There is a very good reason why I moved to a place that has hellaciously hot summers. It is for the short winters, of course. We in Arizona are rewarded with falls that are more like what I call summer-lite – hot days and cool nights. Spring generally starts early here and I can generally […]
I absolutely love math. That is either a crazy affirmation statement that makes me hope someday I will supernaturally be good at it or it’s the biggest lie I’ve ever told. I don’t love math, but I love the idea of math. I’ve seen movies about math. A Beautiful Mind, Enigma, The Theory of Everything, Hidden […]
No mystery that I love reading mysteries and thrillers. The prepared protagonists always have bug-out bags at the ready. They contain a high-powered weapon, a burner phone, a little food and drink , a few new IDs and lots of cash. Of course, they have led exciting and dangerous lives and need to have this […]
Saturday night at around 9 p.m. the sun was the farthest south in the Northern Hemisphere, otherwise known as the Winter Solstice. This day also marks the first day of winter in the astronomical definition and winter lasts until the vernal equinox March 20. The Winter Solstice marks the lengthening of days, and as such, […]
Holiday season came fast and furious this year because Thanksgiving fell so late. Concerts, plays, parties and other preparations are all in full swing. Many days are double booked with activities. Shopping may be complete or may be wrapping up (pun intended because all those gifts need to be wrapped). Time needs to be set […]
On last week’s blog I talked about some big changes around here and this is the deal. I am a retirement failure. I struggled long and hard before I made the decision to quit my job in April. I liked my job, my boss and my team, but I needed more time and more balance […]
What a week. I literally pray for rain during the monsoons and then the week we get our roof replaced, we get a record-breaking rain that came from who knows where and really screwed things up. We had buckets everywhere and I walked around with my Clorox wipes every day. The noise and all the […]
I took so many Sociology classes in college; I could have been considered a Sociology minor. I loved those classes. I loved the professor. I loved her vocabulary. I loved thinking in new ways quite different from how I’d been exposed to the world. I especially loved that I could vomit on paper and get […]
Among all of last week’s activities, probably the biggest was visiting Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home and architectural school, Taliesin West. It’s located about 30 minutes from our home in the desert hills of Scottsdale. We went with the University of Denver alum group to a Night Lights Tour which is a comprehensive two-hour guided […]
I’ve mentioned before how much fun we start to have in the desert after paying the price of living here in August and September (although we had a mild summer, in my opinion). For all things weather in Arizona, I check my friend Stu’s blog. Stu has weather stations in Flagstaff and Anthem, so if […]