by Sbexon | Feb 4, 2026 | Retirement
I happened to be sitting on my couch with an afternoon cup of tea right at ‘after school time’ recently. A little movement caught my eye out the window and I looked up from my book to see a young boy intently holding a remote control as he prodded a small toy car down...
by Sbexon | Jan 29, 2026 | Community, History, Lifestyle, News, Wellness
Was there ever a Furby in your house? Did you ever wrap a thick blanket around it and stuff it into a box deep, deep in the cellar? Because those darn things looked harmless, but they would wake everyone up by squawking and yelling unbidden in the middle of the night....
by Sbexon | Jan 21, 2026 | Community, Lifestyle, Tips, Wellness
Me and 55,000 fellow Albertans have been contributing our insights and our bodily fluids to a massive research project for the last 25 years! The Alberta Tomorrow Project (ATP) is a large-scale research study, involving men and women aged 35 to 69 from across the...
by Sbexon | Jan 15, 2026 | Community, History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Parenting, Wellness
So I’ve been setting small challenges for myself and reflecting (very casually) on my lifepath, in the lead-up to my 65th birthday in March. I figured it was time to ask a psychic for their comments on my life thus far! I’ve been to a psychic a few times over the...
by Sbexon | Jan 7, 2026 | Author, Career, Community, Finances, Lifestyle, Retirement, Tips, Writing
It’s a brand-new year – perfect time to reflect on the 365 days we’re leaving behind and gird our loins for the resolutions we are cornering ourselves into. Funny to have an old, recently rediscovered college assignment remind me that I used to thumb my nose at...
