by Barbara Bruce, Talk Show Host 
With all the talk about prescription drugs today, we may think it is a new thing, but it is not. Many have “popped pills” for decades. Pulitzer Prize Winner Anne Sexton (Poetry 1967) was one of those who vividly shared her misuse of pills. Sexton was born in 1928 and though she attended college, modeled for the Hart Agency and married, she suffered from mental illness, ultimately ending her life by suicide in 1974. She shared many of her experiences in verse; she wrote of …

When someone finally decides to get clean and sober, the real work begins. It is truly LIFE CHANGING for that person, and in fact, for anyone who has a relationship with them. Beginning to live clean and sober is literally like
taking baby steps – crawling, standing, walking…and, by the way, running is
never in the equation. Though it is said that it takes 21 days to create a habit,
you cannot live that statement in reverse. Actually, undoing a habit does not have a set number of days. We know that in …

by Peg Matteson, Maverick Historian
Let’s start out the New Year with a geography lesson about our State… Arizona, and to make it REALLY interesting, I am going to order a three piece pizza to take along with us. Why? You ask? Because we are going to divide Arizona into three LARGE bites! Here we go!
Now as we well know (because we’ve heard it said enough times), many people think of Arizona as a great expanse of desert, inhabited by gun-toting cowboys being chased by brilliantly painted Indians, riding, while whooping …

Join us for a talk circle where we choose a
topic to discuss and share our own personal
views. Meeting is held every Thursday at 6
pm at 980 E. Brady (in the Old Show Low
Senior Center). For more information,
please contact, Karolyn at 928-537-3879.

February’s here, bringing in Valentine’s Day with all of its happiness and joy. This year, why not be your own Valentine? Take the time to enjoy the simple things, the little things that are easy to do if you make a little time. Remember the things you used to enjoy…the ones that don’t ask for money or take days or weeks of planning? No idea where to start? Here are a few suggestions to get the ball rolling and remind you of some gratifying pleasures:
Social interactions:
(These tend to make us …