A quick walk-through on a hot Sunday with the air filled with allergens
Armed with my phone camera I went to St. Phillip’s Plaza on Sunday. I should have taken an anti-histamine first. Within minutes my eyes were …
Category: Art
Is it fabric art or is it a bed-warming quilt?
It is difficult to believe that the quite beautiful quilts at the 2026 Tucson Quilt Fiesta were ever intended to provide warmth to sleepers on …
When is George Washington’s real birthday?
During Washington’s lifetime parts of Europe, including England and Virginia, changed the calendar being used from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. The old Julian …
Happy Australia Day! Love, Tucson
For Australians January 26th is the equivalent of our Fourth of July. It was on this day in 1788 that the first British colonists arrived …
Happy Birthday, famous author Joseph Conrad!
I’m jumping the gun by one day with this cake image set among the sunflowers and blue skies of Ukraine. It is to honor the …
I have news! My book ‘Javelina Cousins and the Magic Compass’ published
Javelinas are wild animals that live in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, but not only out in wilderness areas. In Tucson, where I live, they …
Mechanical butterflies, model trains and–oh yes–lots of cacti
The Tucson Botanical Garden has been selected as one of the best “secret gardens” or small gardens in the United States more than once. In …
How to make a (fun) blown glass saguaro
Artist Dale Chuhily made Seattle a famous center for art using glass in all its variations and in the process he also attracted other glass …
Is that a quilt? Amazing, isn’t it.
It was 31F this morning which means it’s the season to pile blankets and quilts on your bed. Keeping that in mind I went to …
Go for the beauty. Get politics, too.
The lounging lizards and playful tortoise are three images everyone familiar with Joe Pagac‘s murals around town know. On this mural on the Himmel Park …