SaddleBrooke Resident Stuart Watkins Has Published Oracle, Arizona and Beyond SaddleBrooke resident Stuart Watkins has published Oracle, Arizona and Beyond. This book will take the reader to Oracle, Oracle State Park, places to visit in Oracle, sites to see, where to eat, as well as things to do. Watkins also visits Florence, the Florence Museum,…
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Generals, May 2020
Newly Published Author and Ranch Resident, Linda Gorman, to Help Pet Charities

Ken Gorman, Publicist Linda Gorman, nine-year resident of SaddleBrooke Ranch, is now officially a published author. Her book titled Stories of Pets by Pets for Pets is published by Archway Publishing partnered with Simon and Shuster. Linda’s book is a collection of short stories of pets of SaddleBrooke Ranch, based on true facts collected from questionnaires…
March 2020
Writing Guild
Joy Hellard If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. But what if it’s so broken, that people feel powerless to fix it? Not “my car won’t start” broken or even “my best friend lied to me” broken. A brokenness which makes people jump in grocery stores when a jar crashes to the floor, startle at…
Clubs & Classes, November 2019
Writing Guild
Tove Pape The SaddleBrooke Ranch Writing Guild is a group dedicated to improving writing skills. We meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in the La Vista Room from 1 p.m. to 30 p.m. After discussing a topic on how to improve our writing, we share excerpts from our own memoirs, essays, fiction,…
Clubs & Classes, October 2019
Writing Guild
Tove Pape The SaddleBrooke Ranch Writing Guild is a group dedicated to improving our writing skills. We meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the La Vista Room from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. After discussing a topic on how to improve our writing, we share excerpts from our own memoirs, essays,…
Clubs & Classes, September 2019
Writing Guild
The Mix Joy Hellard, Writing Guild Submission When I was eight, my family purchased a small Kentucky farm. In my mother’s opinion, the ownership of land included the solemn and sacred vow of growing a home garden. At season’s end, the preserving and canning of all vegetables was also mandatory. All summer long my family…
Clubs & Classes, August 2019
Writers Guild
The SaddleBrooke Ranch Writing Guild is a group dedicated to improving our writing skills. We meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month in the La Vista room from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. After discussing a topic on how to improve our writing, we share excerpts from our own memoirs, essays, fiction or…
Clubs & Classes, July 2019
Writers’ Guild
Come check out our Saddlebrooke Ranch Writing Guild. We meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the La Vista room from 1:00-3:00 p.m. After discussing a topic on how to improve our writing, we share excerpts from our own memoirs, essays, fiction or family stories. If you have questions about…
January 2017
Two different writing groups for you at SaddleBrooke Ranch
Jan Larkey Have you ever considered writing family stories for your grandchildren? Or writing about your career challenges, short stories, literary essays, or the great American novel? Whether you want to write fiction, nonfiction or narrative nonfiction there is a writing group for you here at Saddlebrooke Ranch. One group is Writing for Fun and…
January 2017
SBR Writing for Fun workshop – January 10
Interested in writing a family history or cookbook, slice-of-life essays, children’s stories, or …? If so, join the Writing for Fun and Family Group (WFFG). No writing experience is necessary. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays from 1:00-3:30 in the La Vista room. First session will be Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Bring…