Lovin' Life After 50 - Tucson - September 2021

September 2021

Ooh-La-La

The Wild, Wild West

Comfortably settled, La Indita still impresses

Film festival in Willcox celebrates the genre

A Touch of Class The Langham Huntington is Pasadena’s ‘jewel’

Tucson Edition

Ruthie Foster brings her genre-crossing tunes to town Page 14

The latest news and top local stories!

www.LovinLife.com

JUST A CLICK AWAY

Voice Clarifying TV Headset

30 DAY

FREE TRIAL

Put on your TV•Ears® and hear television with unmatched clarity

Doctor recommended TV•Ears® has helped millions of people with hearing loss enjoy their favorite television shows and movies without disturbing others.

Adjustable Tips Headset weighs 2 oz.

Rechargeable Battery

The Voice Clarifying Circuitry® reduces background noise and clarifies hard to hear television dialog making even whispers and accents understandable. 120db of volume makes TV•Ears the most powerful television listening system on the market!

Listen in private with the TV volume muted or with family while the TV is set to their volume and you listen as loud as you want on the headset.

For fast and personalized service,

Call toll-free 1-800-379-7832

TV•Ears Original™

Voice Clarifying TV Headset™

SPECIAL OFFER

A powerful hearing aid for television since 1998

$129.95

NOW $59.95+s&h

Over 2.5 million satisfied customers

Use promo code 36289

TV dialog is clear and understandable

www.tvears.com

TVEARS | 2701 Via Orange Way, Suite 1 Spring Valley, CA 91978

2

|

SEPTEMBER 2021

www.LovinLife.com

DISCOVER YOUR NEXT VACATION FROM $

$

2,549

2,299

FROM $

1,949

1,699*

*

$

FREE ONBOARD CREDIT

BEST OF HAWAII FOUR-ISLAND TOUR

GRAND ALASKAN CRUISE & TOUR

12 days, departs year-round

12 days, departs May - September 2022

Oahu • Hawaii Island • Kauai • Maui — Enjoy a fully guided 4-island Hawaiian vacation

Seattle • Vancouver • Ketchikan • Juneau • Skagway • Glacier Bay • Anchorage • Denali • and more — Visit Denali National Park and Glacier Bay National Park on the same

with centrally located lodging in Waikiki on Oahu, and beachfront lodging on the “Big Island” of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. Guided throughout by our friendly Tour Directors—your local experts. Includes 3 inter-island flights.

TM

promo code N7017

incredible trip! Cruise through the Gulf of Alaska and the Inside Passage as you discover the best of the Frontier State by land and by sea.

CALL 1-855-646-0861

* Prices are per person based on double occupancy plus up to $299 in taxes & fees. Single supplement and seasonal surcharges may apply. Add-on airfare available. Onboard Credit requires purchase of Ocean View or Balcony Cabin. Offers apply to new bookings only, made by 9/30/21. Other terms & conditions may apply. Ask your Travel Consultant for details. www.LovinLife.com

SEPTEMBER 2021

|

3

inside THIS ISSUE

8 A Touch of Class The Langham Huntington is Pasadena’s ‘jewel’

2022 TICKET PLANS ON SALE NOW MARCH / APRIL

SUN

MON

3

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

31

1

2

SAT

MIL MIL MIL

SUN

MON

TUE

JULY WED

THU

Opinion

5 6

FRI

2

9

COL COL

4

5

6

7

8

9

3

4

5

6

7

8

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

17

18

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

24

25

19 20 ALL-STAR GAME 26 27

28

29

30

LAD LAD LAD SD SD SD

SD

HOU HOU

NYM NYM

NYM WAS WAS WAS WAS NYM NYM

NYM LAD LAD LAD STL STL STL

SD

WAS SF SF SF

SUN

MON

TUE

MAY WED

THU

FRI

WAS WAS ATL ATL

31

SAT

2

3

4

5

6

7

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

22

23

24

25

26

27

29

30

31

8

STL MIA MIA MIA

COL MIA MIA MIA

MON

TUE

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

21

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

28

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

CHC CHC

LAD LAD LAD

CLE CLE CLE

Entertainment

13

COL SF SF SF SF STL STL KC KC

Film festival in Willcox celebrates the genre

16

CWS CWS

Ooh-La-La

Comfortably settled into its new digs, La Indita still impresses

JUNE WED

THU

ATL

FRI

SAT

SEPT / OCT

SUN

MON

TUE

2

3

9

10

11

4

5

6

WED

4

PIT PIT

THU

FRI

SAT

1

2

3

7

8

9

10

MIL MIL MIL

18

Columns The Healthy Geezer

7

8

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Publisher

26

27

28

29

30

25

26

27

28

29

30

1

Vice President

Gordon Wood

Executive Editor

Courtney Oldham

PIT CIN CIN CIN CIN PHI PHI

PHI CIN CIN CIN

MIN SD SD SD

HOME

AWAY

15

A Look at History

17

With a Twist

19

Gadget Gossip

Ruthie Foster brings her genre-crossing tunes to town Arizona State Museum reopens, presents Saltillo sarape exhibit

Dining

6

DET

A ‘Hallelujah’ Vibe

COL COL

COL PIT PIT PIT PIT COL COL STL

The Wild, Wild West

14

SAT

3

COL COL

On the trail of the British author’s chapter in Taos, New Mexico

Firebirds pours the unexpected this summer

CWS PHI PHI PHI

1

5

AUGUST 2

LAD ATL ATL SUN

MON

1

CHC LAD LAD LAD CHC CHC CHC

CHC KC KC

SUN

D.H. Lawrence’s Private Utopia

SD SD

ATL

1

10

COL SF SF SF COL COL COL

COL SF SF SF

Ask Gabby Gayle

Features

SAT

1

Leibo At Large

SD SD

MIN MIN DET DET

MIL SD SD SD

COL LAD LAD LAD SD SD SD SD

2

EXHIBITION

COL COL

SF

LAD LAD LAD SF SF

HOU HOU

SF SF

SF

Steve T. Strickbine Michael Hiatt

Christina Fuoco-Karasinski

*SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Senior Account Executive Administrator

Contributors

Fred Cicetti, Gayle Lagman-Creswick, Laura Latzko, David Leibowitz, Srianthi Perera, Annika Tomlin, Valerie Vinyard

Graphic Designer Tonya Mildenberg

CALL OR TEXT 602.462.4600 dbacks.com

4

losdbacks.com

|

SEPTEMBER 2021

602.462.4600

An Ageless Attitude Since 1979

Lovin’ Life After 50 is distributed by AZ Integrated Media, a circulation service company owned by Times Media Group. The public is permitted one copy per reader. For further information regarding the circulation of this publication or others in the Times Media Group family of publications, please contact AZ Integrated Media at circ@ azintegratedmedia.com or 480-898-5641. For circulation services please contact Aaron Kolodny at aaron@azintegatedmedia.com.

1620 W. Fountainhead Parkway #219, Tempe, AZ 85282 • 480-898-6500

Proud Member of

©2021 by EOS Publishing, LLC. Lovin’ Life After 50 is a monthly publication dedicated to informing, serving and entertaining the active adults of Arizona. It is published by EOS Publishing, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company. Another quality product of the East Valley Tribune.

Arizona Newspapers Association

www.LovinLife.com

Opinion

Leibo At Large

Remembering Arizona heroes in Afghanistan

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ The scroll of the dead contains 49 names: 48 men and a woman killed between April 2004 and December 2014 in Afghanistan. To my way of thinking, each of these Arizonans is a hero — a neighbor of ours, a defender of freedom, killed nearly 8,000 miles away in a fetid foreign hell.

That sad war ended in a blitz of disgraceful images showing the Taliban taking hold and Afghan civilians opting to die now rather now than face the torture and mayhem sure to come. Pundits branded the war a stain on America not seen since Vietnam.

I am not here to debate history. Instead, let’s take a moment to remember the dead. It is the very least we owe them in return for their epic sacrifice.

Spec. Patrick D. Tillman and Staff Sgt. Brian S. Hobbs died in 2004.

Lance Corp. Kevin B. Joyce and Sgt. Kenneth G. Ross died in 2005.

Chief Warrant Officer Hershel D. McCants Jr., Sgt. Charles R. Browning, Pfc. Mykiel F. Miller and Spec. Hugo V. Mendoza died in 2007.

Pfc. Ara T. Deysie, Hospitalman Dustin K. Burnett, Lance Corp. Juan Castaneda-Lopez, Pvt. Joseph F. Gonzales and Corp. Charles P. Gaffney Jr. died in 2008.

In 2009, we lost Master Sgt. David L. Hurt, Staff Sgt. Timothy L. Bowles, Spec.

Adam J. Hardt, Staff Sgt. Eric J. Lindstrom, Capt. Cory J. Jenkins, Sgt. Thomas Rabjohn and Sgt. Justin Gallegos.

The deadliest year was 2010. The killed included Spec. Robert Donevski, Lance Cpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie, Sfc. Glen J. Whetten, Spec. Christian Adams, Sgt. John M. Rogers, Sgt. Martin A. Lugo, Pfc. Barbara Vieyra, Sfc. Todd M. Harris, Lance Corp.

Matthew J. Broehm, Lance Corp. Randy R. Braggs and Sgt. Aaron B. Cruttenden.

In 2011, Pfc. Dustin J. Feldhaus, Pfc. John C. Johnson, Staff Sgt. Martin R. Apolinar, Staff Sgt. Donald V. Stacy, Spec.

Michael D. Elm and Sfc. Johnathan B. McCain died. www.LovinLife.com

In 2012, Corp. Phillip D. McGeath, First Lt. Alejo R. Thompson, Sfc. Barrett W. McNabb, Staff Sgt. Carl E. Hammar, Staff Sgt. Richard L. Berry, Staff Sgt. Orion N. Sparks and Sfc. Ryan J. Savard died.

The bloodshed ebbed in 2013. The dead: Staff Sgt. Jonathan D. Davis, Second Lt. Justin L. Sisson, First Lt. Jonam Russell and CWO Joshua B. Silverman.

Operation Enduring Freedom ended on the last day of 2014, but not before the death of Spec. Wyatt J. Martin, a 22-year-old from Mesa killed two weeks before Christmas.

These 49 obituaries are full of details about these heroes: how Kevin Joyce, 19 when he died, was the guy his fellow Marines turned to when they’d been dealt a lousy MRE for dinner. Joyce kept extras in his locker and was always happy to trade.

Corp. Gaffney, 42 and a father of two, told a family friend he re-enlisted “for the women of Afghanistan.” Gaffney said, “the women of Afghanistan are so mistreated, they’re not really people like we are in this country.”

Sgt. 1st Class McNabb hailed from Chino Valley. He went by the nickname “Bear.”

Martin Apolinar attended Trevor Browne High School, where his fellow seniors voted him “Prettiest Eyes.”

He enlisted in the Army in 2004 and earned his Special Forces qualification at Fort Bragg. In Iraq, he received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. Apolinar’s final deployment was to Wardak Province in Afghanistan, where his vehicle was decimated by an improvised explosive device. He died at 29, leaving behind a wife and a son.

In a perfect world, we would never have lost this war. In a better world, each of us would remember forever the 49 Arizonans who never came home from hell.

JOIN US ONLINE FOR THE FOLLOWING VIRTUAL EVENTS/CLASSES Monday

SEPTEMBER

13 Tuesday

SEPTEMBER

14 Tuesday

SEPTEMBER

21

Wednesday

SEPTEMBER

22 Thursday

SEPTEMBER

23 Monday

SEPTEMBER

27

MANAGING YOUR HEALTHCARE, YOUR WAY 2:00 p.m.

Advanced Directives and Wills with Nicole Ralston, TMC Hospice

AS THE WORLD TURNS: DIZZINESS & VERTIGO 2:00 p.m.

Fran West, NP-C, Center for Neurosciences

READY STEADY BALANCE: FALL PREVENTION TIPS 2:00 p.m.

Geneva Kaplan & Marija Zaruba, Physical Therapists, TMC Vestibular & Balance Center

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET: PUT THE FIRE OUT 10:00 a.m.

Mary Marian, PhD, University of Arizona Nutrition Dept.

PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE: SIGNS, SYMPTOMS, & TREATMENT 2:00 p.m.

Cody Kraemer, MD, Pima Heart & Vascular

THE LINK BETWEEN HEARING LOSS & DEMENTIA 2:00 p.m.

Stephanie Bourn, Audiologist, TMC Audiology

You will receive a link to watch the classes live when you register in advance at TMCAZ.COM OR BY CALLING 520-324-1960 For more information and a full list of events, visit TMCAZ.COM/SENIORS

David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995.

Contact david@leibowitzsolo.com.

SEPTEMBER 2021

|

5

Ask Gabby Gayle

We’ve Been Doing Reverse Mortgages For Over 30 Years For A Reason…

Love evolves over time

THEY WORK

BY GAYLE LAGMAN-CRESWICK

With a Reverse Mortgage RETIRE BETTER Have peace of mind. Relieve stress. Catch up on bills. Payoff your credit cards. Enjoy your retirement!

Sun American Mortgage offers a WHY A REVERSE MORTGAGE? brighter outlook on retirement.

• No loan repayment is required as long as you live in your home.

Peace of mind, enhanced lifestyle, Property taxes, insurance and HOA dues must be maintained. smart financial planning.

• You retain full ownership and title of your home.

Speak with a licensed CPA, Financial • HUD Programs often available.

Planner and Reverse Mortgage expert from WHY IS SUN AMERICAN MORTGAGE Sun American Mortgage THE RIGHT CHOICE? • Experience. Sun American wrote the first 480.467.1000 Reverse Mortgage in Arizona 30 years ago.

800.469.7383 or • In-house processing, underwriting, and funding – which SunAmerican.com means a smooth, consistent and stress-free process for you.

4140 East Baseline Road • CPA available to help structure the best way to Suite 206 • Mesa, AZ 85206 involve your home equity in your retirement plan, analyzing what is best for your financial future.

• Concentrates on doing what is best for you.

• A+ BBB rated company.

• We make in-home visits statewide; Virtual meetings on-line also available.

NMLS#160265 • Mortgage Banker License #AZ BK7548 • Se habla Espanol This material is not provided by, nor was it approved by the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) or by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

Home is where your health is.

TM

Same-Day Medical Care in the Comfort of Home DispatchHealth delivers safe, in-home care helping you to avoid ambulances, waiting rooms and expensive ER bills.

Our highly skilled medical team arrives within hours of your request. Each team includes either a physician assistant or nurse practitioner, along with a medical technician. An ER physician is always available by phone.

Dear Gabby Gayle, I just read your recent exchange with a reader in which you requested comments from readers who made good mate choices that have stood the test of time.

I met my wife in 1963. We were both in college and went steady until we married 2 1/2 years later. I was immediately attracted to her because she had many of the assets and few of the liabilities that I had come to realize worked for me when I dated in high school and college.

What made her unique is that she had a very balanced personality with lots of intelligence, humor, compassion and tenacity, and very little pettiness, selfishness or control issues. I really didn’t think about the future then; life seemed to be so long and full of opportunities that I just wanted to be with her for whatever we experienced together.

We have been married now for 55 1/2 years and have weathered some difficult times and some wonderful ones. We raised a child, traveled to many places, lived around the country, and finally retired to enjoy our leisure years and time

Request Care Today:

Inspire The World Publish Your Book Today

520-442-2269 DispatchHealth.com/Tucson

Your book made available at all major secular and specialty Christian bookstores including: Amazon, iTunes, Barnes & Noble, and many more.

Open 7 days a week, including holidays. | 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

For life-threatening and time-sensitive injuries and illnesses, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. ©2021 DispatchHealth. All Rights Reserved.

6

Dear readers, The last few months I have received many letters from people who say they have chosen the wrong mates. So, last month, I asked to hear from readers who chose the right mates. I received a beautiful letter from a gentleman who described his marriage in such heartwarming terms that I want to share the entire letter with you.

|

SEPTEMBER 2021

with family. In all those years, our love for each other’s unique blend of character traits remained strong, even as our slim, fit bodies gradually morphed into those of old people.

She was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s dementia and has been struggling to function as her mental capacity slowly disappears. As her primary caretaker, I have been surprised and pleased to realize that my love for her has not diminished over the years, but instead has evolved to reflect the commitment we made to each other when we married.

Our circumstances have changed considerably, but our respect, affection, trust and enjoyment of each other has remained intact. We have few illusions about the future, but are committed to facing it together, which is the same strong bond that we realized that we had when we met and dated so many years ago. Love evolves over time, but it can be the glue that makes long term commitment a foundation and not a burden.

Signed, MM in AZ P.S. Thanks for your columns; they always provoke some reflection and recognition.

Dear MM in AZ, Thank you for your beautiful letter. I hope it sends a message to my readers that selecting the right mate is important, but it is just as important to honor the commitment.

If you have questions for Gabby Gayle, please send them to Ask Gabby Gayle at lagmancreswick@gmail.com.

Call today for your Free Publishing Kit!

480-378-8183

www.LovinLife.com

with

Checking PLUS US

You could win a new car PLUS other great prizes through November 7th, 2021* Checking PLUS account holders will receive an email from Hughes with complete instructions.

Don’t have Checking PLUS? Open an account or upgrade online today and don’t miss out on your chance to win!

Be sure to follow @HughesFCU on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for even more opportunities to win.

HughesFCU.org/HitTheRoad PUZZLE ANSWERS www.LovinLife.com

Insured by NCUA. *No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter into the promotion.

SEPTEMBER 2021

|

7

Features

The Langham Huntington is near charming Downtown Pasadena, which is a foodie’s dream. (Photos courtesy of the Langham Huntington, Pasadena)

A TOUCH

Class of

The Langham Huntington is Pasadena’s ‘jewel’

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Nestled at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, the Langham Huntington, Pasadena is an oasis among lush landscaping.

Kindness and beauty exude from the Spanish Mission Revival-style resort. Attendants readily share facts about the resort, which is peppered with Pasadena’s trademark roses.

Wedding parties rush around the Langham Huntington, as brides and grooms are photographed among the gardens.

“We have a lot of brides who like to do their photo shoots here,” says Leslie Marks of the Langham Huntington, Pasadena. “Even if their wedding is later in the year, they’ll take their engagement photos here.”

Even Marks, a Pasadena native, has fond memories of the resort.

“I remember coming here to have tea when I was little,” Marks says.

Staying at the Langham Huntington is The Picture Bridge overlooks the pool, which was shortened because guests jumped off the bridge and into the pool.

8

|

SEPTEMBER 2021

a peek into the history of Pasadena.

Langham history Afternoon tea is just one of the traditions built into the Langham Huntington.

Constructed by Civil War veteran Gen. Marshall C. Wentworth and designed

by Charles Frederick Whittlesey in the Spanish Mission Revival style, the hotel opened in February 1907 as the Hotel Wentworth.

“The roof was only partially finished and only built up to the fourth floor,” Marks says.

“They had heavy rains that first season,

so guests stayed pretty much at other resort areas. They didn’t come to Pasadena.

On top of that, we lost a lot of construction workers to the 1906 earthquake who were rebuilding San Francisco.”

As a result, The Wentworth closed in July 1907. Four years later, it was purchased by railroad tycoon and art collector Henry E. Huntington and reopened in 1914 as the Huntington Hotel after a facelift by architect Myron Hunt, who also designed the Huntington Library.

He added two floors and the belvedere tower.

“The hotel had great success — so much so that it went from being a winter resort to, in the ‘20s, finally opening year-round,” she says.

“Because of that, in 1926, an Olympic-sized pool was built. It was the first one in California.”

The 20-acre hotel stayed under his purview until 1918.

Within the next eight years, 27 bungalows were built to accommodate long-term guests.

A subsequent owner, Stephen W.

Royce, sold the hotel to Sheraton and it took on a new moniker, the Huntington-Sheraton Hotel, in 1954. Designers covered most of the hotel’s interior detailing and artwork.

“They plastered over all the windows and stained-glass windows,” she says.

“In the ‘50s, I guess, aesthetics wasn’t a thing any longer. They plastered over the gold gilded ceiling as well. It was a Sheraton for many years in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s.”

Marks says, in 1986, seismic testing showed the building was not up to code.

“It was like a fourth of what it should be, in terms of ability,” she says.

The neighbors voted on May 19, 1987, to tear down the hotel and build it up again to its original footprint, Marks says.

“It was during the construction that a construction worker put his hammer through plaster and 10 stained-glass windows appeared.”

They were covered by Sheraton when the Georgian Ballroom was converted to a dining room.

It reopened on March 18, 1991, as a 383-room as the Ritz-Carlton, Huntington Hotel, which is similar to the original but with modern facilities, Marks says. The hotel was sold to Great Eagle Holdings for $170 million and renamed the Langham Huntington, Pasadena, on January 8, 2008.

“We’re on 23 acres, but you wouldn’t Langham...continues on page 9 www.LovinLife.com

Langham...continued from page 8 know it from just driving up,” Marks says.

Celebrity guests Equipped with a spa, steakhouse, poolside dining and afternoon tea, the hotel welcomes visitors from around the world, including U.S. presidents and the Dalai Lama. The 27 cottages surrounding the property have been converted to private residents on the loop road.

“We still retain eight of them, one of them being Ford Cottage, which is named after President Ford. It was where he liked to stay when he came here.

“I’ve been told Prince Philip came here at some point.”

The Langham Huntington is the home to the Television Critics Association’s upfronts.

Don’t miss The Picture Bridge is a must-see at the Langham Huntington.

In 1932, the hotel hired a local artist, English immigrant Frank Montague Moore, to paint 41 murals for the hotel.

“The painter was paid $10 a painting, and he and his wife were told they could eat at the hotel while the was working on them,” Marks says. “It was during the Depression, so I’m sure he said, ‘OK, done.’

“They were up for decades and weathered,” Marks says. “They were so faded that it’s hard to tell the subject matter.

“So, in 2013, they were taken down and put in a climate-controlled art facility, where they still are. They’re too delicate to put back on display. We had replicas

The afternoon tea has returned to the Langham Huntington, Pasadena.

made that are just brighter, cleaner versions of them.”

The Picture Bridge is the Langham Huntington’s jewel.

“It’s the only covered picture bridge in America, and the only other one that I know of is in Switzerland,” Marks says.

“That inspired it. It’s a nice little stroll.”

With the help of Pasadena Heritage, a historic preservation organization, and architects who specialize in those

The Langham Huntington, Pasadena’s lobby shines.

The Royce | Wood Fired Steakhouse features USDA prime cuts, Australian wagyu and Japanese Kobe beef, prepared over a wood-fired grill. www.LovinLife.com

buildings, the resort reinstalled the artwork and reinforced the bridge.

“They put steel beams and reinforced the wood,” Marks says.

“It’s a mix now of the original wood and new, stronger wood.

It has descriptions of all the paintings.”

The pool has since been shortened because guests jumped off the Picture Bridge into the pool.

“I think the hotel was like, no, no, no,” she says with a laugh. “I have guests come in and say, ‘My dad used to jump off that bridge.’ I say, ‘I’m glad we don’t have that anymore.’”

The Langham Huntington, Pasadena

1401 S. Oak Knoll Avenue, Pasadena, California 626-568-3900, langhamhotels.com SEPTEMBER 2021

|

9

D.H. Lawrence’s Private Utopia On the trail of the British author’s chapter in Taos, New Mexico

BY SRIANTHI PERERA The 5-mile unpaved approach to Kiowa Ranch in Taos, New Mexico, off State Road 522, cuts through juniper forest and a visual theater of gorgeous mountain scenery.

When D.H. Lawrence stayed at the 160acre ranch in the 1920s, the area was surely more remote and inaccessible, because even this rutted road didn’t exist.

But the British author of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and “Women in Love” fame apparently didn’t seem to mind the sparseness of humanity and lack of resources. He had his wife, Frieda, and a few other artistic types ensconce him in that personal utopia he sought for much of his 44 years. Taos, 7,000 feet above sea level, heightened his senses.

“I think New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I have ever had. It certainly changed me forever,” he reportedly said.

Nearly 100 years later, the property is owned and managed by the University of New Mexico; it draws near 60 visitors a week, some of them international Lawrencephiles.

Docent Ricardo Medina is on hand for a personal welcome, with his friendly cat, Honey, by his side. Buddy the dog barks his greetings from his enclosure.

There’s not much to see: just the cabin that Lawrence occupied with Frieda, the smaller dwelling that painter and British aristocrat Dorothy Brett used, one or two grimy outhouses and a shrine to the author, which supposedly contains his ashes.

But then, imagination takes over.

Press your nose against the window of his cabin (mind the thorny gooseberry bush there) and see Lawrence, bearded and thin, contemplating his next fictional character and plot twist by the homespun fireplace. Each day, under a huge ponderosa pine outside the cabin, he penned his stories on notebooks; this was his writing studio.

The pine is dubbed the Lawrence Tree, referring to a 1929 painting by artist Georgia O’Keeffe, now at Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut.

In the summer of 1924, Lawrence wrote the short stories “The Woman Who Rode Away” and “The Princess,” the novella “St.

10

|

SEPTEMBER 2021

(Above) Ricardo Medina, the docent employed by the University of New Mexico, is helpful and friendly. (Right) The homesteader cabin that was the home of writer D.H. Lawrence for several months from 1924-26 in Kiowa Ranch, Taos, New Mexico. (Photos by Srianthi Perera)

Mawr,” and the New Mexico sections of a travel book titled “Mornings in Mexico.”

In 1925, while recovering from a bout of malaria and afflicted with consumption, the prolific author wrote the Biblical play David and a collection of essays titled “Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine.”

His work contains themes such as industrialization’s effects on society and reflect on human emotional health, spontaneity, vitality and sexuality. The last quality wasn’t received well by the prudish British authorities, who banned the sensual novel “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” for being “obscene.” The U.S. government also briefly banned him from the country for the same reason.

Besides his renowned penmanship, Lawrence was also a painter. The art was a racy indulgence into his personal mythol-

ogy and was banned by Scotland Yard, so he removed them from England.

A restless soul who traveled, he lived in fits and starts in many places. The coal miner’s son from Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, in England, left for Germany in 1912, eloping after a brief relationship with Frieda Weekley, a married woman and a mother of three.

After a stay in Germany, they walked

over the Alps to Italy, lived in various cities, and interspersed their stays with stints in England.

In 1922, he even visited Ceylon on the way to Australia, where he lived briefly in New South Wales and wrote “Kangaroo.”

That same year, he came to New Mexico at the invitation of former New York socialite Mabel Dodge Luhan and settled Lawrence...continues on page 12 www.LovinLife.com

0%

Interest

for 12 months OAC

www.LovinLife.com

SEPTEMBER 2021

|

11

Lawrence...continued from page 10

Visit Hon-Dah Resort-Casino And Play some of the Newest Entertaining Games, Slots, Live Poker, Blackjack And Many More..

Hon-Dah Resort-Casino & The White Mountain Apache Tribe Continue to monitor ALL aspects pertaining to COVID-19.

Required wearing of Masks, & Social Distancing wil be practiced.

Your Health, Safety, & Welfare remain Paramount to Hon-Dah Resort-Casino & The White Mountain Apache Tribe.

12

|

SEPTEMBER 2021

in Questa, near Taos.

He occupied the three-roomed homesteader cabin at Kiowa Ranch for a total of 11 good-weather months in 1923, 1924 and 1925. During those years, he also lived in Chapala and Oaxaca in Mexico; Spotorno, Italy; England and Europe.

Outside the cabin, the Lawrence Tree grows thick and strong.

The American artist, who made New Mexico her home for more than 40 years, lay supine on a bench at the pine’s foot to envision her work. The result is a painting of a tree with a perspective like no other: Its cinnamon pink trunk reaches with crustacean-like tentacles into a starry, blue night.

Consider Luhan, who wanted to secure as many literati as she could to fall in love with the New Mexico mystique and live here. To that end, Luhan gifted the barebones ranch to Lawrence, who had never owned any property in his life and was uncomfortable with the concept. Instead, she deeded it to Frieda. Not wanting to be beholden to her, he gifted back his manuscript of “Sons and Lovers.” Not knowing that it was more valuable than the ranch, she exchanged it for psychiat-

ric therapy. The manuscript has a permanent home in the University of California, Berkeley.

It’s time to ascend a little zigzag, hilly pathway to visit the shrine. A colorful story blows in the breeze. It helps to distract because the air is thin and it’s easy to get breathless.

After tuberculosis claimed Lawrence in Vance, France, in 1930, Frieda buried him there. A few years later, she returned to

With so many things to do, we suggest getting an early start on your want-to-do list.

There’s a lot to do at Villa Hermosa Senior Living Community— clubs, events, fitness options, and more. So, go ahead and make your want-to-do list. We invite you to see all that Villa Hermosa has to offer.

Call 520.704.6465 today to schedule your personalized tour.

CARF-ACCREDITED INDEPENDENT & ASSISTED LIVING

6300 East Speedway Boulevard • Tucson, AZ VillaHermosaSeniorLiving.com • 520.704.6465

The shrine to D.H. Lawrence contains an altar that has his ashes mixed in. The little building is closed to visitors. His wife Frieda’s grave is just outside. (Photo by Srianthi Perera)

Taos with her new lover, Italian Angelino Ravagli, and resettled in the area.

However, she doesn’t forget her tumultuous marriage to husband No. 2: They constructed a simple hilltop memorial.

Lawrence’s body was exhumed, cremated and brought back to Taos.

According to Medina, a hullaballoo ensued between Frieda, Dorothy and Mabel. This isn’t entirely unexpected, as the three women were said to often compete for the author’s attention when he was alive.

“The other two want to spread the ashes all over the ranch, but Frieda says, ‘We’re not spreading the ashes.’ She has a wheelbarrow with wet cement. She dumps him in there and mixes it in. That’s how the ashes ended up here,” Medina says.

The wet cement was used to make the altar inside the little memorial building, he said. It’s closed, so imagination needs to take reign again.

Just outside is a wooden cross and Frieda’s grave with an ashen tomb containing an enameled photograph of her smiling visage. She died in 1956 in her El Prado, New Mexico home on her 77th birthday.

It was her wish to be buried here.

She was the free spirit that Lawrence wrote about in many of his novels; she didn’t care about convention of the time and didn’t mind “living in sin.”

Everything ties up nicely. Lawrence acolytes are somewhat sated on his chapter on New Mexico.

Info: dhlawrenceranch.unm.edu www.LovinLife.com

Entertainment

The Wild, Wild West Film festival in Willcox celebrates the genre

BY LAURA LATZKO Rock Whitehead spent his formative years watching Westerns. They made a profound effect on him.

“They just never left me,” Rock says. “I still enjoy Westerns if they are good ones.”

Rock and his wife, Brenda-Marie Whitehead, owners of BenRock Productions LLC, will celebrate that genre with the Wild Bunch Film Festival at the Willcox Historic Theater from Thursday, September 30, to Sunday, October 3.

They founded the festival in Oklahoma but soon moved it to Willcox. With Willcox’s proximity to Tombstone and movie studios in Benson, it was a logical move.

Rock says attendees, filmmakers and actors get into the spirit by wearing cowboy hats and sometimes full Western attire.

“We get a lot of those guys and women who dress up for the occasion,” Rock says.

In the past, the festival has had appearances from celebrity guests such as country singer John Carter Cash, the son of June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash.

The festival will be held in conjunction with the 71st annual Rex Allen Days, which will feature a rodeo, a parade, car and gun shows, a carnival and live music.

Cattlerest RV Park and Saloon will host an afterparty on October

3 with music from Nashville artists Eric Hamilton and Sweepy Walker.

Throughout the weekend, the festival will offer special screenings of independent Western films, created by emerging filmmakers and screenwriters.

One film, “Dear Rodeo: The Cody Johnson Story,” tells the story of country singer Cody Johnson, who got his start in the rodeo. Directed by Shaun Silva, the film features a guest appearance by country singer Reba McEntire.

Select film screenings will see actors, producers and/or directors talking about films and their projects during Q&As. Audience members can ask about their filmmaking processes and behind-thescenes stories.

“It’s amazing how the audience really gets involved in asking questions. They really get into it,” Whitehead says.

The Sunday night awards ceremony will be hosted by actress and stuntwoman Bobbi Jeen Olson and her husband Jim Olson, an author and historian, and their son Rowdy Olson. The three appeared on the TV show “Western Trading Post.”

The festival highlights filmmakers at different points in their career.

Each year, a number of first-time and student f ilmmakers have a chance to showcase their work.

A Tucson native, Rock now lives in Oklahoma.

He says his love of Westerns started with the film “Gunsmoke,” along with John Wayne and Clint (Above) As part of the 50th anniversary screening of “Shoot Out,” actress Dawn Lyn will do a Q&A and sign autographs. (Left) Actress Dawn Lyn appeared in the film “Shootout” with Gregory Peck.

www.LovinLife.com

Eastwood films.

To further explore his hobby, Rock frequented Old Tucson and watched TV shows and films, like “The High Chaparral” and “Stagecoach,” being filmed.

“I would get up there as close as I could to see the action. I got to meet all kinds of people,” Rock says.

In the last few years, Rock has noticed more diversity in the Western genre, especially in terms of female filmmakers.

The films are partially chosen by five judges. Each year, they choose about half of the 100 submitted short, feature, animated and documentary films.

“You have to critique really carefully and just pick the best of the best, if you can,” Whitehead says.

The films span different subcategories, including horror, sci-fi, comedy, mystery-thriller, modern-day and spaghetti Westerns. The films were shot in United States and Canada. Previously, the festival also received submissions from countries like Spain, Sweden and Germany.

Rock is often impressed by what the independent filmmakers can do with little money.

“I’m amazed that some of these filmmakers can pull some of these Westerns off and give them the look of Hollywood on such a low budget or sometimes no budget,” Rock says.

Rock says many newer Westerns still try to capture a traditional aesthetic, although many are gorier than films in the past. Some filmmakers, including Travis Mills, are using new technologies, like smartphones, to make movies.

Rock says he feels Western films capture audiences’ attention in different ways.

The Wild Bunch Film Festival was created and is run by fans of the western film genre.

(Photos courtesy of BrenRock Productions LLC)

“A good storyline is always good. A good beginning and good end. A lot of action is always good. The more action the better, actually,” Rock says.

This year, the festival will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1971 film “Shoot Out” with a special screening at 3 p.m.

Saturday, October 2.

Dawn Lyn and Nicolas Beauvy, who played Decky Ortega and Dutch Farrell in the film, will participate in a Q&A and autograph-signing sessions following the film screening. Lyn’s autograph signing is 11 a.m. to noon Sunday, October 3.

Lyn has also appeared in “Gunsmoke,” “Mannix,” “My Three Sons” and the “Walking Tall” trilogy, and Beauvy was in “The Cowboys,” “The Virginian,” “Camelot” and “The Toolbox Murders.”

The festival will also host Gregory Peck’s daughter, Cecilia, who is an actress, producer and director. She worked on the Emmy-nominated Netflix documentary “Brave Miss World” and the documentary “Shut Up & Sing,” which has won awards and prizes at Aspen, Sydney, Woodstock, Chicago and Toronto film festivals.

MORE INFO

What: Wild Bunch Film Festival When: Various times Thursday.

September 30, to Sunday, October 3 Where: Historic Theater, 134 N. Railroad Avenue, Willcox Cost: $10 for Thursday or Friday all-day pass; $20 for Saturday all-day pass; $25 for Sunday all-day pass; $60 for VIP weekend pass.

Info: thewildbunchfilmfestival.com SEPTEMBER 2021

|

13

A ‘Hallelujah’ Vibe Ruthie Foster brings her genre-crossing tunes to town

BY LAURA LATZKO Blues/gospel/soul artist Ruthie Foster brings a joyful and interactive “hallelujah” vibe to her concerts.

It’s fitting, after all, because the Austin-based Foster grew up singing with her family in church.

The four-time Grammy nominee will perform at Club Congress on Sunday, September 19. At the show, Foster plans to perform music from her last three to four albums, including her recent big band collection “Live at the Paramount,” and tell audiences the stories behind her tunes.

“I get a chance to actually interact with the audience, talk more, chat up the songs a little bit, give the songs more of a story and the background behind the songs,” Foster says.

For 2020’s “Live at the Paramount,” Foster mixed original music with covers of songs made popular by Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington.

She says she is careful to choose covers with which she connects on a personal level.

“Covers for me are not really that,” she says. “They are basically songs that I grew up singing and songs that I used to learn how to play the guitar. Johnny Cash is what I grew up listening to as I was playing the guitar and learning chords.

“Ella Fitzgerald, I got into her when I was a Navy big band singer. That arrangement you hear on the album is

14

|

SEPTEMBER 2021

one that I really learned singing with the Navy big band out of Charleston.”

Along with “Ring of Fire,” “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Mack the Knife,” her recent album features originals that showcase Foster’s distinctive voice. This includes “Runaway Soul,” “Phenomenal Woman,” “Death Came a Knockin’ (Travelin’ Shoes),” “Woke Up This Morning,” “The Ghetto,” “Stone Love” and “Might Not Be Right.”

She says that over time, songs often take on a new meaning to her.

“Having this time and space, these songs have had a chance to morph or grow into themselves,” Foster says.

“It’s like watching my kid grow. I come back from a tour after a week or two, and I can see something different about her.

These songs do that. They change.

“I find myself doing a song as simple as the blues song I wrote called ‘Runaway Soul.’ I actually find myself slowing it down a little bit and letting the song speak for itself.”

With “Ring of Fire,” she took creative liberties and experimented with it.

“What happened with ‘Ring of Fire’ is I turned this country song into a soul song.”

Big band experience At age 11, Foster sang her first solo in church. The choir was comprised of more than 20 cousins, and performing solos wasn’t her thing. She was envisioning herself as a piano accompanist.

“I had lots of cousins, aunts and uncles

who were very good at that,” she says about solos.

“It took some doing to get me out from under my shell, but singing one solo in church one morning, it made a difference in where I wanted to be in that choir. Being out front was OK with me, if it was about delivering a message that moves people,” Foster says.

As an adolescent, she was exposed to a variety of genres, including blues, gospel, country, Tejano, Conjunto, polka and acoustic.

Foster has been working on new music in an Austin studio. The album will showcase music she wrote during the height of the pandemic.

“That’s going to be a step outside of what I’ve been doing,” she says. “I’ve been doing cover-heavy albums of songs I really love to sing. This will be not really another direction but a sidestep, if you will. It will show a little bit more of my writing skills.”

She plans to preview one or two of the

Austin blues singer Ruthie Foster has won seven Blues Music Awards and been nominated for four Grammys. (Photo by John Carrico)

songs during her tour.

“This next bunch of songs that are going to be coming out are going to be really special to me,” Foster says.

MORE INFO

What: Ruthie Foster When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, September 19 Where: Club Congress, 311 E. Congress Street Cost: $40 for VIP, $35 for reserved seating, $30 to $35 for general admission.

Info: 622-8848, hotelcongress.com.

Club Congress asks guests to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to enter its indoor club space and recommends mask wearing in its outdoor space. The space is adhering to CDC guidelines and honoring artist requests at its outdoor plaza stage.

www.LovinLife.com

A Look at History Arizona State Museum reopens, presents Saltillo sarape exhibit

BY LAURA LATZKO The Arizona State Museum has been closed since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Even before the museum’s galleries reopened August 24, the museum was not silent. It focused on online programming, offering virtual talks, exhibits and educational materials that have continued. It is nothing new to the museum, as it’s had an online presence since 2000.

Lisa Falk, head of community outreach for the museum, says the virtual programming has been popular and has connected the museum to audiences in other countries, including Belgium, Japan, Canada, Russia and Mexico.

“We are putting a lot of energy into both physical exhibit in the museum and online exhibits,” Falk says.

An online lecture series on walls and other border barriers drew more than 17,000 attendees. Falk says although the museum is continuing to evolve, its mission is the same.

“We want to engage people with the wonderful stories, traditions and histories of our region and how people understand them, appreciate them and are inspired by them,” Falk says.

Visitors who have been to the museum before will notice changes now that it’s open.

Falk says the museum was impacted financially by the pandemic, and it has had make cutbacks to its staff. This contributed to the Tuesday to Friday hours.

“When people come to the museum, the admission helps to support our visitor services team,” Falk says.

An archaeological repository for the state, the museum is home to expansive collections of Native American basketry and pottery, Navajo textiles, vertebrate specimens, archaeological artifacts, Mexican folk masks and Hopi katsina dolls.

The museum also offers an extensive photography collection, archives and anthropological field notes.

Students and researchers from around the world utilize the collections for anthropology, ethnohistory, zooarchaeology and ethnology research. Along with research opportunities, the museum offers classroom, laboratory, travel and field study opportunities. www.LovinLife.com

The museum’s programming is often focused on different Indigenous groups that have lived in and shaped the region’s culture and history.

The museum’s exhibits, workshops, videos, blogs, virtual talks and tours have been designed to educate different groups.

Falk says museum staff members, like herself, have become more mindful of the importance of online programming.

This is why the museum has created virtual versions of different exhibitions, including its pottery exhibit.

With its reopening, the museum will present a new display called “Wrapped in Color: Legacies of the Mexican Sarape,” which was co-curated and features pieces from Zapotec textile artist Porfirio Gutierrez.

Gutierrez worked with Falk and Andrew Higgins.

The exhibition runs through July 2022 and will have virtual versions in English and Spanish. Guests can learn more about the Saltillo sarape, a blanket-like garment with a slit in the center. They were traditionally worn by caballero cowboys/ landowners and associated with Saltillo, the capital city of the Mexican state Coahuila.

These pieces were finely made and marked prestige and wealth.

“To me, it holds tremendous value not only as an object but also as history. In so many ways, these are the stories of the

people that wove them,” Gutierrez says.

“These are the stories of people that contributed to the artistic style, especially the Indigenous people.

“For me, working on this project, it was such an honor. It was an opportunity for me to show the artist sensibility of the Indigenous people as an artist continually honoring them through my own work.”

His experiences of living in multiple countries and observing different cultures have impacted his work. Gutierrez, who also has a studio in Ventura, California, says contemporary architecture in California has also influenced his art. His work is guided by his spiritual beliefs “For me, I do what I do because the greater being blessed my hands,” Gutierrez says. “It is a calling. It is not me that chose the work. It’s the work that chose me to do what I do.”

An opening for the exhibition, with the curators present, is Saturday, October 23, and will include curator-led tours and hands-on activities. Gutierrez will give a weaving demonstration and have items for sale.

The artist will also offer a hands-on natural dying workshop, with chances to learn about Zapotec traditions and natural dying, on Sunday, October 24. Registration is required for the workshop.

Gutierrez will give a virtual talk about Oaxacan and Zapotec history and culture 6 p.m. Tuesday, September 14.

Gutierrez and master Navajo weaver Lynda Pete Ornelas at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, November 9, will discuss the connections between Saltillo and Navajo weaving.

The museum’s Zoom Talk Series will feature virtual talks on the ar-

chaeology of ancient Zapotec sites Monte Alban and Mitla; the history of Oaxacan food, drinks and crafts; the preservation and research of textiles; and photographing weaving traditions.

In May 2022, the museum will have opportunities to visit Gutierrez’s studio, try natural dying techniques, sample Zapotec dishes and take a private tour of Huntington Library’s textile collection.

A tour in October 2022 will let participants experience Zapotec Dia de Los Muertos traditions with Gutierrez and his family in Oaxaca. They will visit cultural sites, try natural dying and tour other artist studios.

At the Arizona State Museum, visitors can learn about different facets of the region’s and the country’s history through different displays.

Along with the new sarape exhibition, the museum has a display called “Pahko’ora/Pahko’ola: Mayo and Yaqui Masks from the James S. Griffith Collection.” It showcases Mayo and Yaqui ceremonial masks that have been made and used by Mayo and Yaqui communities in southern Arizona and northern Mexico.

The display was only open five months before the museum’s closing and has been extended through the end of the year.

Guests can also peruse the museum’s American Treasure collections of basketry, pottery and photography and a special poster exhibition from the Smithsonian called “Righting a Wrong One: Japanese Americans and WWII.” The poster exhibit looks at the imprisonment of Japanese people and Japanese Americans during World War II and encourages viewers to have dialogues on immigration, identity, and civil and human rights topics.

Zapotec textile artist and co-curator Porfirio Gutierrez will feature his work at the Arizona State Museum. (Photo by Scott Miles)

MORE INFO

What: “Wrapped in Color: Legacies of the Mexican Sarape” When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays to Fridays through July Where: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona campus, 1013 E. University Boulevard Cost: $8 adults; $6 seniors, free for those 17 and older Info: 621-6302, statemuseum.arizona.edu SEPTEMBER 2021

|

15

Dining

Ooh-La-La Comfortably settled into its new digs, La Indita still impresses

BY VALERIE VINYARD For Josue Rivera, La Indita is a family tradition that spans three generations.

The affable 34-year-old manager often is found standing near the front of the restaurant, greeting guests, suggesting dishes and clearing tables.

“We don’t want people to seem like they’re at a restaurant,” says Rivera, whose grandmother started La Indita in 1983 on Scott Avenue downtown. “We want them to feel at home.”

Longtime customer and ceramic artist Lisa Agababian would agree with that.

She started going to La Indita after it moved to a space on North Fourth Avenue in 1985.

“This was almost like my home,” says the artist and owner of Fuchsia Designs on Fourth Avenue.

Agababian has patronized La Indita for about 25 years. She frequently dined at the restaurant when it was located near her studio. On April 26, the restaurant

moved out of its Fourth Avenue location to North Stone Avenue on May 15 when the building was sold.

The fact that La Indita moved a halfmile away, however, hasn’t dulled Agababian’s appetite for her favorite entree, spinach and chicken enchiladas with green sauce ($13.97).

In fact, “pretty much anything with the green sauce” is the way to go, she says.

Fun fact: The green sauce is made using green peas.

“This restaurant is like a family to me,” says Agababian, who is such a regular that she been known to give staffers birthday presents.

Rivera says the chicken mole ($15.97) and the chile rellenos ($14.97) tend to be the most popular dishes among guests, but the restaurant features an assortment of dishes from Michoacán, Sonora and Oaxaca, Mexico, along with hints of Tohono O’odham.

La Indita offers dishes on the healthier side. Vegetarians should love this place, as the restaurant doesn’t cook with lard, chicken broth or even MSG. As a result, the tasty beans Local art adorns the walls of La Indita’s new location.

The cozy restaurant features an array of delectable Mexican dishes with Native influences.

and rice are both vegan.

“We make everything ourselves,” says Cassandra Ortega, a 32-year-old server whose favorite meal is potato or chicken flautas ($14.97). “We make all of our food with love.”

That includes the smoky salsa that comes with a slight kick and the oh-so-mouthwatering chips, which come before every meal.

The homemade La Indita’s new location on Stone Avenue includes bright, inviting colors. (Submitted photos) mentality also includes all the mixes for La Indita’s margaritas, 30 seats to the restaurant’s total capaciwhich partially are created by boiling ty. The two indoor dining rooms offer 14 sugarcane and squeezing limes. Even the seats in the front room and 28 in the side spicy version uses tequila that they infuse room, which includes a combination of booths and tables and chairs. The restauwith jalapenos.

After some years away from the food rant accepts reservations for four or more business, Rivera has been back at La In- people.

Rivera hopes to make the new location dita since 2017. He took time off to work for a record management company from a neighborhood hangout. However, he’s 2005 to 2017 before restaurant life beck- not looking to reinvent La Indita.

“I don’t want it to change.” oned yet again.

“It was fun,” he says of his stint as director of operations. “But then it was time to La Indita come home.”

722 N. Stone Avenue, 792-0523 Rivera says they’re building an outdoor 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays; bar and patio in the back of the restauclosed Tuesdays; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. rant, and he said it should be finished latWednesdays and Thursdays; 11 er this month. He’s mulling over the idea a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays; 5 to 9 p.m. of offering occasional live entertainment Saturdays; noon to 8 p.m. Sundays The outdoor area will add about 20 to

WINDOW & DOOR FLASH SALE THIS MONTH ONLY

Call for your FREE consultation: “Leo and Billy with Dreamstyle windows installed our new windows today, ALL in one day! Amazing! They were the hardest workers; they were super clean, cleaning up each room area after each window; really polite, and VERY skilled at their work, with so many details to accomplish on each window, they didn’t miss one step and the end product is excellent! We don’t even want to put our drapes back up!” – John L, BBB, 12/1/20 Richard Karn Home Improvement Expert

16

|

SEPTEMBER 2021

833-356-1735

WITH

*

OR LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS

©2018 Google LLC All rights reserved. Google and the Google logo are registered trademarks of Google LLC. *Valid with the purchase of 4 or more windows. Not valid on previous orders. Valid on initial consultation only. 0% APR for 18 months available to well qualified buyers on approved credit only. Finance charges will be waived if promo balance is paid in full in 18 months.

Down payment may be required, OAC, See representative for details. Valid on purchases made in the month and year of consultation and purchase of product. ©2021

www.LovinLife.com

With a Twist

Firebirds pours the unexpected this summer

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Firebirds is known for its steaks and chicken, but it has an extensive bar with creative mixologists. For the summer, it has a slate of refreshing drinks to help us cool down in the summer.

The restaurant, located at 2985 E. Skyline Drive, shared the secrets behind its blackberry margarita and summer sparkler.

shaker and add a generous scoop of ice.

Cover and shake 25 times. Fill a frosted mixing glass with fresh ice. Using a strainer, strain the shaken mix over the fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wheel. Cheers!

Summer sparkler

Blackberry margarita Ingredients • 1 ounce blackberry puree syrup.

• 4 ounces sour mix (Firebirds makes its own fresh in-house, but sour mix is available at local grocery stores).

• 1/2 ounce nonalcoholic triple sec.

• 1 1/2 ounces Espolon Blanco tequila • Lime for garnish.

• Ice. Directions Measure all ingredients into a cocktail

Ingredients • 1 1/2 ounces Bedlam Vodka.

• 1 ounce Cointreau.

• 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice.

• 1 ounce cranberry juice.

• 2 ounces La Marca prosecco.

• Ice. • Orange peel as a garnish.

Directions Measure and pour all ingredients into a mixing glass, except for the prosecco. Fill glass half full of ice, cap with a mixing tin and shake 25 times. Strain into a champagne flute, top with 2 ounces LaMarca prosecco. Garnish with orange peel twist.

Do You Have Pain/Numbness/Tingling in the Feet/Legs???

A doctor has moved to Tucson that treats neuropathy (nerve problems), and his name is Dr Trent Freeman DC (Dr T). He has been treating Neuropathy for the last 10 years.

Maybe you have seen him interviewed on CBS by Steve Ochoa or during the Dr Oz show, maybe you saw him on NBC. He has brought this new treatment to persons suffering from neuropathy in Tucson. He uses two kinds of Light to stimulate the nerves to function better. He uses pulsed infrared technology that helps reduce the pain, and FDA approved cold lasers that help the cells function better. He offers his consultation for FREE. He looks at the interview time as a time for him to see if you have the type of neuropathy that he treats but more importantly, for you to interview him and see if he is someone that you would like to work with. His clinic is certified with the Neuropathy Treatment Centers of America and he has received advanced training in the treatment of neuropathy. There are fewer than 100 doctors in America that have received this advanced training in this type of therapy. Dr T looks at neuropathy as a thief that comes to your life and starts to steal from you. If you allow neuropathy to continue, it will steal your independence (driving, walking, balance) As Dr T says “Everyday we are having more success relieving neuropathy pain, WHY NOT YOU?” Give his office a call and schedule the FREE consultation and see if you qualify for this new therapy 520-445-6784.

Give him a call he may be able to change your life!

520-445-6784 ADVERTORIAL

We’ve Been Doing Reverse Mortgages For Over 30 Years For A Reason…

THEY WORK

When Maria and Diego were young, they didn’t think about owning a home, let alone retirement!

As they grew older, as we all do, they wanted the American dream, owning a home. That dream for Maria and Diego took hard work.

With a good job, paying the bills, mortgage and of course keeping up with the kids, their house is more than just a home. It is the family they’ve built and the life they have lived. It was worth it all.

Now nearing retirement age, they are looking forward to enjoying what they earned. Maria and Diego couldn’t wait to sit back and relax and enjoy the fruits of their labor.

But even with all their careful planning, unforeseen events and unexpected expenses diminished the assets they set aside for their retirement. The only realistic option they could see was to sell their retirement home in Sun Lakes.

It felt like an impossible task.

Luckily, their son, knowing how

hard they worked and desired to stay in their home, suggested an alternative; a reverse mortgage.

Maria and Diego’s credit card debt were not a part of their retirement plans, but Sun American Mortgage stepped in to help turn a bad situation into an opportunity for them to stay in their home. With 30 years of experience assisting Arizona seniors in similar situations Sun American Mortgage is a leader in the Reverse Mortgage industry. Instead of selling their precious home they worked so hard for in Sun Lakes, Maria and Diego were able to turn to the equity in their own home to pay off their credit card debt and get back on track to retire better.

With their reverse mortgage line of credit, they can take money in and out of their home without recourse.

They can make payments on their reverse mortgage if they want to, but also feel safe knowing that in a pinch, no payment is required. They pay their property taxes, homeowners’

insurance and HOA fees as always.

Maria and Diego have options.

They can simply pay the interest, make a full payment every other month, make two payments every month, or never make a payment again for as long as they live in the house. The reverse mortgage gave them the flexibility to live the future they dreamed of, even though their retirement plans didn’t go quite as planned, they can… retire better.

Call Sun American Mortgage Company

(480)467-1000 or toll-free at 1(800) 469-7383.

4140 E. Baseline Rd., Ste. 206, Mesa, Arizona 85206 An equal housing opportunity company, member of the Better Business Bureau & the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association • Mortgage Banker License #BK7548 • NMLS #160265 Parker Turk: LO-0912436 • NMLS#267132 Rex Duffin: LO-0911707 • NMLS#169138

This material is not provided by, nor was it approved by the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) or by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

www.LovinLife.com

SEPTEMBER 2021

|

17

Puzzles

Columns

ANSWERS ON PAGE 7

The Healthy Geezer

Heart failure can be controlled with diet

BY FRED CICETTI

Q

What exactly is congestive heart failure?

A

ACROSS 1 4 7 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 22 23 27 29 31 34 35 37 38 39 41

45 47 48 52 53 54 55 56 57 58

Josh Reggae relative Paper packs NYC airport Stetson, e.g.

DeGeneres of talk TV Einstein’s birthplace Everybody As well Orange variety Region I love (Lat.) Mimicked Billboards Chipmunk’s kin “That’s it!”

The Ram Chaperones, usually Ring decision Vanished Pot brew Tree home

Belly button type Conk out Fluctuating Mil. bigwig Craze Rebel Turner Swelled head Fake -- -cone Aachen article

DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Clumsy one Nome dome home Matt of Hollywood “Scram!”

Sunflower State Top players Actress Russo Days of yore Carte lead-in Actor Gibson NBC show since 1975

EVEN EXCHANGE

by Donna Pettman

18

|

17 21 23 24 25 26 28 30 31 32 33 36 37 40 42 43 44 45 46 48 49 50 51

Awestruck National symbol Chef’s garb Greek consonant Shoe width Hosp. workers Speck Sturdy tree Satchel Altar promise Sister Poker variety Formosa, today Short jackets Moved sideways Prolonged attack Choir member Singer Anita Within (Pref.)

Ref Oom- -Year in Acapulco French diarist Anais

Each numbered row contains two clues and two answers. The two answers differ from each other by only one letter, which has already been inserted. For example, if you exchange the A from MASTER for an I, you get MISTER. Do not change the order of the letters.

SEPTEMBER 2021

If you have congestive heart failure (CHF) your heart can’t pump enough blood. This condition develops over time. It is the No. 1 reason people over age 65 go into the hospital.

Heart failure is most common in older people and is more common in African Americans. Men have a higher rate of heart failure than women. But, because women usually live longer, the condition affects more women in their 70s and 80s.

In normal hearts, veins bring oxygen-poor blood from the body to the right side of the heart. It is then pumped through the pulmonary artery to the lungs, where it picks up oxygen. From there, the blood returns to the left side of the heart. Then it is pumped through a large artery called the aorta that distributes blood throughout the body.

Heart failure is caused by other diseases or conditions that damage the heart muscle. It is often caused by coronary artery disease, including heart attacks. Diabetes and high blood pressure also contribute to heart failure.

Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in men and women.

It happens when the arteries that supply blood to the heart become hardened and narrowed. People who have had a heart attack are at high risk to develop heart failure.

There are a number of things that you can do to reduce risk of coronary artery disease and heart failure. For starters, you should keep the following levels down: body weight, cholesterol, blood pressure, sugar, alcohol and salt. Exercise regularly.

And, if you smoke, quit.

The most common symptoms of heart failure include shortness of breath, fatigue and swelling, which usually occurs in the ankles, feet and legs. Swelling is caused by fluid buildup in the body and can lead to weight gain, frequent urination and a cough.

Because the symptoms are common for other conditions, your doctor will determine if you have heart failure by doing a detailed medical history, an examination and several tests.

Tests that are given to determine heart failure include an electrocardiogram (EKG), a chest X-ray, and a blood test for BNP, a hormone that increases in heart failure.

Tests that can identify the cause of heart failure include an echocardiogram that uses sound waves; a Holter monitor, which is a small box that is worn for 24 hours to provide a continuous recording of heart rhythm during normal activity; an exercise stress test that reads your EKG and blood pressure before, during or after exercise to see how your heart responds; and a coronary angiography, which is an X-ray of the heart’s blood vessels There is no cure for heart failure, but it can be controlled.

People with CHF are usually put on a low-salt diet to prevent fluid build-up.

Their doctors may also tell them to lose weight, quit smoking and reduce alcohol intake.

Medications that are used include diuretics, “water pills,” to reduce fluid; ACE inhibitors to lower blood pressure and reduce heart stress; beta-blockers to slow your heart rate and lower blood pressure; Digoxin to help the heart beat stronger; and anticoagulants (such as warfarin) that help prevent blood clots.

People with severe heart failure may also be given a mechanical heart pump. A heart transplant is an option when all other treatments fail to control symptoms. www.LovinLife.com

Biz Box

Gadget Gossip

BY ANNIKA TOMLIN Welcome back to Gadget Gossip! Here we introduce readers to gizmos that can make life just a little easier — and healthier. Have an idea? Email editor@ lovinlifeafter50.com.

DNA Jazz Band With age comes the inevitable aches and pains of doing everyday tasks. The DNA Jazz Band is designed to get everyone back DNA Jazz Band on their feet. dnavibe.com Four years ago, Available on website for $249 DNA Jazz Band founder Perry Kamel told his wife that he wanted to do “something with significant purpose.” Following a conversation with a genomics professor, he knew what he wanted to do. “(The professor) was telling me about his life’s work as a professor of genomics and how certain frequencies in the red-light spectrum activate DNA expression,” Kamel says.

After a few years of scientific research and development, followed by a year of product design and manufacturing, Kamel launched DNA Jazz Band January 23, 2020, “because it’s one, two, three easy as ABC.” The DNA Jazz Band emits red-light, near-infrared, magnetic and microvibrations through its wraparound device to help relieve aches and pains throughout the body.

“You wrap the (Jazz Band) wherever you feel the need for relief,” Kamel says. “It could be you got a sprained ankle, you got a tennis elbow, you’ve got lower back pain, your neck has a crook or maybe you are recovering from a surgical procedure.

“Whatever the case is, the product is designed to wrap comfortably in flush around the area. It then emits red-light, near-infrared, magnetic and microvibrations.”

Kamel had a “nasty case of tennis elbow” when he was first manufacturing the product, and after two weeks he says, “My tennis elbow was gone, and it has never come back.” That was four years ago.

“It actually gets in there and helps resolve the issue, and it does that by improving and increasing blood flow, which then enhances cellular oxygenation and improves the production of cellular energy packs,” Kamel says.

It’s made in the United States within shipping containers to maximize production while making it available closer to home.

“Light therapy has historically been very expensive, very simplistic,” Kamel says. “This is very cheap and very sophisticated. The stories that we get each and every day from people’s whose life are changed are the most www.LovinLife.com

inspiring that I have ever done in my career — it’s truly been sensational.”

Kamel’s motto is “making the world a better place, one better life at a time.”

He received a note from a couple who couldn’t get out of bed due to shingles.

“They are sending us notes how this has been a godsend and how they are able to get back to walking their dogs and living a life that they wanted,” Kamel says.

The DNA Jazz Band comes equipped with a battery pack, car charging outlet and traditional plug.

Deadline: 16th of the month for the next publication

Free Referral & Advisory Service I provide personal assistance in selecting independent living, assisted-living, memory care or independent home care for you or your loved one.

Check these out, too TRIbella Wine Aerator There are times in a variety of adults lives where a glass (or two) of wine is needed at the end of the day.

The TRIbella Wine Aerator makes that glass(es) of wine taste that much betTRIbella Wine Aerator ter. As the beautiful tribellawine.com red liquid cascades Available on Amazon for $40 from the engineered exit pipes, the wine mixes with the surrounding air before gracefully falling into a desired vessel. The result is a fully aerated and enhanced taste in seconds.

This revolutionary three-stream pour aerator is hand assembled and easy to clean. It provides an elevated wine pour that is drip free.

The TRIbella Wine Aerator is made of polycarbonate stainless steel and comes with a protective storage case.

Scrumptious Travel Pillow For those who are traveling or just want a better night’s sleep, the Scrumptious Travel Pillow is the ideal pillow for side Scrumptious Travel Pillow sleepers in mind. honeydewsleep.com The on-the-go pil- Available on Amazon for $99 low features a shoulder cutout, adjustable loft design and luscious stay cool fill so sleepers can feel supported.

The Scrumptious Travel pillow is made with copper-infused foam that fills naturally keep pillows fresh with its antibacterial properties. It also keeps the pillow cool throughout the night. Customize the pillow by adding or removing fill to accommodate height of user.

Made in the United States, the Scrumptious Travel Pillow comes with a complimentary carrying bag and custom-fitted pillowcase.

GOT DIRTY CARPET? CLEAN 2 ROOMS OF CARPET FOR ONLY $59 CLEAN 2 ROOMS OF TILE & GROUT FOR ONLY $59

AWESOME $30,000 STEAM MACHINE 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE 520-331-7777 • orovalleycarpetcleaners.com

Classified & Friendship Ads THREE EASY WAYS TOSenior PLACE AN and AD: Services Call: 480-898-6465 Wanted to Buy Email: class@timespublications.com

We Buy SILVER & GOLD

Jewelry, Watches - running or not, Antiques & Collectibles Sterling, Mexican Silver Plate, Golf Clubs We come to you!

602-989-1323

VisitAssistance our website: www.lovinlife.com TUCSON SENIOR Deadline: SOLUTIONS 16thconsidering of the month the If you are for the publication next step in next senior care,

allow me to help you navigate the many choices in Pima County. I provide a free local referral advisory service and can personally work with you to simplify the process of selecting independent living, assisted living, memory care, or independent home care.

Frank LoPilato 520-5751691 frank@tucsonseniorsolutions.com

Carpet Cleaning

See our ad in the Biz Box Section

DIRTY TILE? CLEAN & SMILE! #1. We scrub groutlines thoroughly clean #2. We steamclean tile & grout Guaranteed Perfect!

CLEAN 2 ROOMS ONLY $59 CALL FOR APPT 331-7777 orovalleycarpetcleaners.com

3 EASY WAYS TO PLACE AN AD:

CALL 480-898-6465 EMAIL class@ timespublications.com WEB: www.lovinlife.com

Deadline: 16th of the Month for the Next Publication.

SEPTEMBER 2021

|

19

Medicine can work wonders when taken the right way.

- Alan Barreuther, Pharm.D. Member of the P3 Patient Engagement Committee The FDA estimates that as many as half the people taking medications at any given time are doing so incorrectly. This could lead to worsened health, longer recovery and unwanted side effects – just to name a few!

A personal connection with your healthcare provider or pharmacist is an important part of medication adherence. If you have questions about your medication, don’t be shy. We’re here to help and happy to do it!

Take back your health in

2021.

YOUR PARTNER IN HEALTH:

Alan Barreuther

To help understand your medications, CALL P3 HEALTH PARTNERS CARE TEAM TODAY! Or call (520) 392-8975 with questions. I P3Arizona.org

20 2021 P3AZ_4214_Alan's Medication Ad| - SEPTEMBER Lovin Life_Jul_6.23.21.indd

1

www.LovinLife.com 6/23/21 4:09 PM