by Sbexon | Jul 4, 2024 | Community, History, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Parenting, Wellness
My great-nephew is working towards getting his driver’s license. Strange, isn’t it? That I’m old enough to have a 16 year-old great nephew? Really, what I meant to say is that it’s strange to think of just starting out in what is truly an overwhelming undertaking. He...
by Sbexon | Jun 19, 2024 | Community, Lifestyle, News, Wellness
Does the thought of one trillion insects emerging together from the ground bug you? In a rare dual emergence of two different kinds of cicadas, that is precisely what is happening this spring in midwestern and southeastern states. It’s a complex mix of nature, science...
by Sbexon | Jun 11, 2024 | Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Wellness
Okay, it’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon and the place is packed. People in festive wear are dancing up a storm to the strains of a rock & roll band, and the drinks are flowing like it’s 5 o’clock somewhere. Sound like a Jimmy Buffett party? Actually, it’s the...
by Sbexon | Apr 16, 2024 | Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Ah, the beautiful sounds of spring are drifting through windows that the warmer days are allowing is us crack open. Chickadees are chirping in the trees that line the lane, and the bellow of geese can be heard from fields all around as they take a breather from their...
by Sbexon | Mar 29, 2024 | Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, News, Wellness
A total solar eclipse will happen on Monday, April 8th. I can’t say that I’m a huge astrophysics follower, but I am a big media event junkie and I’m hearing a lot about this rare event. People – many people – have been waiting for this for years. Those who have spent...
by Sbexon | Mar 6, 2024 | Community, Food and Recipe, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement, Wellness
I know I’ve been going on and on about cooking lately – or lack thereof. ‘Learn to cook’ was front and centre on many lists and charts I was instructed to make when I contemplated what I would do with my time in retirement. It has stayed there through a couple of...
