Category: May 2026

Deadline Reminder and How to Submit Articles

The deadline for the June 2026 edition is Friday, May 8, by noon. Please send your submissions on time, and early if possible! You can email your submissions to editorial@robson.com or use our website link: robsonpublishing.com/editorial. For article and photo guidelines or if you have any questions, please call 480-895-4216.

Getting Creative with Gourds!

Doris Betuel Dried gourds can be sewing baskets, bowls, birdhouses, and more. The Robson Ranch Gourd Club recently had a class on how to transform a gourd into a “thunder gourd” or into a wind chime. The two sounds could not be more different. A wind chime will make a beautiful tinkling of notes when…

Native American Flute Practice Alive and Well

Doris Betuel The haunting notes of the Native American flute stirs a person’s soul and invokes a feeling of peace and calm. Rosalyn Vier has been our leader in teaching the community residents to play the Native American flute. This year, she could not join us, but a few interested residents started an informal flute…

Singers to Celebrate in D.C.

Vera Cannella, Robson Ranch Singers Tour Coordinator A contingent of the Robson Ranch Singers departs for Washington, D.C., on May 21 to participate in choral performances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the National Memorial Day Choral Festival, and the Memorial Day Parade. It’s all part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of…