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...
by Sbexon | Feb 8, 2024 | Author, Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Wellness
Reading has been one of the greatest pleasures throughout my life. Quite certainly I’ve stated that to you before, so it’s not new information! But I know it’s a life priority that many, many of us share – and what has become clear to me through the book exchanges,...
by Sbexon | Jan 30, 2024 | Community, Finances, History, Nostalgia, Retirement
There was a tiny ledge above the highest shelf of our kitchen cupboards growing up, where strange and unusual things were kept. Like the gallstones my mom brought home in a jar after her surgery in the 1970s, and the plastic-wrapped and yellowed top layer of their...
by Sbexon | Jan 18, 2024 | Community, Finances, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Parenting
Here we are, smackdab in the middle of paying bills for a holiday that feels long since past. Even with that burden of attention that’s required to juggle the things necessary to pay the other things off, I often find myself with a bit of extra energy at this time of...
by Sbexon | Jan 3, 2024 | Community, History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Parenting, Retirement, Wellness
Christmas trees look so strange once Christmas is over, sitting there in the middle of the room all disheveled and dusty from their former glory days of a few weeks ago. They had risen again in triumph back then, in the month’s earlier days, to stand watch over the...
by Sbexon | Dec 14, 2023 | Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement, Writing
I bet you’re right in the middle of writing Christmas cards. I am, although I’ve cut my list down to just a dozen or so in an effort to keep things simple. I’ve always found this tradition to be a top seasonal stressor – as I wrote about in this article that was first...
