Category: Features

Word of the Month: Jeremiad

David Zapatka Dear friend and Wisdom Seeker moderator, Ellen Engel, suggested the word jeremiad for this month’s WOTM. Jeremiad: noun jer·e·mi·ad | ˌjer-ə-ˈmī-əd, -ˌad 1. a prolonged lamentation or complaint 2. a cautionary or angry harangue. 3. a long, literary work, usually in prose, sometimes in verse, where the author bitterly laments the state of society and its…

Welcome New Employee: Azucena Alvarado

Azucena Alvarado

Azucena Alvarado Hello! My name is Azucena Alvarado. Azucena is Spanish for lily! I am a new resident here in the Eloy/Casa Grande area. I was previously living in Payson, Ariz., where I grew up. My husband works for Robson Landscape and I am excited to join the Robson Ranch team. Previously, I have worked…

Inauguration Day

Ross Dunfee The ink was barely dry on the Declaration of Independence. The thirteen British Colonies, in their view, were no longer a part of Great Britain but they also were not conjoined by any body of law. On June 12, 1776, the day after appointing a committee of five to prepare the Declaration of…