by Sbexon | Dec 24, 2024 | Community, Food and Recipe, History, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement
Forty-four years ago today, I spent Christmas Eve in Bethlehem. It was a night to behold, for sure, during a memorable winter that I spent working on a kibbutz in Israel. It was what young backpackers did at the time – when it got cold in Europe where everyone was...
by Sbexon | Dec 5, 2024 | Community, Food and Recipe, History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement
Nothing shines a light on our family traditions much like Everything Christmas. When you stop to think about it some of them are pretty strange, and yet we hold onto all of them because that’s what everyone who gathers expects year after year. For instance, a bowl of...
by Sbexon | Nov 13, 2024 | Community, Food and Recipe, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Wellness
You know when you enter a coffeeshop early in the morning and you can float restfully through the ordering, waiting and obtaining lines pretty mindlessly? One morning I arrived to my neighbourhood spot, laptop in hand and ready to find a quiet table and a coffee to...
by Sbexon | Oct 4, 2024 | Community, Food and Recipe, History, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Wellness
(Harvesting my little carrot bowl on the patio!) I distinctly remember my ah-ha moment of making a personal connection to where food comes from. It was in the early 60s in Vancouver, when my family stayed at great-aunt Bella’s house while on vacation. When we arrived,...
by Sbexon | Aug 20, 2024 | Community, Food and Recipe, Golden Nuggets, History, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement, Wellness
Jack Windle tied the leather straps of his boots and hoisted a rifle over his shoulder. It was time for the winter kill and Jack was on his way to help his neighbours butcher three of their pigs and salt the meat to preserve it for winter storage. Eventually freezers...
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...
