• Living On Purpose

    MODERN-DAY FAIRY GODMOTHER Graduation is an important time for a young person and wearing the right outfi ...

    MODERN-DAY FAIRY GODMOTHER Graduation is an important time for a young person and wearing the right outfit to Grade 12 celebrations is an essential component of that rite.   While young people ar ...

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  • Sweet, Sweet Sugar Shacks

    As a Canadian, I’m often asked if there really is a secret vault filled with sweet golden maple syrup som ...

    As a Canadian, I’m often asked if there really is a secret vault filled with sweet golden maple syrup somewhere in Canada. There is, in Laurierville, close to Québec City. Canada accounts for 75 per c ...

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  • Living On Purpose

    WHERE YOUR THOUGHTS GO, ENERGY FLOWS It’s important for us to ask the right questions. When we ask oursel ...

    WHERE YOUR THOUGHTS GO, ENERGY FLOWS It’s important for us to ask the right questions. When we ask ourselves a question, our subconscious mind attempts to answer it. It looks for examples to prove the ...

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  • Thrive Beyond 55 - March

    As I write this month’s column, I’m busy sorting out hundreds of details for our upcoming 55+ Lifestyle S ...

    As I write this month’s column, I’m busy sorting out hundreds of details for our upcoming 55+ Lifestyle Show on March 21st in Victoria. My amazing staff and I have organized over 20 of these events. M ...

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  • Living on Purpose: February Love

    Roses are Red Violets are Blue To readers of my column, You make me happy, and I love you. February, the ...

    Roses are Red Violets are Blue To readers of my column, You make me happy, and I love you. February, the shortest month of the year, can also be the coldest for those of us living north of the equator ...

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  • LIVING ON PURPOSE: CHOOSING THE RIGHT MUG

    Each morning, my husband makes me coffee and delivers it wherever I am: just waking up and still in ...

    Each morning, my husband makes me coffee and delivers it wherever I am: just waking up and still in bed; in the easy chair journalling; or at my desk writing a draft of something to be submitted. ...

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  • LIVING ON PURPOSE: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF PODCASTS

    “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. Th ...

    “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” -Henry Ford When we live with purpose, we ...

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  • THRIVE BEYOND 55: OCTOBER

    After two years of hunkering down, we are starting to emerge into the larger world, eager to discover wha ...

    After two years of hunkering down, we are starting to emerge into the larger world, eager to discover what new adventures await us. While some of you couldn’t wait to scramble into your car or the fir ...

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  • JETS OVER PRINCETON

    In Top Gun: Maverick, 59-year-old Tom Cruise, still in peak form, pulls high Gs and intense flight manoeu ...

    In Top Gun: Maverick, 59-year-old Tom Cruise, still in peak form, pulls high Gs and intense flight manoeuvres in a real F-18 fighter jet. Cruise made the exciting flight sequences happen with the supp ...

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  • LIVING ON PURPOSE: THE 15-MINUTE CHUNK

    I’m writing another book, a memoir. I may or may not publish it, but I’m writing it for my family and mys ...

    I’m writing another book, a memoir. I may or may not publish it, but I’m writing it for my family and myself. At first, it seemed like an overwhelming task, but now that I have committed to writing it ...

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  • PICKLEBALL

    My friend Rob and I were locked in yet another marathon singles tennis match in the summer heat. I won th ...

    My friend Rob and I were locked in yet another marathon singles tennis match in the summer heat. I won the first two sets. He won the next two. The match was now creeping up on two hours and I was get ...

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  • DOIN’ THE SHU’

    We’ve driven five hours over the Coquihalla Highway from Vancouver to the Shuswap Lake Region to ‘do the ...

    We’ve driven five hours over the Coquihalla Highway from Vancouver to the Shuswap Lake Region to ‘do the Shu’. Centrally-located in BC, the Shuswap is easy-access for Albertans who are a five-hour dri ...

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  • LIVING ON PURPOSE: THE SWEET SOUNDS OF SUMMER

    Summer is such a magical time for me. When I was young, summer meant going home to visit family on Hornby ...

    Summer is such a magical time for me. When I was young, summer meant going home to visit family on Hornby Island and playing in the fields with my cousins. When my children were young, summer meant sp ...

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  • CAMARADERIE AND ADVENTURE

    Motor Maids is one of the first and oldest continuously operated women’s motorcycling organizations in No ...

    Motor Maids is one of the first and oldest continuously operated women’s motorcycling organizations in North America. Established in 1940, it was sanctioned by the American Motorcycle Association in 1 ...

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  • THRIVE BEYOND 55: JUNE

    INSPIRED Magazine is officially 18 years old. This month’s issue marks the start of our 19th year in prin ...

    INSPIRED Magazine is officially 18 years old. This month’s issue marks the start of our 19th year in print. As with any passage of time, when you hit a particularly meaningful milestone, you want to t ...

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