Doris Betuel Meet Dawn Oaks, fused glass member and glass artist. Dawn joined the Fused Glass Club in 2022 and her positive spirit and desire to learn has been a wonderful addition to the club. She has helped in the beginner class instruction and presented at our follow-up classes. In 2024, she was recognized for…
David Zapatka Wind is the great equalizer on the pickleball court. It doesn’t matter how polished your dink game is or how powerful your drive is; a stiff breeze can turn your best shots into unforced errors in a hurry. The good news is that with a few smart adjustments, you can use the wind…
Betsy Lydle Smith Many of us are on a journey of caregiving—if not for others, caregiving for ourselves! Today we’ll focus on two virtues that are helpful: Compassion and Joy. As caregivers, we also discover more about ourselves. Caregiving for my aging mother forced me to look at myself, how I was acting, and how…
Nancy Friedman Members of the Robson Ranch Fine Arts Guild “Pencil Pushers” were recognized with this certificate for their dedication to raising money for the Art Department of the Toltec Elementary School’s Art Department.
Carol Simmons On March 4, Judi Lewinski and Phil Olguin generously hosted an Italian dinner and dance in the Hermosa Ballroom for their step aerobics class. DJ Warren spun the records for dinner music and dancing. Step Aerobics is led by volunteers at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in Studio I at the…
Doris Betuel Fracking is not a dirty word. It means frying your gourd with electricity to make amazing lightning bolts or delicate tree branches! On March 7, several members of the Robson Ranch (RR) Gourd Club experienced the dangerous and fascinating results of fracking their gourds! Each gourd was lovingly fracked by our host and…
Robson Ranch Cigar Meetup—April 29 at 6:30 p.m. April is National Poetry Month, which means the Robson Ranch Cigar Meetup will be doing what comes naturally: taking a perfectly respectable evening of cigars and somehow making it more complicated. On April 29 at 6:30 p.m., we will gather to smoke cigars, enjoy good company, and…
Brenda Wills The Robson Ranch Vagabond group of seven rigs (14 people) departed Robson Ranch on Feb. 16 for a two–week adventure to West Texas and New Mexico. Our adventure started with a night in Deming, N.M., with a hosted taco bar. The next stop was Van Horn, Texas, where we enjoyed each other’s company…
Pastor Larry Sundin, Rock Springs Church When we look at all the problems in the world today, no one suggests that most of our conflict and pain are simply the result of rampant sin in our culture. One reason no one acknowledges this, is that people just don’t like to be called sinners. Rather, when…
Pastor Ash Dotson, Oasis UMC The author(s) of John’s Gospel records Jesus speaking some pretty strong words against his antagonizers in John’s Gospel. Look to John 54b-55 where Jesus calls out many who claim to follow God, liars. I have to wonder if they actually came out of the frustrations of Jesus or out of…