It’s uncommon for people to make good friends late in life. Nevertheless, over the more than three years I knew and worked with Donna Reibslager, we became fast friends. When […]

Ann Katzenbach
The Times Are Always Changing
As I recently spent time in Patagonia after being away for two years, I noticed changes that most residents have probably come to take for granted…
A Glance in the PRT’s Rearview Mirror
Ann Katzenbach and Donna Reibslager hard at work on the PRT some time in 2014. Photo by Lee Katzenbach On its tenth anniversary, Donna Reibslager and Ann Katzenbach look back […]
Valentine Story
This May, I will have been married to Lee for 30 years. In the scheme of things, we were latecomers to this institution. We were 43 and 44 when we […]
Good Police Work Leads to Quick Arrest
Shattered door at the Art Center The morning of December 23, Cassina Farley, director of the Patagonia Art Center on Naugle Ave. unlocked the front door to find that the […]
Wendy Russell Battles a Stroke
The morning of November 25, Wendy Russell got up and went to the kitchen to make coffee. Her partner, Gooch Goodwin, began to smell the coffee from their bedroom, but […]
Woman’s Club Lunches at Circle Z for Annual Meeting
The fireplace at the Circle Z ranch house was blazing as the Patagonia Woman’s Club held its annual luncheon in the dining room on December 16. Decorated for the holidays, […]
Paula Wittner Paintings Cross Border
“Lift-Off”, 48” x 58”, oil on panel, 2011 On Friday, January 15, at 7 p.m., Paula Wittner will open an exhibition of her paintings across the border at Museo de […]
Gilbert Quiroga Settles Suit With School District
Gilbert Quiroga Gilbert Quiroga had been driving buses for the Patagonia schools for 37 years when he was told, at the end of the school year in 2013, that his […]