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FRIDAY MORNING PHOENIX FROM THE FIFTEENTH FLOOR

Friday morning in Phoenix was one empty street after another. I’m not complaining, but where was everybody? No dodging traffic, no waiting to cross a street. It felt abandoned, but maybe that’s normal during a pandemic?

ARIZONA TRAIL: RULES OF THE ROAD FROM THE GET-GO

An Arizona trail gets hot fast. That’s news for those who don’t get outside often enough. A heat warning is what you need if you never open a window. It’s Arizona after all, a place famous for the heat, the sort of heat that will take you down and choke you out. Which explains the […]

PORTLAND HEAT: HOW TO CELEBRATE BREAKING RECORDS

Last August one of my partners in crime (aka one of my sons) and I worked on inventory inside a few Arizona warehouses in record breaking heat. At least it broke the record for heat outside a sauna. Yesterday’s record breaking heat was about thirty five degrees cooler, which was a nice […]

APACHE TEARS HAPPY ENDING

“Let’s meet one of my facebook friends,” I said one day during a Mesa Arizona visit. “You met someone on facebook and you want to meet them?” she asked. “You never want to meet anyone.” “Yes, I do. We’ll go prospecting. He knows where to find Apache tears,” I said. […]

MESA ARIZONA, CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE

Where are you right now? Do you wish you were somewhere else? Instead of working on the wish list of where you’d rather be, take a good look around. You may be in the center of the universe, like Mesa Arizona.

Lighten Up While You Still Can

When The Eagles sing Take It Easy, the line that stands out for me is, ‘Lighten up while you still can.’ It’s the same when Jackson Browne and James Taylor sing it. Baby boomers know how hard it is to lighten up better than anyone. Lighting up too, but that’s another post. […]

DEADSPIN’S ‘WHY YOUR TEAM SUCKS’ IS NO WAY TO LEARN ABOUT ARIZONA

Arizona is a lovely place. A little warmer than most, but still worth a visit. Deadspin’s annual take down of every team in the NFL paints a different picture. It’s supposed to be funny and sports related, something the rest of the world finds confusing. Football isn’t a world sport like soccer, like basketball. […]

FRIDA KAHLO LOVE, HEARD MUSEUM, THE OTHER ARIZONA

In this day of the Selfie Artist, no one stands a chance compared to Frida Kahlo. One third of all her paintings are portraits. Of her. She’s not clicking a thousand times a day to capture one picture. She’s painting for the ages. And the ages say thank you. If you’re a Frida Fan, […]

OREGON v ARIZONA PT 1: STATE FACE OFF SERIES

Despite news fakery to the contrary, the sun does shine in Oregon. It’s an elusive beam natives flock to like mosquitoes to a zapper. Not the same in Arizona where people hide in shade half the year, and no mosquitoes. The trade off is a raincoat or sunscreen, the smart gear every Snowbird packs in […]

GET A JUMP START ON GLOBAL WARMING IN THE ARIZONA DESERT

The Arizona desert feels like the future of global warming. I’m not complaining about one hundred ten degree days, and neither is the cactus. But how much hotter would it get if global warming trends continue? Check the temps next week. The weather news calls for potential records. My home turf in Oregon gets record […]

FRIDAY MORNING PHOENIX FROM THE FIFTEENTH FLOOR

ARIZONA TRAIL: RULES OF THE ROAD FROM THE GET-GO

PORTLAND HEAT: HOW TO CELEBRATE BREAKING RECORDS

APACHE TEARS HAPPY ENDING

MESA ARIZONA, CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE

Lighten Up While You Still Can

DEADSPIN’S ‘WHY YOUR TEAM SUCKS’ IS NO WAY TO LEARN ABOUT ARIZONA

FRIDA KAHLO LOVE, HEARD MUSEUM, THE OTHER ARIZONA

OREGON v ARIZONA PT 1: STATE FACE OFF SERIES

GET A JUMP START ON GLOBAL WARMING IN THE ARIZONA DESERT

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