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

ELDER MUSIC: Porgy and Bess

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, Jan 03 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Reverse Mortgages

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, Jan 09 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Losses of Age

Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the death of a good friend I had met in 1970. She was younger than I by a handful of years and according to the actuarial tables, she should still be here. I wish... Read More...

Published Wed, May 14 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Medicare MEGO

I stole that – MEGO – from my friend Joyce Wadler who, these days, writes the weekly I Was Misinformed column in The New York Times. Eons ago when she was a reporter at a different paper, she used that... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 10 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

”There’s no shame in spending an afternoon on a park bench reading a novel, or watching the children play. It is expected of the elderly, even when they are in good health...But idleness is only satisfying for a while; repose... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 06 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 5 July 2014

MAINTAINING STRENGTH AND BALANCE The older we get, the more important preserving those two physical attributes becomes. Darlene Costner found us some inspiration. Unfortunately, it is beyond you and me and most everyone - but it's amazing to watch...

Published Sat, Jul 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 29 July 2012

ELDER SENSE OF HUMOR A man named Wiley Miller draws and writes a cartoon strip called Nonsequitor. Peter Tibbles sent me a recent one. Here it is for you: RARE FOOTAGE OF SCULPTOR AUGUSTE RODIN You know Auguste Rodin, most... Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 28 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Memorial Day 2011

Memorial Day was created to honor both Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the U.S. Civil War. It was later extended to include World War I and now, in memory of the men and women who have died during... Read More...

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

Frittering Time Away

For the 47 years I worked, free time was precious. I devoted Saturday mornings to chores and errands that had to be done: cleaning the house, laundry, any needed repairs, shopping for food and other necessities, banking, etc. The goal... Read More...

Published Wed, May 11 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Political Schadenfreude

New York's 26th Congressional District has been in the hands of Republicans for 40 years so when a special election was held to fill the seat of the member who resigned after posting a half-naked photograph of himself on Craigslist,... Read More....

Published Thu, May 26 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Rest of My Life

Last week, intending to telephone a woman who is near my age, I instead reached her mother who is 103 years old. The wrong number had been given to me in error but it turned out to be a seredipitous... Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 08 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

When Blog Friends Go Missing – Take Two

A few days ago, TGB reader Linda Crim left a comment on a post from three years ago titled, as today's is, minus the “take two.” She wanted to know if there has been an update. Well, not until now.... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Young Woman's Wisdom

Many of you know that nearly from the beginning, Time Goes By has shared a connection with awesome geriatrician Bill Thomas, author of my favorite book on aging, What Are Old People For?, and his new novel about elders, Tribes... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 01 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Surveillance For Their Own Good

Okay, they usually call it “monitoring” instead of surveillance to sound less Orwellian but don't be fooled - it is surveillance. It's not quite here yet but the groundswell is increasing as commercial development and science research projects...

Published Mon, Nov 24 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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