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Living On Purpose-Downsizing or Bust

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Living On Purpose-Downsizing or Bust

Our grand plan of wintering in Mexico and the rest of the year living in a condo in our hometown of Victo ...

Our grand plan of wintering in Mexico and the rest of the year living in a condo in our hometown of Victoria, BC was put on hold when the pandemic hit. But by the summer of 2022, we were s ...

April 30, 2024
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Chasing Air and Water

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Chasing Air and Water

We call ourselves the Geezer Kayak Club. We are actually a small group of “sixty-something” river kayaker ...

We call ourselves the Geezer Kayak Club. We are actually a small group of “sixty-something” river kayakers who have been paddling together for over thirty years - a minor miracle in a high attrition s ...

February 29, 2024
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The Beauty of Small Movements

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The Beauty of Small Movements

It was in a mall on a rainy Vancouver afternoon that I was inadvertently caught. A pro was selling Gold C ...

It was in a mall on a rainy Vancouver afternoon that I was inadvertently caught. A pro was selling Gold Crown pool tables and pocketing balls in rapid succession. “Whoa!” He slammed the white ba ...

January 01, 2024
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Grandpaw Chronicles: The Luck of the Draw

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|Date: November 01, 2023
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Grandpaw Chronicles: The Luck of the Draw

You don’t get to choose your son or daughter-in-law. But would you really want to? I can hear some of you ...

You don’t get to choose your son or daughter-in-law. But would you really want to? I can hear some of you shouting “Yes” out there, and a “No” or two. But here’s the reality. If you could design your ...

November 01, 2023
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The Grandpaw Chronicles: Simple Solutions

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|Date: November 01, 2023
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The Grandpaw Chronicles: Simple Solutions

Life’s problems can be tough. And yours are clearly worse than anyone else’s. Or so you think. And so doe ...

Life’s problems can be tough. And yours are clearly worse than anyone else’s. Or so you think. And so does everyone else about theirs. The Yiddish word for trouble is “tsuris”. An old Jewish story abo ...

November 01, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55 – November/December

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|Date: October 30, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55 – November/December

I believe it’s important to maintain a balance of caring for yourself and others.This issue of INSPIRED i ...

I believe it’s important to maintain a balance of caring for yourself and others.This issue of INSPIRED is all about charitable work and how we can aid others and support worthy causes. I heartily end ...

October 30, 2023
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Living On Purpose

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Living On Purpose

Planning Christmas If you have ever thought of changing up December and doing something different for the ...

Planning Christmas If you have ever thought of changing up December and doing something different for the holiday season, you’re in good company. For many years, I participated in a very merry season, ...

October 30, 2023
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London’s Favourite Haunts

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|Date: September 26, 2023
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London’s Favourite Haunts

He’s dressed from head to toe in raven black and melds seamlessly into the pitch-dark night. In one hand ...

He’s dressed from head to toe in raven black and melds seamlessly into the pitch-dark night. In one hand is an umbrella that doubles as a cane. In the other, a flashlight, waiting to come to life. Tim ...

September 26, 2023
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Living On Purpose

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Living On Purpose

October To-Do Lists October delivers bounty and beauty as the last of the fruit and vegetables are harves ...

October To-Do Lists October delivers bounty and beauty as the last of the fruit and vegetables are harvested, and pumpkins become abundant and found on so many front entrances. Corn mazes and pumpkin ...

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Thrive Beyond 55 – September

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|Date: August 29, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55 – September

Several months ago our columnist, Laurie Mueller, wrote about coffee mugs – how their shape, colour or me ...

Several months ago our columnist, Laurie Mueller, wrote about coffee mugs – how their shape, colour or message impacts us. Today I was thinking about the message on one of my mugs that says, “Life isn ...

August 29, 2023
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Loutet Farm And Its Multiple Hats

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Loutet Farm And Its Multiple Hats

I arrive at the Loutet Farm to write a story. I become the volunteer who works in the field and the marke ...

I arrive at the Loutet Farm to write a story. I become the volunteer who works in the field and the market. The Loutet team is hard at it, farming in my backyard (FIMBY), and it entails farm duties wh ...

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Thrive Beyond 55 – August

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|Date: July 28, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55 – August

As we celebrate our publication’s 20th year in print, one of the things I have loved the most are those m ...

As we celebrate our publication’s 20th year in print, one of the things I have loved the most are those moments when someone we are writing about peels back the curtain to reveal their inner thoughts ...

July 28, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55 – June/July

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|Date: May 29, 2023
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Thrive Beyond 55 – June/July

Celebrating 20 Years This month marks the beginning of our 20th year of publication. What a journey it ha ...

Celebrating 20 Years This month marks the beginning of our 20th year of publication. What a journey it has been. I still remember the day the first magazines arrived in my driveway – the excitement an ...

May 29, 2023
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Gathering For The Grape: The District Wine Village

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Gathering For The Grape: The District Wine Village

“We season all our reds in these oak barrels. Most of the barrels are from the US or France, but we just ...

“We season all our reds in these oak barrels. Most of the barrels are from the US or France, but we just got a shipment from Hungary! I'm sure that’s going to give a new twist to the flavour and finis ...

May 29, 2023
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Summer Reading To Improve Your Health

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Summer Reading To Improve Your Health

I like to get caught up in an enchanting novel, but I also like to read nonfiction which can teach me som ...

I like to get caught up in an enchanting novel, but I also like to read nonfiction which can teach me something new or inspirational. And I never turn down a cozy mystery even if the subtext is to eat ...

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