Nostalgia

Cyclovia Spring 2025

Having ridden this event in the past, I knew this was going to be fun.  It happens twice a year (spring and fall) and takes a different route each time.  Usually held on a bike boulevard, this time it was the Treat Avenue corridor.  The “course” is usually about 3 miles in length and anchored […]

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Embracing Tucson: Shopping Centers of the past

They were the anchors of neighborhoods and parts of town. If you said you lived near a specific one then your conversant probably knew about where you lived and how to get to your house. Each had its own collection of stores. Usually anchored by a grocery store and a drug store, they may have

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Embracing Tucson: Tucson Festival of Books

If I hadn’t seen it for myself, I would not have believed it.  the Tucson Festival of Books at the University of Arizona Campus is huge–it takes over the mall for two days every April. This year I was invited to this event by my author friend, Lisa Schnebly Hedinger. She and her co-author, Julie

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Embracing Tucson: Radio Days Gone By

A day back here doesn’t go by without remembering the radio stations we listened to for so many years.  Back when radio was usually on the AM band and the beginnings of the FM frequency. No podcasts or streaming services. And certainly no, “Alexis, play…” options. We all had our favorites and,  because Tucson was

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Embracing Tucson: Car Dealers (in the day)

The automobile was king in Tucson in the 1960s. The brand of car and model your parents drove said something about your household. And the dealers who sold them shaped the landscape of the town. Some names were local, a few national who came to this untapped market. This is all well before the Auto

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