Category: Features
Features, October 2025
Word of the Month: Contronym
David Zapatka Reader, friend, and bridge player, Maria Davis, writes, “I ran across a word that was new for me today: ‘contronym’, a word that can have opposite meanings, like sanction or oversight. I ran across it playing a New York Times free online game called Connections—a fun daily quiz. A quick Google search turned…
Features, October 2025
Game Day at UNT
Eleven Mean Green fans from Robson Ranch tailgated, celebrated, and enjoyed a high-scoring football game at DATCU Stadium on a hot Saturday afternoon in September. The UNT Mean Green took on the visiting Washington State Cougars. The Mean Green had a blowout win of 59-10 and their best start of 3-0 since 2018. Let’s hope…
Features, October 2025
Spotlight on Advertiser: Amy Schnoll: Finding Light in Layers
By the time Amy Schnoll steps into her studio, the room already feels alive. Brushes fan out across the table, sheets of paper rest in uneven stacks, and the faint scent of paint lingers in the air. To her, this quiet chaos isn’t clutter—it’s possibility. Schnoll, a painter and mixed-media artist, has built a reputation…
Features, October 2025
Meet Rosemary Kuhn Bouse
Joan Muyskens Pursley On Thursday, Nov. 6, at 2:30 p.m., children’s book author Rosemary (Rosie) Kuhn Bouse will speak about the inspiration for her work and will share her six new books in the Robson Ranch Library. “My books focus on the birth of Christ through the eyes of multicultural children,” she says. “My purpose…
Features, October 2025
Birthday Dare
Laura Vandre The Summer of 2023 I was coming up on a “milestone” birthday, my 55th, and I wanted to challenge myself as a celebration for the occasion. Five years before, I did a “100 Days to 50” challenge, so I thought I would repeat it, “100 Days to 55.” Since I’m a Christmas Eve…