Or…never say die. Without saying it, I think people hold assumptions about what’s appropriate as we get older and one of the things that people see as odd is being competitive or striving past, what? What would you say? Fifty-five? Sixty? …

You gonna let an eighty-year-old granny beat you? I’ve heard comments like this a lot lately. And it’s funny, right? Conjures up images of a dotty old woman on her rocker, watching The Price is Right, and knitting but not being much good for anything else. Even the thought of…

And What You Can Do About It. I have been caring for my husband, now, for coming up to ten years — close to half of our relationship and that gives me pause. Makes me try to understand whether I am doing the right thing for me. John suffered a…

How I took back my own content and am profiting from it. I love social media. The connections, the fun. And there’s a big bonus in that I don’t ever have to physically talk to anyone. …

Is It Time to Let Business Go Casual? I keep seeing posts — this is purely anecdotal — about how people are skiving off when they work at home. Apparently, people watch television. They sneak naps. They pay bills. They never get out of their jammies. And yet, statistically speaking…

Do You Have To Be So Hard? Loving Life As You Age. My Dad was (as some of you already know) hard. Hard on himself and those around him. He only understood and expressed love through restraint, through hard work, through the pain of a difficult workout. And he made…

As I come to the end of the first university course that will allow me to finish my degree at sixty years old, I am surprised at two things. One, that it has been easier than I expected and two, that it’s been harder than I expected. The Easier The work has…

In this wee series, I (very, very) lightly — and with a pinch of humour — take a peek at what it means to be a conservative in a late-stage capitalist oligarchy essentially wondering if Conservatism really has anything to do with fiscal responsibility. Part 1: Contraception and Abortion Conservative factions in North America are…