by Sbexon | Mar 19, 2025 | Community, Lifestyle, News, Retirement, Tips, Wellness
Gosh, that title sounds like a game of Twister, doesn’t it? But it doesn’t feel like a game these days. It got me thinking: What do you stand on guard for? Your word? Your livelihood? Your kids? I vividly remember the last time I took my daughter camping. She was...
by Sbexon | Mar 13, 2025 | Community, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement, Tips, Wellness
On the days when I wake up and my eyelids won’t accordion-fold open into their prescribed slots properly, I know I’m in for a day of jamming square pegs into round holes. A day where anything that requires the technology and good fortune of an accurate twist or a fold...
by Sbexon | Feb 19, 2025 | Community, Finances, History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement, Tips, Wellness
I’ve been humming the old Anne Murray song to myself a lot lately, because I love her music and because ‘We sure could use a little good news today’. As I write this, we are in a minus 40 deep-freeze, we are mad as hell about world chaos being caused by a single...
by Sbexon | Oct 16, 2024 | Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Tips, Wellness
We’ve all seen the signs: ‘Be kind to our staff – abuse in any form will not be tolerated.’ It seemed confusing to me when they first started popping up. I would be waiting in reception at the dentist’s office and think it must be a notice for people who are...
by Sbexon | Sep 25, 2024 | Career, Community, Finances, History, Lifestyle, Tips, Wellness
The course of a person’s whole life determines healthy aging outcomes, not only the things that happen in older age. Makes perfect sense, but now the concept is supported by a ream of data which was part of a summer newsletter from RTOERO (formerly the Retired...
by Sbexon | Aug 27, 2024 | Career, Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Tips, Wellness
Many people’s mindset runs on the school calendar instead of the regular calendar. This is the time of year when kids are going back to school, the peak vacation season draws to a close and the falling leaves remind you the times they are a changing. If you’re...
