In Canada, one is typically called a senior citizen when they turn 65 years old. Some retail outlets will let you get senior’s discounts if you are 55 or 60, but that is rare. If you are lucky enough to be able to retire before 65, especially when you are […]

Living with Parkinson’s Disease This blog post, for all intents and purposes is about living with Parkinson’s disease (PD), from the view of the sufferer and from those in their support circle, those affected by their loved one’s affliction. It is a rather long blog, as blog posts go, but […]

What do you think of when someone says letting go, or the process of letting go? For me, this is one of the things in life that is a guaranteed requirement. Life is in a constant state of flux, and with that comes inevitable change. Whether it is a letting […]

“Oh great,” you must be sarcastically thinking, or “yep, I am so looking forward to hearing about someone’s puzzle adventure, which I imagine will be about as entertaining as watching paint dry.” The truth of the matter is that I initially thought that this blog post might simply be about […]

From as far back as I can remember, I have always wanted to be a grandpa at some point in my life, even before I was married and had a child of my own. My thinking on this stems from an early belief that if there was a higher power, […]

I often think back to the television series called Star Trek: The Next Generation. It was a TV series conceived and produced by Gene Roddenberry. In my opinion this TV series was his opus, his crowning achievement with regards to sharing his innumerable insights into the human condition. I watched […]