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Category Archives: Desert Environment
Writing, a Cultural Focus
For more than four years I have been managing editor of an e-Journal called BorderLore, produced by the Southwest Folklife Alliance. All editions have a themed cultural focus — with stories, references and images emerging from the theme. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Crafts, Desert Environment
Tagged culture, folk arts, folklife, tradition, Tucson
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Random Writing, 2008, True Today
“Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern — it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that . . . one stitch at a time, taken patiently.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes Oh, how … Continue reading
Tucson, Arizona sunset: January 8, 2012
Just wanted to post a pix of an incredible sunset. It’s from last night, one year after the terrible tragedy in that Tucson Safeway shopping center where six people died and so many other lives were forever changed. Mark Kelly, … Continue reading
Posted in Desert Environment, Tucson
Tagged 2011 shooting, Gabby Giffords, January 8
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Tucson Road Trips: Fodder for 2012 Inspiration
Are you ready to pause, listen and look around as you scurry through 2012? For me, trekking through Arizona has been a way to help me slow down, enrich and clarify my personal as well as professional life. Whether looking … Continue reading
Posted in Desert Environment, Tucson, Writing Resources
Tagged Media resources, nature travel, road trips, Tucson, Writing
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Tradition, Tucson, Día de Los Muertos
As we approach Día de Los Muertos, it becomes time for all of us to reflect and celebrate traditions and the legacies of those who have gone before. For me it is a time of family, of thanksgiving. It … Continue reading
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Tucson Tale: Wildfires, Spirituality & Symbolism
Arizona’s heat sizzles in so many dimensions. The sad debates of human rights and guns, the legislative bickering, the rising temps as the monsoon struggles to form…and the wildfires. Nationally the news reports on the war for containment. Locally our … Continue reading
Posted in Desert Environment, Sustainability
Tagged Arizona, monsoon, Our Lady of the Sierras chapel, Sierra Vista, wildfires
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Random Tucson
I pick up my iPhone more than my pen these days. I see stories everywhere and snap the image I hope conveys the story I see. An old motor court stirring again, a vehicle so joyful in its colors and … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Desert Environment, iPhone pix, Tucson
Tagged barrio, desert, iPhone pix, motor courts, Tucson
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World Water Day in the Tucson Desert
Water: A word that’s so important today. It conjures up images of and unstoppable tsunami….and in Tucson water is an issue that binds our community together in the desert. This week, the 2nd Annual Tucson Synergistic Water Festival will find … Continue reading
Posted in Desert Environment, Sustainability, Tucson
Tagged sustainability, Tucson, water, world water day
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Tucson Loves Lowriders
There’s pride in that chrome. I’ve watched some of the action at various Tucson bodyshops, as lowrider enthusiasts lovingly attend to their cars. They layer coats of color and clear lacquer, craft the chroming, turn coil springs and install shocks … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Desert Environment, Tucson
Tagged art, culture, Lowrider Car Show, Tucson
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With Apologies to the NY Times
So happy to see my former hometown newspaper sending a wave out west to Tucson. It seems New Yorkers have a fondness for the Old Pueblo, this city of desert and mountains and magical culture. New Yorkers also have a fondness for … Continue reading