Too hot to shop? Not now that Covid regs are gone
Historically, in summer it’s just too hot in Tucson to attract tourists so many nifty things about the City just stop until September or October. …
Category: Tucson
Ranching lives in the central Tucson Campus Farm neighborhood
During a recent discussion about potentially selling off the land at the University of Arizona’s Agricultural Center on Campbell Avenue a long-time resident described it …
Hot Rods and the Men Who Love Them
Going to car shows is, for me, like a fun and colorful trip down Memory Lane. And I’m sure the same held true for the …
Yellow season in Tucson
It’s almost as if Mother Nature flipped a switch and all the Palo Verde trees across Arizona burst into bloom a few days ago. On …
Ancient Mayan and new Mexican sculptural warriors
In keeping with the idea from my last post that old and the new-imitating-the-old exist in Tucson… Last Saturday I visited theTucson Museum of Art …
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 …
Feeding one person at a Little Free Pantry
I’d never heard of Little Free Pantry until this morning when I read an article in a local online newspaper about a new LFP at …
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 …
Let’s have a big hand for Elvis!
Or maybe two. I had driven by this mural, above, on Fort Lowell Road dozens of times, but it wasn’t until I stopped to take …
The Messenger sculpture in east Tucson
Taking a drive out to the Eastside of Tucson finally came up near the top of my To-Do list. So on one relentlessly sunny day …