Diana Oleson Wow—I don’t know about you, but it seems like the months are just flying by! So many projects, so little time. Speaking of projects, Tammy Thomsen has embroidered these vegetable pictures with a handmade likeness of each vegetable that hangs from the bottom of the pictures. There are carrots, beets, kale, and potatoes.…
Pastor Larry Sundin, Rock Springs Church Back in the ’60s, singer Jackie DeShannon struck a note with us when she sang these lyrics: “What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” What our world needed then it still needs today. Families are frustrated with…
Chet Kwiat Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the “Declaration of Independence?” Five were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army and another had two sons captured. Nine of the…
R.O.S.E., Resources/Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), observed annually in June, highlights the critical issue of elder abuse and the importance of safeguarding the dignity and rights of older adults. As global demographics shift toward an aging population, addressing and preventing elder abuse becomes increasingly urgent. One of the most…
Tamara Weaver In previous articles, we’ve asked you to come out of the heat and the wind to join us. We are now asking you to consider coming in out of the rain. August sets us right in the middle of the monsoon season. There’s a little monsoon magic that happens in Arizona, with dramatic…
Marsha Oliver With a charge from the Robson Ranch Singers’ Board in April to write an article describing the history of our group, I was directed to Sue Hart, the originator of the Robson Ranch Singers. It was such fun interviewing Sue and it’s amazing to realize how the Singers began and how much we’ve…
David Zapatka Reader Bob Mack, commenting on the June WOTM column wrote, “I enjoyed your Chimichurri article, Thanks. Quite the background for such a great tasting meat sauce. I like the old Spanish dictionary definition, confusion. LOL. I recently took some Trader Joe’s Chimichurri sauce, from their deli section, and blended it with some hard-boiled egg yolks,…
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At the annual meeting of the Tennis Club at Robson Ranch, elections took place for the three executive board positions that expired on June 30. The newly elected officers are Dennis Winders, president; Gary See, treasurer; and John Milliard, member-at-large. Those three join the other two officers, Pauline Graham, secretary, and Cj Azaria, member-at-large, for…
No matter what the temperatures are outside, the dancing rooms are kept nice and cool. That means that line dancing continues all summer long. Four different levels of dancing are taught each week/two days a week by the instructors, Cj Azaria and Loralee Campbell. With Loralee leaving for the summer, Cj will step up to…