History revised and revised again at the Tumacacori ruins
History does NOT belong only to the victors at the Tumacacori National Historic Park in Tubac near the Mexican border. There, in a small museum …
A walk around a colorful and arty Tucson neighborhood
As I wrote in a previous post, the neighborhood where I now live has a bit of a reputation for being “arty”. My impression when …
“Capital of Gastronomy” facing foodie extinction?
In January 2016 UNESCO added Tucson, to its growing Creative Cities Network. It is the first place in the United States to be honored with the “Capital …
Drive- through testing for COVID-19 in Tucson
Banner Medical Center (University of Arizona’s Med. School) launched drive-through testing for COVID-19 in the parking lot outside the Emergency entrance. People who think they …
A cool haven for scorching summer days now closed
A few days ago the Tucson Botanical Garden sent an email to members stating that their indoor facilities–mostly art galleries–would close because of the coronavirus, …
The Tucson Festival of Books and libraries in the time of CoVid-19–what’s next?
The annual Tucson Festival of Books is the third largest book fair in America and it was cancelled a couple of weeks ago because over …
Ok. That bit about saguaros was only half-true
The subscribe-info for this blog mentions saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea) and implies that you won’t read about them here. Well, that was the case before the …
A Day at the Rillito Horse Races
According to a notice on the Rillito Horse Races website, Quarter horse racing originated in at the Rillito Racetrack. As someone who has only been …
Artificial Intelligence can be dangerous to health
The Science College at the University of Arizona offers 4 free science lectures on Tuesday evenings in February. At the first lecture I attended a …
Hecho en Mexico right here in Tucson
While I was out scouting fruit trees at a local nursery for an upcoming post on my gardening site, Hot Gardens, I spent a few …