Tag: senior living | INSPIRED 55+ Lifestyle Magazine - Part 2

Alma Lee: BC’s Indominatable Writers’ Champion

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Alma Lee: BC’s Indominatable Writers’ Champion

Feisty, driven, and uncompromising, octogenarian Alma Lee exemplifies the adage “no surrender.” Recipient ...

Feisty, driven, and uncompromising, octogenarian Alma Lee exemplifies the adage “no surrender.” Recipient of the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, an honorary doctorate from Simon Fraser University and ...

September 01, 2024
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Trekking in Magical Nepal

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Trekking in Magical Nepal

“Ja’aum, ja’um,” says our lead guide Bir Singh, the Nepali equivalent for “ready, let’s go!” Our group of ...

“Ja’aum, ja’um,” says our lead guide Bir Singh, the Nepali equivalent for “ready, let’s go!” Our group of nine pick up our day packs and excitedly pass through the Pasang Lhamu Gate, built to honour t ...

September 01, 2024
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Jungle WOWS of Palau

Posted by Jane Cassie
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Jungle WOWS of Palau

When I was twelve years old, a harmless garter snake crossed my path and put me into panic mode. Now, mor ...

When I was twelve years old, a harmless garter snake crossed my path and put me into panic mode. Now, more than half a century later, I still get the heebie-jeebies whenever I think of one. So after h ...

September 01, 2024
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Antarctica: Expedition Cruising Outside the Pale of Civilization

Posted by Jett & Kathryn Britnell
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Antarctica: Expedition Cruising Outside the Pale of Civilization

Throughout human history, Antarctica has been the ultimate unexplored territory in polar exploration. Ren ...

Throughout human history, Antarctica has been the ultimate unexplored territory in polar exploration. Renowned explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton perfectly captured the allure of Antarctica when he said, ...

September 01, 2024
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Rocky Mountain High

Posted by Richard Arthur
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Rocky Mountain High

“Music makes pictures and often tells stories. All of it magic and all of it true,” sang John ...

“Music makes pictures and often tells stories. All of it magic and all of it true,” sang John Deutschendorf Jr in the introduction to a concert album that captured the hearts of folk and c ...

September 01, 2024
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Pollution and the Exerciser

Posted by Eve Lees
|Date: September 01, 2024
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Pollution and the Exerciser

Regular physical activity promises many health benefits. However, caution is needed when exercising outdo ...

Regular physical activity promises many health benefits. However, caution is needed when exercising outdoors, particularly if you live in a larger city. Pollution and allergens (like pollen) can restr ...

September 01, 2024
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Thrive Beyond 55 – July/August

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: July 03, 2024
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Thrive Beyond 55 – July/August

Perennially Yours Some months ago, I wrote about the new cottage garden I am creating in my front yard. I ...

Perennially Yours Some months ago, I wrote about the new cottage garden I am creating in my front yard. In it, I plant only perennials. I like these plants for their non-fussiness. Year after year the ...

July 03, 2024
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Reviving Rosy: A Radiant Makeover Story

Posted by Barbara Risto
|Date: July 03, 2024
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Reviving Rosy: A Radiant Makeover Story

In March, INSPIRED Magazine held its annual 55+ Lifestyle Show where we did a makeover of three amazing w ...

In March, INSPIRED Magazine held its annual 55+ Lifestyle Show where we did a makeover of three amazing women. We call it turning “drab to fab” and while their transformation on the outside was certai ...

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

Posted by Laurie Mueller
|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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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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Magical Puppeteer Tim Gosley: Creating His Own Little Worlds

Posted by Marion Lougheed
|Date: July 03, 2024
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Magical Puppeteer Tim Gosley: Creating His Own Little Worlds

Victoria native Tim Gosley might be more familiar as Basil the polar bear. As a puppeteer, he spent four ...

Victoria native Tim Gosley might be more familiar as Basil the polar bear. As a puppeteer, he spent four years on the original Fraggle Rock and nine seasons on Canadian Sesame Street. He’s done everyt ...

July 03, 2024
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Phil Foster: A Perfect Fit

Posted by Ella Harvey
|Date: July 03, 2024
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Phil Foster: A Perfect Fit

A sure way to “beat the aging blues” is to meet older men and women living full and dynamic lives, like o ...

A sure way to “beat the aging blues” is to meet older men and women living full and dynamic lives, like octogenarian Phil Foster. On first meeting, Phil seems a quiet and unassuming man, but a wealth ...

July 03, 2024
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Wake Up And Smell The Paints

Posted by Doris Von Tettenborn
|Date: July 03, 2024
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Wake Up And Smell The Paints

I turned 60 last year. I still have not recovered. I spent the previous year trying to get us ...

I turned 60 last year. I still have not recovered. I spent the previous year trying to get used to the concept by changing my computer password frequently. CRAZY60, LOVELY60, NOWAY60 ...

July 03, 2024
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Adventurous Women: Boldness has Genius, Power and Magic

Posted by Joan Thompson
|Date: July 03, 2024
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Adventurous Women: Boldness has Genius, Power and Magic

‘Adventure’ is a relative term. For some it can be the day you lock yourself out of your car, negotiated ...

‘Adventure’ is a relative term. For some it can be the day you lock yourself out of your car, negotiated the public transport system in Bangkok, or simply got off course on an organized tour. For othe ...

July 03, 2024
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The Many Faces of Berlin

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: July 03, 2024
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The Many Faces of Berlin

Octoberfest is party time in Berlin and Alexander Platz, a huge outdoor plaza in the middle of the city, ...

Octoberfest is party time in Berlin and Alexander Platz, a huge outdoor plaza in the middle of the city, is overflowing with happy Berliners quaffing beer at communal tables singing, laughing and danc ...

July 03, 2024
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