Louise Grabell, Pinal County Master Gardener I’m dreaming of a white Christmas—just like the ones I used to know—NOT! Puleeze—no snow, no sleet, no slush for me! What fun going to your favorite garden center in December and buying a fabulous collection of flowers to beautify your home for the holidays. Yes, by cracky, it’s…
LaVerne Kyriss When you pass Joe Costante’s SaddleBrooke home, you’d never expect to find the botanical garden that inhabits his backyard. But when you discover that Costante has a doctorate in botany and specialized in plant physiology and biochemistry during his working years and that he volunteered as a docent at both the Biosphere and…
Stuart Watkins Kevin Brougher recently published Reindolphins, A Christmas Tale which was illustrated by his daughter, Lisa Santa Cruz. This wonderfully illustrated book is a story he told his children when they were little and when his daughter graduated from the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, Washington she said, “Dad, I think I can…
Why are these Senior Village volunteers smiling? Sandy Morse The dictionary says: “smiling is a facial expression in which the eyes brighten and the corners of the mouth curve up.” Well, yes, but we also know that smiling means happiness; so why are these Senior Village Volunteers smiling with happiness? Well, it’s all because they know…