Medicare and Me: Time Tested Tips Leah Kari, licensed insurance agent, and retired pharmaceutical representative Finally! Your long-awaited doctor’s appointment is a few days away. In preparation, you’ve wisely jotted questions to ask on bits of paper or stored the questions on your phone. During your appointment, you’ll reference notes if you have them available.…
Tim Gaule I am a member of the Saddlebrooke Hearing Discussion Group. At a recent meeting we had an attendee state that he felt hearing aid technology hadn’t improved in the last 50 years. While I admit that hearing aids haven’t restored my hearing to what it was when I was younger and noisy environments…
Gary Chalk Some people don’t apologize, instead they get even. And then there are—you guessed it—men. Many men don’t take the effort to apologize or get even. Have you ever seen a guy get up from the sofa to change the furnace filters a couple of times a year and apologize for taking so long?…
Emma the White Dog Hello Saddlebrooke Progress friends. I’m Emma, your cheerful little white dog in SaddleBrooke. In this column, I share a dog’s-eye view on life by answering thoughtful questions with kindness, gentle humor, and a bit of tail-wagging wisdom. You can follow more of my adventures and photos on my blog, Life With…
David Zapatka Coming from a tech and marketing background, sister and reader, Debbie, recognized a trend in her field that is prevalent today and suggested researching the word, portmanteau. Portmanteau port·man·teau, port-ˈman- tō noun: a word blending the sounds and meanings of two other words Origin and Etymology: From French portemanteau, literally “carry cloak,” a…
Keith Schiller The wine tasting and dinner featuring Michael Phillips, founder and principal owner of national award-winning Michael David Winery of Lodi, Calif., took guests on a culinary and vintner’s journey that was out of this world—literally. Ironically, just as a spacecraft moves swiftly, seats for this event sold out within 15 minutes. At the…