by kelly | Nov 2, 2024 | Everything Else, Prescott, AZ
I think I discovered the secret to a long, happy life when I met Ann Wilson last week. Do what you love and it will never feel like work. “I’m going to work for free for the rest of my life,” she says with a smile. She’ll be turning 89 in a few weeks, and her husband...
by kelly | Oct 19, 2024 | Everything Else, Prescott, AZ
The self-serve beverage station is one of my favorite food inventions of the modern era. I choose my restaurants based on the availability of endless cups of coffee without having to bug the staff for a warm-up. Some places will plop an insulated thermos of it on the...
by kelly | Sep 7, 2024 | Everything Else, Prescott, AZ
I have no scientific data to back this up, but this year it feels like there’s more of every type of animal in our neighborhood. The other day I had to stop jogging while two flocks of turkeys with their babies crossed the street to continue eating their fill of...
by kelly | Feb 10, 2024 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Hospice & End Of Life, Prescott, AZ, Veterans
If you are lucky enough to make it to the age of 103, it’s likely a lot of people will have special memories about you. When I heard the news that Alton “Al” Cheney had died, some of those moments popped into my head. If you ever met Al, you’d remember him. He’s that...
by kelly | Dec 30, 2023 | Daily Courier, Friends, Nostalgia, Prescott, AZ
For the past few years, my friend Terri and I have written “Go bowling at Antelope Lanes” as one of our New Year’s resolutions. She is the official keeper of our resolutions from the previous years. When we get together on New Year’s Eve to make fresh ones, we unseal...
by kelly | Dec 2, 2023 | Daily Courier, Hospice & End Of Life, Prescott, AZ
The blue and yellow strips of paper chains are starting to grow around the Christmas tree in our Marley House chapel. The yellow strips have names carefully written on them: Grandma, Uncle John, Russ, Dorothy, Missy, Kate, Dad. On the blue strips are memories of these...
