Time Goes By

One Old Woman's Solitude

A couple of months ago, I stopped publishing this blog on Tuesdays and Thursdays. During several months prior, I withdrew from a couple of outside organizations I had been working with. And I made a new rule to turn off... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 09 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Comfortable are You Using the Internet?

And what about other elders you know? Are they all online? About a month ago, the Pew Research Center for Internet, Science & Tech released their latest survey about internet usage, something they have been measuring regularly since 2000. ”For......

Published Mon, Aug 03 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Shopping for a Real Estate Agent

When looking for a real estate agent, I do interviews. I want to know their experience in the market, get a sense of how they operate and I most definitely want to hear some enthusiasm for helping me find a... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 12 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Intolerance of Old Age

Here are some voter statistics about marriage equality from the November 2012 election. On one hand, they concern voters 18-29 years of age whom we will call “young.” On the other, they are about voters 65 and older whom we... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 05 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How's Your Health?

EDITORIAL NOTE: Every now and then, someone asks to interview me about elderblogging and I'm happy to do so to spread the word. This time it was Stephen Winbaum who runs the blog at the Retirement Homes website. Stephen and... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 07 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Who is Older than I Am? It Depends...

...for me, anyway. When I was in high school, my girl friends and I could pinpoint other students' ages within six months. I don't recall how we did that or why it was important but it was a common speculation... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 07 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Hollywood's Many Biases Including Elders

Last week, the Harnisch Foundation and USC Annenberg released the latest annual study titled Inequality in 700 Popular Films. One of the report’s researchers, Stacy L. Smith, describes the lack of diversity in movies as an “epidemic.” ”Across 700 films...

Published Mon, Aug 10 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Dogs

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, Apr 30 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A TGB Extra: John Oliver on Is This Real Life?

That's one of the four questions John Oliver asked Sunday night on his HBO show, Last Week Tonight. Time Goes By does not usually publish on Tuesday but I'm posting this video today instead of next Saturday because there will... Read More...

Published Tue, May 23 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Memorial Day 2017 and a 92nd Birthday

That is one of the U.S. soldiers who spent a good deal of time last week placing a flag at each and every one of the more than 400,000 military graves at Arlington Cemetery. Today, beginning at 2PM EDT, there... Read More...

Published Mon, May 29 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Elders and Their Physicians Might Collaborate

The U.S. geriatrician population has been hovering around 7,000 for several years without much change. At the same time, the elder population grows by about 10,000 a day. You see the problem. One reason is that geriatrics is at the... Read More...

Published Fri, May 05 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The New President's First Official Act

FIRST, A NOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL TGB READERS: The outpouring of protest at the Saturday Women's March in cities across the U.S. turned out to be much larger than anyone anticipated – certainly me. And what surprised me most - in... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 23 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: A Little Glass of Wine

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 06 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 15 October 2016

BOB DYLAN WINS NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE On Thursday, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature was announced in Stockholm and it was one of our generation – the poet/troubador Bob Dylan, age 75. Here is the moment when... Read More...

Published Sat, Oct 15 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Vice Presidential Debate Tonight

Tonight, Republican Governor Mike Pence and Democratic Senator Tim Kaine will face off in their only debate being held at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. Many of you will not watch because it is "only" the nominees for vice president...

Published Tue, Oct 04 2016 5:51 AM by TIME GOES BY

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