Holiday Adopt Program Brightens the Season for Local Families

Senior Village – February 2026

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings – February 2026

Southern Arizona Arts Guild Gallery Is Relocating from La Encantada—Find Out Where They Are Going!

Introductory Level Classes

A Time for Reflection

This past year we have experienced several events and a very big “To-Do” list. In July we gathered with JFG (Jewish Friendship Group) members casually to say hello in the MountainView Bar and Grill. In August a Jewish Community Meet and Greet was held, reacquainting with each other and preparing for the coming holidays. The…

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…

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…

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…

Cooks Out of the Kitchen: Local Restaurant Reviews

Judi Friedman and Jerry Lankin We’re two SaddleBrooke foodies forever seeking great places to eat! We’ll review two restaurants each month for taste and presentation, service, price, value, and ambiance. If you have a favorite eatery and would like to spread the word, please send us an email at cooksoutofthekitchen@gmail.com. Happy Hour Edition Bottega Michelangelo…

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.,…