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ELDER MUSIC: Promised Land

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, Nov 08 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What Have You Stopped Doing in Old Age?

I am on an overnight visit to Astoria and although there is a list of posts I want to write, most require research and reporting. It's a matter of available time. Writing yesterday's post reminded me of this TGB golden... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Hello

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, Feb 06 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Weight Loss Follow Up

Several people emailed with questions similar to those in a comment Bia Redko left on last week's story about my weight loss: I loved your diet and trying to follow it. You do not have any milk? And eggs? And... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 14 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 8 February 2014

HELEN MIRREN'S TWERKING SKILLS Certainly you recall the “twerking” craze that lasted for a day or two following Miley Cyrus's “performance” of the maneuver at an award show not long ago. Now, one of our favorite elder actors, Helen Mirren,......

Published Sat, Feb 08 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Poem on My 79th Birthday

From time to occasional time, I receive a missive from Tom Delmore who always signs himself, Poet - and that he is. I told you about him and his work in a post last May and his most recent book... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 12 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

TimeGoesBy Comment Rules

It doesn't seem like much of a big deal anymore, does it? You start a blog because you'd like to join the global conversation and you think you have something to say that others might like to read. Plus, you... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Social Security Attack

I know, I know – that headline is hardly news. But the zeal with which tea partiers and many other Republicans in Congress are attacking it means you and I need to be thoroughly informed. Let's start with the immediate... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 21 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 1 March 2014

REST IN PEACE, ALICE HERZ-SOMMER At the top of last Saturday's Interesting Stuff, I told you about Alice Herz-Sommer, the 110-year-old musician and oldest Holocaust survivor. The next day, Sunday, she died in a hospital in London after having been...

Published Sat, Mar 01 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Cataract Miracle

I don't think it is an overstatement to say that cataract surgery is a modern medical miracle. That said, there is some archaeological evidence that as far back as ancient Rome, surgery may have been performed to treat cataracts. Yeah,... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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ELDER MUSIC: Promised Land

What Have You Stopped Doing in Old Age?

ELDER MUSIC: Hello

Weight Loss Follow Up

INTERESTING STUFF – 8 February 2014

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Poem on My 79th Birthday

TimeGoesBy Comment Rules

The Social Security Attack

INTERESTING STUFF – 1 March 2014

Cataract Miracle

GAY AND GRAY: BlackedOUT History

ELDER MUSIC: Roots of the Stones

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Getting Old by Jack Gilbert

How to Invent a Generational War

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