Category: Features

What I Am Doing on My Coronavirus Vacation

Jax and furloughed parents

Catherine Simpson I know I should not be enjoying staying at home with a blank calendar, but I am. After having a brain tumor removed May 23, 2019, results included deafness in one ear and eye difficulties—the deafness keeps me from watching any television and noises interfere with my concentration, which limits my reading. So,…

Quarantine Chicken Enchilada Recipe

I have spent much of quarantine organizing my recipes—hundreds of them! This recipe is my solution to using items I had in the pantry and refrigerator. There are lots of variations to the recipe.

Rita Paxton This flexible recipe uses whatever you have on hand. It is so easy that I made it many times during our stay at home time. Double recipe if you need more servings. Rita’s Quarantine Chicken Enchiladas Serves 4 1/2 to 1 lb. shredded cooked chicken (or 7 oz. can cooked chicken drained and…

Designing With Carol: Rise and Shine

Abby McIntyre Hello again friend! It’s hard to believe that we are already halfway to the point of 2020. This year has certainly been one for the history books! Many, like myself, have been working from home during the pandemic. This unique experience has given me sweet time to spend with my family. Being back in…

More New Neighbors

Jackie Ford

Jackie and David Ford We are new residents in Robson Ranch. We rented until our home was built. Unfortunately, coronavirus occurred shortly after we moved in. Thus, rather than joining groups, almost daily we walked or rode our bikes with masks that I made.

Welcome New Neighbors

Brenda Johnston Robson Ranch welcomes the following new homeowners to the Ranch: Rita Baker, Arlene Basford, Chris and Karol Bundy, James and Teresa Coffman, Tom and Karen Dickens, Charles and Karen Duncan, Robert and Cheryl Edson, Patrick and Beverly Fairchild, Karen Fischer, Terry and Carolyn Helvey, Thomas Hudgens, Randall and Carol Huffman, Frank and Myrna…

Happy Birthday to you!

Planners Gayle Coe, Nancy Garre, Sally Baggott, Sally Hampton, Carol Solow, Trudi Searles, Jan Utzman, and Judy Ondina gather (left to right).

Quarantine Birthday Parade Linda Terry How do you celebrate a birthday during a virus quarantine? Friends and neighbors had an idea. Planners gathered in the empty clubhouse parking lot and assembled decorated cars and golf carts to form a social distance birthday parade. The birthday lady’s husband arranged to have her nearby at 3 p.m.…

We Really Are All in This Together and We Care!

County Commissioner Dianne Edmondson You hear that phrase again and again, “We are all in this together.” Not to sound trite, but we really are all affected by this COVID-19 pandemic. Your County Commissioners have taken a close look at our county and it soon became apparent that we, your elected county officials, had to…

Word of the Month: Tsuris

David Zapatka Friend Marty Minnich and I were discussing the coronavirus pandemic when he closed his email with this statement, “I hope you and I will see each other fairly soon on the other side of all this tsuris.” Marty loves words so threw in tsuris at the end of his message. He’s a fellow verbivore.…