Category: June 2020

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…

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.…

Robson Ranch Women’s Club July 6 Luncheon

Photo by Beverly Ritz

Sharon Foy Wear your western duds and join us for some down-home Texas music. Our July 6 entertainer is Texas-bred musical powerhouse, Kristyn Harris, who is noted for her shimmering vocals, solid swing rhythm guitar style, unique songwriting, award-winning yodel, and captivating stage presence! At 25 years old, she is the youngest person in history to…

HOA Presents Colt and the Old 45s on July 11

Colt and the Old 45s returns to Robson Ranch on Saturday, July 11, from 7 to 10 p.m. Ticket price is $26 per person. The show will be held in the clubhouse auditorium. Initially, this group was a three-member band in 2007. Colt and the Old 45s quickly grew to an eleven-member band in less than twelve…

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…

Yard of the Month

April Theresa Peoples The Robson Ranch Garden Club selected the April Yard of the Month to be 9633 Arkose, the home of Susan and Lee Grigson. Arkose is a new street to our area and it is west of Michele Way. We hope that when you are out walking or riding your bike you will…

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.…

Pickleball Is Back!

Anita Freese and Tim Trotter disinfecting a pickleball after play

Dave Parker It didn’t take long for the Pickleball Club members to hit the courts once the governor of Texas and our general manager gave the go ahead. Each level (A, B, C, and D) managed the initial 16-member limit. The limit for each level was later raised to 18. A one hour and forty-five-minute…