Showing your stuff in a 17th Century kilt
I went to the Tucson Celtic Festival and Scottish Highland Games thinking I’d take photos of the women’s sports events. You know…sports that are usually …
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Trashy Divas and climbing skeletons
After the massive amount of rainwater that flooded the Santa Cruz River during the monsoon, I’d hoped that all the trash and debris that gets …
Ghoulish Halloween fun in a Catalina Vista front yard
I was just driving through the upscale Catalina Vista neighborhood when I saw all these ghoulish decorations. I had to stop and get out my …
Smaller Tucson Meet Yourself festival
The goal of the 48 year old ‘Tucson Meet Yourself’ festival is to showcase all the nationalities, ethnic groups and tribes who live in Greater …
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 …
Where book people go in Tucson
The Tucson Festival of Books, the third largest book festival in the U.S., is going to be live again. The 2019 Book Festival was cancelled. …
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. …
Santa Cruz River Before and After–no kayaks
A few months ago I read somewhere that the City of Tucson was dumping reclaimed water into the Santa Cruz River. Ah ha, I thought, …
Shining Path guerillas, Fidel and St. George in art
The 1980s saw a resurgence of Communist violence which was reflected in indigenous art. Looking back, it is almost a last gasp before communism and …
Frida+Diego 4Evr
Images of Frida Kahlo have taken on a cultish feel, especially among younger women–and not only those of Mexican ancestry. I suspect it is because …