by Sbexon | Nov 5, 2025 | Community, Finances, Lifestyle, News, Tips, Wellness
Can you imagine being a receptionist at one of the UCP MLA offices right now? It would be a task almost as impossible as being a teacher in Alberta. I made my first-ever phone call to my MLA at 8:55 on October 28, the morning his party introduced Bill 2. ‘My...
by Sbexon | Oct 23, 2025 | Community, Finances, History, Lifestyle, Tips, Wellness
Remember that song “head and shoulders knees and toes…” It was taught to us as kids and then we taught it to our kids to help them learn about their bodies. Now it’s a good jingle to carry into senior years because it’s a perfect inventory list when you’re doing your...
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 | Jun 25, 2025 | Community, Finances, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement
If I gave you $20, what would you do with it? I asked various people and just sat back to see what they’d say. It’s a fairly inconsequential amount to many of us, while to others it represents bread and milk and enough gas to make it into work for a few more days. I...
by Sbexon | Apr 25, 2025 | Community, Finances, History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement
“Meet you at The Bay” was a regular refrain for me growing up. As a young teenager it was to the Market Mall location, where me and my friends would scrutinize the make-up aisle and spritz on their free perfume samples. Then there was always a mission to some other...
by Sbexon | Apr 3, 2025 | Career, Community, Finances, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement
(Here I am at my first office job in 1981 – rotary phone, ashtray and rolodex and all!) The year 2020 brings immediate thoughts to mind of huge events, including one for me that seemed inconsequential at the time. It was the year I became eligible to begin...
