by Sbexon | Dec 20, 2023 | Food and Recipe, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Here we are, smack-dab amid all the festivities. My wish is that your days are filled with kind visits and good cheer enroute to a happy holiday feast! My second wish is that my own festive gathering will be free of the mini calamities that seemed to haunt our...
by Sbexon | Sep 26, 2023 | Career, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I admit to being a Sound of Music fanatic. I mean, there are worse things to be, but I realize this movie is one of those things that divides a population. You know the drill… there are two kinds of people in the world: those who love ketchup and those who...
by Sbexon | Aug 29, 2023 | Hobbies, Lifestyle, Parenting, Retirement, Wellness
My mom and Dad had purchased a 16-foot trailer before I was even born, so the older three kids were already used to sardining into it by the time I came along. It was hot, cramped and basic – and it provided a base from which unbelievably happy memories grew. Dad was...
by Sbexon | Jul 18, 2023 | Career, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Parenting, Retirement, Wellness
Last week I briefly mentioned ‘the front step’ of my childhood home, and I’ve been thinking about that pivotal spot quite a bit since! It was a gathering place through the years, for sure. We sucked on homemade Tupperware Popsicles as young children, gossiped about...
by Sbexon | Jul 4, 2023 | Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I was driving down one of my favourite riverside lanes the other day on the way to one of Red Deer’s amazing green spaces, when I had a glimpse of yesteryear out one side of my car and another of futurama out the other at precisely the same time. Moseying up the...
by Sbexon | Jun 6, 2023 | Career, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
‘Time to deprogram myself. I needed two hands to take my first selfie – hard to believe I came to be so attached to my iPhone.’ I don’t take myself very seriously, as you can probably tell by now if you have been following along with this column. But...