by Sbexon | May 9, 2025 | History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement, Wellness
I’m not exactly sure that what I purchase now is still considered lingerie. There was a long stretch of time in my life when acquiring comfortable undergarments was the last thing on my mind! I used to succumb to marketing and wore itchy uncomfortable lacy items for...
by Sbexon | May 1, 2025 | Community, History, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement
I was excited to pick up a copy of the recent Life magazine that was celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Sound of Music. Seeing that movie for the first time sixty years ago had broadened my tiny world ever so slightly. It was 1965, I was four years old, and my...
by Sbexon | Apr 25, 2025 | Community, Finances, History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement
“Meet you at The Bay” was a regular refrain for me growing up. As a young teenager it was to the Market Mall location, where me and my friends would scrutinize the make-up aisle and spritz on their free perfume samples. Then there was always a mission to some other...
by Sbexon | Apr 16, 2025 | Community, Food and Recipe, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement, Tips, Wellness
My friend from yoga showed me what my first ‘65th year challenge to myself’ should be. When I wrote the column about spending my 65th year putting forth a little monthly challenge to myself, I started wondering what the heck that would look like and what I would do....
by Sbexon | Apr 10, 2025 | Author, Career, Community, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement
You know when you have a spare bit of time and you devote it to clearing out one of the storage bins so your kids don’t have to deal with all of it when you die? Sounds harsh, but that’s sort of how I view organizing the clutter these days. Thing is, statistically I...
by Sbexon | Apr 3, 2025 | Career, Community, Finances, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement
(Here I am at my first office job in 1981 – rotary phone, ashtray and rolodex and all!) The year 2020 brings immediate thoughts to mind of huge events, including one for me that seemed inconsequential at the time. It was the year I became eligible to begin...
