Category: February 2026

Mudslingers Underglaze Transfer Demonstration

Sue Fetters At the Mudslingers studio, our members offer classes and demonstrations on various ceramic techniques. Terri Thomas and Lori Leonard offered an in-studio demonstration on Underglaze Transfers on pottery. Underglaze transfers are ceramic underglaze designs printed on a thin specialized paper which are transferred onto clay surfaces like temporary tattoos. Underglaze refers to the…

Vista UMC Helping the Community During the Holiday Season

Amy Butkovich and Linda Galka December was a busy month for the Vista UMC United Women in Faith. The group distributed filled Christmas stockings in December. TMM (Tucson Metropolitan Ministries) received 49 stockings for the women living at TMM and 54 Christmas bags filled with toys and food for the children living at TMM. Eagles Wings…

It’s Time to Unbox God

Suzanne Marlatt Stewart Unity describes itself as having no creed, set dogma, or required ritual. It maintains that there is good in every approach to God and holds that one only focuses on the potential good in all—that the essence of every human is divine regardless of current behavior. Unity teaches that each person is a…

Experience the Season of Lent at Vista UMC

Rev. Mary Dotson The season of Lent begins Wednesday, Feb. 18. Traditionally, Lent has been 40 days of solemnly considering the areas in our lives that are not living up to our calling as followers of Christ. Although I believe reflection is important in our spiritual walk this year. We will look at how Jesus’ life…

2 Your Health – February 2026

Brain Health: It’s Important Dr. Rose Bricker If you are experiencing symptoms like brain fog, lack of focus and difficulty with your memory, you are not alone. Are you losing or misplacing objects, retaining less of what you’re reading, having difficulty remembering names, experiencing confusion and possibly mood swings, anxiety, and irritability? These are just…

SAAG Gallery Is Relocating from La Encantada

The Southern Arizona Arts Guild (SAAG), one the region’s largest nonprofit arts organizations, is delighted to announce their relocation from La Encantada to a newly-designed space at Joesler Village Plaza. What is the Southern Arizona Arts Guild? SAAG represents 300 artists across all visual disciplines and has long served as a cultural anchor in the…

Word of the Month: Meliorist

David Zapatka Reader, friend and fellow bridge player, Maria, writes, “Hi Dave. I came across this word while reading The Road to Character by David Brooks. He was describing the life and writing of George Eliot. ‘She was a meliorist and a gradualist, believing that people and society were best reformed by slow stretching, not…