Susan Parker The fall season of bocce started on Aug. 30. Unfortunately, after the extreme drought we were experiencing, it rained out all of the first matches. Hopefully, all teams have rescheduled the makeup games. As of this writing, bocce is the third week of the season. The current standings are a little in flux due…
David Zapatka At a recent Weird Music concert at Stillwell Pianos in Mesa, I was pleasantly surprised to hear a traveling Belgian-Italian guitar duet playing the music of Gurdjieff collaboratively written with Gurdjieff’s musically gifted pupil, Thomas de Hartmann. I have had an appreciation for Gurdjieff’s philosophies since I began reading him in the early ‘70s…
Lisa Gollihar Perhaps you remember, as a little girl, saying goodbye to summer with your parents and siblings at the local A&W Root Beer stand, or having a Coke float in your backyard as you turned cartwheels with cousins and played tag until the mosquitos came out and the lightning bugs began to blink. One…
Tiffany Ramsey and Deb Williams For all of you Seinfeld fans, you may remember their hilarious episode about “Festivus”—a made-up holiday that provided a lot of laughs for the audience. Well, Voices United (VU) has been hosting its own annual Festivus celebration. Thanks to Jane Thompson and Susan Engstrom, Social Committee co-chairs, this year’s celebration was held…
Priceless treasures, amazing prices, and great community participation describe the Fall Garage Sale, sponsored by the Robson Ranch After Schoolers. On Oct. 22, this event is the only “garage” sale allowed by Robson Ranch and contains only items generously donated by residents living in Robson Ranch. Quality ranges from brand-new to excellent condition, or it…
Stephen Sullivan The Robson Ranch Conservatives (RRC) held their inaugural meeting on Sept. 15. The RRC is an organization made up of conservative Republicans in Denton County who believe that the only way to save Texas, and save America, is to elect strong conservatives who will fight for the type of limited government that our…