Category: June 2020

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…

Horseshoes Return

Ellen Gilgore Our team of men and women patiently waited for the go ahead to return to horseshoes, and many have taken advantage of the cool morning temperatures to do so in the middle of May. We have been careful how we pursue our return by only using every other court and many using gloves.…

Practicing Social Distancing While Aging Strong

Bonnie Fickey Active Aging Group Fitness by Bonnie returns to normal action with phase one workouts in the parking lot of the Creative Arts Technical Center while practicing social distancing using flex cones as markers and workout props. Bonnie Fickey, instructor, offers fun, creative, and effective workouts for active agers with benefits over risks to…

We Have an Ace!

Bob Riley Roger Hardman hit his first hole-in-one on Sunday, April 26, on the Robson Ranch Wildhorse Golf Club in Denton, Texas. Congratulations Roger! The weather was beautiful with a 10-15 mile an hour wind from the southwest. At hole number 7 on the South course, Roger Hardman stepped up with his trusty Callaway Apex…

Robson Ranch Choir Sings the ’70s

Frances Hackley, Publicity Chair The Robson Ranch Community Choir is still planning on presenting “That ’70s Show” on Saturday, Aug. 8, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 9, at 4 p.m. So as my mother used to say “God willing and the creek don’t rise,” the show will be a go! This show is packed full…

The American Flag

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Sam Karr I am 18 years old, wearing rain-soaked clothes for seven straight days, suffering from jungle rot and hunger and fatigue, fighting off ticks and leeches in a country I never knew, trying not to get killed. I am a Marine in Vietnam, and I am in constant fear. Can you imagine the feelings…

Library Friends Starts Virtual Monthly Reading Group

The New Yorker has something for everyone!

Jane Scholz Friends of the Library (FOL) is starting a monthly New Yorker Magazine Reading Club open to all Robson residents. For now, the group will meet via the online meeting application Zoom. You don’t need to be a member of FOL to participate—our activities are for the enjoyment of all Robson Ranch (RR) residents! Of…

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.

Looking Back and Looking Forward

Remember last June when we could write “love notes” in the library?

Linda Bono Nothing’s the same anymore, is it? COVID-19 is our new reality. It’s an unprecedented situation, and we don’t know what the future will bring. Nevertheless, Friends of the Library (FOL) is making plans. At this writing, the date of the library’s reopening and any new restrictions are uncertain, but the library will be…