Category: Features

Word of the Month: Jeremiad

David Zapatka Dear friend and Wisdom Seeker moderator, Ellen Engel, suggested the word jeremiad for this month’s WOTM. Jeremiad: noun jer·e·mi·ad | ˌjer-ə-ˈmī-əd, -ˌad 1. a prolonged lamentation or complaint 2. a cautionary or angry harangue. 3. a long, literary work, usually in prose, sometimes in verse, where the author bitterly laments the state of society and its morals in…

Appreciate Your Garden

Bonnie Nowicki Happy January 2021, dear Quail Creek gardeners. It’s a new year and, hopefully, many new beginnings. Perhaps now is a good time to review our home landscapes. Of course, there are many features we love about our personal gardens. We move through our yards so quickly; we don’t always savor the beauty before us. Are…

Quail Creek Holiday Parade Highlights

Anita Fisk An incredible turnout of golf carts, bicycles, motorcycles, antique cars, and trucks participated in the annual Quail Creek Holiday Parade held on Dec. 6. Decorated with strings of twinkling Christmas lights, silver bells, and colorful ornaments, the parade, led by the local Green Valley Fire Department, slowly traversed the community to the enjoyment…

Spotlight On Advertiser: Sonoran Retractables Is Shading Arizona

Bill Starr Sonoran Retractables has been a leader in the customized outdoor shade business for over a decade in the Arizona market. We maintain the highest quality Italian engineered and designed retractable awnings and screens. Sonoran Retractables has seen an incredible boom in louvered pergolas. With our manufacturer and our shade consultants, we now have a system that…