Jan Strada SaddleBrooke Caregivers United is the new name chosen for the SaddleBrooke Neurological Support Group. Our goal is to provide support and resources for those in our community who are caregivers. Our first meeting after summer break will be on Saturday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon. Meetings are held at the SaddleBrooke…
Category: Features
August 2025, Features
Mother Alice
Linda Rosenkrans Ice cream sundaes melt Mom and I can’t stop laughing I miss her giggles.
August 2025, Features
Word of the Month: Balkanization
David Zapatka This comment was printed in a recent news article: “Taleblu warned against Western attempts to divide the country. ‘The way to unite the Iranian population is not to talk about balkanization,’ he said. ‘That would be an own goal of moral and strategic proportions.’” Balkanize—bal·kan·ize verb 1: to break up (a region, a…
Features, August 2025
Your Garden’s Best Harvest?
Mary Jane Wilson Does it seem as if it doesn’t matter what you plan to plant where, because the plants that perform the best are the ones that choose their own location in your yard? Does it seem like your garden harvest yields more questions than answers? Well, join the club! A year ago this…
August 2025, Features
2 Your Health – August 2025
Improve Your Relationships by Learning About Emotional Maturity and Emotional Blindness Dr. Rose Bricker Emotional maturity or emotional intelligence are terms that you may hear when chatting about challenges within relationships. Your friends, families, and co-workers may be aware of these terms, but are you? Relationships are difficult at times, and knowing the difference between…
August 2025, Features
Dollars & Sense: Medicare and Me: Don’t DIY!
Leah Kari, Independent, Licensed Insurance Agent Enrolling into Medicare or selecting a Medicare plan brings out the cautious side of those eligible for or on Medicare. Navigating the complexities of Medicare Supplement Insurance, Medicare Advantage Plans, and Stand-Alone Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans requires careful attention to understand coverage options. Multiple plan types, varying…
August 2025, Features
The Bias of Being Considered ‘Old’
Suzanne Marlatt Stewart “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” … or does it? Our life expectancy has risen dramatically; thus, the definition of age has rapidly evolved. Everything is comparable in life, and so it is with aging. If we reach a point where people are…
August 2025, Features
Party at MountainView
Wendy Fish On June 17 a small group of us celebrated the retirement of Debi La Rosa from Morgan Stanley. June 17 was also her husband Mark Baldwin’s 63rd birthday, so we celebrated that as well. MountainView had the band Sedona Crossing playing on the lawn, and we had a blast. The band was incredible.
Features, August 2025
More Than a Banker
Stuart Watkins Robert E. Muse is more than the SaddleBrooke Bank Manager of BMO. He can sync your computer to work with your smartphone and help with getting both devices to work with online banking. He has helped me several times when I was locked out of BMO online banking because I had forgotten my…
August 2025, Features
Ask Emma—Advice and Paw-spective for ‘SaddleBrooke Progress’ Readers
Hi SaddleBrooke Progress friends! I’m Emma, a cheerful little bichon-poodle mix living here in SaddleBrooke with my human Bill. You may have seen us out walking on the golf course paths or cruising in our golf cart. In this column, I’m here to share a dog’s-eye view on your questions about life, pets, neighbors, and…