Randy Johnston The October Wine Knots get together was hosted by Randy and Debbie Johnston and featured Chilean Wines. The hosts shared background information about Chile and how the climate in the central region matches close to California and Bordeaux. The most prominent wine produced is Cabernet Sauvignon followed by Merlot and Cammenere, “the last…
Phyllis Ayers The Road Runners traveled to the Rangers stadium on Wednesday, September 21, for a very exciting baseball game. The Rangers were trying to clinch the division, which would put them on the road to the World Series. If The Astros had lost their game the Ranchers would have been in, but the Astros…
Dave Parker In October with the weather finely cooling down, the Baby Boomers at Robson Ranch were able to try out the new fire pit at the Grill. Most of the group started out on the patio either participating in Texas Toss or as vocal spectators. As the Toss finished up, everyone moved indoors to…
Darla Chupp September 23 was a great day at Borman Elementary School and Gonzalez School for Young Children when the Teacher Appreciation teams from After Schoolers provided a Subway sandwich luncheon for the faculty and staff members. A special “Thank You” goes to team captains and assistants: Pat Hamblin, Robbie Waits, Ann Madigan at Gonzalez…
Vicki Baker As the days of summer faded away and cooler weather set in, the gardens at the Dallas Arboretum were transformed with wonderful fall colors of deep red, yellow, purple and orange. The moment Road Runners stepped into the botanical garden we knew we were in for a treat in this breathtaking location. The…
Tanya Jones Robson Ranch’s 457 member Women’s Club had one of its favorites at its October monthly lunch: Ty Pointer, manager of Calloway’s Nursery in Flower Mound, a Master Gardener and a frequent and always welcome speaker at the Women’s Club. Mr. Pointer filled the stage with plants that do well in the Texas fall…
Neighbors are a precious, important, powerful part of our lives. We don’t always utilize them for our good, and that may be because we don’t know them well enough. The “Cascade Gals” is a group of women that live on Cascade Drive (some are married, some single) at Robson Ranch in Denton, Texas. We have…
Jackie Moore Using your personal experience to write lends authenticity to your work and lets people identify with that experience in a unique way. Have you experienced something unusual? Suffered a trauma? Write about it in a memoir, non-fiction book or fiction book so others can learn from your experience! My novel, A Diplomatic Death by…
The Robson Ranch birders are beginning to enjoy the fall migration of northern birds that are passing through our area on their way south. Some of these birds have started south from Alaska and far north Canada. Many of these traveling birds have destinations in South America. In late August the Savannah Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows…
Barbara Anderson The Robson Ranch Garden Club enjoyed a beautiful morning on Monday, October 17, at Henrietta Creek Apple Orchard in Roanoke, TX. Comfortable temperatures and a nice cloud cover enhanced the incredible colors of flowers galore. We learned that “if you plant them, they will come.” Plant Zinnias and Gregg’s Mistflower and Monarch butterflies…