Jane Scholz Members of Robson’s Voices United toured the Amon Carter Museum’s current special exhibition, Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation. The exhibit, sparked by the museum’s bronze statue The Freedman, a 19th century work by a white sculptor, explores American artists’ views of the meaning of emancipation, both at the time of the Civil…
Joni Matthiessen The Wood Shop was recently gifted the most gorgeous black walnut wood. Our board spent a whole Saturday morning allowing Wood Shop members to come to the Shop and buy this wood at a much-discounted price. Having been a fantastic woodworker for many years, current Shop member Buddy Smith had a storage unit…
Vicki Baker Huddled inside on a wet and dreary winter afternoon, we reminisced about the past fun-filled time spent outdoors on a warm, sunny day. Girls on Wheels (Nancy Burns, Vicki Baker, Cassie Richardson, Karen Dipietro, Susan Hebert, and Shirley Monge) dove into Dallas’s foodie scene and sampled the best of the city’s Tex-Mex cuisine…
Bill to Designate ‘Lost Battalion Memorial Highway’ House Bill 3099 will designate the portion of U.S. 380 from Decatur to Jacksboro as honorary highway for WWII American troops. Last week, Texas State Rep. Lynn Stucky (R-Sanger) filed a bill to designate the highway stretching from Decatur to Jacksboro as the “Lost Battalion Memorial Highway.” House Bill…
Claudia J. Caporale The Zuniga Family have learned, firsthand, the benefits and importance of eating organically grown microgreens. Like many journeys to a healthy lifestyle, Christa and April began theirs with an illness. Born and raised in Texas and Oklahoma from generations of farmers and botanists, the women researched endlessly, tried many different healing methods,…
Claudia J. Caporale Spring officially arrived on March 20, with clocks springing ahead on March 11. I’m already smiling at the blossoming trees and shrubs, blessed by the extra rain we’ve had. Now it’s time to plant (if you haven’t already), spend more time outdoors, and enjoy the birds and greenery that abounds at Robson…