Arlene Wong Just like many other firsts in 2020, over two dozen members of the SBR Shalom Club celebrated Hanukkah together with the compliments of Zoom. On the first night of Hanukkah, we recited the prayer and lit the first night’s candle. One candle is lit on the first night of Hanukkah, and an additional candle…
Karen Brungardt Art classes have resumed in the Topaz room with the proper precautions of social distancing, masks, and hand sanitizer. Please see below for the upcoming scheduled classes. Any of Karen Brungardt’s classes can be taken online from the comfort of your own home while she is teaching in the Topaz room. Please indicate…
Adopt-A-Family 2020 Kim Schweitzer and Betty Ryan, Co-Chairs For the last 11 years, SaddleBrooke Ranch has participated in the Adopt-A-Family project. In the past, Ranch residents would choose an angel from our tree which contained the name, age, size, and wish list of holiday items for a child or adult. The names are provided by…
Sheilah Britton The image of plump, colorful fruit against a background of verdant green foliage leaves a lasting impression on any visitor to the Southwest who has left a white, snow-covered universe in the midst of winter. There is something slightly liberating about being able to pick fruit from a tree in your backyard, peel…
Linda Shannon-Hills and Linda Harvey The Newcomers Program would like to welcome our new residents that closed in November and December of 2020. Due to the pandemic, our Newcomers Welcome has not been able to hold face-to-face gatherings. Rather we are meeting via Zoom. While some of the people listed here have had their photos…
Becky Kueker The year 2020 made me a different person, and as my husband often says, in a very scary way. I kind of like that definition though. Apparently now you can actually use sarcasm to punch someone out. Never would have considered it before but now, bam, hard left to the jaw. You know…