Linda Rosenkrans Lipstick of Many Colors Haiku Blast Glimmering rainbow, Lipstick dances on my lips, Colors flash and fade. Vibrant hues embrace, Lipstick of many colors, Beauty blooms each day. Colors on my lips, Hues of beauty shimmer bright, Lipstick painted bold. Lipstick fantasy, Painting smiles with hues so bright, Beauty’s vibrant grace.
Category: Features
July 2024, Features
Word of the Month: Brook
David Zapatka While reading Esoteric Astrology by Alice A Bailey, I read, “He is instantly aware, once he is spiritually awakened, of his motivating impulses, and this leads him to an imposed self-discipline-the thing the Leo subject sorely needs and which must always be self-imposed and self-applied for he brooks no disciplinary measures which others…
Features, July 2024
Sometimes Words Come Easy
Stuart Watkins Sometimes they just flow easy as a rolling stream effortlessly letting gravity do its job downward toward the pond, lake, or ocean without a thought, care, or concern Sometimes words haltingly struggle to come out they run into eddies and whirlpools on the way meandering in circles waiting to be spoken trying to…
July 2024, Features
The Act of Holding Space
Suzanne Marlatt Stewart Living in a 55+ community offers many opportunities to be a support for your neighbors and friends. We are at the age when more physical ailments occur. Also, people making their transition. Just on my side of the street in the last couple of years, one lost her younger brother, another her…
July 2024, Features
In Passing – July 2024
Edward M. Murphy Edward M. Murphy, a 32-year resident of SaddleBrooke, passed away peacefully on May 23, just two weeks after his 94th birthday. Ed was born and raised in Berwyn, Ill., the youngest of three kids. In his youth, Ed can only be described as a “handful” for his parents. His father, Ed Sr.,…
July 2024, Features
Spotlight on Advertiser: Help Protect Seniors from Fraud with these Tips
Mahnaz Pourian from the Home Instead® office in Coolidge, Arizona Technology provides a great way to stay connected with family and friends, get access to news and entertainment, and simplify tasks like banking and scheduling appointments. But online activity can open us up to scams. What’s more, scammers are particularly adept at targeting older adults.…
July 2024, Features
Scandinavian Cruise
Joan Elder On May 22 Brenda McBride and I left Tucson to begin travel for our Celebrity Scandinavian cruise! We flew to Minneapolis and on to Amsterdam. We spent one night there, just enough time to ride a train, walk around the heart of this city which we had both visited previously, and enjoy a…
July 2024, Features
Thank You, Doug and Melanie Sedam, for Your Generous Support of the SBR ARTwalk
Linda Shannon-Hills Over the past 10 years, the SBR ARTwalk has been a great success for local artists and SaddleBrooke Ranch residents. Each year it has grown with more talented artists, and each year the costs have continued to also grow. The SBR ARTwalk has been blessed to find such generous supporters as Douglas and…
July 2024, Features
Trico Electric Co-op Awards POWER Grants to Five Local Nonprofits
Trico Electric Cooperative has awarded a total of $35,000 to five nonprofit organizations providing critical services in Southern Arizona. The grants are part of Trico’s POWER Grants program and are awarded twice a year to charities throughout Southern Arizona. Nonprofits are selected through an application process and reviewed by a six-person committee made up of…
July 2024, Features
Resident Band, The Silvers, Release LP on Revlis Records
Once again, the lineup of SaddleBrooke TWO resident Mick Orton (bass and vocals) and his two bandmates from the San Francisco Bay area, Dain Bedford-Pugh (guitar and vocals) and Carl Upthegrove (drums and percussion), have put together another 11-song LP, called Paper Street, for your summer listening pleasure. The group’s offerings have a rare, distinctive…