Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning at Baylor University

Donna Esposito, Mary McMahon, Zona Lorig, Julie Moore, Ruth McLeod, Cathy Shumard

We could have spent so much more time enjoying the architecture and poetry at the Armstrong Browning Library in Waco, TX. 

Love this quote from Robert Browning

"God's in his heaven - All's right in the world!"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806-1861

Robert Browning 1812-1889

 In his first letter to Elizabeth, 1845, he stated, "I love your verses with all my heart." This letter initiated a romance, resulting in their secret marriage and departure to Italy in 1846.

Browning Collection at Baylor University on tour

Day One on the Texas tour:
The Armstrong Browning Library in Waco is graced with 62 stained glass windows celebrating the poetry of Robert Browning or Elizabeth Barrett Browning his wife. Amazing!

Built in 1924 this elegant, Italianate building is filled with rare 19th century fine and decorative art. We were taken in by the beauty, poetry, and boundless optimism of Browning. The Foyer of Meditation was inspirational and weddings are often held there. The library itself is reflective and calming. What a fabulous place for students to study.

As Robert Browning so eloquently wrote, "Grow old with me! The best is yet to be."

Texas - Here We Come

Traveling with the Historical League on overnight trips is informative and fun. 40 ladies are headed for Dallas on SouthWest Airlines. Then on the bus to the Texas hill country and history of the area. "The Stars at Night are Big and Bright, Deep in the Heart of Texas. . ."

Tastes & Treasures Volume II cookbook meeting

What an awesome group of League members we have working on Tastes & Treasures, A Storytelling Cookbook of Historic Arizona Volume II. So much progress has been made and lots of work ahead but it is all great fun! L to R Margaret Baker, Mary Parker, Bonnie Newhoff, Linda Corderman, Sharron McKinney, Patt Walker, Delores Tomasek, Carolyn Mendoza, Julie Moore, Leslie Christiansen, Norma Jean Coulter, Mariamne Moore, Cathy Shumard, Jolene Beard, Lee Rogers, Barb Ziehler. Many more members are working on this book but not photographed at this April 3 cookbook meeting.

A Dozen Ways to Die in the Desert

Coffee and Conversation Lecture: A Dozen Ways to Die in the Desert, a talk by Leonard Marcisz

10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. on April 11, 2017 at AZ Heritage Center at Papago Park, Tempe, AZ

This presentation covers unusual ways in which people end up ten toes in the air in the middle of the Sonoran Desert. It is meant to provide an entertaining education as to how to deal with situations that involve bears, rattlesnakes, Gila monsters, scorpions, mountain lions, Africanized bees, lightning, heat, extreme cold, base jumpers, loaded weapons and the occasional hostile cactus. Survival tips included.
Leonard Marcisz is a former president of the Arizona Historical Society, and former chairman of the board of the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy. He is an expert historian on the McDowell Mountains.
This event is free to the public. Does not include museum admission. Donations welcome

Save the Date: May 9 with Jana Bommersbach

Cutest celery ever

Doesn't this make you want to get out the veggies and peanut butter?