BOOM! COVER PROFILE: Jennifer Eifert
Jennifer Eifert believes life is too short to stop exploring, learning, and embracing new adventures. After a successful decade in dental technology, she took an unexpected turn in her late 40s, returning to school to pursue her interest in art. That decision eventually led her...
Maximizing Medicare for 2027 Big Changes Ahead
Maximizing your benefits and minimizing your costs for Medicare continues to become increasingly complex, including the year of 2027. Insurers are terminating Medicare Advantage plans and Medicare Part D plans. The options for seniors are decreasing across much of the country. Five years ago, Medicare...
Dark @ Five: Protect Your Energy When Daylight Shrink
By early November in central Alabama, dusk arrives like an early dinner guest—polite, inevitable, and somehow already in the driveway at 5:05. You finish a shift in downtown Montgomery or an errand loop through Prattville, and the sky has already gone pewter. The couch looks...
Up Your Dinner Game: Host a Tasting Party
Coming up with an idea for dinner every night can be frustrating. We try to find a meal that everyone enjoys, that can be put together quickly and that reheats well. The key to adding a new recipe to your rotation is to sample it....
There’s Room at the Table for You, Too
November in the River Region brings familiar traditions. The grocery lists get longer, family recipes come out of hiding, and somebody starts asking what time the turkey will be ready. There’s something wonderful about a house full of people you love, especially when those people...
The Art of Grandparenting on Your Own Terms
“Being there for your grandchildren is one of life’s greatest gifts. Finding a healthy balance makes it even sweeter.” You would drive across Montgomery in the rain for a kindergarten program. You keep spare crayons in the console, a few favorite snacks in the pantry,...
The Thanksgiving Group Text
You can always tell Thanksgiving is coming in the River Region because somebody — usually a sister with a clipboard personality — starts a family group text titled something cheerful like “Turkey Day Logistics!!!” with three exclamation points and zero mercy. It begins politely. “Who’s...
Attitude of Gratitude
By the time most of you read this, the midterm election will be over. Some will be pleased, some not so much. Moreover, every so-called news network will already be whipping up hysteria over the next election in 2028. We never get a break! One...
North Georgia Mountains Make Me Smile
Named for its dark-colored sheer cliffs, Black Rock Mountain State Park constitutes a 1,743-acre patch in the glorious quilt of Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. As we drive toward the top, Cindy’s snapping photos of luxuriant mountain laurel tucked beneath ginormous hardwoods. This curvaceous parkway up...
Don’t Make the List Too Short
November seems to be the month of lists. The grocery list gets longer. The Thanksgiving menu gets debated. Christmas shopping starts creeping onto the calendar. And somewhere there’s probably a list of things we promised ourselves we’d get done before another year disappeared. But our...