Tag: marriage | INSPIRED 55+ Lifestyle Magazine - Part 2

Creating Spaces

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|Date: August 20, 2018
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Creating Spaces

“Who here was married before they were ready?” Every single woman raises her hand. The women tell us what ...

“Who here was married before they were ready?” Every single woman raises her hand. The women tell us what it was like to be married at a young age, and how it not only affected their lives but the liv ...

August 20, 2018
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My Eyes Are Never Stopping

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: August 02, 2018
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My Eyes Are Never Stopping

"They take me on trips," says Victoria landscape painter Anne Meggitt. “Shireen will book us somewhere to ...

"They take me on trips," says Victoria landscape painter Anne Meggitt. “Shireen will book us somewhere to stay and Brett will do all the driving.” Road trips are commonplace for Anne, her youngest dau ...

August 02, 2018
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Using Opioids for Pain

Posted by Ann Brandt
|Date: July 31, 2018
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Using Opioids for Pain

Pain control is an issue in times of illness or injury, but the medications used to address the pain can ...

Pain control is an issue in times of illness or injury, but the medications used to address the pain can carry a double-edged sword that we need to be aware of. Outside the drug culture that makes new ...

July 31, 2018
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Peter Legge: Empire Builder

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: June 01, 2018
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Peter Legge: Empire Builder

If you watch TV and purchase TV Week to check the listings – and 30,000 people do – you’ve met Peter Legg ...

If you watch TV and purchase TV Week to check the listings – and 30,000 people do – you’ve met Peter Legge or at least one of his publications. TV Week is one of 30 print and digital properties that m ...

June 01, 2018
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Connected to the Sea

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: June 01, 2018
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Connected to the Sea

“My happy place is in the kayak. It takes me into the unknown and it’s helped me to live more fearlessly. ...

“My happy place is in the kayak. It takes me into the unknown and it’s helped me to live more fearlessly. I feel I’m more open about how things are falling in my life. I’ve learned about the laws of t ...

June 01, 2018
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Never Too Late to Launch a Writing Life

Posted by J. Kathleen Thompson
|Date: May 01, 2018
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Never Too Late to Launch a Writing Life

At age 64, while Leslie A. Davidson was awaiting the release of her first published book, she heard she h ...

At age 64, while Leslie A. Davidson was awaiting the release of her first published book, she heard she had won the CBC Literary Prize for Creative Non-Fiction. She was sure neither luck nor magic had ...

May 01, 2018
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Minerva’s Owl: The Bereavement Phase of My Marriage, by Carol Matthews

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|Date: January 01, 2018
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Minerva’s Owl: The Bereavement Phase of My Marriage, by Carol Matthews

In Minerva’s Owl, Carol Matthews reflects on Hegel’s observation that the owl of Minerva, the Roman godde ...

In Minerva’s Owl, Carol Matthews reflects on Hegel’s observation that the owl of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, spreads its wings only at twilight. Understanding comes late in life and, as Hege ...

January 01, 2018
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Mother of the Main Event

Posted by Callie Martin
|Date: May 01, 2017
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Mother of the Main Event

While most brides will don a white (or white-ish) gown, the fashion rules are less clear for the beloved ...

While most brides will don a white (or white-ish) gown, the fashion rules are less clear for the beloved mother of the bride or groom. ...

May 01, 2017
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He Moved In

Posted by Michele Sprague
|Date: March 02, 2017
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He Moved In

We knew there would be adjustments. But we didn’t realize what it would be like to combine two households ...

We knew there would be adjustments. But we didn’t realize what it would be like to combine two households into one, small condo… and two lives. ...

March 02, 2017
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The Price of Freedom

Posted by Hans Tammemagi
|Date: November 01, 2016
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The Price of Freedom

At 95, former Flying Officer Howard R. Armstrong lives quietly in Victoria, BC. Although he moves slowly ...

At 95, former Flying Officer Howard R. Armstrong lives quietly in Victoria, BC. Although he moves slowly and has hearing problems, he is an iconic gentleman, one of the few veterans of the Second Worl ...

November 01, 2016
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Heart-Driven Hippy

Posted by Hans Tammemagi
|Date: May 01, 2016
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Heart-Driven Hippy

If there is one word that sums up the irrepressible Valdy, it is “energy.” The smiling, impish, red-suspe ...

If there is one word that sums up the irrepressible Valdy, it is “energy.” The smiling, impish, red-suspendered septuagenarian is constantly on the go. By his count, Valdy has played an average of 200 ...

May 01, 2016
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Attached to Nature

Posted by Hans Tammemagi
|Date: May 01, 2016
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Attached to Nature

An elephant with a deeply creased grey hide, flapping ears the size of blankets, and menacing tusks loome ...

An elephant with a deeply creased grey hide, flapping ears the size of blankets, and menacing tusks loomed before me. The dry heat and dust of Africa rose around us. I was nervous and felt vulnerable, ...

May 01, 2016
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Living Apart Together

Posted by Linda Breault
|Date: March 01, 2016
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Living Apart Together

When Annie met Richard two years ago while cycling on the Lochside Trail, she hoped she had found a cycli ...

When Annie met Richard two years ago while cycling on the Lochside Trail, she hoped she had found a cycling buddy and maybe a new friend. In the late afternoon of their lives, neither of them had anti ...

March 01, 2016
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Going for Everything

Posted by Bobbie Jo Reid
|Date: October 01, 2015
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Going for Everything

Being the founder and CEO of the world's largest fitness club owned by a single individual doesn't happen ...

Being the founder and CEO of the world's largest fitness club owned by a single individual doesn't happen overnight. And it doesn't happen by accident – unless it does. David Patchell-Evans, affection ...

October 01, 2015
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Life Layers

Posted by Irene Butler
|Date: July 01, 2015
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Life Layers

Marjorie Horne poses before the “Spirit of Sail,” but by the time this sculpture was erected in 1978, the ...

Marjorie Horne poses before the “Spirit of Sail,” but by the time this sculpture was erected in 1978, the waterfront in downtown Kelowna was old-hat to Marjorie. Her family moved to the valley communi ...

July 01, 2015
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