Discovering skills you already have!

by Sbexon | Aug 31, 2025 | Author, Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Tips, Wellness, Writing

Have you ever looked down at your dashboard to find that your air conditioner and your heater are both going full blast? I got that feeling of competing priorities when I attended When Words College conference for writers and readers in Calgary last month. Adamant...

Everything you wanted to know about bidets, but were afraid to ask

by Sbexon | Aug 21, 2025 | Community, Lifestyle, Tips, Wellness

Is the plural of bidet even supposed to be bidets or is it bideti? The zany topic of this highly personal contraption became a bit of a distracting public spectacle at a Red Deer restaurant recently – sorry to anyone who was sitting nearby! The three of us were so...

Be your own superhero against cyber crime

by Sbexon | Aug 14, 2025 | Community, Finances, Lifestyle, News, Retirement, Tips, Wellness

Did you hear the one about the lady whose phone started ringing while she was having lunch out? The voice on the other end exclaimed that it was someone calling on behalf of her granddaughter, who had been in a serious accident and credit card details were required...

Be informed when visiting someone in hospital

by Sbexon | Aug 5, 2025 | Community, Lifestyle, Tips, Wellness

I had written recently about getting lost after visiting my dear friend at the cancer centre in Calgary, but the part I left out was how lost I felt preparing to go in the first place. As can happen, her situation moved startlingly fast from a fun lunch together to...

Remember what you learned in yoga class

by Sbexon | Jul 26, 2025 | Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Tips, Wellness

I watched with some confusion as the G7 group meandered here and there in southern Alberta recently. At first I was hopeful there might be a chance those meetings of the world’s powerful people might shine a light on where we’re all going. But I watched as they stood...

Challenge to self: be a regular blood donor

by Sbexon | Jul 12, 2025 | Community, Nostalgia, Tips, Wellness

I’ve had a long-held desire to be a blood donor, but an equally long fear of it. It’s not a concern of fainting that intimidates me, which my personal research has revealed is a common reason people hesitate. For me, it’s a fear of possible pain as the needle goes in....