In BC we have to pay $300 for a vaccine against Shingles. In other jurisdictions in Canada, seniors get the vaccine for free yet the government brags about how it supports seniors.  My wife suffered from Shingles and I have had friends who have had it as well. It can be a very serious disease. […]

 “She ain’t pretty. She just looks that way,” are the song lyrics from an old song from 1990 written and performed by the Northern Pikes, which I heard on the radio the other day.  The song suggests that the girl the writer falls in love with is beautiful on the outside, but she is not […]

I am not religious, and neither is my wife. We raised our children to be skeptical of religious beliefs and question religious dogma and make up their own minds and not rely on ancient texts to guide them. And speaking of ancient texts, did you know there are over 4,000 recognized religions in the world? […]

 There are many ways to preserve family memories, and the best method will depend on the type of memory you want to preserve and your personal preferences. Some options include: Photo albums or scrapbooks. These are a classic way to preserve photos and other mementos from special events or moments in your family’s history. Scrapbooks […]

Water is the most-consumed beverage in the world, but occupying the #2 spot is tea. My grandson is a tea drinker and loves his black tea. I was not aware of how popular drinking tea was in the world until after he visited us this year. Tea is the second most-consumed beverage in the world […]

 Over the past few months, I have been reading about three forces—inflation, the baby boomer great retirement trend, and new regulations. First, there’s inflation. It’s understandable to have concerns about inflation, the cost of retirement, and the cost of potential new government regulations. However, it’s important to note that there are many factors that can […]

 I lost my parents when I was in my 30s and now I see friends who have parents who are super seniors. They have parents who are in their late 80s and early 90s. My friends worry about when their parents get old. Here is some advice from someone who could not see his parents […]

They say that the best type of exercise to do is the one you will stick with. If you love to dance, good news – more and more research shows that dancing has many health benefits. Not everyone likes traditional exercise workouts. That’s why researchers have become interested in whether popular recreational activities, like dancing, […]

Mental health is just as important as physical health. Mental health means feeling, thinking, and acting in ways that allow you to enjoy life and deal with its challenges. Poor mental health is not part of normal aging, but mental health problems can continue into older age. Mental health problems can also arise later in […]

Anxiety is an emotion of an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, often accompanied by nervous behaviour, such as pacing back and forth, abnormal feelings in the body (stomach or chest pains), and rumination, which is the inability to control what we are thinking about or having one set of thoughts stuck in your head. It […]