2 Your Health – May 2026

Healthy Ways to Start Your Day Dr. Rose Bricker, Blue Lemon Therapy The first five minutes in the morning is an opportunity to ground yourself, lower your stress, and improve the quality of your day. The following information can dramatically impact your health, longevity, peace, and joy. There are six simple habits that you can…

Dollars and Sense: Enrolling in Medicare (Part 1)

Leah Kari, licensed insurance agent and retired pharmaceutical representative Part 1 of 2 This article is the first installment in a two-part series on enrolling in Medicare. For a comprehensive understanding of the enrollment process, please refer to the following month’s issue of this publication, which will feature Part 2 and provide detailed guidance on…

From Life to Page: New Books by Local Writers

Crossing Horizons—A 1970s Odyssey by Corrine Glesne is the most recent book to emerge from a local writing group. Glesne’s travel memoir traces six years in the early 1970s, when she hitchhiked across Europe, lived on a kibbutz, and traveled overland by third-class trains and buses through Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan. She followed this period…

The Presence People Actually Crave

Suzanne Marlatt Stewart Here’s what I’ve learned people really want from us: They want us to put down our phones when they’re talking. They want us to ask, “How are you feeling about that?” instead of immediately offering solutions. They want us to remember the small things they mentioned last week. They want us to…

Jeanne Nordstrom Completes Triathlon

Debora Witten The Oro Valley Triathlon and Duathlon Festival was held on March 14 in and around James D. Kreigh Park in Oro Valley. Four hundred and eighty-two competitors from 27 states and Canada, ranging in age from 10 to 85, signed up for the event. This is the 12th year the event has been…