Yvonne Orlich Let us have music for Christmas … Sound the trumpet of joy and rebirth; Let each of us try, with a song in our hearts, to bring peace to men on earth. —Mildred Jarrell Well, it’s been a long time coming, but it has arrived—the Sun Lakes Chorale Holiday Concert. With great excitement and…
Category: January 2022
Clubs & Classes, January 2022
Savvy Travelers Club Invites You to Viking Cruises’ Special Presentation
Jeanette Rajamaki The Savvy Travelers Club is hosting a special presentation with Viking Cruises. We will meet in the San Tan Ballroom, Cottonwood Country Club, at 6:30 p.m. Reiner Marks, district manager, will update us on the new destinations for the very diverse fleet from river cruise ships, ocean going vessels (465 staterooms), and the…
Features, January 2022
Word of the Month: Quincunx
David Zapatka While reading The Labours of Hercules, by Alice A. Bailey, in my book-reading group, I ran across the familiar word “quincunx” and had to reach back in my memory to recall where I had been exposed to this word before. Quincunx noun quin·cunx | ˈkwin-ˌkəŋ(k)s 1. an arrangement of five objects with four at…
Religion, January 2022
SLJC Updates
Joyce Spartonos It almost seems surreal that 2022 is actually here and ready to play out what Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation (SLJC) hopes is the start of healthier and happier times for all of us. But until we can be certain that this pandemic is behind us, SLJC will continue to incorporate both in-person (masks…
Features, January 2022
Joyful Downsizing: Organizing the Laundry Room
Kim Kubsch “Organizing Your Laundry Room” is 16th in a series of articles featuring techniques for decluttering your home—one room at a time. How much attention or love do you give your laundry room? While we really don’t spend a huge amount of time there, we do use it several times per week, so it…