8 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER July 2020
Solo Sisters
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write to me and tell me what they
have been up to during this forced
time apart. Boy did I ever get some
great feedback from a lot of wonderful
women, and doesn’t that
speak volumes about our membership!
“We are a group of extremely accessible
women. Each of us brings
special resources to the group. We all
let our hair down and even share our
warts and wigs! My gardens are
weeded, my bushes hilariously
pruned, my hair even more hilariously
pruned, and no animals have been
harmed in the process. Walking
through our beautiful community is a
joy, and I see other sisters logging the
miles. We are undaunted.” This was
submitted by Carol Gambino, who
has been a member of our group for
over a year. She is very faithful to attending
Solo Sisters Safari Lunches in
Portland, led by Lissa Willis.
Many of our members are avid gardeners
and have taken full advantage
of all the sunshine we have enjoyed
lately. Jane Alwen has found her favorite
new nursery in Aurora and it
is called Hydrangeaplus. I am not a
gardener, as my friends will quickly
tell you, but I do love hydrangeas and
may well have to go looking for this
nursery. Plus, I love driving the country
roads around Charbonneau.
Addriene Hafner decided to have
her entire front yard re-landscaped
and Gerri Gorney has worked with
her neighbors to build a co-op vegetable
garden in the Farmer’s Field behind
her house, with permission of
course!
When not organizing many years
worth of photos in to albums or making
WhatsApp calls to friends and
family in Africa and Australia, Lesley
Durham has been busy overseeing a
remodel of her entire house. The
bathrooms are done and the kitchen
is a shell of its former self. Meanwhile,
Victoria K. found a completely
remodeled condo and bought it and is
currently reclining on a lounge chair
watching the boats go by from her
riverfront patio.
Zoom has become a huge part of our
lives. Not being able to travel in May,
Suzanne R. watched her son get married
in Illinois, while Gerri G. attended
her granddaughter’s college graduation
on Zoom. Many of us have grown
spiritually thanks to Zoom church services,
and after dying of COVID-19 in
her Connecticut nursing home, I attended
my older sister’s memorial service
last month using Zoom.
Cherryl C. spent five weeks in
Bend before her kids let her travel
home. And when Karen G. left Charbonneau
March 1 to babysit her
grandkids in Nevada for two weeks,
little did she know that it would be 10
weeks before she was back home
again. And she had a blast! Other Solo
Sisters have made mountains of
masks, sewn quilts, written wills,
learned French (at least two of you)
and worked on what one member described
as “the jigsaw puzzle from
Hell!”
One of the most interesting emails
I received came from a member
whose daughter had given her a
membership to 23 and Me, a company
that does genetic testing and analysis.
During home confinement she
found her father (now deceased), a
half -brother and “dozens of cousins”
and has begun to make plans to meet
some of them once we can be socially
active again.
I hope you enjoyed reading about
these amazing women as much as I
did. I think the words of Lesley Durham
best sum up how many of us feel
right now.
“A part of me wants to hold on to
being alone a little longer. Then I realize
in a funny way I have really enjoyed
my vacation from the world.
And I smile.”
If you are a single woman living in
Charbonneau and would like to know
more about Solo Sister membership,
please contact Deanna Morgan at
[email protected]. We
would love to have you come and join
the fun!
Charbonneau
Tennis Club
By STEVE HALL
Pickleball now open,
outdoor memberships
available
This year the coming of Independence
Day has a completely different
feel for the
tennis community
because of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Normally,
this is the time of
year when tennis
players get inspired
by watch-
HALL
ing the likes of
tennis greats Roger Federer, Rafael
Nadal and Novak Djokovic showing
off their skills during the twoweek-long
Wimbledon tennis tournament.
Locally, competitive players
are transitioning from USTA
team play to tournament play.
This year it is all different as most
of the tournaments and USTA team
play have been either canceled or rescheduled
and clubs are starting to
open after being closed for several
months. At Charbonneau, the tennis
club opened for outdoor play for tennis
and pickleball May 18 and indoor
limited play June 6. The lesson program
started June 13. Signups for lessons
can be made using Tennis
Bookings.
Pickleball is now open and outdoor
memberships, which include pickleball,
are available to Charbonneau
residents for the following fee:
� $100 initiation fee which is a onetime
charge, plus $80 per year for a
singles membership or $120 per year
for a family membership.
Memberships can be obtained by
visiting Kim Hosford in the Country
Club office.
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