• The final tally of the money donated for ANC’s Carr Fire Scholarship fund is $5,310. I am blown away by the generosity of every donation, both large and small, from bottles of Butter Creek wine contributed by Don and… Continue Reading
As we get into open enrollment for individual health insurance, Medicare Part D Drug plans, and many group insurance plans, it’s probably a good idea to review some important terms. Deductible – the dollar amount an insured individual must pay… Continue Reading
Editor’s note: This is The Dopamine Chronicles No. 2. Click here to read No. 1. There’s a game we play with ourselves concerning health matters. If someone we love exhibits symptoms of a chronic or life-threatening illness, we are quick… Continue Reading
October, 2018 Hello Everyone, I’m back in Africa again for a couple of weeks already, but the first week was a bucket-list vacation: Zanzibar. The idea started with a group of friends who were on a mission to climb Mt.… Continue Reading
Open enrollment for Medicare Part D prescription Drug benefits is starting soon. It runs from October 15 through December 7. Enrollments and changes will be effective 1/1/2019. Medicare Part D is the program that provides prescription drug benefits to seniors… Continue Reading
Long ago and far away newspapers were delivered by boys and girls – mostly boys – by bicycle or on foot after school to nearly every north state home and business. In those days, nearly everyone – rich and poor,… Continue Reading
That often depends on the source of your health insurance. If insurance is provided through an employer, you may turn to the Human Resources Manager. Often the crisis will entail taking time off work to attend appointments for self or… Continue Reading
If I have learned nothing else in my 81 years of living, I’ve learned that beauty is most certainly in the eye of the beholder. However, I also believe that the eye for beauty can certainly be enhanced, honed and brought to life by exposure and appreciation. In that light, I really believe the human desire for beauty is inborn. Continue Reading
Those of us that work in highly regulated industries have a love-hate relationship with the regulating authorities. When we see problems we find to be egregious we want the regulators to step in. Otherwise, we want them to stay out… Continue Reading
You know how sometimes an opening movie scene will abruptly show some graphic, what-the-hell moment with zero context, such as a dazed, sunburned person floating on a hunk of ship-wreckage in the middle of the ocean, surrounded by blood-thirsty sharks?… Continue Reading
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