The number of lunches served to local seniors has declined radically now that “grab-and-go” is no longer an option.
Patra Kelly
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Rhonda’s ‘Detour’
Rhonda Brew, well known in Patagonia and Sonoita for her sign painting and art, is recovering in a rehabilitation center from a stroke.
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Red Mountain Foods Celebrates 40 Years in Business
Barry Muehe and Annie Sager opened Red Mountain Foods in 1981, moving to their new location in 2011. Photo by Marion Vendituoli When Barry Muehe and Annie Sager came to Patagonia in 1981 to visit friends, they could not have known that they would end up spending the next 40 years owning and running the successful […]
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Senior Center Continues to Offer Meals, Transport, Dental Care
The mission of Senior Citizens of Patagonia, incorporated in November 1989, is to provide hot and nutritious meals five days a week to senior citizens and people with disabilities who live in the Patagonia, Sonoita, Elgin and Canelo districts, and to provide transportation to medical and dental visits. All its services are on a donation […]
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What We Learned This Year
COVID-19 overturned many of our ways and habits of doing and thinking, replacing them with new practices, protocols and polarizations. The PRT asked community members what they had learned over the past year, what surprised them, and how their lives and outlook has changed. Leslie Schupp “I wish I could say I’ve learned a lot […]
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Meet the PRT Writers
Introducing the writers who regularly contribute articles and columns to the Patagonia Regional Times. Look for more profiles in upcoming issues. Francesca Claverie Hello, my name is Francesca Claverie and I write native plant-related content for the Patagonia Regional Times. I grew up on an alfalfa farm in Calexico, CA where my family has strong […]
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“Upside Down” – a poem
Artwork by Rhonda Brew Upside down is another way to see, all the edges are blurred, lines of separation gone between outside and inside, above and beneath. Suddenly my attention is released from what binds and clenches, needs daily maintaining arranging or changing, making plans and lists of things to do. Upside down is another […]
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Making a Difference
Each year, the PRT honors members of our communities who have made a difference in our lives. The individuals and organizations featured here stood out for their commitment and their tireless efforts during these difficult times. But so many people have stepped up to help their neighbors this year, and it was really difficult to choose […]
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Coping With Covid
A common answer these days to the question, “How are you doing?” is “Hanging in there.” What helps people to hang in there when they can’t hang out with others? Outside the Patagonia Senior Center, people often talk about ways they have found to survive, or even thrive, in this time of social distancing and […]
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Poem: “Undercurrents” by Patra Kelly
Artwork by Rhonda Brew Ages ago, it seems, I fell into a river rushing toward a Sea with no name or shore. Now I float on the Sea’s surface, drawn beneath by undercurrents when we speak of things that take us places known and unfathomed, shadowed and luminous, and back again from earth’s magnificence to […]