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From Me To You... I am officially resigning as Chief Technical Officer of my family. After thirty-four years of managing every technological advancement that crossed our threshold - researching, purchasing, installing, and explaining to everyone how to use the thing I just installed, I am done. My brain is full. Actually, I think it is broken. versus WAP3 security protocols than any person my age should ever have to know. I followed the
instructions carefully and locked myself out of my own internet dashboard. I spent the rest of the day signing every single device in the house back onto the network. The television. The thermostat. Things that should not require a password but apparently do now. In a moment of clarity, I took the camera to a friend’s house to test it there. It connected immediately. Without a single complaint. Which means the camera works just fine and I have to go home and split the bandwidth again, knowing full well I will have to sign everything back in one more time. Wanted: Household CTO. Applicants must be comfortable with ambiguity, allergic to instruction manuals, and willing to work for nothing. Previous experience explaining the cloud to people who remember when clouds were just weather is a plus. Catherine Uretsky Editor, CB Living Magazine info@estrellapublishing.com 623.398.5541
The breaking point was a camera. Not a complicated piece of military equipment. A security camera. One single additional camera to add to a system I had already successfully built and expanded over the years. I know this system. I built this system. And yet there I stood, like a stranger in my own home, watching the little device refuse to connect to the internet. I did all the right things. I troubleshot. I called customer service and spent two hours on the phone with a technician who walked me through every step I had already tried. We agreed the camera was faulty. They sent a new one. I plugged it in with a blend of optimism and dread and that camera also refused to connect to the internet. So I went to my secondary technical support, which is to say ChatGPT, and spent an afternoon learning more about routers, gigahertz frequencies, and WAP2
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Cook With Zona Charred Corn Guacamole
Chips • Vegetable oil or avocado oil • 6 small corn tortillas • 1 teaspoon Chile Lime Seasoning • 1 teaspoon Flaky sea salt Instructions 1. Make the Chips: Cut tortillas into triangles (about 6 per tortilla). In a heavy-bottomed skillet, heat ½ inch of vegetable oil over high heat until shimmering. Fry the tortilla triangles in batches for about 1 minute per side until golden and crisp. 2. In a small bowl, mix the Chili Lime seasoning with the flaky salt. Transfer chips to a paper towel-lined plate and immediately sprinkle with the seasoning mix. Let cool. 3. Char the Corn: Brush corn with olive oil, season with salt and a pinch of Chili Lime. Grill over medium-high heat for 3 minutes per side until lightly charred. Let cool slightly, then cut kernels off the cob. 4. Make the Guacamole: In a large bowl, combine avocados, lemon juice, lime juice, jalapeño, Chili Lime, salt, and pepper. Mash to your desired consistency. Fold in the charred corn. 5. Serve immediately with chips.
This 4th of July try this souped up version of a classic side, you don’t have to make your own chips but you’ll be glad you did!
Ingredients Guacamole
• 3 ripe avocados • 1 lemon juiced • 1 lime juices • 2 teaspoons chopped jalapeño • 2 ears corn husks and silks removed • 1 teaspoon olive oil • 1 teaspoon Chile Lime Seasoning • Flaky salt and pepper to taste
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Hi Neighbor!
Secrets of Corte Bella I extolled the look of Corte Bella and her amenities to a resident on a morning walk. This person then took me to task for missing “the secrets of Corte Bella.” “What secrets?” I asked. “Well, not really secrets, but you might think they are since no one uses them.” “Tell me more,” I said... Well, the pool is a secret. Not that people don’t know about it, but they must think it’s for the exclusive use of the aqua fitness group in the mornings. If you want a large section of the pool to yourself, don’t go between 12:00 and 3:00 because it’s usually packed with pool bobbers and a few lap swimmers. Avoid between 10:00 and 1:00 during holidays unless you like to see children. That is kiddie time, as is 5:00 to 7:00. But normally between 3:00 and 7:00, the pool empties out until the evening crowd shows up, except for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings. Seems that retired people stick with those nights for going out.
The second near secret is bocce ball. We have two courts next to the tennis courts. There does seem to be a group that reserves them a couple times a week, but generally they are empty. Bocce ball is usually a friendly, low competition game among friends and neighbors who carry on conversations and occasionally roll a ball. Ten years ago there were several neighborhood groups playing bocce ball mornings, afternoons, and evenings. But it has evidently fallen out of favor. The third secret is the walking paths in the “panhandle,” the area away from the golf course. The walking paths run behind the houses and are wide enough to accommodate those walking groups who like to go three and four abreast around “the circle.” Of course the people living in that area know about these paths and use them to walk, bike, and take their dogs on duty walks. But they are almost deserted early in the morning and eerily, pleasantly absent of traffic noise. For a quiet nature walk, they’re worth finding. Next secret is the “little libraries” near the fitness center and golf club restrooms, beyond the men’s and women’s entrances. This means each sex gets to see only half the book selections. You can take your selection to yet another secret: the benches in the breezeway by the restaurant. People seldom use them. Stop and read that book or have a conversation with the other walker who might stop to say hello. Sadly there’s still no morning coffee served there. Submitted by G. G. Wosi, Corte Bella resident
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Independence Day
What Does the Fourth of July Actually Mean? Every year we celebrate our independence on July 4th. But in the quiet days afterwards, it’s worth sitting with what we’re actually celebrating, and why it still matters. There’s something about the days right after the Fourth of July that invites a kind of quiet reflection. The fireworks are done, the coolers are empty, people are back to their regular routines, and the flags that lined the streets of Glendale, Goodyear and Surprise are still there, slightly sun bleached and a little windblown, but still there. It’s in that stillness that the holiday starts to mean something beyond the festivities. something light up the sky. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Celebration is part of what it’s for. But the Declaration of Independence, signed on July 4th, 1776, was not a party invitation. It was a radical and dangerous document, written by people staking their lives on a set of ideas that had never been successfully Independence Day is easy to treat as a summer occasion, a reason to grill, to gather, to watch
tested at scale: that government derives its authority from the consent of the governed, that certain rights belong to people simply because they are people, and that when those rights are violated, people have not just the right but the responsibility to say so. None of that was guaranteed to work. It still isn’t, technically. Every generation has to recommit to it. The experiment is ongoing, and the people living in it are the experiment. That includes everyone here in the West Valley, in neighborhoods that didn’t exist fifty years ago, built by people from everywhere imaginable who chose this place and this country deliberately. Patriotism at its best isn’t blind loyalty. It’s honest engagement, caring enough about an idea to want it to actually live up to itself. The Fourth gives us a day to celebrate what’s worth celebrating. The days after give us a moment to ask what we’re willing to do to keep it worth celebrating. That’s not a heavy question. It’s actually a pretty hopeful one. The answer starts right here, in communities exactly like ours.
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Church on the Green Welcomes New Lead Pastor Meet the new pastor at Church on the Green, Dr. Jay Knoles. He began his Christian journey in the early 1970’s as a graduate of Teen Challenge. He soon met and married the love of his life, Doris. They have now shared 53 years of blessed marital life. Following his call into full-time ministry, Dr. Jay was ordained with the Assemblies of God in 1978 while on active duty as a Chaplain’s Assistant in the USAF. He has earned an M.A. in Biblical Studies at Fuller Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. Dr. Jay has served in a wide range of ministerial endeavors, including 42 years as a missionary to Native Americans, Bible college professorships, and pastoring in Winslow, Arizona. Welcome!
Dr. Jay and Doris have lived in Corte Bella since 2018. Together they bring an impeccable record of successful ministry to our area. Doris has served as Administrative Assistant to college presidents at two colleges and taught financial workshops. Her extensive career reflects a deep commitment to compassion ministries, financial stewardship, and administrative leadership. She now serves Church on the Green as the Executive Administrator. Their pastoral aspirations include a crystal-clear vision for evangelism, church growth, discipleship, and community outreach. Sunday morning services are at 9:30 a.m. and our weekly Bible Study takes place on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. From September through May, we serve our Sun City West, Sun City, and surrounding communities with the following assistance on Thursdays: Food distribution: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Soup Kitchen: A free meal from10:30 a.m. to Noon.
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