Tag: family | INSPIRED 55+ Lifestyle Magazine - Part 4

Dan Hill: A Craving for Real Songs

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: December 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Dan Hill: A Craving for Real Songs

“If I had to pick between songwriting or performing, I think I would pick the songwriting,” says Canadian ...

“If I had to pick between songwriting or performing, I think I would pick the songwriting,” says Canadian music legend Dan Hill. “I find it to be more mentally, intellectually and creatively challengi ...

December 01, 2018
| by Kate Robertson

| 0 comments

Read more
Reboot – December 2018

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: December 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Reboot – December 2018

BETTY-LOU CAHOON took up photography after 35 years of waitressing in her hometown of Lillooet. “My wrist ...

BETTY-LOU CAHOON took up photography after 35 years of waitressing in her hometown of Lillooet. “My wrists were shot,” she says, admitting that her best effort was to carry five plates on one arm. “Th ...

December 01, 2018
| by Verena Foxx

| 0 comments

Read more
If I Could Save Time in a Bottle

Posted by Pat Nichol
|Date: December 01, 2018
| 0 comments

If I Could Save Time in a Bottle

“If I could save time in a bottle… If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true ...

“If I could save time in a bottle… If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true I'd save every day like a treasure and then…” As we move once again through the last month of ...

December 01, 2018
| by Pat Nichol

| 0 comments

Read more
Reducing Holiday Stress

Posted by Wendy Johnstone
|Date: December 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Reducing Holiday Stress

For many of us, December marks the start of holiday gatherings and festivities, making it feel like “the ...

For many of us, December marks the start of holiday gatherings and festivities, making it feel like “the most wonderful time of the year.” Some family caregivers, however, may find themselves singing ...

December 01, 2018
| by Wendy Johnstone

| 0 comments

Read more
Louise Penny: From the Great Silence to Fame

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: November 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Louise Penny: From the Great Silence to Fame

Louise Penny makes writing best-selling books look easy. After all, since she published her first mystery ...

Louise Penny makes writing best-selling books look easy. After all, since she published her first mystery novel, Still Life, 13 years ago, she's banged out an amazing book a year in her Armand Gamache ...

November 01, 2018
| by Kate Robertson

| 0 comments

Read more
Australia’s Outback: Red Roads and Stickybeaks

Posted by Ian Carter
|Date: November 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Australia’s Outback: Red Roads and Stickybeaks

“I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains … Her beauty and her terror - The wide brown land f ...

“I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains … Her beauty and her terror - The wide brown land for me!” My Country - Dorothea Mackellar (1904) “I have some bad news,” said Bongo. “That Underg ...

November 01, 2018
| by Ian Carter

| 0 comments

Read more
Getting Your Affairs in Order

Posted by Janet McMaster
|Date: November 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Getting Your Affairs in Order

My brother-in-law, Kevin, passed away unexpectedly at the relatively young age of 59. He never married an ...

My brother-in-law, Kevin, passed away unexpectedly at the relatively young age of 59. He never married and did not have any children, and much to our dismay, we discovered after he died that he did no ...

November 01, 2018
| by Janet McMaster

| 0 comments

Read more
Be Open to “Reaching Out”

Posted by James Ellsworth
|Date: November 01, 2018
| (1) Comment

Be Open to “Reaching Out”

Aldo Nazarko spent his formative years in war-torn northeastern Italy, in the Adriatic city of Fiume. As ...

Aldo Nazarko spent his formative years in war-torn northeastern Italy, in the Adriatic city of Fiume. As a young person, he was a refugee and “displaced person.” In all his eight decades, however, he ...

November 01, 2018
| by James Ellsworth

| (1) Comment

Read more
A Moving Ceremony at the Memorial Chamber

Posted by Hans Tammemagi
|Date: November 01, 2018
| 0 comments

A Moving Ceremony at the Memorial Chamber

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky ...

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.” These powerfully sad ...

November 01, 2018
| by Hans Tammemagi

| 0 comments

Read more
Caring for Those That Care for Others

Posted by Toni O'Keeffe
|Date: November 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Caring for Those That Care for Others

As a young girl growing up in Duncan, BC, Faith Magwood was introduced to the concept of philanthropy and ...

As a young girl growing up in Duncan, BC, Faith Magwood was introduced to the concept of philanthropy and community service at an early age. Her parents, both active community volunteers, inspired Fai ...

November 01, 2018
| by Toni O'Keeffe

| 0 comments

Read more
Personal Experience Leads to Board Presidency

Posted by Toni O'Keeffe
|Date: November 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Personal Experience Leads to Board Presidency

John Thomas knows firsthand what it’s like to navigate the healthcare system and end-of-life care for an ...

John Thomas knows firsthand what it’s like to navigate the healthcare system and end-of-life care for an aging parent. He was first introduced to the work of the Eldercare Foundation when his father, ...

November 01, 2018
| by Toni O'Keeffe

| 0 comments

Read more
Are You Retired Yet?

Posted by Marcel Strigberger
|Date: November 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Are You Retired Yet?

“Are you retired yet?” was the most common question people would ask me before I closed my law practice. ...

“Are you retired yet?” was the most common question people would ask me before I closed my law practice. The second most common question was, “When are you retiring?” I actually stopped practicing in ...

November 01, 2018
| by Marcel Strigberger

| 0 comments

Read more
Chef Tojo: Bridging Cultures

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: October 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Chef Tojo: Bridging Cultures

“Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials.” The phras ...

“Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials.” The phrase is attributed to Nathan Myhrvold, the American author of the six-volume series Modernist Cuis ...

October 01, 2018
| by John Thomson

| 0 comments

Read more
A Caregiving Journey to the Edge of Life

Posted by Wendy Johnstone
|Date: October 01, 2018
| 0 comments

A Caregiving Journey to the Edge of Life

By definition, “dwindle” means to diminish gradually in size, amount or strength. Janet Dunnett will neve ...

By definition, “dwindle” means to diminish gradually in size, amount or strength. Janet Dunnett will never forget this word. She was in Emergency with her mom and saw the word “Dwindler” on the top of ...

October 01, 2018
| by Wendy Johnstone

| 0 comments

Read more
Courageous & Outrageous – October 2018

Posted by Pat Nichol
|Date: October 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Courageous & Outrageous – October 2018

In the column this month, I’d like to share a freestyle poem written by my daughter. Recently published i ...

In the column this month, I’d like to share a freestyle poem written by my daughter. Recently published in her book of poetry, Mechanics of Dreaming, it called to me as I had been looking at my hands ...

October 01, 2018
| by Pat Nichol

| 0 comments

Read more

‹1 2 345 6 7 8 ›»