A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) A pleasure of the lockdown in Vancouver this winter is turning on our gas fireplace. Although we didn’t list a fireplace as an essential when buying our homes here or in Scottsdale, […]
THE RIGHT LOCATION
We realize being grateful for ordinary things and events in life contributes in a profound way to happiness. And I try regularly to feel — and express — gratitude. At this time of year, it’s easy for Glen and me to feel grateful for our second home in Arizona. Just when grey skies and near […]
THE RELOCATION PROJECT III
“The danger is that in this move toward new horizons and far directions, I may lose what I have now, and not find anything except loneliness.” Sylvia Plath We left Lennoxville when people were sorry to say goodbye to us — and we to them — but our timing of moving to Vancouver in 2012 turned […]
THE RELOCATION PROJECT II
Relocating from a town in the Eastern Townships of Quebec to Canada’s third largest city constitutes an expensive undertaking. Even though Glen and I intended to move into a small condo, the difference between the equity from the sale of our house in Lennoxville and the amount required to buy a place in Vancouver would be huge. Fortune intervened in […]
THE RELOCATION PROJECT I
To move, or not to move — that is the question, when contemplating retirement. Sixty-four percent of Americans say they’ll probably move at least once in retirement, citing reasons such as proximity to family (29%), reduction in home expenses (26%) and change in health (17%) or marital (12%) status. In a study of Canadians, 57% […]