Steven Jacobs The SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) National Parks Club is sponsoring a day trip to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, and early registration is now open. The remote 517-square-mile monument is three hours southwest of Saddlebrooke Ranch along the Mexican border. A maximum of 42 participants will have the opportunity to travel…
Debora Witten There are many good reasons to improve one’s balance, with the prevention of falls being high on the list. One of the best tools for fall prevention is to actively seek ways to improve your strength and sense of balance. Yoga does both of these things by strengthening your muscles with slow, deliberate…
Former Lt. William Myers, CEC, USN The Catalina Mountain Chapter (CMC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held its most recent luncheon meeting on Oct. 21 at SaddleBrooke Ranch. The meeting began with a business session presided over by retired Capt. Charles Vaughan, U.S. Navy, president, during which members were updated on the chapter’s current…
Patti Jo Lewis Meet Dave Ambler, who returned to Mudslingers Pottery Club after a two-year hiatus. He took the intro class almost two years ago and never finished his piece. Dave has been a potter since taking high school classes and perfecting his skills with his family. Dave had an interesting journey with his pottery pieces.…
David Zapatka Reader, friend, and fellow bridge player, Gayle Covey, writes, “This is a really favorite word; bildungsroman. My friend Judy taught me this word several years ago … and now it comes up all the time! All those YA (Young Adult) fiction writers, turning books into films … and, of course, it is the word describing…
Leslie Brooks This is a story that was almost dead on arrival … well at least some parts of it were, had the evil Count Dracula (pictured above) resumed his bloody way. But, thankfully, just in the nick of time, two sprightly, and dare I say cute, skeletal forms clattered down the Grill House hall…