Joan Muyskens Pursley In January, the Robson Library Board of Directors elected G. Gil Clifton as chair, replacing Linda Terry, who recently moved to Arizona. Ms. Terry had been board chair since 2010 (two years after its founding) and donated literally thousands of hours of her time to ensure the library is a well-organized, comfortable,…
Linda Bono, Friends of the Library April 4 through 10 is National Library Week, and Welcome to Your Library is this year’s theme. Actress, author, and activist Natalie Portman will lend her star power to shine a spotlight on our nation’s libraries as the honorary chair for 2021. As she says, “Libraries show us anything is…
Alan Albarran Happy New Year from the Friends of the Library (FOL)! We hope you had a joyful holiday season and are looking forward to this year and the hope we can return to some sense of normalcy, both at Robson Ranch and in our country very soon. Like every other organization at Robson, the…
Alan Albarran While most of us are ready to forget 2020, for the Robson Ranch Friends of the Library (FOL), this year provided ample time for reading. We asked FOL members to share a book they read this year that they enjoyed; any genre, fiction or non-fiction. Here are their responses: Jane Scholz These Truths:…
Joan Muyskens Pursley The Robson Ranch Library and Friends of the Library (FOL) introduced their first-ever website, RobsonLibrary.org. The site was designed and built by Roberta (Bert) Zeitlin, who has also created sites for the RR Women’s Club, Dance Club, Music Club, Road Runners Club, and Line-Dance Club. Working with Bert on content and the…
Alan Albarran, FOL Chair The Robson Ranch Friends of the Library (FOL) held our final book discussion of the year (A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles) on Oct. 15. In case you were not able to attend, you can still watch the video on YouTube at the following link: www.youtu.be/JvR0O05EUcA. Our book discussion was led…
Alan Albarran There is a lot of activity going on with the Robson Ranch Friends of the Library (FOL). The new executive committee that took office in July is now fully engaged with their duties and responsibilities. The officers have worked out meeting dates for the remainder of the year to handle FOL business. Our…
Dr. Alan Albarran The Robson Ranch (RR) Friends of the Library (FOL) is not letting the pandemic get in the way of providing quality book discussions for the RR community. On August 6, the FOL presented its first-ever virtual discussion, a biography of Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson. The discussion was moderated by Tim…
Alan Albarran The Robson Ranch Friends of the Library (FOL) held their annual meeting virtually on July 14. New officers were elected and are introduced below. Dr. Alan Albarran, the new chair, has lived at Robson Ranch for 15 years. He is a retired professor emeritus at the University of North Texas. Alan is an…
Jane Scholz Friends of the Library (FOL) is starting a monthly New Yorker Magazine Reading Club open to all Robson residents. For now, the group will meet via the online meeting application Zoom. You don’t need to be a member of FOL to participate—our activities are for the enjoyment of all Robson Ranch (RR) residents! Of…