As I have mentioned in a couple of past posts, I am researching the history of old age and although I’m not ready to state so unequivocably (I have lots more work to do), the high point of respect for elders appears to have existed in the cultures of the Fertile Crescent long before even the Hellenistic period.
Continue ReadingThere isn’t much else going on this first Monday in November other than the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and anticipation of tomorrow’s quadrennial vote. All I can say about the latter is, it’s about time.
Continue ReadingLook at this amazing photograph of a city divided by power or the lack of it. Uptown, where there is power, is its usual bright and shiny self. Downtown has disappeared into the dark.
Continue ReadingMany 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 of Eden.
Equally awesome is Bill’s editor, Kavan Peterson, who runs their website Changing Aging and works closely with Bill on many other projects.
Continue ReadingFor as long as there has been a technology industry, it has been hard for IT people older than 40 to find work. It is, somehow, believed that after that birthday, they suddenly forget all their computer knowledge and skills…
Continue ReadingEveryone likes quotations, right? The ones we like best are usually those that confirm our prejudices. A whole lot of others allow us to believe we have learned something important or useful or wise or clever but are so banal…
Continue ReadingOne of the first things the U.S. Constitution mandates is a national census. Article I, Section 2 states that an ”…enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within…
Continue ReadingA taste of what I’ve found so far about how old women lived and were treated through the past 2500 years.
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