A Guest Post by Kathy Laurenhue / Wiser Now  “If you can make somebody smile, you’ve had a good day.”  “See written on

a Guest Blog by Nanaz Khosrowshahi The sweet smell of lavender essential oil has been shown to reduce agitation, insomnia, and aggression in patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. 

Here are three videos about the amazing Bowerbird, featured in Volume 7: Feast and Forage.

I’ve done some geocaching (Geo-cash-ing)in my life. It’s always been sort of a surface hobby, I’ve found caches in my neighborhood, or around my workplace.

I’ve been a fan of Betty LaDuke’s art for many years, so it was especially gratifying that she not only agreed to allow us to put one of her works on our cover but to also grant us an interview. We spoke early-ish on a Sunday morning in November, 2022. I’ve edited that conversation for clarity and readability and offer it here now for you.

We feature a guest blogger, Nanaz Khosrowshahi in this short, interesting piece on why purple is the color for Alzheimer’s Awareness and other interesting facts.

Mirador Magazine currently offers its first four volumes digitally in Spanish, free of charge. Providing equitable accessibility is important to us and we look forward to including additional languages in the near future.

Muralist Ernesto Maranje discusses how he went from a career with the U.S. Coast Guard to painting murals 170 feet in the air. The acclaimed artist has painted murals worldwide, including Ukraine, Iraq and Lebanon. In this interview he talks about where his inspiration comes from and using his unique “alphabet” to create his work.

The Founder of Kirk House Publishing designed a series of dementia-friendly books with large print and colorful illustrations for a more accessible reading experience.

Putting together the Activity Pages for each Volume of Mirador is tremendous fun. In Volume 5: River and Stone, we featured a dog as the star of the show for the first time. And, as far as dog models go, we couldn’t have found a better sport than Simon.

Text by Lesley Fleming HTR We would like to thank Lesley Fleming for this lovely and informative piece on how we can improve our health

When we were putting this magazine together, we knew we wanted it translated into as many languages as we could find native speakers for. The very first person we thought of was Nayi Tovar. And, we were grateful when she said yes despite a busy teacher’s schedule. She even offered to be a part of our Chicken and Dumpling comic in Volume 2 while recovering from back surgery!

Listen to this excerpt of an audio interview we did with Nayi and it will become clear why we adore her as much as we do!

Baba Wague Diakite, author, storyteller, and illustrator of our amazing Vol. 2 cover image, tells us a story from Malian mythology about the baobab tree and Sundiata Keita, the creator of the great Malian empire.

MUSHROOM SAGE BISQUE RECIPE A creamy bowl of wild wonderfulness — St. James’s Top Secret Mushroom Sage Bisque Ingredients: 2 cups mushrooms of your choosing,

See video of Tevis Hodge Jr. here!

When we saw Margaret Nazon’s work, The Light Echo, we knew we found our Vol. 4 cover! We featured Nazon in Volume 4 but because Mirador’s word count is purposefully limited, we often can’t fit everything we would like to into our print edition. We are offering this complete interview with acclaimed beadwork artist Margaret Nazon to our readers so you can get a more complete sense of her work. We have mostly kept these words exactly as Ms. Nazon wrote them, other than a few edits for clarity.

When we reached out to musician Katica Illényi for an interview, she was incredibly receptive to answering our questions. We didn’t have room to include her complete answers in our print edition. But, we thought you would enjoy reading more about her!

We have edited a little for clarity, but otherwise left things just as she wrote them.