The whole empty nest stereotype is bogus. There are as many reactions to graduating out of the daily, in-house parenting phase of life, as there are parents. People who have maintained their own identity while parenting, and most people these days do maintain a healthy identity and don’t live solely through or for their children. […]
Tumbleweed Tails and Gelato – The Italian Connection
In the midst of having a list of writing and platform installation tasks as long as my arm, this past weekend, my Hubby, Fang, wanted to try to track down the person who ran the kennel where we purchased our last Italian, or Neapolitan, Mastiff. Since the untimely death of Mr. Worf, our last Neo, […]
Autumnal Equinox
I love the way the words “Autumnal Equinox” roll off my tongue. It is all hummy and soft at first, and then becomes crisp at the end. The light of Autumn lengthens and there is a golden glow to the late afternoon air here in Tucson that gives me the first confirmation of seasonal change […]
Framing the Shuttle
Somehow the flyover of Tucson by the Space Shuttle was a nice way to say goodbye to the old space program for me. From what I can tell the buzzing of the U of A campus was a last minute request by the last person to pilot/command the shuttle, Mark Kelly. His wife didn't get […]
Stream of Consciousness Notes from the Ron Barber GOTV Concert
Stream of Consciousness Notes from the Get Out The Vote Concert 9 June 2012 Rialto Theater 5-8 p.m. Get Out the vote concert in support of Ron Barber. “Higher ground” music as the set up ended — Stevie still rocks the vote. Jen Cox, Ron’s campaign manager introduced the mayor. Jon Rothshchild, Mayor, “We have […]
Mr Worf and Miss Daisy Attacked by Killer Bees
Africanized bees are just one group of inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert. ;They have been here for a couple decades and interbred with the “original” European bees that we have come to think of as natural inhabitants of the desert. This morning I had my first real encounter with them. It had been a difficult […]