Every February, usually the last Thursday and Friday of the month was rodeo break from school. It was our week to dress up in boots and pearl button shirts and cowboy hats. And the big event was the parade. The La Fiesta de Los Vaqueros rodeo parade is the longest, non-mechanized parade in the world. […]
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Numbers. We live by them. Birthdays. Holidays. Anniversaries. Deadlines. Payday. You get the idea. I have a number that keeps cropping up in my life: 26. Why 26, you ask? I grew up on 26th Street in Tucson. 5962 East to be exact. One of my first addresses in Seattle was 12626. I took my
The area just north of the Pima County Historic Courthouse isn’t a stranger to us. We’ve been to the Tucson Museum of Art plaza for art fairs and on our way to look for murals. And the murals by Bill Singleton (and sons) and others take us there. Between the MLK Holiday and the Meet
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It was too cold to ride this morning, I told myself. So instead of riding while Sal was at the groomer, I headed out to a familiar coffee shop near the Catalina Highway. This is where I insert the phrase “…behold the power of random conversation.” After parking myself at a table near the back
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As I have been piecing together the stories of my hometown, I ran across three stories of three men who shared a name but were unrelated. Maynard Dixon. Maynard Pike. Harry Maynard. Mr. Dixon is a famous creator of southwestern art who made Tucson his home late in life. A gallery of his art resides
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Attaching a specific dish to a certain holiday is more common than you might imagine. Obviously there is turkey on Thanksgiving. Ham on Easter. Grilled meat on Memorial Day, the 4th and Labor Day. And our aforementioned breakfast casserole on Christmas. I might offend my Southern (and Texas) friends who snarf down black eyed peas
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There it is on the breakfast table every Christmas: the egg-and-sausage casserole. It is simple enough to make: 6 eggs, a cup of grated American cheese, 2 cups of milk, whipped together with a dash of mustard and salt. Poured over browned Jimmy Dean sausage on a bed of Crescent rolls in a flat dish.
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Dear Mexico, Thank you for a most enjoyable day. It was nice to meet you in person. Your city of Agua Prieta welcomed me and I saw things I hadn’t seen in years. And a lot of new things and experiences. Through my host, Vicki, my coffee dealer, I met a music teacher, a youth
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Attending this festival at the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Museum was a true immersion in culture. From the art in nthe gallery, to the food being served in the courtyard to the performers on the stage, it truly sucked you in and exposed you to a true southwestern experience. And I finally realized where
It is evident to me every day that I am here in Tucson that this is NOT the town I left 47 years ago. No duh. It is a real community of culture, food, people and art. Especially art. Sal and I are out at least once a day and collecting photos of the art
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