by kelly | Oct 19, 2021 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Hospice & End Of Life, Prescott, AZ
“I’m sorry, I don’t know why I’m telling you all of this,” she says before continuing to tell me more stories about her 99-year-old dad over the phone. We talk about the farm he grew up on in the Midwest and what he did for work after World War 2, how he remarried...
by kelly | Sep 25, 2021 | Daily Courier, Family, Nostalgia, Prescott, AZ
Last week, I stopped into a local home improvement store looking for some mums to brighten up the frazzled summer planters on our front porch. As I walked towards the garden center, I noticed the clearance patio furniture was mingling with ghoulish zombies and...
by kelly | Sep 11, 2021 | Daily Courier, Family, Nostalgia, Prescott, AZ
You’re either a fair person or you’re not. I can’t think of a better way to spend a Saturday than strolling through poultry and rabbit exhibits, feeding miniature goats at the petting zoo, cheering on a tiny cowboy try to ride an oversized sheep without falling off,...
by kelly | Aug 28, 2021 | Alzheimer's, Daily Courier, Family
Every morning when I walk out my front door to work, I see a pinwheel spinning in one of my flower pots in the garden. Some mornings it is whizzing quickly, a purple blur of color with a backdrop of dark green tiger lily leaves. On still days, the five leaves stare...
by kelly | Aug 14, 2021 | Daily Courier, Prescott, AZ, Ron Barnes
The elaborate black mailbox down the street caught my eye as I drove past on the way to work. One day, I decided to pull over on the way home and take a closer look. It wasn’t a mailbox at all, but a “Little Free Library” filled with books. According to the sign on...
