Vicki Baker Imagine the opera—a ridiculous affair with people dressed in outlandish costumes with Viking-style horns protruding from their metallic headgear, bellowing from the depths of who knows where in some incomprehensible language, while wealthy oldsters dressed to the nines sit in utter boredom. It’s so daunting and dull, dingy, obscure, and pretentious. Those are…
Rosemary “Killer” Myers-Neagli Seasoned softball player Johnny Blecher described the 2023 Texas State Softball Championships held in Grapevine, Texas, during the first week of May as “not just magical, but also epic.” During the past seven years, RR has fielded one or two tournament teams who travel to compete in both state and out-of-state softball…
Ed Cawley The spring Texas Toss season came to a close with some exciting playoff games on May 5. Fire in the Hole came in first place for the second consecutive season. Their game with Cornfused came down to the third game and last toss in the bottom of the 6th inning, with Fire in…
Carolann Boykin Join the Road Runners Club on the Best of Ireland and Scotland Tour, including the Military Tattoo special VIP event with prime seating, with Insight Vacations. This amazing trip is July 25 through Aug. 7, 2024. See Dublin, Kildare, Blarney Castle, St. Andrews, and Edinburgh where we will witness the Military Tattoo. Book…
The Second Annual Kentucky Derby Party was held Saturday, May 6, in the East Quarry of Robson Ranch, Texas. A fun time was had by 85 to 90 residents. There was a hat contest for the ladies, mint julep contest, and, of course, a stick horse race for both ladies and gents. Residents showed up…
Erminja Maganja, Garden Club Publicity Chair After a couple days of heavy rain, a beautiful spring day awaited us on May 15 as over 45 Garden Club members assembled to close out our club year with the popular RR garden tour. On tour were four very different, lovely gardens. Our hosts were available to answer…
Vicki Baker When we think of poverty, lacking money for food, water, clothing, and shelter quickly comes to mind. However, poverty is much more than just not having enough money. It’s not having medical care when sick, not having access to schools for an education, not having a job to secure a future. It’s also…
Cynthia Drury On May 12 a group of ladies from Fellowship At The Ranch Church visited Gemini Peach and Rose Farm, a private garden made available to the public. With perfect weather for their tour, the roses were absolutely beautiful, thanks to beneficial rains the prior week! Our group was given a private tour by…
Dave Parker The House Band (host) for the May meeting of the Rock & Roll Martini Group was Deb and Larry Nortunen. Deb Nortunen, party planner extraordinaire, planned a Bourbon & Blues Party after their recent Kentucky Bourbon Trail trip. Deb and Larry rolled out bourbon meatballs, honey bourbon chicken, and bourbon baked beans. The…
Ruth Loyd demonstrated a “Quilt as You Go” tutorial at the last meeting of the Material Girls Club. It was a completely different kind of quilting and, of course, Ruth being Ruth, jazzed it up with some machine embroidery. It’s always fun to be introduced to something new. We have members who have been sewing…