Leah Kari, Retired Pharmaceutical Representative and Licensed Insurance Agent Prescription drugs are lifelines that improve our health and quality of life. Often medication costs might prohibit filling a prescription. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) brought welcomed cost relief, effective Jan. 1, 2025. The IRA placed a $2,000 limit on you and your prescription drug coverage’s…
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Features, July 2025
Word of the Month: Cudgel
David Zapatka Friend and fellow bridge player, Susan, writes, “I recently read a new word, ‘cudgel.’ Would you research this word for your column?” Cudgel—cud·gel noun: A short, thick stick used as a weapon. verb: To strike or beat with a cudgel; metaphorically, to forcefully apply or exert something, such as pressure or influence Origin…
July 2025, Features
When Dragonflies Breathed Fire
Stuart Watkins Stuart Watkins announces the publication of his children’s book, When Dragonflies Breathed Fire. This book has a fantasy story of a queen who attempts to find out why fires pop up in her meadow lands each autumn. She asks the deer and rabbits to seek the source of the fires. An owl tells…
Features, July 2025
Cooks Out of the Kitchen: Local Restaurant Reviews
Judi Friedman and Jerry Lankin We’re two SaddleBrooke foodies forever seeking great places to eat! We’ll review two restaurants each month for taste and presentation, service, price, value, and ambiance. If you have a favorite eatery and would like to spread the word, please send us an email at cooksoutofthekitchen@gmail.com. The Landing 8195 N. Oracle…
Features, July 2025
Introducing ‘Ask Emma,’ Advice and Paw-spective from a Little White Dog
Emma, a Little White Dog Hello SaddleBrooke neighbors! My name is Emma. I’m a cheerful bichon-poodle mix who lives here with my human, Bill. You may have seen us out on the cart paths early in the morning or around the neighborhood in our golf cart. I have lots of dog friends—Oliver, Jack, Mimi, Lulu,…