by kelly | Oct 8, 2022 | Daily Courier, Friends, Hospice & End Of Life, Ron Barnes
Two years ago, I was sitting with a few of my coworkers in Ron Barnes’ living room for the first time. He wanted to talk through an idea he had for his farewell column in the Daily Courier about the hospice services he was receiving and what the care meant to him....
by kelly | Sep 24, 2022 | Alzheimer's, Daily Courier, Prescott, AZ
We all have traditions that we keep, like making green bean casserole at Thanksgiving dinner, even though no one seems to enjoy it enough to serve it any other time of the year. Some traditions we continue because they are meaningful and personal. Every year since we...
by kelly | Sep 10, 2022 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Hospice & End Of Life, Prescott, AZ
When I was a kid, I spent a week each summer at a Campfire camp in Boone, Iowa. Sunday was check-in day, and we’d run around taking swim tests, signing up for crafts, and making friends with the kids in our cabin, followed by supper in the big lodge and what seemed to...
by kelly | Aug 27, 2022 | Covid, Daily Courier, Family, Friends
It could have been the bowling alley. I always wonder if they ever clean the finger holes of bowling balls. Or maybe the Italian restaurant, packed on a Sunday night, everyone laughing and talking as they passed around breadsticks and slurped spaghetti. I’d been a lot...
by kelly | Aug 13, 2022 | Daily Courier, Nostalgia, Prescott, AZ
This week, I met a recent Prescott transplant who repairs clocks for a living. He seemed younger than I expected someone with that job to be, so I asked him how he happened to choose clock repair as a career. Turns out he’s a third-generation, a skill passed down from...
by kelly | Jul 30, 2022 | Daily Courier, Dogs & Cats
We knew we were on borrowed time. There’s an unwritten agreement when you take a dog into your home, someday they will break your heart. If you’re lucky, like we were, you’ll get almost 14 years of joy as part of the deal. Chipper was two when we adopted him. I was...
