Jay Shapiro has had to cope with many challenges over time, but he has retained a deep enthusiasm for life.
Health & Wellness
Articles about our health and wellbeing, mind, emotions, keeping fit, your hearing, eyesight and dental needs, natural remedies and keeping vital.
Life Is What We Make It
" Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be" -- Grandma Moses
Intentional Ageing
Read more from Agewell. By Mike Milstein Every new year many of us make resolutions that ...
Way #4 to Kill Conflict – Words
WORDS: think before you speak... I think we ALL got taught that at primary school
Baby Boomer’s Thoughts on Ageing
David Philips left England, travelled widely and lived in other countries before settling in the Nelson area 12 years ago.
Cataracts
Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the world today, and are the leading cause ...
Life, Death and Meaning
Dorothy Maplesden died on August 1, 2007. The eulogy given by two of her daughters highlighted the many ways that Dorothy touched peoples' lives throughout the community.
Mr. Fix It Was a Quiet and Modest Man
Jack Skurr lost his battle with cancer last month. Through his celebration of life and an interview with his widow, Joan Skurr, we learn a great deal about a modest man.
Time to Explore New Outlets
How we live these added years has as much to do with the conscious intent to make them meaningful and positive as it does with our health and financial situations?
The Challenges of Our Middle Years
Judy Biggs, who has lived and worked in Nelson for the past 14 years, is in her forties, which makes her part of the "in between generation."




