by Sbexon | Mar 7, 2023 | Career, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Nearing the end of my first full month of retirement, I decided to take a trip. Sounds a bit cliché, but my sister and her spouse are spending the winter in Mexico and asked me to come down. I scheduled a week in the sun, far from phones and the slight turmoil of...
by Sbexon | Feb 28, 2023 | Career, Retirement, Wellness
‘Okay, so I was a pretty cute four year old – just not too bright, since this is around the time I wandered around Sears not even knowing I was lost!’ When I was four years old, I got lost at Simpson Sears. Yes, Simpson Sears, which was a cultural...
by Sbexon | Feb 21, 2023 | Career, Golden Nuggets, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness, Writing
Sandy Bexon is the Advocate’s newest columnist. She has served as Communications Officer for Chinook’s Edge School Division for the past 15 years and worked in Communications at Olds College. She recently launched a new novel called Moving Mountains, and her short...
by Sbexon | Feb 15, 2023 | Career, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Okay, we’re two weeks into retirement and I’m hearing phantom text pings going off in the night. I’m accustomed to sleeping with my cell phone charging right beside me on my nightstand, having been one of the first people on an emergency contact list for work for the...