By Lora Felger Five years ago, my friends and I made a New Year’s resolution to climb a mountain in Colorado and circled a date in July on the calendar. To prepare, one friend decided to change one thing – just one. As a hospital-based nurse practitioner, she decided to take only the stairs throughout …
By Ashley Wicker Every year I start out with a new goal. Of course, a healthier lifestyle is always at the top of my list, but I also always make other goals. (Maybe it’s so if I fail at my first goal, I have backups? We’ll discuss that in next year’s January e-column if I …
By James M. How Where did 2022 go? I guess the saying is true, “Time flies when you’re having fun!” As things opened up and people started to move around and gather together again, it felt like things were finally getting back to normal. We were all distracted by meeting with our friends and families, …
By Jessica Arroyo Whoa, that went by quick. Weren’t we just upset that the groundhog saw its shadow, with an additional six weeks of winter? Now we’re expecting the first day of winter once again in the next couple of weeks. As we’re all way too familiar with, the cold weather brings on different barriers …
By Ashley Wicker December – it’s the last month of the year. A lot is going on this time of year. There’s the extra shopping, holiday parties and festivities, family gatherings, decorating, gift wrapping, and other end-of-the-year wrap-up (pun intended!) activities. The thing I like the most about this time of year is giving gifts …
By Sherry Gordon-Harris December – it’s the last month of the year. A lot is going on this time of year. There’s the extra shopping, holiday parties and festivities, family gatherings, decorating, gift wrapping, and other end-of-the-year wrap-up (pun intended!) activities. The thing I like the most about this time of year is giving gifts …
By Breck Obermeyer Now that we’re pretty much past the gardening season for the year, I’m in a bit of reflection on what worked in the garden and what didn’t, what I’ll want to start from seed in early 2023 for a successful garden, and all the new skills I learned this year (digital pressure …
By Lora Felger Have you ever sat down and really thought about how happy you are for your brain? Seriously, though, stay with me here. Warts and all, isn’t your brain like your favorite part of your whole body? What can you honestly say is better looking than your brain? Your big toe? Your ears …
By Ashley Wicker My mother is a quilter. If anyone reading this knows a quilter or happens to be one yourself, you know that this is more a way of life than a hobby. Every important occasion in our family merits a quilt. Getting married? Quilt. Having a baby? Quilt. When you fly and look …