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...
by Jan Moore | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog
This is the first story I wrote for Sixty and Me. The photo of Naomi was taken by her daughter, Beverly Deutsch. When Naomi Beth Wakan, wrote her book of memoirs in her 80s, she called it, Some Sort Of Life. I want to share her unconventional life story with you to...
by Jan Moore | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog
I have just started writing articles for Sixty and Me - a global community of women over age 60 who share ideas and support one another. Margaret Manning founded Sixty and Me “to help other women her age live happy, healthy and financially secure lives.” She launched...
by Jan Moore | Jan 15, 2018 | Blog
About eight years ago, Anne McKinnell asked herself, “what if I get to the end of my life and discover that I didn’t live the life I truly wanted?” Although Anne felt it was scary to change her life, she felt it was scarier not to. She is grateful she took the leap....
by Jan Moore | Jan 8, 2018 | Blog
"Writing about chocolate was not a deliberate intention." Guest Post: Doreen Pendgracs As a travel writer, I’d been to a number of terrific wine resorts, and had actually wanted to write a book about wine travel. But when I began researching what had already been...
by Jan Moore | Dec 23, 2017 | Blog
Most of what many of us know about Australia is kangaroos, koala bears and the Sydney Opera House. Lannah Sawers-Diggins wants to introduce you to the world she grew up in - The Outback. It’s a land where nature reigns supreme and rain is an event to be celebrated....
by Jan Moore | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog
There are plenty of stories about women age 50+ becoming entrepreneurs. Some of them work online so they can take their work with them while they travel. Should you take the plunge and join the growing Self-employment and Digital Nomad trend? When I presented the idea...
by Jan Moore | Nov 12, 2017 | Blog
[ Guest Post: Romana Frey ] It started innocently enough. While I was living in the Comox Valley about seven years ago, a friend asked me to feed her cat while she went on vacation. Then she asked if I would also water the plants and check for mail. Finally, she...
by Jan Moore | Nov 11, 2017 | Blog
After returning from our Remembrance Day ceremony, I was wondering how to commemorate this day. One of my goals in encouraging women to reinvent themselves through travel is to encourage cross-Border friendships and a greater understanding of other cultures. It is my...
