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Wikipedia has a sister site called Wikivoyage for travelers. The more I use Wikivoyage to investigate and plan travel destinations, the more I realize my old faithful paper travel guides, like Lonely Planet, Frommer’s Guide, etc. are now obsolete! The whole world is at your fingertips. It’s better than TripAdvisor because it is not trying […]
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The free Wikipedia Encyclopedia amazingly is created and maintained by VOLUNTEERS! Its very easy to edit any article you see there. You may be able to improve their information as it relates to your community or a cause that is important to you, any time you feel in the mood! But you do need to […]
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Volunteering is a good retirement activity, which for technically oriented people could begin with assisting your local Emergency Measures Office (EMO) as a radio operator. This is simpler than the full blown Amateur Radio (HAM) operators who have special licenses and deeper technical knowledge. In our city there is a JEM volunteer group which get […]
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Living to age 100 if you are healthy and happy is a great aspiration. After watching the Netflix 4 part series by the best selling author “Dan Buettner” got me thinking more about how to achieve that. It goes well beyond the traditional diet and exercise focus to encompass other significant factors, and even goes […]
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The beautiful tall ship “ARC Gloria” from Columbia, visited the port of Halifax, NS for the past few days. Today the crew was very busy taking down the night lights trim, and climbing in the rigging. It was fun to hear the traditional naval whistle in use to communicate signals to the various crew. (takes […]
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A very popular white sandy beach in Nova Scotia is the Summerville Beach. It features very flat beach walking for many kilometers in an area of luxury resort accommodations. Even surfing and paddle boarding. Nearby there is a “free” world class fantasy world attraction in the woods behind the Crosby Greenhouse nursery in Liverpool. It […]
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This article reflects the joy that I experience in taking the time as a retired person to meander through the less travelled rural roads, and soak up the experiences that are there. Today I enjoyed chatting with the local “coffee club” people in a rural coffee shop that I happened to venture into. The purpose […]
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All these images were all generated using AI (Artificial Intelligence) for my first time, in less than an hour. Previously I actually commissioned an artist to created a beautiful painting related to my family heritage based on my “concept”. This process is similar, but faster, and easier. My vanNostrand ancestors left Nordstrand Island (present day […]
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We rented a fully equipped motorhome RV camper to drive for 5 days (2000 km / 1200 Miles) from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The medium sized “Class C” motorhome – sort of like the Winnebago of yesteryear, was a perfect fit for the two of us, and could actually accommodate extra people […]
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In 1980 as the Radio Shack TRS-80 became popular, and I had been selling quite a few of them in Ken’s Kiristiansen’s regular Radio Shack store in the valley, the District Manager (Ken Bechervaise / Pat Cramer ) suggested that I apply to Manage the new Tandy Computer Center that they were opening in Halifax […]
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