by Sbexon | Mar 21, 2023 | Career, Community, History, Lifestyle, Retirement
When I moved to Red Deer from a town down the highway, I was shown how to maneuver around the outskirts of the city each morning to avoid the traffic lights and the jostle of morning commuters (yes, there is a morning rush hour outside the major centres!). It was a...
by Sbexon | Mar 7, 2023 | Career, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Nearing the end of my first full month of retirement, I decided to take a trip. Sounds a bit cliché, but my sister and her spouse are spending the winter in Mexico and asked me to come down. I scheduled a week in the sun, far from phones and the slight turmoil of...
by Sbexon | Feb 21, 2023 | Career, Golden Nuggets, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness, Writing
Sandy Bexon is the Advocate’s newest columnist. She has served as Communications Officer for Chinook’s Edge School Division for the past 15 years and worked in Communications at Olds College. She recently launched a new novel called Moving Mountains, and her short...
by Sbexon | Feb 15, 2023 | Career, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Okay, we’re two weeks into retirement and I’m hearing phantom text pings going off in the night. I’m accustomed to sleeping with my cell phone charging right beside me on my nightstand, having been one of the first people on an emergency contact list for work for the...
by Sbexon | Feb 7, 2023 | Community, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Beautiful autumn colours in Central Park! 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 to celebrate the release of the new Stones album....
