Features, March 2025
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Features, March 2025
2 Your Health – March 2025
Emotional Maturity and Emotional Blindness Dr. Rose Bricker Emotional maturity and emotional intelligence are terms that we may hear today when chatting with our friends, families, and co-workers about relationships. But what do those two terms even mean? Characteristics of an Emotionally Mature Person • They are realistic and accept reality on its terms and…
Features, March 2025
AI Comes to Photography
Rick Thompson One of the most frequent questions I get is, “I want a new camera, what should I buy?” It’s a very legitimate question but the answer may be you don’t need a new camera. Perhaps you just need to upgrade your skills. Or maybe buy a new phone. The good news is that…
Features, March 2025
The Perfect Gift
Debora Witten Here’s a perfect gift for pickleball players! Greg Bell is president of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Lapidary & Jewelry Club here at SBR. This last fall, Greg made a pair of pickleball paddle earrings for his wife, Debbie Maurina. They were a hit on and off the courts! They are entirely sterling silver with…
Features, March 2025
Changing the Way You Look at Things
Tim Malone “Change your thoughts and you change your world.”—Norman Vincent Peale Changing how you look at things means altering your perspective or the lens through which you view a situation, event, or experience. This shift in perspective can transform your emotional response, understanding, and overall experience of that situation. This involves consciously deciding to…
March 2025, Features
Velkommen! Skol! Lefse!
Toni Graves Kathy Grudin, a resident of SaddleBrooke Ranch from Bend, Ore., held a lefse-making demonstration at the Graves’ for Norwegian-loving friends on Jan. 12, just catching the last of the holiday/winter season and prepping for next year. Uff da! Her patience and valued skill resulted in stacks of the lovely potato delicacy so treasured…