Line Dancing with Judee

November was a month reminding us to be thankful for what we have, who we know, our families and “extended family,” aka the “line dancers who attend my classes.” It’s a blessing if we can be thankful all year long for those same reasons. It’s also a blessing when we can add that we are…

Seeing the world as an artist

Margaret Crusoe Would you like to learn or improve your artistic skills in a small, friendly environment? I am a retired school teacher, and I base much of my art instruction on the principles of Betty Edwards. She wrote Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and The New Drawing on the Right Side…

Ladies, start your engines!

The Cottonwood Lady Niners’ were off to another great year. November 1 was first day of play with fabulous weather supplied by Mother Nature, especially for us. That’s our story… With only some of the Snow Birds back to join the Stay Birds, we still had 17 new members! The word is out that we…

Thinking about grace

Marc Drake, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Sun Lakes With the Christmas season upon us, I’m challenged afresh to ponder the magnitude of God’s grace in sending his Son to this earth for us (Romans 5:8). The coming of Jesus was planned in eternity past and prophesied throughout the centuries until in “the fullness…