Support Our Troops—Wines of the Red, White & Blue

Lynn Moore For the upcoming RR Support Our Troops Veterans Day Silent Auction and Wine Pull, SOT member KD Rutherford held a social gathering with her Horseshoe neighbors (Cypress, Melrose, and Sandhurst). Neighbors who wished could donate a bottle of wine for the Wine Pull, and through their generosity, she was able to collect 20…

Word of the Month: Coati

David Zapatka After friends recently hiked in the Chiricahua National Monument, I read this in a news article: “Wilcox, Ariz.—A merry troupe of coatis moms and babies were spotted along a road in Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona. Cousins of raccoons, the playful coatis gathered and excitedly squeaked with their tails shooting straight up like…

Happy Potters: Embracing the “Emptyness“

Kris Caringer-Quimby Emptiness for some is “a state of containing nothing.” For others it is a lack of meaning or purpose. Becoming a Happy Potter a year ago was my mindful attempt to fill a small empty space with something useful, meaningful, and satisfying. I found hand-building clay humbling and gratifying but realized this newfound…