Shirley Jackson “It’s not the handling of difficult hands that makes the winning player. There aren’t enough of them. It’s the ability to avoid messing up the easy ones.” —S.J. Simon “We had a partnership misunderstanding. I assumed my partner knew what he was doing.” “When your partner is playing even worse than usual, you…
Lisa Onyx The 2021-22 golf season is in full swing for the Lady 18ers! On Nov. 30 the Lady 18ers hosted the Lady 9ers for a fun Step-Aside Scramble from the yellow tees. The winning team of Dolly White, Jo Mottet, and Janelle Cernich was closely followed by Jackie Huyghebaert, Carol Delk, Shirl Morgan, and…
Suzanne Popelka “I can’t do that!” was my exclamation when I saw the beautiful objects displayed in the lighted case just outside the Ceramics Room on the second floor of the Horizon Room. “We will show you,” was the answer from such helpful people who attend ceramics. “But that takes more talent than I have,”…
Desert Threads members attended the Dec. 1 Cottonwood Ladies Coffee with their beautiful Opportunity Quilt. Members sold tickets for a chance to win the quilt during a drawing at the big Arizona Quilters Guild (AQG) quilt show in Mesa, March 24-26. The exquisite hand applique work on the quilt was done by “Charlie” Kopp and…
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 the…
Wendy Weber, Lifestyle Director Kay Fisher (Catherine) Hometown/State: Born in Springfield, Ohio, and has lived in Tempe and Mesa since 1957 Kay is widowed, having been married for 20 years, and has two children. Her interests include spending time with her children and grandchildren, cruising, and attending church services and activities. Lisa Alery Lisa has…