by Sbexon | Nov 20, 2024 | Author, Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Wellness
Someone recently mentioned to me that they are feeling less confident about their writing and they figure it’s because of what they have come to read. This thought was shared by an incredibly successful entrepreneur who has a number of degrees and interacts with...
by Sbexon | Nov 6, 2024 | Community, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Wellness
The geese are honking their way through another autumn in droves. A whole swack of them flew right over me while I was walking the other night and, even though none of them uttered a sound, there was still such huge volume with their wings flapping and the air...
by Sbexon | Oct 30, 2024 | Community, History, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia
One of the final hockey seasons is underway in the Saddledome and it’s making me think of all the great memories from that notorious building. I remember when it was first built and we all thought it looked like a maxi-pad. Be that as it may, it was built for the...
by Sbexon | Oct 23, 2024 | Author, Community, History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia
(Me with the toque on The Great Wall in 1984) As of today, I have been on this earth for 32,014.5 days. The half is because I was born midway through my first day. I know this because my dad dropped my mom off in the morning at The Calgary General Hospital, where he...
by Sbexon | Oct 4, 2024 | Community, Food and Recipe, History, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Wellness
(Harvesting my little carrot bowl on the patio!) I distinctly remember my ah-ha moment of making a personal connection to where food comes from. It was in the early 60s in Vancouver, when my family stayed at great-aunt Bella’s house while on vacation. When we arrived,...
by Sbexon | Sep 17, 2024 | Community, History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Parenting, Wellness
I am navigationally challenged and have been my entire life. The first time I was allowed to take the bus to my gramma’s by myself, I needed to transfer to a route going to Calgary’s southwest. Me and Mom practised this and I thought I had memorized it adequately, but...