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Senior Moments: A Feature, Not a Bug

It is “common knowledge” that turns up every day in print, online, in movies and TV shows: old people are all incompetent, can't learn anything new, don't care about sex, are depressed and senile. Of course, none of that is... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 22 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Of a Holiday, Contest Winners and a Favorite Elder

Henry Lowenstern regularly contributes five-line ditties and limericks to The Elder Storytelling Place. He sent one for today's green holiday. A Bit of Irish History St. Patrick checked out all the lakes of Ireland, playing ducks and drakes, and turning...

Published Mon, Mar 17 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Songs with Street Names

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 19 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Dear Diary: A Foolish Passionate Woman

On reading The New York Times Op-Ed page yesterday, I had a bit of a private snit about columnist Maureen Dowd. As usual. Again. From that you would be correct to infer I am not a fan. Never have been.... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 20 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What We Are When the Striving Ends?

Western culture is uniquely concentrated on striving. It is the whole of our lives. Even in the womb, parents barrage the fetus with Mozart. Toddlers must learn to walk and talk and eat without drooling, to run and jump and... Read More...

Published Wed, May 06 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

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

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

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

INTERESTING STUFF – 16 May 2015

GRANDPA AND ME AND A HELICOPTER TO HEAVEN Reader Tom Delmore sent this video of the touching relationship between an old man at the end of his life and his grandson. Simple and beautiful. (In Swedish with subtitles.) OH, GOD,... Read More...

Published Sat, May 16 2015 5:30 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

Crabby Old Lady's Economic Prescription

Crabby Old Lady has been on sabbatical from this blog for a couple of months. Spurred on by the debt ceiling kabuki that obsessed Washington politicians for months along with their general falsehoods and stupidities on the subject of the... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 23 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A New Late Night Star For Us

Larry Wilmore's Comedy Central program, The Nightly Show, premiered this week in Stephen Colbert's old time slot following The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. On Tuesday, all the reviews were laudatory and I agree. Strongly. We have a new late.....

Published Fri, Jan 23 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and Loss

When our culture at large is not ignoring old people, it celebrates us in an especially demeaning manner by holding up as paragons the freaks of old age - the ones who climb Mt. Everest at 80 or deep sea... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 15 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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