Time Goes By
Blog URL http://www.timegoesby.net
Tags aging, getting old, senior citizens, elders, baby boomers, retirement, ageism, age discrimination, old age
With a little luck, we will all live long enough to get old, so it behooves us to find out what it's really like.
Latest Blog Posts
- What Not to be Thankful For on Nov 25, 2009 in Journal
There is not much to be thankful for this season; it's been a horrible, painful year. Millions of people unemployed, millions thrown out of their homes, trillions of dollars in savings lost to the bank crash. Oh, wait. Not everyone...
- REFLECTIONS: The Long View on Nov 24, 2009 in Reflections
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the twice-monthlyReflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest generation.
- Aging into Sentimentality on Nov 23, 2009 in Journal
While clearing out my mother's home after she died, I marveled at how many videos she had of the cutesy variety of animal movies. Born Free, Harry and Tonto, Lady and the Tramp, Charlotte's Web, The Incredible Journey and some...
- ELDER MUSIC: Ian Tyson on Nov 22, 2009 in Elder Music
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...
- Gray Matters: Health Insurance Companies on Nov 21, 2009 in Gray Matters
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the weekly Gray Matters column which appears here each Saturday. His Reflections column, in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger...
- How Well Do You Sleep? on Nov 20, 2009 in Health
As I have undoubtedly mentioned here from time to time, I don't sleep worth a damn. If it's not that I need to pee, it's waking at ungodly early hours - like 2:30AM - without a chance of going back...
- The Cult of Manhattan Tower on Nov 19, 2009 in Journal
Two or three times over the life of this blog, I have written about a 1945 recording titled Manhattan Tower. I was a little girl of no more than five or six when my parents obtained it when it was...
