What If???? Jacqueline M. Ruffino-Platt What If I wasn’t so busy this past week that I would have had time to write an article? Would you imagine what an incredible story it would be? Maybe… Well, I believe I had time and an incredible story. Allow me to begin back to my teen years. During…
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August 2020, Clubs & Classes
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
A Stitch in Time Sue Donovan I love hand sewing. Quilting, embroidery, cross stitch or simply mending are peaceful activities that relax the body and quiet the mind. Call it my time as a creative couch potato. Never at a loss for projects, my grandkids keep a constant stash of holey sweatpants and stuffed animals,…
Clubs & Classes, July 2020
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
Do you enjoy writing? Stories? Memories? Family histories? Please plan on attending our Sun Lakes Writing Group. We meet at the Cottonwood Ceramics Room (A-8) each Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m. Please arrive at 12:30 p.m. for easy conversation before we start our group at 1 p.m. Each week, we choose two words to…
Clubs & Classes, June 2020
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
Annabella Margaret Daniels Annabella was an independent little six-year-old girl. There was not a thing that this little girl did not miss and her exploration sometimes got her in trouble. Her mother at times felt she was a handful. Nevertheless, she loved her child. It was nice for Annabella that her grandmother was just two…
Clubs & Classes, February 2020
Sun Lakes Writers Group
Do you enjoy writing? Stories? Memories? Family histories? Please plan on attending our Sun Lakes Writing Group. We meet at the Cottonwood Ceramics Room (A-8) on each Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m. Please arrive at 12:30 p.m. for easy conversation before we start our group at 1 p.m. Each week, we choose two words…
Clubs & Classes, November 2019
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
Did you get the mail today? Barbara Schwartz Did you take the walk to your mail box today? I did. But maybe I would have been better if I hadn’t. I got an ad from a dentist in the area. I got propaganda from a realtor. I got shoppers for all the grocery stores. I…
Clubs & Classes, September 2019
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
We Can Always Just Reboot George Stahl Have you ever had one of those days when just everything you tried didn’t work? Nothing was going to go right no matter how hard you tried, or what you did. It was just all going to spit. Even what you said came out wrong, or was misunderstood…
Clubs & Classes, July 2019
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
Bernice, A wonderful, talented woman and a legend in her time Jacqueline Ruffino I am honored to write an article about our friend Bernice. She has touched the hearts and lives of everyone who knew her. When I first walked into the Sun Lakes Writer’s Group about 6 years ago I was greeted by Bernice.…
Clubs & Classes, June 2019
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
From the Gates of Hell George Stahl It is Sunday, April 29, 1945, around 9:15 in the morning. To say that life was going on as normal in the village would be an ambiguous statement. Life hadn’t been normal for some time. In the last few years, children’s laughing and the produce mongers chanting has…
Clubs & Classes, April 2019
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
Treatments and cures Dorothy Long Growing up in the ‘40s and ‘50s, it was not off to the doctor or urgent care. The medicine cabinet and kitchen cupboard held almost everything needed for treatment. Unless it was life threatening, the family relied on home remedies. These were passed down from one generation to the next.…