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Project 2025 would kill 75,000 wild horses
Arizona / Festivals in Tucson / Nature in Tucson

Project 2025 would kill 75,000 wild horses

by carollightwoodMarch 3, 2025January 27, 2026

[NOTE:Just introduced in Congress: a new bill regarding killing horses. See details at bottom.] Both free-ranging horses and burros captured in the wild by the …

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Fighting unfairness: Tucson Peace Fair
Festivals in Tucson / Tucson

Fighting unfairness: Tucson Peace Fair

by carollightwoodFebruary 24, 2025January 27, 2026

I love going to fairs, open air markets, and public gatherings to people-watch. And I did just that at Tucson’s Peace Fair this year. (I …

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New mural, old art and javelina mascots
Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson

New mural, old art and javelina mascots

by carollightwoodJanuary 27, 2025January 27, 2026

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 …

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Is that a quilt? Amazing, isn’t it.
Arizona / Art / Festivals in Tucson

Is that a quilt? Amazing, isn’t it.

by carollightwoodJanuary 13, 2025January 27, 2026

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 …

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Oh, help! Elves are falling down
architecture in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson

Oh, help! Elves are falling down

by carollightwoodDecember 16, 2024January 27, 2026

Santa and his busy and mischievious elves are acceptable to almost everyone’s mid-winter holiday — whether it is Christmas, Solstice, Kwanza or Chunakuh. They represent …

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Clever and Made in Tucson
Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson

Clever and Made in Tucson

by carollightwoodDecember 3, 2024January 27, 2026

Yes, I know I said that I would only go to one holiday faire this year, but then Sunday came and I changed my mind. …

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And so, the holiday faire season begins
Art in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson

And so, the holiday faire season begins

by carollightwoodNovember 19, 2024January 27, 2026

Last weekend there were 14 craft and art faires in Tucson and, deciding I would only do one this year, I went to the Community …

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A glimpse into Tucson’s past and present
Historical Tucson / Nature in Tucson

A glimpse into Tucson’s past and present

by carollightwoodNovember 11, 2024January 27, 2026

Saturday was such a beautiful, warm (not hot) day that I took a walk along the bike trail along the south side of the Rillito …

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2 versions of Dia de los Muertos
Festivals in Tucson

2 versions of Dia de los Muertos

by carollightwoodNovember 4, 2024January 27, 2026

While Halloween is a holiday where the dead come back to scare us, Dia de los Muertos is a festive occasion where the living take …

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Tucson Cyclovia rides again!
Festivals in Tucson / Sports around Tucson

Tucson Cyclovia rides again!

by carollightwoodOctober 28, 2024February 3, 2026

For a while it seemed as if riding bicycles along the streets of Tucson, sans cars, aka Cyclovia, was not going to happen, but it …

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