by Jan Moore | Jan 2, 2019 | Blog
Guest Post by: C Fong Hsiung When the soul aches for something more, you can’t deny the gnawing. Every day that you ignore it, it festers like an untreated wound. Then when you can’t bear it anymore, you have to act to alleviate the ache. That was how I felt in early...
by Jan Moore | Oct 3, 2018 | Blog
I grew up in a time when it was popular to “keep up with the Joneses.” This term comes from a 1913 comic strip which depicted a family intent on climbing the social ladder and accumulating material possessions to keep pace with their neighbours doing the same thing....
by Jan Moore | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog
by Jan Moore | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog
We all hunger to have meaning in our lives. This doesn’t change as we age. Rush University Medical Centre researchers found a link between life purpose and cognitive decline in people showing signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Those with a purpose in life showed a 30%...
by Jan Moore | May 27, 2018 | Blog
I wrote this article about my Island lifestyle for Sixty and Me. I said goodbye to city life and hello to Island living almost 15 years ago when I moved to a small Island with a permanent population of 4,300 people, dozens of wild turkeys, a healthy deer population,...
by Jan Moore | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog
This is my second Guest Post that appeared in Sixty and Me. The photo is of a winning display by the Gabriola Weavers. I’ve noticed women often have a love/hate relationship with visibility. We long to be seen and heard while also being afraid of it. We seem...
