by Sbexon | Jun 27, 2023 | Career, Golden Nuggets, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I had the loveliest time at my cousin’s 50th wedding anniversary gathering recently. It felt like one of those disappearing cultural milestones, like a mortgage burning party or converting your child’s bedroom to a sewing room when they finally leave home. Not all of...
by Sbexon | Jun 20, 2023 | Author, Career, Retirement, Writing
‘I hand-delivered one of my manuscripts to Penguin Random House Ireland when my sister and I were in Dublin. No luck of the Irish – it was still rejected.’ After last week’s column when I talked about my past fixation to be as accomplished as...
by Sbexon | Jun 13, 2023 | Career, Golden Nuggets, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I’m very glad I didn’t feel melancholy when I left my career, because apparently, that can be a common sentiment. I have that feeling about other things from time to time, of course, that homesick kind of pull at the heart that something is missing from a particular...
by Sbexon | Jun 6, 2023 | Career, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
‘Time to deprogram myself. I needed two hands to take my first selfie – hard to believe I came to be so attached to my iPhone.’ I don’t take myself very seriously, as you can probably tell by now if you have been following along with this column. But...
