It started with a purpose of finding the origins of street names. What I discovered was more than names but some powerful stories. Including stories of strong women. I found a story on the Arizona Daily Star site after searching “Tucson street names.” I started with the ones nearby: Swan, Craycroft and Campbell. Alexander (A.R.) […]
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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
Walking the neighborhoods surrounding and walking through the TCC (Tucson Community Center) is an education in migration, immigration, emigration, culture shifting, and urban renewal. It’s like watching a time lapse from the 1540s through the 1960s to today. And while we didn’t include it, the Gutierrez Bridge just down the block is the best illustration
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Sal and I try to find a walk each day that is at least a mile long and in a loop. On this day we (re)discovered a corner of the University of Arizona campus. Usually the southeast corner of campus is considered the athletic corridor in that it features the football stadium, McKale Center (the
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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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The latest in the hiking series from Beyond, this one helped commemorate their founding month. As I’ve written in another post, Beyond’s mission was defined by the events of January 8, 2011. Gabe Zimmerman, for whom this trailhead is named, was killed that day. He is one of the 6 lost to the violence at
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Another walk with good company. Sarah and the team from Beyond manage and present a solid hiking program. This first-of-the-year hike was no exception. Set in the Tucson Mountains west of downtown, the hike starts and finishes at Felix Paseos Park near Gates Pass. A short 20-minute drive from my midtown home, it was an
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The Mural Dog and I visited a place I’d only heard of while growing up here. In the past I would have cycled to this place (about 10 miles one way from my house), but decided to make it a stroll-and-discover walk with Sal. Our regular weekly trip to the Mercado was postponed due to
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