Patricia Fremont and John Smith The Gift Shop featured artist for April is Jack Fritz, author of A Lifetime Adventure. With his wife Jill, Jack recently joined the Gift Shop group. Jack has provided his own artist’s statement. “Every day I look for the good and beautiful. I say “good, better, best” and filter out…
David Taylor Did you know that 40 years ago golf cars could barely make it through an 18-hole round before their batteries went kaput? Things have changed dramatically in the golf car industry in the last 40 years. Established in 1980 in the Tucson metro area Golf Cars of Arizona is still in business now…
Leah Sugar Kari As an agent and broker, I ask my clients to contact me first if they need any assistance with their plan. This article describes a situation encountered by more than one of my clients this past year. Don’t ever hesitate to question a bill you receive. Just because you’ve received the bill…
Stuart Watkins Good Golly, Miss Molly, Why did you send me to the Heart-Break Hotel? Last time I saw, you were dancing to Splish Splash on my living room rug, how was I to know there was a party going on? Yes, I am the Great Pretender, and Smoke Gets in my Eyes, I pretend…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg Ten-O-Six, Clearasil, Noxzema—remember these products from the past? They comprised the acne arsenal for the teenagers of the 1960s. Perhaps you used one, or all of them? Surely, we all know the pain of getting up one morning on a special day when, after weeks of planning for a special event, you…
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg It is amazing how two lives intertwine—two lives who found each other despite the international odds. And so it was with Chris and Becky Hubbard, who have been SaddleBrooke residents since 2005. Becky was born on the island of Cebu, located in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. Her father…
Stuart Watkins So, you want to paint the office walls? Well, there are certain things that have to be done before the painter arrives. The desks can stay if they are moved to the center of the room. Be certain to unplug the computer last! The dining room table becomes a storage table. And the…
Song lyrics by Jim Lowe Midnight, one more night without sleeping Watching till the morning comes creeping Green door, what’s that secret you’re keeping? There’s an old piano And they play it hot behind the green door Don’t know what they’re doing But they laugh a lot behind the green door Wish they’d let me…
David Zapatka While reading Starseed Transmissions by Ken Carey, I ran across the word negentropy. I’ve always been fascinated by the word entropy and its meaning so I was immediately intrigued by this related word driving me to research it for this month’s issue. Entropy: noun /ˈentrəpē/ 1. thermodynamics: a measure of the unavailable energy in a…
Becky Kueker I just learned there is such a thing as “anti-skills;” you know personality traits to leave behind. Simply stated what you should not do is just as important as what you should do. From what I understand bad personality traits have run rampant since COVID. Just another side effect of what society seems…