Joanne's Sunday Perks Dental Tales of Love, Adventure, and Fun Does life ever seem like Groundhog Day? Every year the same thing happens; I forget the event, and then without fail on February second, I see it live on TV from Gobbler's Knob in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. I do not seek it out; it simply appears on the news while I'm having my morning coffee. Does anyone else think the whole thing is crazy? I suspect Punxsutawney Phil does. A sleepy-eyed groundhog awakens to a crowd...
14 days ago • 1 min read
Joanne's Sunday Perks Dental Tales of Love, Adventure, and Fun Do you have a favorite event at the winter Olympics? This year they will be in northern Italy; the opening ceremonies will be February 6, and the games will conclude on February 22. If you enjoy sports, it's a better choice than most programs offered on TV. We may all have memories of Olympics in the past, like the miracle on ice in 1980, or visions of Dorothy Hamill or Scott Hamilton competing in figure skating. But I have had a...
21 days ago • 1 min read
Joanne's Sunday Perks Dental Tales of Love, Adventure, and Fun On this stormy, January morning, most of us will experience either the delight or the inconvenience of the weather, and the snow. It's 8 am and Sparta is already taking a hard hit. They even canceled church! The news has framed this as a "monster storm", but we will wait and see how it plays out. This is nothing new to New Jersey. Every 20 to 30 years we experience an epic snowstorm, one that remains in memory years later. For me,...
28 days ago • 1 min read
Joanne's Sunday Perks Dental Tales of Love, Adventure, and Fun I am late sending this week's note out to you because I planned to talk about an event I attended last night; "The Freddy Ball'. It is an awards ceremony for the New Jersey Fred Astaire Dance studios, and it was a formal event. The men wore black suits and tuxedos, and many of the women wore full length ball gowns. I wore a black dress with sparkles; the hem fell below the knee with feathery extensions that almost reached my...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Joanne's Sunday Perks Dental Tales of Love, Adventure, and Fun Let's promote a healthy 2026! This newsletter will be dedicated to a discussion on vitamins. I am not a nutritionist, or a physician, but a patient who hopes that my experiences will help you decide what supplements may be right for you. For years, I did not include vitamins in my daily routine. When we were planning a family I took prenatal vitamins, and my children were given a multivitamin with fluoride until they were twelve...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Joanne's Sunday Perks Dental Tales of Love, Adventure, and Fun Does anyone else have a sense of humor like mine? My favorite movies are usually rated two stars, and comedies. They are movies that the critics hate, but I find them amusing. This past week I laughed out loud when I rewatched "Coneheads" with Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin. The film is from 1983 and features comedians from the "Saturday Night Live" cast. It is a story about an alien couple stranded on earth who must find a way to...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Joanne's Sunday Perks Dental Tales of Love, Adventure, and Fun "There is nothing permanent except change." - Heraclitus I tend to become philosophical at the end of one year and the beginning of the next. I make my new year resolutions and allow the media to heighten my anxiety be recapping all of the year's tragedies, as they remind us of all the celebrities that have moved on to a place beyond. We are saddened by the finality of mortality and contemplate changes in our own lives during the...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Joanne's Sunday Perks Dental Tales of Love, Adventure, and Fun Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2026! When I think about Christmas one word describes the holiday for me - tradition. The season is special because of it; going to church, visiting with friends and relatives, and in our household, we bake cookies. My daughter and I have fun using this recipe, compliments of my cousin. We call it the 'Christmas Tree Cookie Recipe' because the tree is the shape we most often use in the cookie...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Joannes Sunday perks Dental Tales of Love, Adventure, and Fun On the eve of April 24, 2025, our high school reunion committee met on a zoom call. Spring was in the air, and by 7 pm the daylight had turned to dusk. I brought my laptop to a quiet upstairs bedroom to block out the roaring sounds of the Thursday night truck race. The call was fun; we were happy to reconnect and enthusiastic about planning the event. In the distance my husband was yelling but I ignored him, assuming it was his...
2 months ago • 1 min read