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Three small bookstores in Tucson. Each one-of-a-kind!
Saturday was a moveable feast for a booklover like me. I started at the Many Hands complex on First which once upon a time was …
Category: Art in Tucson
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 …
Exploring Armory Park before air conditioning
Until the 1960s when air conditioning became readily available in Tucson homes which led to growth exploding in MidTown, the Armory Park Historic District was …
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 …
Another Day of the Dead altar: more subdued
Tucson’s Park Place Mall celebrated the Dia de los Muertos in a more limited fashion this year than last. Yes, like last year there was …
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 …
Three angels highlight the sculpture show
I had been to see the exhibition at the Tucson Sculpture Park a few weeks ago. The theme this time seemed to be sculpture that …
New mural, old art and javelina mascots
Wow! Go downtown soon to see the new rodeo mural by Ignacio Garcia. It is at 6th and Toole St. where I came upon it …