by Sbexon | Dec 6, 2023 | Community, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement, Wellness
There used to be a commercial for my favourite brand of jeans, reminding people to take a softer approach to life ‘this time around’. When that pair of jeans was new and a whole host of experiences were waiting for you and them to experience together. ‘This time...
by Sbexon | Nov 29, 2023 | Career, Community, Lifestyle, Retirement, Writing
It really does take a village to accomplish things successfully – from raising healthy children (where the saying originally came from) to accomplishing your career goals to navigating retirement. The old proverb implies that the entire community should provide for...
by Sbexon | Nov 22, 2023 | Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Wellness
I got busted for having a sheathed knife in my purse at airport customs once, but I can explain. It happened several years ago, when I had been at a Christmas party with a dear friend soon after both of us were divorced. He insisted I needed a ‘night out’ which, given...
by Sbexon | Nov 14, 2023 | Community, Lifestyle, Parenting, Wellness
I fell again and it was on account of my dog again, but it wasn’t really his fault this time. We were roughhousing in the yard, going pretty hard in a game of chase, when we found ourselves running headlong into one another. Before we knew it, he had sideswiped my...
by Sbexon | Nov 9, 2023 | Community, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
‘A beautiful autumn day in Central Park – the timing for this was perfect!’ I recently returned from a very nice vacation in New York. Oddly, I arrived just a few days after Mick Jagger and Lady Gaga surprised everyone with a little nightclub concert...
by Sbexon | Oct 31, 2023 | Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Though I’m not going to win any good housekeeping awards, I do keep my place pretty tidy. But come fall, I turn into a bit of a cleaning beast. Scuttling along the floorboards with a spray bottle, shimmying between heavy furniture with a mop, slithering under beds...
