Tag: music | INSPIRED 55+ Lifestyle Magazine - Part 2

Heart Facts: Maximizing the Cardiovascular Benefits of Exercise

Posted by Dr. Eli Rosenberg
|Date: March 01, 2019
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Heart Facts: Maximizing the Cardiovascular Benefits of Exercise

Age old advice stands the test of time Get your daily intake of fruits and vegetables. Reduce your salt a ...

Age old advice stands the test of time Get your daily intake of fruits and vegetables. Reduce your salt and processed sugar intake. Exercise for 30 minutes a day. Stop smoking. Drink plenty of water. ...

March 01, 2019
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How Home Automation Can Simplify Your Life

Posted by Sage Singleton
|Date: February 28, 2019
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How Home Automation Can Simplify Your Life

Home automation promises to bring new abilities and greater simplicity to our homes and lives. Although i ...

Home automation promises to bring new abilities and greater simplicity to our homes and lives. Although it sounds complicated, using this new technology is actually easier than ever. Let’s look at how ...

February 28, 2019
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Czech Republic: The Relativity of Time

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: February 01, 2019
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Czech Republic: The Relativity of Time

As a fourth generation Canadian, when it comes to history, I tend to use Canada’s European settlement as ...

As a fourth generation Canadian, when it comes to history, I tend to use Canada’s European settlement as my reference point for “old.” Like 1534, when Jacques Cartier sailed across the Atlantic into t ...

February 01, 2019
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Evelyn Hart: En Pointe

Posted by John Kelly
|Date: January 01, 2019
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Evelyn Hart: En Pointe

“My sister has an exceptional voice, a natural voice. My other sister has quite a wonderful voice, and my ...

“My sister has an exceptional voice, a natural voice. My other sister has quite a wonderful voice, and my brother had perfect pitch. That’s why I ended up in dance. Everyone else had their particular ...

January 01, 2019
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Music, Music, Music

Posted by Pat Nichol
|Date: January 01, 2019
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Music, Music, Music

What does music do for you? To you? Do you find yourself bouncing in your seat, or feel your feet twitchi ...

What does music do for you? To you? Do you find yourself bouncing in your seat, or feel your feet twitching to get up to dance when you hear some fun, funky jazz? Are there pieces of music that make y ...

January 01, 2019
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Dan Hill: A Craving for Real Songs

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: December 01, 2018
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Dan Hill: A Craving for Real Songs

“If I had to pick between songwriting or performing, I think I would pick the songwriting,” says Canadian ...

“If I had to pick between songwriting or performing, I think I would pick the songwriting,” says Canadian music legend Dan Hill. “I find it to be more mentally, intellectually and creatively challengi ...

December 01, 2018
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My Personal Olympian Experience

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: December 01, 2018
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My Personal Olympian Experience

Each step takes substantial energy, my legs starting to feel like lead. My stride’s more like a waddle – ...

Each step takes substantial energy, my legs starting to feel like lead. My stride’s more like a waddle – these snowshoes are men’s size and too big. Without poles (they’d disappeared this morning with ...

December 01, 2018
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Reboot – December 2018

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: December 01, 2018
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Reboot – December 2018

BETTY-LOU CAHOON took up photography after 35 years of waitressing in her hometown of Lillooet. “My wrist ...

BETTY-LOU CAHOON took up photography after 35 years of waitressing in her hometown of Lillooet. “My wrists were shot,” she says, admitting that her best effort was to carry five plates on one arm. “Th ...

December 01, 2018
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If I Could Save Time in a Bottle

Posted by Pat Nichol
|Date: December 01, 2018
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If I Could Save Time in a Bottle

“If I could save time in a bottle… If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true ...

“If I could save time in a bottle… If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true I'd save every day like a treasure and then…” As we move once again through the last month of ...

December 01, 2018
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Be Open to “Reaching Out”

Posted by James Ellsworth
|Date: November 01, 2018
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Be Open to “Reaching Out”

Aldo Nazarko spent his formative years in war-torn northeastern Italy, in the Adriatic city of Fiume. As ...

Aldo Nazarko spent his formative years in war-torn northeastern Italy, in the Adriatic city of Fiume. As a young person, he was a refugee and “displaced person.” In all his eight decades, however, he ...

November 01, 2018
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Hydra: Walking Past Monasteries and Marianne Right into Rebetiko

Posted by J. Kathleen Thompson
|Date: October 01, 2018
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Hydra: Walking Past Monasteries and Marianne Right into Rebetiko

It was the quintessential night on a Greek island: a vine-laden terrace bestrewn with blue and white chec ...

It was the quintessential night on a Greek island: a vine-laden terrace bestrewn with blue and white checkered tablecloths, platters of calamari and retsina issuing from the kitchen, waiters nimbly ne ...

October 01, 2018
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Reboot September 2018

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: September 01, 2018
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Reboot September 2018

JAMIE ANN MAURO returned to Vancouver and took up urban farming in her backyard after more than 20 succes ...

JAMIE ANN MAURO returned to Vancouver and took up urban farming in her backyard after more than 20 successful years as a jazz performer in Germany and Spain’s luxury hotels. The vivacious musician say ...

September 01, 2018
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Dare to do Edinburgh in August

Posted by Joan Boxall
|Date: August 02, 2018
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Dare to do Edinburgh in August

Charles Dickens said, “Coming back to Edinburgh is like coming home.” For me, it’s been over 40 years sin ...

Charles Dickens said, “Coming back to Edinburgh is like coming home.” For me, it’s been over 40 years since I went on an Edinburgh exchange with UBC’s women’s field hockey team. For my husband Ken, it ...

August 02, 2018
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Mastery and Muse

Posted by Kerilie McDowall
|Date: August 02, 2018
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Mastery and Muse

When inspiration comes to BC’s Roger Baird, it isn’t only by performing on one of the many percussion ins ...

When inspiration comes to BC’s Roger Baird, it isn’t only by performing on one of the many percussion instruments he plays or with his sublime mastery of the drum kit; Roger’s Hedd Wyn Essentials busi ...

August 02, 2018
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Russ Froese: Still Curious

Posted by Verena Foxx
|Date: August 02, 2018
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Russ Froese: Still Curious

Russ Froese had just put the youngest of his five grandchildren – the two-year-old – down for a nap. “I a ...

Russ Froese had just put the youngest of his five grandchildren – the two-year-old – down for a nap. “I am actively involved with them,” he says. “They are young and it’s a good time to be there.” He ...

August 02, 2018
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