Gretchen Bierbaum Jacqueline Cohen If you ask Gretchen Bierbaum, she will tell you she is not an artist but an administrator and educator. Be that as it may, Gretchen has mastered the fine art of collage and has played an active role in changing this misunderstood medium from that of a craft to its rightful…
Trücup low-acid coffee is a whole new category of coffee: a coffee without the acids that cause stomach discomfort. Nearly 20% of Americans suffer from acid reflux at least once a week. One of the most commonly cited pieces of advice for controlling these symptoms is to avoid acidic foods such as coffee, spicy foods,…
William Martin Baird Bill was born August 21, 1941, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and returned to the mainland as a baby on the S.S. Lurline Liner following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He grew up in San Diego, California. In 2007, he and his wife Katie moved to SaddleBrooke from Glenwood Springs, Colorado. They enjoyed the…
Bob Simpson I. Joe Goff — An Extraordinary Man “What in the world do they eat?” I asked myself, as I watched a few big, healthy looking black cows staring warily at me beside the dusty trail leading to Deer Camp on the lower reaches of Samaniego Ridge. There had been no grass in the…
Louise Grabell Spring is in the air! That’s right all you gardeners out—ready, set, go! By now your yards are cleaned, citrus has been fertilized, pruning is done, shears and clippers are cleaned and sharpened and plenty of Tylenol is on hand for those aching backs. Ah—the joys of gardening! It’s a good time to…
Susan Dawson-Cook Most people give me puzzled looks when I talk about the multifidus muscles before they ask, “What’s that?” One of the smallest muscles in the body and also one of the most important, the multifidus is a muscle attaching to joint segments along the vertebrae near the spine’s midline. The multifidus muscles in…
Editor’s Note: “2 Your Health” is a new column in the SaddleBrooke Progress dedicated to health issues. We advised readers without health insurance to visit insurance quote. Each month different doctors and or medical associations, from varying specialties, will be writing on issues of importance. Articles are based on experiences and independent research conducted by…