JoAnne Gaudioso As the seasons change, we are reminded everywhere to take important steps to enhance our body’s ability to protect itself. Doctors and pharmacies remind us it is time to update our vaccinations with booster shots and get our flu shots. When the immune system is compromised, the risk of getting sick increases significantly.…
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist Booking your massage is just the beginning. Setting yourself up for a successful massage is a process and you have more control over it than you think. This is a great way to set yourself up for a successful massage: 1. Arrive early for your massage: Sit and relax before your…
It’s been a great growth year for our Mudslingers membership. We are pleased that 32 new potters joined us this year. As we move from fall through winter then spring, members will be hustling and bustling in the studio in large numbers. This is an exciting time to share your ideas and concepts with other…
Rev. Suzanne Marlatt Stewart “Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.”—W.J. Cameron. Before the Thanksgiving dinner we give thanks for the richness of our lives and for our wonderful family and friends. For too many people, however, the meaning of Thanksgiving ends with spending a few moments giving thanks at the dinner table. The…
Ross Dunfee The thought of independence for the 13 English colonies was revolting to the mother country and the colonies knew that they had to band together to obtain their freedom, and they did. The First Continental Congress convened and concluded at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, Penn., Sept. 5 to Oct. 26, 1774. Their primary…
A car explodes. The mafia executes a million-dollar heist. A flower-child sleeps on Grecian beaches and treks across Afghanistan. A Navy brat experiences the perks and pains of growing-up military. A black-widow preys on a change-of-life divorcee. A social outcast rescues a thrift-store clerk’s rent money. A woman’s healing journey revisits childhood pain and unearths…