AzOPT “It REALLY hurts.” Pain is a tough subject. It is subjective. Not to say that your pain is not real or to say something does not REALLY hurt. However, pain can be perpetuated, magnified, and catastrophized based on your perspective and attitude towards your pain experience. My Personal Experience with Pain as a Physical…
Poppy and Kona were rescued in May. Poppy (male dog) and Kona (female cat) lived with their mom and grandma in PebbleCreek. Their mom was the caregiver for their grandma. Mom did a good job of taking care of both Poppy and Kona, who were current on vaccines and were well known to the staff…
A special tribute from the residents of Indianola Dr. August 26 was National Dog Day, and to all the pups who bring so much joy to our PebbleCreek community, we say, “Happy National Dog Day!” This year, the residents of Indianola Dr. celebrated their four-legged friends with a special tribute to “The Real Pups of…
David Zapatka Reader, friend, and bridge player, Maria Davis, writes, “I ran across a word that was new for me today: ‘contronym’, a word that can have opposite meanings, like sanction or oversight. I ran across it playing a New York Times free online game called Connections—a fun daily quiz. A quick Google search turned…
Howard Brodbeck PebbleRock Band member and PebbleCreek resident Karen Peterson grew up in Wisconsin in a musical family. They had their own band with her dad on guitar, brothers on bass, banjo, and drums, and Karen and her sister on piano and they all sang and had great harmonies. Karen began piano lessons at age…
Tammy Vo Goodyear Vice Mayor Wally Campbell and Councilmember Laura Kaino have been selected to participate in the newly established Civic Craft Leadership Program, launched by the Arizona League of Cities and Towns. The year-long, nonpartisan program is designed exclusively for municipal elected officials in Arizona who have completed the League’s Newly Elected Officials Training and…