by Sbexon | Nov 14, 2023 | Community, Lifestyle, Parenting, Wellness
I fell again and it was on account of my dog again, but it wasn’t really his fault this time. We were roughhousing in the yard, going pretty hard in a game of chase, when we found ourselves running headlong into one another. Before we knew it, he had sideswiped my...
by Sbexon | Nov 9, 2023 | Community, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
‘A beautiful autumn day in Central Park – the timing for this was perfect!’ I recently returned from a very nice vacation in New York. Oddly, I arrived just a few days after Mick Jagger and Lady Gaga surprised everyone with a little nightclub concert...
by Sbexon | Oct 31, 2023 | Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
Though I’m not going to win any good housekeeping awards, I do keep my place pretty tidy. But come fall, I turn into a bit of a cleaning beast. Scuttling along the floorboards with a spray bottle, shimmying between heavy furniture with a mop, slithering under beds...
by Sbexon | Sep 26, 2023 | Career, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I admit to being a Sound of Music fanatic. I mean, there are worse things to be, but I realize this movie is one of those things that divides a population. You know the drill… there are two kinds of people in the world: those who love ketchup and those who...
by Sbexon | Sep 19, 2023 | Lifestyle, News, Retirement, Wellness
I’ve been clinging to my facial tissues since hearing the news that Kleenex will no longer be sold in Canada. The huge corporation sites ‘unique complexities’ for the decision, with some saying it’s a distribution problem. That, in itself, has me mopping my brow in...
by Sbexon | Sep 12, 2023 | Career, Lifestyle, Retirement, Wellness
I remember hearing once that retirement means you will never know 6:00 again. The idea was that the 6:00 morning alarm would never ring and 6:00 pm would drift by unnoticed because you’d be involved in something fun and all-consuming. Although I was kind of expecting...