Laurence Edralin Starting in June, the SaddleBrooke Genealogy Club switched to a workshop environment where members and guests bring their laptops to the sessions. They work with the club’s experienced researchers on their own projects. It can be one-on-one or in small groups learning from club experts working on their own family trees. There will…
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July 2024, Clubs & Classes
Paper Crafter Marshall Says, ‘Ladies, Make Sure Your Husbands Read This!’
Marlene D’Ambrosio If you pass by the SaddleBrooke Arts and Crafts Center on the second Wednesday of any month and look in the window, you may notice Marshall Christensen, the only male member of the SaddleBrooke Paper Crafters club. Now, you may be thinking that making cards is just “a girl thing,” but that’s not…
July 2024, Front Page
The New SaddleBrooke Gardening Club
Mary Jane Wilson A little planning goes a long way! Many SaddleBrooke gardeners are now reaping the rewards from planning their summer garden. Have you been longing for freshly picked tomatoes or bright, summer color in your garden? Wouldn’t it be helpful to know someone with a garden who could help you? The new SaddleBrooke…
May 2024, Clubs & Classes
Depressed Anonymous Support Group: Weekly Meetings Available Locally
Janet M. What does depression or anxiety feel like? What is this desire to sadden myself? I really didn’t think I wanted to feel sad or think sad thoughts. I noticed these thoughts would bombard me when I least expected them, and I would feel so self-conscious, uncomfortable, and embarrassed at times, especially around others.…
May 2024, Generals
Caring for Your Hearing Aid(s)
Tim Gaule I am a member of the SaddleBrooke Hearing Discussion Group. Our group meets at 10 a.m. on the second Friday of every month in the Sonoran Room at the MountainView clubhouse. In this month’s article I would like to discuss the importance of caring for your hearing aids. Since I wear behind-the-ear hearing…
April 2024, Clubs & Classes
Visit an Audiologist First and a June Convention
Tim Gaule I am a member of the SaddleBrooke Hearing Discussion Group. Our group meets at 10 a.m. on the second Friday of every month in the Sonoran Room at the MountainView Clubhouse. In this month’s article I would like to recommend that if you are experiencing hearing loss, your first step should be to…
April 2024, Clubs & Classes
The Fun Is Flowing
Linda Lyon Even though it isn’t quite prime fishing season, the SaddleBrooke Fly Fishers (SBFF) have been busy here in SaddleBrooke. We held a fly–tying clinic at our February meeting where members learned how to tie four different flies for use in four different types of water. Then, at the end of March, we fueled…
April 2024, Front Page
Photographing the Milky Way
Mark Guinn The SaddleBrooke Photography Club went on another field trip recently past San Manuel to photograph the Milky Way. It was an early departure that morning, some would say the middle of the night, to see the rising Milky Way to the east. This time of year the core of the galaxy is coming…
April 2024, Generals
Optimum Healing Environment
Exploring the concept and creating the space A holistic, person-centered approach encompasses four domains: Internal, Interpersonal, Behavioral, and External. The long description: “Healing is a holistic, transformative process of repair and recovery in mind, body, and spirit resulting in positive change, finding meaning, and movement toward self-realization of wholeness, regardless of the presence or absence…
Clubs & Classes, March 2024
Neurological Support Group
Our meeting on March 9 welcomed Holly Shaman, MSW, psych-social director of the Aria Hospice. Aria Hospice Comfort Care is a locally owned and operated Southern Arizona home that can provide medical staff, medications, medical equipment, and supplies to your home when it is convenient for you. Shaman works with dying people and their families…