Lucy Llewellyn Byard

He's terrorized me and my helper. One day he came right up to the sliding glass door I was trying to open. It was as if he wanted to come inside and be served a meal.

I recently saw a report of a 38-year-old man who was recently fatally mauled by a 16-foot white shark while the man was spearfishing.

According to the CDC, each year, millions of older people—those 65 and older—fall. In fact, more than one out of four older people falls each year, but less than half tell their doctor. Falling once doubles your chances of falling again.

I woke feeling pretty punk on the day I was to have a breathing test in Ukiah. Fortunately, Mabel stepped up and drove me to my appointment. “It's a good day to have your breathing tested,” she said, “especially when you're having problems breathing.”

I decided to find out about dating apps and if I'd swipe left (not interested) or swipe right (interested) so I googled the best apps to do the dance.

I took my time to make an appointment for a mammogram. Not being a fan of any doctor related stuff, I nevertheless went to the hospital right on time.

There are times when I just have to put everything aside and take a photo of what I see.

It took a bit of time to get my swamp cooler up to its chill level during this heat wave and now it's on round the clock. I'm scared to death of my upcoming PGE bill but without the swamp cooler and several fans I would drop from heat exhaustion.

OPINI It started out being a sunny day. We all knew that the nice sunny morning was going to turn into a scorcher that would fry our brains.

OPINI I found out about the recent Alpine Senior Center talent show, which is on the third Saturday of each month 4 to 7 p.m.