Human connection is important at any stage of life, but none more so than in retirement, ...
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Two Slices of Bread: A Memoir
In Two Slices of Bread Ingrid Coles, a Dutch Kiwi and grandmother, looks back on a ...
Take your leave on your own terms
Long gone are the days when the only difference between funerals was the name being read ...
Daylight saving starts this Sunday
Remember to put your clocks forward an hour tonight when you go to bed, ready for ...
8 ways the web will change your retirement
Retirement no longer has the same meaning it did a decade ago. We’re living longer and ...
Vanilla cupcakes
Ingredients: 1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, room temperature 2/3 cup (130 grams) granulated white sugar ...
Stop feeling guilty – You can eat that cake!
Have you ever noticed how the word ‘treat’ is viewed as being something negative? How we ...
What on earth did I do yesterday?
Have you ever thought “Goodness me, I can’t remember what I watched on television last night? ...
Double spinach pasta casserole with pesto and Asiago cheese
Did you know spinach is a superfood!? It is an excellent source of a variety of ...
Growing fungi on the soul
What happens when your garden is neglected and the soil becomes infertile and sour? Weeds, fungi ...