Weaver’s Grocery Store Gary Alan Rose When I was little, there was a Mom and Pop grocery store just up the street and around the corner from my house. It was Weaver’s Grocery Store, very small, but with a covered front porch the width of the building. The owners, the staff, consisted of Gordon Weaver…
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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, January 2020
Sun Lakes Writers’ Group
Reindeer, Elves, and Santa Claus (Christmas Eve) George Stahl Sinterklaas is getting ready right now to take flight and will, sometime during the night, be at your house to personally deliver the things you asked for for Christmas. Better known as Santa Claus, he is probably the most famous elf of all time. He was…
Clubs & Classes, November 2019
New Horizons Writers’ Group – The Hillbilly
Bob Hirt “Hi…? Bob…?” the fellow offered, almost quizzically, as he stepped out of his 1995 Honda Accord sedan at the edge of my driveway and sidled slowly over to me: “My name’s Jake Jenkins and I talked a couple days ago to your brother, Tommy, back East. He mentioned your name… said you lived…
Features, November 2019
Meet new Sun Lakes author
Kc Coller Mary Jane Springer, a new resident to the Sun Lakes Community, has recently published a children’s picture book for all ages. It is a delightful narrative with darling illustrations. The Story of Baby ‘L’ started as a small seed and developed into a beautiful story. It is unique because the unborn child is telling…
Clubs & Classes, September 2019
Do you enjoy writing? Sun Lakes Writing Group meets on Tuesdays
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 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Please arrive at 12:30 p.m. for easy conversation before we start our group at 1:00 p.m. Each week, we choose two words…
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.…