African art in Tucson — who knew?
The biggest attractions in Tucson this month are the 20+ mineral and gem shows around town. There are 65,000 rock-hounds–both sellers and buyers–at these events …
Category: Arizona
(Almost) picnic perfect at Agua Caliente Park
It seemed to be the perfect escape. The online photos of Agua Caliente Regional Park showed towering, old palm trees surrounding a lake/hot springs — …
Can’t believe we’re having to do it again!
The first political march I went to was against the war in Vietnam back in the 1960s in San Francisco. Since then I’ve marched and …
Politics heating up in the parking lot
On my way to the Chile Festival I dodged 2 young men with #ACTNOW t-shirts who were seeking my signature for something or the other. …
Visiting a cool historic train on a hot June day
This was the plan on a very hot June day: 1) Visit the Tucson Train Depot Museum because museums are air conditioned, cool and interesting. …
Chromed bumpers become front yard sculptures
At least as far back as the early 1900s Tucson was (and continues to be) a haven for artists. So it is not entirely unexpected …
Gunshots? Rocks? What broke the windows?
Sometime after the election last November I noticed that the Pima County Republican headquarters had broken windows. I was on my way to the Trek …
A WWI Vet sculpts Garden of Gethsemane in Tucson
As he lay gravely wounded in a trench in France during World War I, Felix Lucero, a native of Trinidad, CO had a vision of …
Getting the Covid 19 vaccine in Tucson: a true story
Like millions of other people in a high risk category, I was eager to get the Covid 19 vaccine after 11 months of isolation in …
Lunch with Joy at the oldest cantina in Arizona
[Note: part of this post was originally published in April 2019] My sister Joy, who lives south of Tucson, suggested–actually insisted–that we go to a …