Nancy Friedman, Co-Education Chairman Butterflies were the topic of the day when Doreen Beers demonstrated how to paint butterflies in watercolor on May 18. Her six participants learned the wet-on-wet and wet-to-dry techniques of watercolor to start their basic butterflies, and then went on to embellish them with a white gel pen and black ink.…
Sue Bart Our community service chair, Jody Edwards, with President Diana Jones, delivered 15 quilts to U.S. Veterans on May 14. They also delivered 31 kids’ quilts, nine adult quilts, and two knitted afghans to United Methodist Outreach Ministries (UMOM) in Phoenix. What was amazing about this delivery was that all of the quilts delivered…
Linda Gayer Summer at Robson Ranch brings hot temperatures, monsoon rains, and dust each afternoon. But if you go to the Sports Club, music will be playing in the aerobics room as Line Dancing Club members learn new choreography to favorite songs, as well as dance to old-time favorites. Although some of the dances are…
Deborah Dorman Shortly before COVID-19 required shut-downs and social distancing, a theater club was beginning to form here at Robson Ranch. The goals were to produce, to begin with, a summer and a winter play, by and for the residents of the Ranch. Other activities such as trips to attend performances, and possible classes and training in…
Ross Dunfee The first successful English colony settled in America was at Jamestown, Va., in 1607—and the migration was on—primarily of British, German, and Dutch extraction, but immigrants arrived from throughout Europe. Communities were settled and financed primarily by privately-organized British settlers or families using free enterprise without any significant English royal or Parliamentary government…
David Zapatka 2020 Pickleball Rocks Players of the Year 2020 was a crazy year. Many pickleball tournaments were cancelled. Public pickleball courts were closed and padlocked. That being said, Arizona pickleball players found ways to safely play, and even through the pandemic, new players found pickleball in record numbers. For 2020, Pickleball Rocks Clothing and…