News from The Villa

Well, two deaths and therefore two sales of property in our little community. Yes, life moves on! Here’s the thing about being in such a community (and we all live in a community) is you can’t help but see and hear the cycle of life in all its facets. There is joy – one of…

When we were young

Here we are – The Heralds of Hope. The Salvation Army’s 1981 to 1983 session of cadets. That’s Wendy and I on the bottom right. Lots of stories that came out of the faces here. Sadly we lost 5 of our session to cancer. But 35 years later we had a most interesting reunion! We…

2023 in review

When we were young SA officers I would get the statement telling me what our monthly pension would be. I didn’t really understand those statements in those days and I remember being shocked and worried that I would get $104/month! Yikes. I later realized that each year that number increased based on years of service,…