by kelly | Nov 4, 2023 | Daily Courier, Prescott, AZ, Senior Living
For the past two years, I’ve had the privilege of talking to a group of Ms. Haynes’ eighth-graders at Northpoint Expeditionary Learning Academy about senior and assisted living in this community, sharing a few stories about what it is and why some people end up living...
by kelly | Oct 7, 2023 | Alzheimer's, Daily Courier, Family, Friends, Prescott, AZ
I discovered at 6:30 a.m. on the day of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s that despite having read up online on all the steps to make percolator coffee, I had forgotten one critical element – the cups to pour it into. Luckily, we live in a town where early store hours are a...
by kelly | Sep 9, 2023 | Daily Courier, Family, Prescott, AZ
My dad complimented me on my Sunday column last week about Prescott’s growth and I gave him a strange look. That wasn’t me, I said, and after a few minutes of back and forth, he fished it out of the recycling bin and handed his copy to me. He was right, and so was I....
by kelly | Aug 26, 2023 | Daily Courier, Everything Else, Prescott, AZ
It’s hard to start over. I think we’ve all been there, where something we took for granted sneaks out the back door in a worn pair of running shoes when you aren’t paying attention. Something about the last few years made me forget I used to think working out was fun,...
by kelly | Jun 17, 2023 | Assisted Living, Daily Courier, Prescott, AZ
One of the first doctors I met when we moved to Prescott was Dr. John Oakley. By the time I met him in early 2013 at a local non-profit for end-of-life education, he’d been retired for a number of years. I didn’t notice the building I was sitting in was named the...
by kelly | Jan 1, 2023 | Daily Courier, Family, Friends, Prescott, AZ
The other day I was cleaning out a desk drawer in my office and found an envelope that said, “Kelly Resolutions 1999.” I opened it, hoping my 20th-century goals might have been a little more creative than “eat more vegetables and exercise more.” I was disappointed to...
