Category: Features

Tips to Sellers and Buyers

Stuart Watkins Having recently sold two homes in SaddleBrooke, I learned a few things along the way. Even if you have a Revocable Trust or Living Will, there can still be confusion over the assets. I have been buying furniture and other items at low prices, or receiving donated items, and taking them to the Oracle Farmer’s…

SaddleBrooke Author Publishes Mystery Novel

Dr. Syd Harriet Syd Harriet, Ph.D., Psy.D. moved to SaddleBrooke from Denver, Colo. in 2014 having retired from teaching college-level creative writing for more than thirty years. Syd has been writing articles, non-fiction golf books, short stories, and novels since arriving as well as working as a literary agent at Agent’s Ink. Syd was also…

Whimsy for Today

Becky Kueker While putting makeup on one morning, I was taking a serious look at my reflection. My magnified make-up mirror is for maximum detection of everything you really do not want to see, and I noticed that I had more wrinkles on the left side of my face than the right. So, I turned…

Magic Happens when Creating Watercolors: Meet Artist of the Month Kay Sullivan

Kay Sullivan prepares a rough sketch in her SaddleBrooke studio. (Photo by LaVerne Kyriss)

LaVerne Kyriss Perhaps best known around SaddleBrooke for her precise and realistic watercolor pet portraits, often done as commissioned work, Kay Sullivan also paints landscapes, portraits, florals, and abstract images. “Painting animals comes easy to me,” she explained. “I always start with the eyes, the nose, and then the color of the body. The expression is…

The Safe, Effective, and Painless Spinal Adjustment

Dr. Craig Brue During the past 20 years I have been using spinal adjusting instruments, the Activator and Impulse, where patients feel a light tapping sensation on their spine. The Activator is a spring-loaded instrument. The Impulse is an electronic device. You may ask, “How does that work, and how can that help me?” After…