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TIME GOES BY

     I’ve discovered a whole community of “elderbloggers.” RONNI BENNETT’S blog, TIME GOES BY, is one of the most popular. You’ll find on it such things as “geezer flicks” and “elder videos,” and you can scroll down the lefthand column for a long list of elder blogs.

http://ronnibennett.typepad.com/

     Many of the elderbloggers I tried were thinking about politics. Of course I think about politics all the time myself, and you probably do too. But, since this newsletter stays out of politics, those are not the bloggers I’m writing up. You can check out all the elderbloggers, political and not, on TIME GOES BY and see for yourself which you like best, but following are some I particularly liked. As it happens, the first one isn’t exactly free of politics, but it makes interesting reading:

     AGEISM IN AMERICA. If you enjoy bringing your blood to a slow boil every now and then, do try AGEISM IN AMERICA.

http://www.ilcusa.org/pages/ageism.php

     Here’s an unusually good AGEISM IN AMERICA item, “What Your Doctor Won’t Say To Your Face”:

http://www.ilcusa.org/pages/media_items/
what-your-doctor-wont-say-to-your-face184.php

DELIGHTFUL ELDERBLOGGERS

     This next one is the only one I did NOT get from TIME GOES BY:

     HELP ME BUBBY. BUBBY, a 92-year-old Jewish grandmother, is probably the oldest blogger on the Internet. BUBBY used to email good advice to her grandchildren but now spreads it more widely. We are fortunate to receive it. Scroll down BUBBY’s main page, and in the lower right you’ll see, “So, are you looking for advice on food, work, a broken heart, or the perfect bat mitzvah present?” Here’s her advice for “Bald and Oblivious”:

http://helpmebubby.blogspot.com/2004/04/
dear-bubby-my-28-year-old-husband-has.html

     JOY OF SIX. I like her style, enjoy her mind. This post’s called “Oooo Oooo, I Have a Question” and contains this thought:

     “If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?”

http://joyofsix.typepad.com/joyofsix/2008/04/
oooo-oooo-i-hav.html

     MOSTLY ANECDOTAL. Marvellous.

http://www.mostlyanecdotal.org/

     BEVERLY USE YOUR WORDS. BEVERLY says she’s been a neonatal nurse for 39 years, has three grandchildren, and loves “photography, music, movies, and ‘dining out.’” You know how you just like somebody sometimes? I just liked Beverly. I like the things she writes about and the things she says about them. Maybe you will too.

http://beverly-useyourwords.blogspot.com/

     THE HICKS PLACE. DON lists his favorite books over to the left, which reminds me I haven’t read Garrison Keillor’s latest and would like to. THE HICKS PLACE goes into the old days: early radio, the central place of manure to anyone who grew up on a farm, and suchlike.

http://thehicksplace.typepad.com/the_hicks_place/

OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHY

     These three elder photographers do outstanding work:

     First, PAULA’S HOUSE OF TOAST specializes in greatly magnified closeups of flowers, leaves, dewdrops, more. Beautiful. Astonishing. And if you scroll down far enough you’ll find PAULA’S thoughts.

http://paulashouseoftoast.blogspot.com/
2008_03_01_paulashouseoftoast_archive.html

     BITTERROOT AND BERGAMOT features photos of Western Montana, where I grew up, and places south and east, especially Wisconsin. Scroll down to BRIDGET FOGARTY’s archives for closeups of wildflowers, clear flowing water, mountains, pasturelands.

http://bitterrootandbergamot.blogspot.com/

     And find in the BLUE RIDGE GAZETTE beautiful photos of the Blue Ridge Mountain area, plus links to many Blue Ridge Mountain related blogs.

http://blueridgegazette.blogspot.com/
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