Category: Features

In Passing

In Memory of Frank Buck Linda Gray Frank Gene Buck, 75, of SaddleBrooke, Ariz., passed away into the eternal love of God on May 8, 2022, after battling pancreatic cancer. Frank was born on Oct. 31, 1946, to Maurina Parisi in Fresno, Calif. He worked for General Telephone and worked his way up the ladder…

Fun in the Sun with Essential Oils

JoAnne Gaudioso Summer means a lot of time in the sun. It’s important to be prepared with only the best natural products so that you and your family can make the most of your sun-filled break. Even though Florida is known as the “Sunshine State,” Arizona actually has, on average, more sunny days. We are…

Madaras Gallery Presents the Great Summer Art Auction

Starting Wednesday, June 8, through Saturday, June 24, Madaras Gallery presents the Great Summer Art Auction. Bidding opens at incredible values, and the two-week silent auction includes original paintings by Diana Madaras, as well as several guest artists. The auction ends June 24. View the auction online at www.madaras.com beginning June 8. Madaras Gallery is located…

Word of the Month: Capo

David Zapatka While listening to the Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks tune, “I Have a Capo on my Brain,” last night, I thought, how could a “capo” be on a brain, and secondly, haven’t I heard this word used in another context? The movie The Godfather came to mind. This sparked research into this word.…

2 Your Health: What Is Therapeutic Massage?

Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist, #MT-24997 I have found, in my practice, that when clients schedule a massage, they really want to feel like they have gotten work done. Clients come in and tell us about their aches, pains, injuries, surgeries, and pathologies. They are in pain, discomfort, and sometimes hopeless. They are looking for some…

Just Magical

Stuart Watkins There is something magical about plucking fruit from a tree or picking strawberries, grapes and such from vines little seeds in the ground to food on the table just magical to me

This I Have Learned … Their Favorite Things!

Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg We received a “Catalog of Favorites” in the mail the other day. Favorites? Well, the catalog was a clothing catalog and, frankly, I am about tapped out on clothes these days, at least until I cull previously termed favorite clothes out of my closet. But there are other favorites that could be talked about here:…

A Slice of Lemon

Stuart Watkins A lemon slice plucked from your tree floats on the top of my ice water supported by cubes underneath as my lips draw in a sip of tangy water thinking of you Random thoughts come and go with no direction some have a bitter-sweet tang some dance on butterfly wings some start, fade,…