by Sbexon | Apr 2, 2024 | Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, News, Nostalgia
Fans sitting on top of a painted bus at the Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, New York, 15th-17th August 1969. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images) The Museum at Bethel Woods, located on the site of the legendary Woodstock music festival, is working over the next...
by Sbexon | Mar 29, 2024 | Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, News, Wellness
A total solar eclipse will happen on Monday, April 8th. I can’t say that I’m a huge astrophysics follower, but I am a big media event junkie and I’m hearing a lot about this rare event. People – many people – have been waiting for this for years. Those who have spent...
by Sbexon | Mar 6, 2024 | Community, Food and Recipe, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement, Wellness
I know I’ve been going on and on about cooking lately – or lack thereof. ‘Learn to cook’ was front and centre on many lists and charts I was instructed to make when I contemplated what I would do with my time in retirement. It has stayed there through a couple of...
by Sbexon | Feb 27, 2024 | Food and Recipe, History, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Parenting, Wellness
I grew up in a home where cooking was predictable, unimaginative and meant to simply help everyone maintain their body weight. Mom didn’t waste too much time and energy on specialty dishes – and pasta was considered specialty, especially by my Irish father who only...
by Sbexon | Feb 20, 2024 | Community, Food and Recipe, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Wellness
My dear friend, Jan, is undoubtedly the most talented artist I know. I’m fortunate that she has been involved in pretty much every literary endeavour I’ve embarked on – she is behind the adorable wise-old owl on my website. Her love of visual art is evident in...
by Sbexon | Feb 13, 2024 | Community, Food and Recipe, History, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia
— This pupcake has been my greatest success in the kitchen! — My brother has been a paramedic for nearly 35 years and when people ask him the grossestthing he has ever seen, he says ‘my sister’s cooking.’Now my rudimentary skills allowed me to keep my...