by Sbexon | Aug 31, 2025 | Author, Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Tips, Wellness, Writing
Have you ever looked down at your dashboard to find that your air conditioner and your heater are both going full blast? I got that feeling of competing priorities when I attended When Words College conference for writers and readers in Calgary last month. Adamant...
by Sbexon | Aug 28, 2025 | Community, Lifestyle, News, Retirement
A funny thing happened on the way to the Anne Frank House Museum. My sister was preparing for her European cruise that was scheduled to launch from Amsterdam and was determined to see the legendary museum while she was there. With only three days in that majestic...
by Sbexon | Aug 21, 2025 | Community, Lifestyle, Tips, Wellness
Is the plural of bidet even supposed to be bidets or is it bideti? The zany topic of this highly personal contraption became a bit of a distracting public spectacle at a Red Deer restaurant recently – sorry to anyone who was sitting nearby! The three of us were so...
by Sbexon | Aug 14, 2025 | Community, Finances, Lifestyle, News, Retirement, Tips, Wellness
Did you hear the one about the lady whose phone started ringing while she was having lunch out? The voice on the other end exclaimed that it was someone calling on behalf of her granddaughter, who had been in a serious accident and credit card details were required...
by Sbexon | Aug 5, 2025 | Community, Lifestyle, Tips, Wellness
I had written recently about getting lost after visiting my dear friend at the cancer centre in Calgary, but the part I left out was how lost I felt preparing to go in the first place. As can happen, her situation moved startlingly fast from a fun lunch together to...
