Sugar Hill Community Blog

“If I knew I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”

—Mickey Mantle

Few want to leave a home full of memories and comfort. We don’t want to leave the garden where we worked for so many hours or the room we remodeled. We want to leave a legacy for our children. And it’s too much trouble to organize and get rid of all our junk.

In honor of National Kidney Disease Awareness Month, we’d like to proclaim the amazing actions of these organs. We’ve also included a few quiz questions along with information about how you can avoid kidney disease.

Do you become sleepy earlier?

Do you wake up earlier in the morning?

Do you sleep fewer hours than you did when you were younger?

Do you feel as if your sleep isn’t deep?

“One of the joys of a really good book is that you're so into the world of the book, you forget what you're looking at is words on a page.”

—Rick Yancey

Comedians have been making jokes about older people and technology for quite a while, not realizing that adults age 55 and older are the fastest-growing group on Facebook. Technology use by older adults has skyrocketed in the past few years and is expected to increase.

Any exercise will help beat depression. By increasing circulation and breathing, you provide more stimulus to the brain. A study in the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience indicated that exercise can improve major depressive disorder by helping new neurons grow in the brain.

Love—or at least marriage—offers a host of benefits, including fewer doctor’s visits; shorter hospital stays; less depression, anxiety, and substance abuse; lower blood pressure; faster healing; better pain control and stress management; and a longer life.

“Winter blues” is a term that can refer to the fall/winter form of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), worsening symptoms of clinical depression, or a mild form of depression that tends to occur in winter.

New Hampshire is known for many things other than snow. It’s the first state in the Union to host a primary in the presidential election cycle. It’s known as the Granite State. Another nickname is the "Switzerland of America" for its mountains. The state motto is “Live Free or Die” from a toast written by New Hampshire Revolutionary War hero General John Stark.