not JUST sitting up in bed, anymore, folks. I'm typing, putting words on paper so to speak and my brain is working fairly well. That wasn't always so here in Hospital-Land. The several days of hallucinations were odd... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 26 2017 12:00 PM by TIME GOES BY

Homeward Bound

Just a fast note to tell you I am on my way home today. I'm writing this on Wednesday with loads to do to be ready for the short but welcome journey and I am sooooo slow at everything these... Read More...

Published Thu, Jun 29 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

And Chemo Begins

On Wednesday, my first chemotherapy session took place and I was happy to have a friend do the driving and stay with me because I was more apprehensive than I had been going into surgery three months ago. Part of... Read More...

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

ELDER MUSIC: Bach Solo

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, Jul 18 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ghost Stores for Christmas Eve Eve

Here is an 1842 John Leech illustration of Ebenezer Scrooge and Marley's Ghost from, of course, the classic holiday story by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. I stole that image from an article at Paris Review that dropped in my... Read More...

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

Age and Aspiration

Okay, before I get into this post, please recall that I am spending most of my time in bed with chills, aches, pains and general low-level feverishness so I have no sense of how well I'm thinking. You'll have to... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 21 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady on Cutting the Cable Cord

Four weeks ago, Crabby Old Lady told you about how she reduced her fixed expenses by cutting the cable TV cord after Giant Cable Company (hereinafter referred to as GCC) jacked up the monthly charge by 39 percent. She didn't... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The A.M.'s Travelogue

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 22 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Movie Theater Massacre

I had another post written for today, something a bit silly about getting old but after the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, it seems out of place for now, as though we – or I – need more time and space... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 23 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Accepting the Idea of Death

ELDER MUSIC: The Late Great Townes Van Zandt

ELDER MUSIC: Australian Favorites - Mozart (10-1)

ELDER MUSIC: Australia's Classic 100 Opera Arias (20-11)

Generations: The Passing of the Baton

Let There Be [Elder] Light

It's Ronni Here

Homeward Bound

And Chemo Begins

ELDER MUSIC: Bach Solo

Ghost Stores for Christmas Eve Eve

Age and Aspiration

Crabby Old Lady on Cutting the Cable Cord

ELDER MUSIC: The A.M.'s Travelogue

The Movie Theater Massacre