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LIVING ON PURPOSE: A Place in the Sun

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|Date: February 28, 2025
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LIVING ON PURPOSE: A Place in the Sun

I’m sitting at a little wooden table for two. My husband and I are drinking designer coffees listening to ...

I’m sitting at a little wooden table for two. My husband and I are drinking designer coffees listening to soft jazz tones from a YouTube channel over our heads. Palm plants form one wall and snake pla ...

February 28, 2025
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LIVING ON PURPOSE: Retirement Priorities?

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|Date: January 01, 2025
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LIVING ON PURPOSE: Retirement Priorities?

How are you at defining your priorities in retirement? Oh gosh, some of you say - I’ve been working hard ...

How are you at defining your priorities in retirement? Oh gosh, some of you say - I’ve been working hard all my life...why would I want to have priories? And you settle into the pile of books and maga ...

January 01, 2025
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Living On Purpose: I Can and I Will

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|Date: November 01, 2024
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Living On Purpose: I Can and I Will

Not all of retirement, or even life, is good news. Not every day is the best day ever. But having the wil ...

Not all of retirement, or even life, is good news. Not every day is the best day ever. But having the will and desire to make the most of any situation goes a long way in surviving any crisis. In the ...

November 01, 2024
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Living On Purpose – Grateful For Being Older

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|Date: September 01, 2024
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Living On Purpose – Grateful For Being Older

As is my custom in September – I wish you a Happy New Year. With grandchildren and, in my case, a great g ...

As is my custom in September – I wish you a Happy New Year. With grandchildren and, in my case, a great granddaughter (grade two already!), it’s the time to go back to school. Photo: Barbara Risto Sep ...

September 01, 2024
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Inspiration By The Sea

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: July 03, 2024
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Inspiration By The Sea

Dallas Road boasts beautiful early 1900-built houses on one side, while the other side is a place for jog ...

Dallas Road boasts beautiful early 1900-built houses on one side, while the other side is a place for joggers, dog walkers, bicyclists, kite flyers, and even picnics before the land falls down the cli ...

July 03, 2024
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Living On Purpose – Inspiring Summer Reads, And a Touch of Laughter

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|Date: July 03, 2024
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Living On Purpose – Inspiring Summer Reads, And a Touch of Laughter

Retired or not, summer seems to bring out the desire to spend more time reading. As part of several write ...

Retired or not, summer seems to bring out the desire to spend more time reading. As part of several writers’ groups, I have discovered a whole new library of authors, expanding my reading choices from ...

July 03, 2024
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Living On Purpose-Downsizing or Bust

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|Date: April 30, 2024
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Living On Purpose-Downsizing or Bust

Our grand plan of wintering in Mexico and the rest of the year living in a condo in our hometown of Victo ...

Our grand plan of wintering in Mexico and the rest of the year living in a condo in our hometown of Victoria, BC was put on hold when the pandemic hit. But by the summer of 2022, we were s ...

April 30, 2024
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Living On Purpose: Afternoon Tea

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|Date: February 29, 2024
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Living On Purpose: Afternoon Tea

It all started in 1840, when Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, couldn’t wait for the traditional 8 pm ...

It all started in 1840, when Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, couldn’t wait for the traditional 8 pm meal, so she started having afternoon tea and sweets at 4 o’clock. Since my mother bough ...

February 29, 2024
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Living On Purpose – Pep Talk

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: January 01, 2024
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Living On Purpose – Pep Talk

I think it’s time I gave myself a pep talk. You can listen in if you want. So, La ...

I think it’s time I gave myself a pep talk. You can listen in if you want. So, Laurie, it is the New Year and you’ve just had a birthday. You are now 72 years old. It’s n ...

January 01, 2024
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Living On Purpose

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: October 30, 2023
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Living On Purpose

Planning Christmas If you have ever thought of changing up December and doing something different for the ...

Planning Christmas If you have ever thought of changing up December and doing something different for the holiday season, you’re in good company. For many years, I participated in a very merry season, ...

October 30, 2023
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Living On Purpose

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: September 26, 2023
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Living On Purpose

October To-Do Lists October delivers bounty and beauty as the last of the fruit and vegetables are harves ...

October To-Do Lists October delivers bounty and beauty as the last of the fruit and vegetables are harvested, and pumpkins become abundant and found on so many front entrances. Corn mazes and pumpkin ...

September 26, 2023
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Living On Purpose

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: August 29, 2023
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Living On Purpose

A “KIND” REVOLUTION! I’ve been thinking about the folks in health care. Since the pandemic, we seem to ha ...

A “KIND” REVOLUTION! I’ve been thinking about the folks in health care. Since the pandemic, we seem to have slammed into a lack of staffing in so many areas and the last thing I want to do is blame th ...

August 29, 2023
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Good Eats!

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: July 28, 2023
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Good Eats!

Laughter is brightest in the place where food is good. –Irish Proverb The two main reasons people move in ...

Laughter is brightest in the place where food is good. –Irish Proverb The two main reasons people move into a full-service independent living residence are for the homecooked meals and the companionsh ...

July 28, 2023
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Summer Reading To Improve Your Health

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: May 29, 2023
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Summer Reading To Improve Your Health

I like to get caught up in an enchanting novel, but I also like to read nonfiction which can teach me som ...

I like to get caught up in an enchanting novel, but I also like to read nonfiction which can teach me something new or inspirational. And I never turn down a cozy mystery even if the subtext is to eat ...

May 29, 2023
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Living On Purpose

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|Date: April 28, 2023
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Living On Purpose

MODERN-DAY FAIRY GODMOTHER Graduation is an important time for a young person and wearing the right outfi ...

MODERN-DAY FAIRY GODMOTHER Graduation is an important time for a young person and wearing the right outfit to Grade 12 celebrations is an essential component of that rite. While young people ar ...

April 28, 2023
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