Linda Whitehead and Russell Stokes If you, like most of us, have ever had a friend or family member’s birthday catch you unprepared or have ever needed a last-minute hostess or other gift, the SaddleBrooke Gift Shop offers handy and quick solutions. Our talented artists, crafters, and writers, all residents of SaddleBrooke, offer an extensive…
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Features, April 2020
SaddleBrooke Gift Shop
Stuart Watkins Sucking on a green mint looking around the Gift Shop lots of artist’s works for sale not a customer all day nary a one Artists work so hard on their crafts show them off on consignment and hope, wait, hope that someone will appreciate and buy share the artist’s joy with a loved…
Features, March 2020
The SaddleBrooke Gift Shop’s Featured Artists
R. Stokes and L. Whitehead This month we are pleased to introduce two of SaddleBrooke’s talented writers, John D. Smith and Patricia Fremont-Smith. Both write in a variety of forms with an emphasis on poetry. Patricia was born in Cincinnati, Ohio where she graduated from Sycamore High School. She earned her BA in liberal arts…
Features, January 2020
Gift Shop Featured Artist of the Month: Carolyn Barkley McLean
Linda Whitehead This month SaddleBrooke Gift Shop is proud to present Carolyn McLean whose craft is “personalized” greeting cards. Carolyn tells us that she loves the challenge of creating a card which will “just fit” the person receiving it. Carolyn and her husband Keith found SaddleBrooke in a very unique and romantic way… the two…
Features, November 2019
SaddleBrooke gift shop featured artist for November
Linda Whitehead This month the SaddleBrooke gift shop is featuring artist Russ Stokes, a published photographer specializing in the Southwest. Russ was born in Seattle and attended primary school in Woodinville, WA. His family moved to Anaheim, CA in the early ’50s, then later to San Diego where he attended high school. Russ continued his education at…
Features, September 2019
SaddleBrooke’s gift shop featured artist for October
Linda Whitehead and Russell C. Stokes Our featured Artist of the Month hails from Everett, WA, the county seat of Snohomish, located about 25 miles north of Seattle. In 2002, after an in-depth search for their perfect new community and home, Mark Erickson and his wife, Lorraine, decided to retire to SaddleBrooke because of the…
Features, June 2019
SaddleBrooke resident publishes local area history
In his just released From the Canada Del Oro to the Tortolitas, Bob Simpson undertakes a thoroughly-researched historical journey through the 144-square-mile area surrounding SaddleBrooke – from Falcon Valley and SaddleBrooke Ranch in the north to Catalina State Park. It spans the period from an 1869 Apache Indian attack on a wagon train, which had…
Features, March 2019
Gift Shop Featured Artist of the Month: Darlene Pitman
Mike Sedgwick Darlene Pitman started selling her crafts in the Gift Shop two weeks after moving to SaddleBrooke with her husband, Richard, in 1998. She has always enjoyed creating things and after marriage ran a floral decorating business from her home for many years, working initially with homeowner parties and later with hotels in Los…
Features, December 2018
SaddleBrooke Gift Shop featured artist for December – Mike Sedgwick, an artistic creator of novels and short stories
Russell C Stokes Michael E. Sedgwick is an author and writer of novels, short stories, essays and memoirs. Mike’s love for reading novels and his desire to write began at an early age. He initiated and edited the school’s journal of poetry and essays while earning his degree in physics and chemistry at London University.…
Features, November 2018
SaddleBrooke Gift Shop featured artist for November
Russell C. Stokes Richard Morrison Kerr (Dick) has an extensive history dedicated to public service. Prior to focusing on his lifelong desire of becoming an artist and author, Dick was a Colorado State Game Warden, is a Korean War Army combat veteran and was a Wildlife Biologist for the U.S. Government. Dick Kerr is the…