Category: Features

My mother’s daughter… my daughter’s mother

Dr. Madelaine Paschal “A woman writing thinks back through her mother,” is a quote from Virginia Woolf. “I am proud to be my mother’s daughter, and my daughter’s mother,” is a quote from Sonja Elenhaas VanBuuren. How poignant and honest…one from a pioneer of modernist verbal expression, the other from one diminutive modernist artist and…

Snow Bagger not sand baggers

Davey Jones It was a rare but fun sight for residents at Quail Creek when they awoke on New Year’s Day. Snow is usually seen in the distant mountains at this time of year, but the course was closed due to a pretty good covering of the white stuff. However, it did not stop this…

Dollars and Sense

Jeff LeFave When interest rates rise, the value of your fixed-income investments, such as bonds, will typically fall. If this happens, how should you respond? First of all, it’s important to understand this inverse correlation between interest rates and bond prices. Essentially, when interest rates rise, investors won’t pay you full price for your bonds…

Where in the World is the Crossing

Where in the world are you reading the Crossing? Submission for the March issue must be received by February 20, 2019. No photo shopped pictures will be included and photos reading either the December, January or February 2019 issues will be allowed. At the March 18 Board of Directors meeting a drawing will be held…