Category: February 2019

Spanish Culture Club news

Gail Blizard Wow! It’s been a very exciting January for the Spanish Culture Club! January 7 was our Spanish-speaking lunch at the Mesquite Grill. Several members got together and had a lively discussion about holidays, books and iPhones. All topics are fair game as we’re just there to enjoy lunch and practice our Spanish skills.…

Wellness rules: A guide to healthy living

Barbara Barr “Dr. Jim,” as he is called, will be speaking at SaddleBrooke on Friday, March 8 at 2:00 p.m. in the MountainView Ballroom. Dr. Jim Nicolai is a board-certified family practitioner as well as a graduate of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine fellowship under the direction of Dr. Andrew Weil. Dr. Nicolai is…

SaddleBrooke SkyGazers

SaddleBrooke SkyGazers guest speaker coming February 10 Teresa Greenberg On Sunday, February 10, 2019, Dr. Kristopher Klein will be in SaddleBrooke to speak to us about the research done at the University of Arizona on the sun, its effects on the solar system and NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission. The presentation will be held…

Hiking in Norway’s Fjordland presentation March 20

Ellen Citron Mark your calendar for Wednesday, March 20 to learn about “Hiking in Norway’s Fjordland.” Laurel Parrott, a local photographer and hiker, will share her July 2018 experience participating in a nine-day Sierra Club Outing from Bergen to Oslo that explored this hiker’s paradise. The presentation will concentrate mostly on five hikes in Balestrand…

Southwest Woodcarvers coming to SaddleBrooke

Southwest Woodcarvers will be providing a carving demonstration and carving show during the SaddleBrooke Spring Art Show, Saturday, March 2, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The woodcarvers will feature some of the finest Woodcarvers in southern Arizona performing carving demonstrations and participating in a carving show at the SaddleBrooke Arts and Craft Center.…

There was a whole lot of clinking going on

Definition: Clinking: 1. The sound made when numerous medals that are suspended around a swimmer’s neck bump together 2. A celebratory toast. SaddleBrooke swimmers had lots of reasons to celebrate as they swam winning times and earned their places on the winner’s podium at the Tucson Senior Games. The swim meet was one of the…

2019 MPMGA Board of Directors

Jim Donat The new year brings in many changes. Within the golf communities, it brings changes to the board of directors. For the men’s golf association there were several changes. We bid goodbye and a big thank you to the four members leaving the board, Larry Fox, VP; Dan Nordhill, Sponsorship; Greg Cahill, Membership and…

Top ten foods for better health

Nancy Teeter, RDN Make these ten anti-aging foods part of your healthy diet and consider eating one serving of each on most days. Having these alongside a nmn supplement of your choice can do wonders for you! Apples The phrase “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” may sound like an old wives’ tale,…

Croatia and the “Pearls of the Adriatic”

John Triebe In their own words: DIGS photographers write about memorable photographic moments. In September 2018, my wife and I took a small ship cruise with Vantage cruise line that visited several Croatian islands as well as several Croatian cities on the Adriatic coast. For those who have never visited Croatia, it has an extensive…