Many thanks to those of you who came out to meet authors Susanne Perry in March and Jaine Toth in the Chapter & Verse session in April! These events provide an opportunity for members of the Robson Ranch community to meet the authors (also residents of the Ranch), hear presentations from their works, and to…
Pat Sand Love to travel? Love meeting fun people and making new friends? Then you need to check out the Roving Ranchers! Yes—the same Ranchers known for our famous golf cart parades are also setting sail on some amazing adventures together! 2025: Mexico with Holland America and Greece with Virgin Voyages February 2026: The beautiful…
Tom Albrecht On May 13, the Robson Ranch Musicians will be playing in the Hermosa Ballroom. The 16–piece band performs music from the big band era to modern songs. Robson Dance Club invites members and guests to enjoy, once again, couples and social dancing. We are so fortunate to have the Musicians with us again!…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…