Mary Jo Bellner Swartzberg It is time to hit the road for vacation time and/or family time. In the Summer of 2025, road trips are expected to outpace previous years. Flexibility, cost-saving, and the road trip experience are the factors that are sending people to travel on asphalt. If you will be out and about…
Suzanne Marlatt Stewart There’s a common belief that to be happy, you must constantly strive for more wealth, more status, and more possessions. At face value, it seems logical. More equals better, right? However, the truth is, as we age, happiness isn’t about attaining more; it’s about caring less. Less about external validation, societal expectations,…
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…
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…
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…
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…