by Sbexon | Sep 25, 2024 | Career, Community, Finances, History, Lifestyle, Tips, Wellness
The course of a person’s whole life determines healthy aging outcomes, not only the things that happen in older age. Makes perfect sense, but now the concept is supported by a ream of data which was part of a summer newsletter from RTOERO (formerly the Retired...
by Sbexon | Sep 11, 2024 | Community, Finances, Lifestyle, News, Retirement
The long arm of the law seems to have wrapped itself firmly around my shoulders this summer. You may recall me writing (okay, possibly complaining) a few columns ago about getting two speeding tickets in exactly the same spot two weeks apart. Well, I promptly paid the...
by Sbexon | Jul 16, 2024 | Community, Finances, Food and Recipe, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement, Wellness
Oh my, I was excited. I had waited for this day for so long, had researched and planned and strategized – and now it was finally time to go pick her up. I was feeling pretty intimidated, but also full of hope. I had purchased all the things needed to make this a...
by Sbexon | Jul 10, 2024 | Community, Finances, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Tips
If you’re following along, last week I wrote quite boastfully that I have an accident-free driving record after nearly 50 years behind the wheel. Glad I didn’t say it was a completely clear driving record, because that would be an alternate truth. I’ve had my share of...
by Sbexon | Apr 9, 2024 | Career, Community, Finances, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement
It has been a year since I retired from my full time career and I think, after some hit and miss, that I’ve discovered a pace that fits well with my time and energy at the moment. How lucky am I to be able to say that? I realize the adjustment is far from easy for...
by Sbexon | Jan 30, 2024 | Community, Finances, History, Nostalgia, Retirement
There was a tiny ledge above the highest shelf of our kitchen cupboards growing up, where strange and unusual things were kept. Like the gallstones my mom brought home in a jar after her surgery in the 1970s, and the plastic-wrapped and yellowed top layer of their...
