Vy Armour I fell in love with author Elizabeth Berg’s writing back in the early ‘90s with her first book, Talk Before Sleep. Her trademark is the ability to make ordinary people characters you want to spend time with, meet for lunch, and so often, people you hate to say goodbye to on the last…
Travelers in Terminal 3 at Phoenix Sky Harbor can enjoy a new, comfortable, and quieter place to sit while waiting for their boarding call, thanks to the recent opening of the Escape Lounges – the Centurion® Studio Partner. The Escape Lounges welcomes all travelers, regardless of airline, with the purchase of a day pass. In…
America Needs Westerns Mike Torreano My latest western, A Score to Settle, was released last year by The Wild Rose Press. It’s set in 1870 New Mexico Territory and unfolds on the notorious Goodnight-Loving cattle trail. My two western mysteries, The Reckoning, and The Renewal, are set about the same timeframe in Colorado. So, are…
Janet Cook What are the current kitchen remodeling design trends? Houzz, an online home improvement resource, did a 2021 survey of 75,470 users to find out if they had home renovation plans. Forty-eight percent of them were in the process of planning or remodeling their U.S. home. They found that since they are spending more time…
David Taylor What plumbing company would actually answer their phone in the middle of the night? Howard Family Plumbing does. The most important customer service a plumber can provide is when a plumbing catastrophe strikes. Especially at an inconvenient time of day, or night! Customer service is what Howard Family Plumbing prides their company on.…
Arlene Block Thanks to all who have donated toys to the SunBird Lions Club Toy Drive. Over 100 toys were collected. The toys were delivered to the children at Hartford School by Lion Carol Zittel on Wednesday, Dec. 15, making many children excited for the holiday.
Prior to the American Revolution, the colonies had no naval forces, but did have a large maritime population and many merchant vessels employed in domestic and foreign trade. That merchant service was familiar not only with the sea, but also with warfare. On Oct. 13, 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the first Navy. On Dec.…
Thomas Atkins Men like Thomas (Tom) Atkins are one in a million. He was born on Dec. 27, 1936, in Clear Lake, Iowa. Tom didn’t just live life—he embraced it. He and his brother Dick enjoyed an active and happy childhood. As a young athlete, he played and excelled in several sports, including baseball, football,…
David Zapatka While reading The Labours of Hercules, by Alice A. Bailey, in my book-reading group, I ran across the familiar word “quincunx” and had to reach back in my memory to recall where I had been exposed to this word before. Quincunx noun quin·cunx | ˈkwin-ˌkəŋ(k)s 1. an arrangement of five objects with four at…
Kim Kubsch “Organizing Your Laundry Room” is 16th in a series of articles featuring techniques for decluttering your home—one room at a time. How much attention or love do you give your laundry room? While we really don’t spend a huge amount of time there, we do use it several times per week, so it…