This month brings the first day of spring on March 20, the Spring Equinox, signaling warmer tem-peratures, blooming flowers, birds, bees and butterflies in our com- munity. We are also blessed with year-long California sunshine and the grand Pacific Ocean below our bluff, giving chances to enjoy the surf or walk along the beach with family and … [Read more...]
Page Turners: February 2023 Update
February 3, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This month Page Turners will be reading Jane Smiley’s novel A Thousand Acres. The author won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction in 1991 for this book. It is a family saga about a father who owns a farm in Iowa and his three daughters. The author based the book on Shakespeare’s King Lear. On … [Read more...]
Women’s Club Luncheon: February 9, 2023 at 12:00 in the Clubhouse
January 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast;it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong- doing, but rejoices with the truth.” —1 Corinthians 13:4-8 As Valentine’s Day approaches, we may be prompted to think of “love” in its many meanings and forms. Love … [Read more...]
Garden Club: February 2023 News
January 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Field Trip—Our next meeting Monday, February 13 will be a field trip to Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar. This popular destination continues to delight the public with its beautiful foliage, flowering plants, herbs and vegetables, fountains, pottery, and outdoor furniture and accessories. We have table reservations at Roger’s Gardens Farm- … [Read more...]
Men’s Club: February 2023
January 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
The Men’s Club is off to a strong start for 2023! At our first meeting of the year on January 3 we enjoyed a fine breakfast, and then got down to business. We introduced two new members, Dennis Backer and Dan Burgner. Welcome, gentlemen. We reminisced a bit over breakfast about a very fun December, especially the Dana Hills High Choir … [Read more...]
Women’s Club: January 2023 News
December 30, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Cheers to everyone who attended, decorated, bar- tended, and donated toys at the December Holiday Party jointly sponsored by the Women’s and Men’s Clubs. It was a greatly attended event full of laughter, joy, and the festive spirits of our community friends. A record-breaking attendance! Never have we had such a turnout, plus all the delicious and … [Read more...]
Garden Club: January 2023
December 30, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Happy New Year! With the holiday season behind us, we look forward to 2023 with renewed hope and optimism for the future and year ahead. Whether you watched the dropping of the New York Times Square Ball, watched New Year fireworks displays, sang ‘Auld Lang Syne,’ or made resolutions for 2023, hold on to the fact that there is more that joins us … [Read more...]
Men’s Club: January 2023
December 30, 2022 by Leave a Comment
It was so much fun in 2021 that we did it again in 2022! That’s right. The Men’s Club and the Women’s Club brought 2022 to a roaring close with a big joint shindig at the Niguel Shores Clubhouse on Thursday evening, December 8. The clubs provided beverages, which kept flowing through the evening, thanks to our esteemed members Gary Wall and Art … [Read more...]
Page Turners: January 2023
December 30, 2022 by Leave a Comment
The new year finds all three Page Turners groups returning to our regular reading schedule, and this month’s book is Rain of Gold by Victor Villasenor. While looking into some reviews of this book in preparation of writing this article, I found that there was/is some confusion on the part of the reviewers as to whether the book is fiction or … [Read more...]
Men’s & Women’s Club: December 2022 w/ Holiday Party Photos
December 12, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Men's Club Update - December 2022 November Review—November was a good month for the Men’s Club. On November 1, we were lucky to hear from several local political candidates seeking our support in the soon-to-follow election. The candidates even joined us for a tasty breakfast. I cannot think of another venue in which that kind of close … [Read more...]
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