How to be a Happy, Healthy Senior

When I used to think about authors, I thought about solemn, grey people. I didn’t want to be someone like that. I just wanted to write murder mysteries. When I was running, I started seeing scenes in my head. I could replay them as often as I wanted until I felt it right. Also, it […]

This winter seems to have been so long. Is it because I’m older? On the West Coast, we usually have a pretty mild winter; sometimes we get snow, sometimes we don’t. This year, the snow stayed on the mountains.Once we start in on March, spring has arrived. Not this year. It’s like the season said, […]

Safety is always in style Once we leave childhood, we think poison prevention is no longer needed. But if that’s what you think, you would be wrong. I worked in the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre for over 25 years as a Certified Specialist in Poison Information. Many calls come from the hospital emergency […]

And you thought getting old was just a number. How often did you not do something you really wanted to because of peer pressure? Were you afraid your friends would laugh? You remember how you needed to fit in as a teen. Wear the right clothing, buy cool running shoes, and sit at the cafeteria table […]

I will not go gently into that good night … or words to that effect. Lots of people do not want to acknowledge their age and it is not a wonder why. Something happened when I became a senior and I don’t like it. Don’t like it at all. Since turning sixty-five a couple of […]

Probably having more fun than you!  As a senior, people have many pre-formed ideas about us. One is that we can’t do anything athletic. I have six medals for completing half marathons and one for participating in a soccer tournament. People usually ask which son I coached. They couldn’t fathom that I could have been […]