When you see the RRWGA Pink Flags flying on the Robson Ranch Golf greens, you can be rest assured the Robson Ranch Women’s Golf Association are playing in a tournament competition. Victoria Pettigrew decided a couple years ago that since the RRMGA had a logo, she was going to develop one for the Robson Ranch…
Category: November 2018
Clubs & Classes, November 2018
Lions and tigers and bears…oh, my Girls on Wheels
Vicki Baker One of the many memorable catchphrases from the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz was the refrain “Lions and tigers and bears. Oh, my!” spoken by Dorothy and her companions as they prepared to enter a dark, forbidding forest on their way to Oz. Girls on Wheels, however, didn’t journey down any…
Clubs & Classes, November 2018
An afternoon delight
Bernadett Fideli A sweat-laden workout at the fitness center, an intense round of golf, an exhausting game of tennis or pickleball, such is a typical morning routine for many Robson residents. What can be more relaxing than an afternoon delight of wine tasting? Charlene Cottingham and Linda Sorg invited the Wine Stewards to experience Robson’s…
Clubs & Classes, November 2018
Residents enjoy visiting the Blue Ostrich Winery
Denny and Nancy Anderson What started as two couples visiting the Blue Ostrich Winery in St. Joe, Texas has become a Quarterly informal wine lover’s group of Robson Ranch, Texas homeowners making the short trip to just north of St. Joe, Texas to enjoy the wine tasting and great wine produced right here in North…
Front Page, November 2018
Don’t miss the annual Turkey Trot
Autumn brings cooler temperatures, fall colors on trees (followed by the need to rake leaves), pumpkins and turkey trots? Well, yes. This year the Living Well Committee will hold the fourth annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. That’s coming up soon on November 22. It’s truly an event for the whole family because it’s a…
Clubs & Classes, November 2018
Women’s Club luncheon
With oranges of every shade, and other fall colors, the October 1 Women’s Club Lunch was a happy fall gathering. Guests shared the tables with skulls, pumpkins, ghosts, witches and other un-worldly images. The business meeting was opened by President Mary Ornberg. President-Elect Joyce Frey interviewed new and first-time attendees while they shared where they…
Religion, November 2018
The final piece of the puzzle
Ed Jones My wife and I are fond of doing jigsaw puzzles. There’s a certain feeling of accomplishment, a sort of instant gratification when one of us finds a long-sought-after piece. There is also an anticlimactic let down of sorts when we complete a puzzle. We smile, sometimes sigh and then carefully dismember the puzzle…
Clubs & Classes, November 2018
Little Free Library for the Girl Scouts
Ellen Leuschner, a fifth-grader in Argyle recently wrote an email to the RR Wood Workers with a request for help building a Little Free Library. She explained that Little Free Libraries were outside structures installed around the city where people could donate and borrow books. She informed us that her Argyle troop wanted to contribute…
Clubs & Classes, November 2018
Game Gang at D’Bone’s
Nancy Toppan Autumn is here and it’s time to enjoy fall foods. Zesty pasta casseroles, tangy meatballs, fresh green salad and hot garlic bread were served at Vickie and Jere Bone’s Game Gang night. Our favorite wines were enjoyed throughout the evening. Dessert was a delectable key lime pie. The Gang Game played a jovial…
Clubs & Classes, November 2018
“We did our best today…”
Bill Wright and Dianne Edmondson Marine Iwo Jima survivor Don Graves was the inspiring speaker to nearly 400 Robson Ranch residents at the October 8 meeting of Support Our Troops. Don, who joined the Marines at 17 in 1942, began sharing his Iwo Jima experiences about nine years ago at the age of 84, encouraged…