Recently, Ms. Karen and I ventured out for an overnight to Naco, Bisbee, and Douglas. Months ago we were scheduled to go to a commemoration event a Camp Naco. Due to illness, we missed it. The town of Bisbee was celebrating two substantial grants to renovate Camp Naco, having purchased … Continue reading
In late May this year, the week before Memorial Day we stayed in Farmington, NM on the way back from our daughter’s wedding. It seemed like a good “middle of the road” place to stop for the night. We had planned on stopping at the Aztec Ruins National Monument on … Continue reading
We were recently honored to be invited to the SOFT Opening of the new “Corbett’s”. Us and a hundred other people. All media? Corbett’s is the latest Pickleball Arena, Sports Bar, and entertainment venue all wrapped up into one. At least that is what I would call it. Not being … Continue reading
Ms. Karen had ordered tickets for the Van Gogh Exhibit online and we went in mid-August 2023. It is located at the Oro Valley Marketplace in a very large space. We got in a short line and entered a room with posters describing Van Gogh’s tragic life of mental illness … Continue reading
From Southeastern Arizona to Sonora, Mexico, and the Sea of Cortez, Mike Foster documents the wide variety of birds, both common and rare in his video, Faces of the Landscape. Avid birders, as well as armchair adventurers, will appreciate the large variety of birds that Mike has been able to capture … Continue reading
I found this book on the history of Mt. Lemmon at the Palisades Ranger Station on Mt. Lemmon last summer and have been trying to get time to read it ever since. The complete title is: Look to the Mountains: An in-depth look into the lives and times of the people … Continue reading
Matthew Brennan wrote “Miles To Go: An African Family In Search of America Along Route 66” in 2022. It reminds me of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America which I read in college. But de Tocqueville wrote it in 1831, nearly 200 years earlier. Yet, there seemed similarities, particularly the … Continue reading
This article was first posted in June 2020. Updated July 2023. Most of the trip is still true but some changes are in the works. Of course, everything is open again. After a long three months of quarantine, Jim and I ventured out on a Saturday in Mid-June 2020. Although … Continue reading
This video was first published in August 2017. We are all hopeful that the life-giving rains of the monsoon season will soon be with us. The summer rains are awesome indeed, but must be treated with respect. Over the years, 68 people have lost their lives at or near Carr … Continue reading
Sally, she of Sonoita, and I exchange emails frequently. Last month, she sent me some photos of Los Milics Vineyards and they seemed so unusual, I we wanted to visit the place. So we arranged to meet Sally, and her husband, Bryce, there later in the month. I had made … Continue reading
