Heidi Overman, LMT According to the AMTA, in autoimmune diseases, the immune system, which ordinarily defends the body against outside infection, mistakes the body’s own cells, tissues, and organs as foreign—and attacks them accordingly. Some diseases involve one part of the body, such as multiple sclerosis, in which the immune system attacks the central nervous…
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Features, January 2021
Dollars and Sense: Trends That Are Predicted to Take Place in 2021 in the Real Estate and Mortgage Markets
Douglas and Melanie Sedam In 2021, mortgage rates will rise from record lows, home-price gains will slow, and Americans will continue their migration to less dense regions and lower-cost housing markets. That is according to housing experts who spoke during last week’s virtual conference of the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Trend 1: Mortgage…
Features, January 2021
Word of the Month: Jeremiad
David Zapatka Dear friend and Wisdom Seeker moderator, Ellen Engel, suggested the word jeremiad for this month’s WOTM. Jeremiad: noun jer·e·mi·ad | ˌjer-ə-ˈmī-əd, -ˌad 1. a prolonged lamentation or complaint 2. a cautionary or angry harangue. 3. a long, literary work, usually in prose, sometimes in verse, where the author bitterly laments the state of society and its…
Features, January 2021
Whimsy for Today
Becky Kueker I absolutely love giving presents. I look all year for special gifts that really suit the person. Something WOW, not in cost, but in thought. In early November my friend had a special birthday. She is a widow and I wanted to do something for her she would never expect. My wonderful neighbor…
Features, January 2021
Sonoran Retractables Is Shading Arizona
Bill Starr Sonoran Retractables has been a leader in the customized outdoor shade business for over a decade in the Arizona market. We maintain the highest quality of Italian Engineered and designed Retractable Awnings and Screens. Sonoran Retractables has seen an incredible boom in Louvered Pergolas. With our manufacturer and our shade consultants we now have…