Stuart Watkins I dedicate this poem to you, Don Sheldon, Noel Wein, Dick Reeve, Bruce Kennedy, Ron Cosgrave, charters of Alaska skies, and to Nick Begich, Ernest Gruening, Bob Bartlett, and Tony Knowles, a few Alaska leaders who shaped Alaska’s future. I dedicate this poem to Dean Keim, and Everad and Helga Horton, who helped…
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Features, April 2023
SaddleBrooke Residents Complete Trip of a Lifetime!
Fred and Sidonia St. Germaine, of Tucson, received their BaccaLOOPerate degree from America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association (AGLCA). The degree is given in recognition of completing one of the world’s most unique adventures, America’s Great Loop. Boaters doing the Great Loop are on a 6,000-mile journey that circumnavigates the eastern part of the U.S. and…
Features, April 2023
This I Have Learned … Music and Mind Connection
Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg “Music is the medicine of the soul.” —Plato In 2020 the Harvard Health blog published an AARP study about the various ways in which music can affect one’s life. It comes as no surprise, of course, that music can affect all aspects of your life, including your well-being, cognitive function, quality of…
Features, April 2023
Why Didn’t I Try a Chiropractor First?
Craig Brue, D.C. This month I want to tell you the story of John’s experience with severe back and leg pain. This story is important because it exemplifies the common mistakes that many patients make in their choices for the treatment of back and neck pain. Like most individuals who experience severe back pain and leg…
Features, April 2023
Achoo! Using Essential Oils to Fight Back Against Allergy Season
JoAnne Gaudioso As tiny seeds go from bud to bloom, the earth slowly awakens from winter’s deep slumber. Life feels clear and renewed and the gentle sunshine attests to a new beginning full of promise. This is what springtime represents to many people. But, if you are unlucky enough to suffer from seasonal allergies, the…
Features, April 2023
April Is Stress Awareness Month—How Massage Can Help
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist, #MT-24997 Stress. Anxiety. Fatigue. Words that have become too frequent in our daily lives. Words that describe what we are going through, yet managing these words can feel insurmountable. Stress can overtake your life, without your even knowing. It can start feeling like “the norm” until one day you look around…
Features, April 2023
Quail Socks and Rattlesnake Jim
Bob Simpson Friday, July 15, 2022: This morning we watched for two hours the hatching of three baby chicks from their nest in our large patio pot containing a jade plant. “Nest” is the wrong word, since the eggs were simply laid in a cluster on the potting soil under the pot’s rim. The saga…
Features, April 2023
Feline Authors Show Incredible Artistic Flair
Carly and Charly Let’s Try Painting is the eighth book in The Adventures of Carly and Charly series for kids 5 to 8 years old. It tells our story as two adventurous cats conquering a new indoor adventure—with paint! We sign up for an art class and are super excited when we find out we get to…
Features, April 2023
When Ukraine Refugees Arrive
Stuart Watkins What a joy to be on hand at the Tucson International Airport when a family fleeing the Russian invasion arrived safely in Tucson. Members from SaddleBrooke and Vista United Methodist Church greeted them with flags and a bouquet of sunflowers (the national flower of Ukraine). The smiles on their faces said it all.…
Features, April 2023
In Passing
Robert Carl Johnson Robert Carl Johnson, 67, of Saddlebrook, Ariz., passed away on March 2, 2023. Born on May 29, 1955, in Minneapolis, Minn., Bob was the son of Donald and Gladys (Phyle) Johnson. He grew up in Bloomington, Minn., alongside his siblings Gary, Rick, Debbie, Susie, and Vicki. Bob was a devoted father and…