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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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    Reykjavík, Iceland: My Kind of Town

    I had my first Icelandic ‘What A Country’ moment even before touching down in Iceland. The air sickness b ...

    I had my first Icelandic ‘What A Country’ moment even before touching down in Iceland. The air sickness bag on Icelandair, instead of a dry, boring sanitary notification, introduced the Icelandic word ...

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    Buenos Aires: In Quest of the Blind Pig

    This beguiling and intoxicating city creates an atmosphere of excitement combined with a little mystery, ...

    This beguiling and intoxicating city creates an atmosphere of excitement combined with a little mystery, due to its multiple layers of history. Buenos Aires, Argentina stands waiting to be explored an ...

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    Toni Blodgett: Keeping Jazz Alive

    Jazz has been America’s cultural gift to the world for a little over 100 years. The improvisational art c ...

    Jazz has been America’s cultural gift to the world for a little over 100 years. The improvisational art captured on record for a century is Victoria-based traditional jazz pianist Toni Blodgett’s insp ...

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    A Recipe For Living Your Best Life

    Mary Spilsbury Ross was born with the creative gene starting at an early age reciting poetry, dancing, ma ...

    Mary Spilsbury Ross was born with the creative gene starting at an early age reciting poetry, dancing, making up plays, and singing with her sisters. She has had an exciting life, onstage and off and ...

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    Dealing with Aggressive Dogs

    Exercising outdoors is a treat, but you need to be aware of potential threats. While you may encounter ag ...

    Exercising outdoors is a treat, but you need to be aware of potential threats. While you may encounter aggressive dogs when you’re outdoors, note that they aren’t necessarily vicious. It’s inaccurate ...

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    Pursue Your Passion

    Barry Casson is, indisputably, a man who gets the most out of life. At various points, he has toured abro ...

    Barry Casson is, indisputably, a man who gets the most out of life. At various points, he has toured abroad as a musician with the likes of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, published thousands of news phot ...

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    How We Met

    JUNE & JOHN June and John enjoy dancing, cheek-to-cheek, as if they’ve been doing it for the past 50 ...

    JUNE & JOHN June and John enjoy dancing, cheek-to-cheek, as if they’ve been doing it for the past 50 years. But they only got together five years ago, when she was 80 and he was 82. John, widowed ...

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    Living on Purpose

    BEING BOLD REVISITED People talked to me about their bold moves after I wrote a column about being bold i ...

    BEING BOLD REVISITED People talked to me about their bold moves after I wrote a column about being bold in the May 2022 issue of INSPIRED magazine. Richard Wong sent me an email and suggested that he ...

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    Thrive Beyond 55-February

    As we head into February, we are reminded of the many loves in our lives… people, pets, places and even p ...

    As we head into February, we are reminded of the many loves in our lives… people, pets, places and even possessions. This year started out with some big changes for me. One of my dearest friends passe ...

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    Prudence Emery: Defying Expectations

    Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly instal ...

    Slightly inebriated from the champagne she consumed the night before, Priscilla Tempest, the newly installed Press and Public Relations Officer at London’s prestigious Savoy Hotel scrambles up to the ...

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    Sweetheart Sites of Seattle

    Pike Place Market. It’s that time of year again – when chocolate boxes are carved into hearts, roses brim ...

    Pike Place Market. It’s that time of year again – when chocolate boxes are carved into hearts, roses brim from corner grocers, and cupid comes out of hiding. So, how are you going to celebrate the big ...

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    More Time To Make Better Choices

    “I have friends who understand my jokes and I have company at mealtime. I’m a part of the organizing comm ...

    “I have friends who understand my jokes and I have company at mealtime. I’m a part of the organizing committee for the charity down the street and I get my game of scrabble in every Thursday afternoon ...

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    Making Friends in Retirement Living

    “Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.” –Rod McKuen “I moved into a retirement home because I don ...

    “Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.” –Rod McKuen “I moved into a retirement home because I don’t like to be alone,” says Jo-Ann De Jong, 89, who made the transition to a retirement communit ...

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    Forever Fit: Intermittent Fasting

    Intermittent Fasting is a popular weight loss method that focuses on ‘when’ you eat. This can includ ...

    Intermittent Fasting is a popular weight loss method that focuses on ‘when’ you eat. This can include meal skipping, eating only within a window of time during the day, eating every other day, or ...

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