Janine Baxter On Jan. 7 the Quail Creek Genealogy Club (QCGC) met for the first time this year in the Kino Conference Center with a roundtable format. We were focused on organizing our research, methods to use to keep records, and being able to spend more time discovering ancestors and less time looking for lost…
Linn Myrick On Jan. 16 members of Let’s Travel Club carpooled to Tucson on a day trip, “Exploring Black History in Arizona and Lunch.” The date was intentional to align closely with the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. His adoption of nonviolent resistance to achieve equal rights for Black Americans earned him the…
Tim Malone In a world that glorifies hustle and speed, the quiet magic of an unhurried morning often goes unnoticed. Yet within those first golden hours of the day lies a sanctuary—a space where time stretches gently, inviting us to breathe, reflect, and be. To savor the beauty of an unhurried morning is to reclaim…
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…
Living Retired: Losing Sleep Gary Chalk Monday night, as part of my dental treatment for a recent ladder fall, was my first night going to bed with a temporary retainer in my mouth. Tuesday night was my first night going to bed in our new fancy-schmancy adjustable bed. All this happened so quickly I did…
