Photography & Writing Classes This Saturday!

Get hands-on professional instruction from award-winning travel photographer David Muenker this Saturday from 9am to 1pm. While you explore the desert beauty of the reserve, you’ll learn and hone techniques to create outstanding scenic images. David will also provide feedback on your images.

In the afternoon,  tap into your creativity in the writing workshop led by award-winning travel writer Rose Muenker from 1 to 4pm. Get inspired while walking the labyrinth, exploring nature trails or sitting by the cozy fire in the club house. Bring your favorite pend and notebook.

To reserve your spot, please call the Sacred Rocks Reserve office (1-619-766-4480) by noon Friday, 2/25. The fee for each class is $30, which includes the day pass to the park. Please arrive 15 minutes early and bring any snacks you may want to enjoy.

Beyond Bus Fare

Coming out of Starbucks this week, a  homeless woman approached me asking for spare change for bus fare.  I gave her some, then watched as she walked to a bus stop and sat down on the bench, shivering in the cold.  She had a red jacket, but her hands were bare despite chilly winter temperatures.  It was starting to rain.

 

I walked up and asked the woman if she had any gloves.  She shook her head: no.

 

So I went to my trunk and pulled out a pair of red angora gloves that a friend had given me.  His wife had died, he was moving away, and he’d given me a few items in hopes I’d find someone who needed them.

 

You should’ve seen the broad, gap-toothed smile on the homeless woman’s face when I gave her those beautiful gloves!  She thanked me, and looked as though she couldn’t believe someone would do something so nice, just because it was the right thing to do.

 

I can’t imagine anyone who needed them more.    It sure felt good to help someone who needed it, and who appreciated it so much.

 

 

Miriam

 

 

Thanks Miriam!

Kind Motorist Even When its not Convenient

Our Sacred Rocker, Jessica wrote in this about her husband:

My husband was running late for work and still had to take our daughters to school, once he did he headed to work.  On his last turn to work before he got to the parking lot entrance there was an older man pushing his car out of the road….he had ran out of gas on his way to the gas station, my husband got down the car and helped him push the car to the side of the road after they were done my husband offered him a ride to the gas station but he didn’t have anything to bring gas back to the car…. so instead he took the man to his house, waited for him to get an empty container to buy gasoline then drove him to the gas station and back to his car.  The man was really appreciative of what my husband had done and offer him money that my husband refuse to take.  Gerardo my wonderful husband was 35min. late to work and happy that he had done something good for someone that he doesn’t even know!!!

Thank You Jessica!

Our first “Random Act of Kindness”

One of our Sacred Rockers sent in their first random act for our contest. A female college student was standing in a long line waiting to pay for a day parking pass at her school. The meter only took exact change and the gentleman behind her was asking everyone if they had change for his $5. No one had change including herself. She decided to perform her “random act of kindness” and paid for his ticket….Go Sacred Rockers!

February 14-20 Random Act of Kindness Contest

Pay it Forward and Win!

February 14 – 20 is our special kind of Valentine contest.

 

Here is how the contest works: Each day from February 14-20, we invite you to perform a “random act of kindness”, and email the details in to sacredrocks@gmail.com . A random act of kindness can be anything nice for others that is out of your normal behavior and unexpected by the receiver. A simple, kind gesture can change someone’s day and inspire them to do something kind for another. These simple acts can spread like wildfire.

 

For ideas, try thinking of a bad day you had, and how it could have been better. For example, remember the last parking ticket you received? Wouldn’t it have been nice if someone had noticed your meter was about to expire and put in just a few coins from the bottom of their bag? The idea is to make kindness contagious. The good you do will spread and make those that receive want to do likewise.

Everyone who enters receives a free day pass to enjoy the delights of Sacred Rocks Reserve. The grand prize, two  fabulous and fun-filled starry nights at Sacred Rocks Reserve (email sacredrocks@gmail.com for details), will be awarded to the most creative, unexpected, unusually kind act.

Here are some examples of random acts of kindness:

· Buy a few lottery tickets and pass them out to people you don’t know

· Give a stranger a complement that is genuine (or a complement you have been thinking to give to someone you know but just never vocalized)

· Pick up trash you notice on the side of the road

· Give someone the parking spot that’s right up front even though you have been waiting five minutes for it.

· Pay for the coffee of the person standing behind you

We would love a chance to blog your act of kindness, giving you credit for it. So please let us know if that is okay with you. When you send in your “random act of kindness”, please give us as many details as possible. you can think of.

Wire Jewelry Making Class This Sat., Feb. 12

Jewelry Making Class with Phyllis Schoenberger

Give yourself an early Valentine’s gift! Create a beautiful piece of jewelry using the wireworking process this Saturday, February 12, 10 am to 2 pm.

Award-winning jewelry designer Phyllis Schoenberger will share her creative design talent — and her delightful personality —  with you!

The class fee is $30. Material costs start at $10. Make your registration today (by noon 2/11 latest) by calling the Sacred Rocks Reserve office, 619-766-4480.  Check in at the office when you arrive.

Silk Scarf Painting Class This Saturday

Silk scarf painting process.

Learn  how to paint silk scarfts this Saturday, Feb. 5th, with artist Ilene Van Gossen. You will heat-set colors in a simple four-step process that allows for playing with color and texture. The scarves are about 8″ x 54″ and made of 100% washable habotai silk.  The class will be held from noon to 4 pm in the  clubhouse of Sacred Rocks Reserve RV Park.

The fee of $55 includes one silk scarf, use of the silk fabric heat-set paints, and lunch. Registration is required by noon Friday, Feb. 4.  To register and get more information, call the Sacred Rocks Reserve office, 619-766-4480.

P.S. Bring an apron to protect your clothes from the paints, a bucket or plastic bowl to use as a water container, and an iron if you have one to share.