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From Gated communities to Intergenerational housing where to live after retirement 3
Royce Shook · Sorry for the week's delay in posting the last of this series. My family has been visiting from Australia so have been preoccupied · Several models of housing for older adults exist nationwide, together creating tiers for the delivery of care that can be used based on an individu ...
Positive thoughts count down to xmas 6
Royce Shook · When we're retired, we have a smaller world, bound by family and neighbours and limited activities. But we can still make a difference in our community, and in the people we love. · So, who are the absolute happiest people? The world's happiest countries, 2022 edition lists the t ...
Going back home
Royce Shook · "Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving." Terry Pratchett · I love the writings of Terry Pratchett, if you get a chance visit his website and read some great fantasy, but I wander from my theme today. · My best friend grew up in a small town and then mo ...
Trick or Treat
Royce Shook · Over the years we have had many fun evenings going out with the children trick or treating. · Now our children are grown and our only grandchild lives in · Australia so no more going out with the children. We now decorate the house with spooky ghosts and jack-o-lanterns and fill ...
Some Tips to help plan for retirement
Royce Shook · My daughter became an Australian citizen a few years ago so I tend to be interested in events down under and how they might affect my daughter's situation. She works and will retire in Australia, so when I came across this article in the Women’s Agenda I thought I would share. · ...
Pay off the Mortgage or not?
Royce Shook · There is a worldwide trend that is growing for those who are close to or who are retiring or retired. Between 1990 and 2015 the percentage of 55–64-year old’s who owned their home without a mortgage fell from 70 percent to 47 percent, During the same period, the percentage of tho ...
Ready or Not, Retirement is coming
Royce Shook · Are you ready for retirement? I thought I was, but I was not, and I went back to work for eight more years because I loved it and hoped to do it forever. But after eight years of full retirement, I love my job and I hope to do it forever (or at least another 19 years). · When I f ...
Post from Jim Murray
Jim Murray · See this guy.? He’s the French President, and he’s really pissed right about now, because the US, England and Australia have made some kind of deal that gets Australia a couple of nuclear subs so that they can better defend their waters. The French guy is pissed because he had a ...
Australians with a sense of humour
Royce Shook · In the year 2020, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in Australia and said: · "Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save 2 of every living thing along with a few good humans." · He ga ...
How many eggs do I have?
Royce Shook · A slightly different Halloween post. · I sometimes play games on Facebook even though I realize that they are used by Trolls to gather information. My cousin Becky put a puzzle on and I read it and responded with my answer, but I was wrong. Here is her puzzle, I suspect none of y ...
Easing into retirement
Royce Shook · Before I retired, I did not think too much about what retirement would mean. My wife after a profoundly serious brain operation and a year-long recovery decided to retire. She told me she was going to retire and so I put in my one-month notice so I would retire at the same time a ...
2 Ways to Deal with the Uncertainty of School Reopening
Royce Shook · My grandson in Australia has been out of school for a while as the lockdown in his State continues. My grandchildren in BC are going back to school when the numbers of COVID are increasing and anxiety is building in their parents and in us. How do we face and deal with the anxiet ...
Routine
Royce Shook · In the time of the Pandemic, we self-isolated or quarantined ourselves, which we needed to do. My question is how did you spend your day. I found that my routine did not change that much, and in some ways, I found that comforting and daunting. · I wake up at 8:17 to the alarm, w ...
Do you take care of your grandkids?
Royce Shook · I have a friend that spends an inordinate, I think, time looking after is grandchildren not just from one of his children but both of them. He does not complain but sometimes he says he is tired and doesn’t know why. He attributes it to be older and to not being in good shape. I ...
DR. HOOK: Cover to Cover
Dominique 🐝 Petersen · The Rooftop Singers were an American progressive folk-singing trio in the early 1960s, best known for the hit "Walk Right In". The group was composed of Erik Darling and Bill Svanoe (vocals, guitar) with former jazz singer Lynne Taylor (vocals). · Darling put the group together i ...
Pedestrian safety.
Royce Shook · One difference between my Aussie family and me is our understanding of the role of pedestrians and drivers. In BC when a pedestrian approaches a highway at a crosswalk they first look to the left, then the right and then to the left again before crossing the street. The assumptio ...
Bush Fires in Australia
Royce Shook · There has been a lot of news lately about the weather in Australia and the devastation caused by the fires, in some states in the country. The danger of wildfires cannot be understated, but the resilience of the Australian people is amazing. · We spent most of our holiday in the ...
Australia
Royce Shook · We left for Australia and arrived two days later I love the idea of travelling forward in time but the 14 hours on the plane were not pleasant. Not bad, but still if one was claustrophobic the trip would have been hell. When we arrived, we had little trouble getting our car. · My ...
Car rental woes.
Royce Shook · Over the past months, we have been planning our trip to Australia for Christmas, while we were planning, my daughter let me know that a friend of hers had a car that we could use. She said she would pick us up at the airport and we would have the use of the car for our time in Au ...
Taking a Break till January
Royce Shook · For those who read this blog on a regular or a semi-regular basis, I am taking a break and will be returning sometime in January. Our flight leave in a few hours and this year we are travelling to Australia to spend time with my daughter and her family and friends. Family and fr ...
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