by Sbexon | Sep 4, 2024 | Community, History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement
This is the week when kids are turning the corner from summer freedom to school routines. Parents are trying to break the habits of late nights, uncombed hair and spontaneous shenanigans, as they attempt to set the tone for the business at hand. So many common rituals...
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 | Aug 7, 2024 | History, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Parenting, Wellness
Did you know that sunscreen has a best before date? You’d likely never know by looking at the tubes of it in your bathroom cupboard, because many don’t provide any indication of this important information. You wouldn’t eat yogurt after the expiry date, because it...
by Sbexon | Jul 4, 2024 | Community, History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Parenting, Wellness
My great-nephew is working towards getting his driver’s license. Strange, isn’t it? That I’m old enough to have a 16 year-old great nephew? Really, what I meant to say is that it’s strange to think of just starting out in what is truly an overwhelming undertaking. He...
by Sbexon | Jun 26, 2024 | Community, Food and Recipe, History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement
Candy is the food that most readily takes me back to a childhood memory. That might be a sad statement for people whose first thought goes to spiced cookies or Irish stew or glass jars of preserves lining the cellar shelves. I have those wonderful memories, too, but...
by Sbexon | Jun 5, 2024 | Community, History, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia
Have you ever explored a ghost town? If you’re one of the many people who pack into the Last Chance Saloon at the Wayne Hotel you have. Wayne is a ghost town near Drumheller where an estimated 28 people now reside, but that population balloons substantially when the...
