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…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Writers’ Guild Tip – Use your personal experience to write
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Birding Interest Group
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…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Garden Club visits Henrietta Creek Apple Orchard
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…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Gary Koenig + Outstanding Service = Kiwanian of the Year
Vicki Baker Looking through the long list of places to do community service, the RR Kiwanis Club caught Gary Koenig’s attention. He knew this was going to be a great choice, but he didn’t think it could make such an impact in his life. Gary’s outstanding service not only positively affected his life but also…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
“Heard it through the Grapevine” with a Mexican twist
Nancy Toppan Dressed in chic Latin attire, “Heard it through the Grapevine” guests arrived at Terry and Mike Gilberti’s festively decorated la casa. Cool drinks were offered while conversing and enjoying traditional Tex-Mex appetizers of chips dipped in spicy guacamole, queso, salsa and taco sauce. Wine linked with Spanish/Mexican Heritage was judged, and zesty Tex-Mex…
Religion, November 2016
Pastors Corner
Pastor Jim Mann “Know that the Lord is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.” (Psalm 100:3, NIV) In school they taught us the importance of the three R’s: reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmatic (maybe they should spend more time on the one…