by Sbexon | Jan 9, 2024 | Community, Lifestyle, Tips, Wellness
Ah, a brand new year is underway! A clean slate, an opportunity to pledge to do something better, an annual chance to nag yourself to finally follow through on a New Year’s Resolution (do people still make those?) How about trying something a bit different this time...
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 27, 2023 | Community, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
(Here we are, young backpackers atop one of the amazing pinnacles in Kalabaka, Greece. I’m the one on the right – the big hair makes me easy to spot!) My mom used to admonish me for ‘wishing my life away’, even when I was just a young girl. I was often...
by Sbexon | Dec 20, 2023 | Food and Recipe, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Here we are, smack-dab amid all the festivities. My wish is that your days are filled with kind visits and good cheer enroute to a happy holiday feast! My second wish is that my own festive gathering will be free of the mini calamities that seemed to haunt our...
by Sbexon | Dec 6, 2023 | Community, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Retirement, Wellness
There used to be a commercial for my favourite brand of jeans, reminding people to take a softer approach to life ‘this time around’. When that pair of jeans was new and a whole host of experiences were waiting for you and them to experience together. ‘This time...
by Sbexon | Nov 22, 2023 | Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Wellness
I got busted for having a sheathed knife in my purse at airport customs once, but I can explain. It happened several years ago, when I had been at a Christmas party with a dear friend soon after both of us were divorced. He insisted I needed a ‘night out’ which, given...
