• EDITOR’S LETTER STED •
The art of living well
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elcome to the inaugural issue of SILVER, Canada’s new wellness magazine for the 50+ crowd. The tagline is “The Art of Wellness.” This is because while wellness is part science, it’s also an art. As is life itself. Creating SILVER takes me back to my childhood. When I was kid I knew all four of my grandparents well. My mother’s parents lived in the country, close by. Even though my father’s parents lived in Norway, we had many family visits so I knew them well too. I knew great aunts and great uncles. Many lived into their late eighties, some into their late nineties.
PHOTO: TERRY MILLER
I remember how busy they were. My mother’s father got up early to play the piano and study languages and history. My grandmother was an angler who loved being in the woods. Her sister, my Great Aunt Ruth, had been an underage nurse in France during the Great War. During World War II, she drove an ambulance during the Blitz. Even in her late nineties she was game for anything. In summer, my Norwegian grandparents almost lived off the land. They had a vegetable garden and fruit trees. My grandfather kept bees and caught fish in the fjord. My grandmother emerged from the woods with a large basket filled with mushrooms. They swam in the sea.
These memories inspired me as we worked to create SILVER—the Age of Wellness, Vol. 1, No. 1. It is filled with practical advice on functional fitness, tasty and nutritious recipes, natural approaches to menopause and posture, and great stories on transitioning to the next stage of life, whatever that may be. One factor is elusive—and unique to everyone. It’s one’s approach to life. The people I know who aged well are paradoxical: tough but flexible, adventurous but able to rest and de-stress. They are always learning. They love nature. They survived wars and the Depression. The word “stress” just wasn’t in their vocabulary. Our cover story this time is on actor Billy Campbell, star of the CTV series Cardinal. He’s an athlete and an adventurer. His wife is Norwegian and he spends a lot of time in Norway now. If you can’t find him, he is probably sailing, trail running, or hiding somewhere with a book. SILVER is a production of HUM@Nmedia Inc. We also published OptiMYz, Canada’s leading women’s wellness magazine. Check out our two websites: silvermagazine.ca and optimyz.com. We have more websites to come—and more magazines too.
David Holt is the Editor of SILVER and the Editor in Chief of HUMA@Nmedia Inc.
