Wintering In the Algarve or On the Costa del Sol? – Comparing the Two (Part 1 – The Big Picture Intro)
by If you have been following my ramblings for a while now you will know that I have written a large number of articles about wintering …
The Past Week’s Reads — November 10 – November 16, 2025
by Retiring early? The brutal truth is that you will lose friends – Globe and Mail, November 13, 2025 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/retirement/article-retirement-friends-fire-movement-retire-early-financial-independence/ Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung “found …
Is It Time to Redefine, Rename, Or Rebrand “Retirement”? … Naw, We Are Simply in the Age of the “Bespoke Retirement”
A while ago, I write a wrote a three-part piece about the things that I felt I now know or understand about retirement. While I …
Prime Minister Carney … Here Are My Two BIG Asks as We Reinvent the Nation
Mr. Carney, please fix the OAS and restore the GST to the original 7% level. Circling back to the start of this piece after it …
A Proper Fitting For New Golf Clubs … My Best Golf Outing of 2025
Retirement and Golf Sort of like … Sonny and Cher, Cagney and Lacey, Gretzky and Messier, Simon and Garfunkel, Lucy and Desi, Ike and Tina, …
IKEA Will Send You Replacement Parts for Free … Who Knew
Occasionally, I write something that I believe might actually be useful for just about anybody. I think it is one of those times. It’s not …
The Mariposa Folk Festival 65th Anniversary … It Was Awesome, You Missed It, But You Can Attend Next Year :-)
*Title Image by Mariposa Folk Festival and The Art of John Fearnall – Good Noise The 65th anniversary of the Mariposa Folk Festival has come …
Wintering In Spain 2025 – Estepona #8 … The Grocery Shopping is Amazing! :-)
OK, “amazing” is probably a bit of an overstatement, but of all the towns we have stayed in, Estepona has some of the best grocery …
In the Camera’s Eye … Wintering in Spain 2025 – Our Lisbon Stop on the Way Home, An Interesting Alternative to Staying at a Hotel
Our habit is to visit a city somewhere in Spain or elsewhere in Europe for a few days before we catch our final flight back …
Wintering In Spain 2025 – My Favourite Spanish Grocery Treats and Beverages … and Price Comparisons with Similar Canadian Products :-)
It is time to do some comparative shopping between grocery store items in Spain and equivalent ones in Canada. I’m sure this is of much …