Joyful Downsizing: Secrets to Stay Organized

Kim Kubsch Your home should be a reflection of what you love, a space that you feel good about and that functions well for you and your loved ones. Here are six secrets to stay organized: Secret #1: Don’t buy stuff you don’t need. If you keep buying stuff that you don’t necessarily need, it’s…

The Shy, Quiet Type

Dannette Hunnel Look around our community and you’ll see silver grey bushes. They don’t stand out, but they are everywhere. It’s a quiet bush of sorts in that it’s not beautiful or brightly colored, just plain and simple. But look again and you’ll see that it can be quite pretty. Better yet, it is a…

Jacquie’s Corner: Springtime and a New Life

Jacqueline Ruffino The flower buds are beginning to show their little heads in all colors. Opening their eyes, unfolding their little petals, and sending out the exotic aroma of delicate perfumes. Gardenia, rose, lilac, magnolia, jasmine, orange blossoms, and the smells of fresh cut grass. How delightful to be surrounded among these glorious, colorful floral…

Attention and Your Heart’s Power

Judith Kopp Attention is the first currency of creation, and it always has been. And yet our world has become a marketplace that tries to spend it for you before you even realize it’s yours. There are screens, narratives, persuasive tones, and even well-meaning spiritual urgency that can all pull at the same string inside…

The Remodeling Corner

Janet Cook With a continually improving economy, more American homeowners are moving forward with renovation plans in 2026 that they have been wanting to do, and doing so with confidence. According to a recent Houzz survey of more than 1,000 U.S. homeowners, respondents reported wanting to customize their home to their lifestyle and future needs…

Medicare, Medicaid, and Related Benefit Information

Unsure? Confused? Personalized, objective assistance to seniors, the disabled, and caregivers is provided by volunteer counselors trained by the Arizona Agency on Aging Benefits Assistance Program. Services include basic information about Original Medicare (Parts “A” and “B”), Supplemental (Medigap) policies, Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Part “D”), Medicare Advantage Plans (HMOs, etc.), AHCCCS (Medicaid), and ALTCS…