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Winter’s remnants
The gazanias usually do well in hot weather. The desert winter forecast was one thing but we got another. January weather was cold and somewhat rainy. Frigid air swept down like Goth raiders on my Ro… more →
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Winter's remnants
wrote 1 month ago: The gazanias usually do well in hot weather. The desert winter forecast was one thing but we got ano … more →
Another vanished tribe
wrote 2 months ago: A protective ramada at the Willow Creek site. On a central Arizona hillside above Willow Lake rests … more →
Cellphones as menace on the trail
wrote 2 months ago: An unwelcome guest on any trail I hike. Imagine. There you are hiking out in the middle of nowhere. … more →
The Arizona goose-step: Not everyone does it
wrote 2 months ago: Vince LaRue’s “Tarothority” It’s the goose-step, all right, Arizona’s … more →
A hiker's diary: February 2013
wrote 2 months ago: Latest entry appears first. A blooming Engelmann hedgehog cactus. March 28, Thursday: North Mountai … more →
Not so wild flowers
wrote 2 months ago: Pampered and watered, these urban wildflowers are showy, yet . . . . There are wildflowers and there … more →
Mrs. Desert Tarantula
wrote 3 months ago: My idea of the tarantula is large and furry, a spider of the night. Yesterday, hiking along the Nat … more →
A hiker's diary: February 2013
wrote 3 months ago: Latest entry first. Recent rains led to a greener North Mountain and environs. February 22, Friday: … more →
Four coyotes
wrote 3 months ago: I missed a great photograph yesterday. Hiking solo near sunset along the Shaw Butte Trail in North M … more →
My personal 2012 Death List
wrote 3 months ago: My annual list of notable deaths for 2012 came to a whopping 65. That compares to 45 in 2010 and 36 … more →
Frost Patrol: Winners and losers
wrote 4 months ago: Our most frigid weather in 34 years is apparently behind us. It is all blue skies today with temps … more →
Red-faced in Arizona
wrote 6 months ago: Taking a look at the Electoral College map on election night, I was astonished to see a big red stat … more →
Bee sting tragedy: A sister's explanation
wrote 6 months ago: Hana Elizabeth Ruzsa offers an explanation to Long Row why her brother, Joshua, fell to his death on … more →
A hiker's diary: November 2012
wrote 6 months ago: Last entry first. November 30, Friday: Phoenix Mountains Preserve, Quartz Ridge Trail. See “ … more →
Our Halloween 2012
wrote 6 months ago: It is late afternoon and I am sitting down by a table on the patio at the corner Starbucks. I am wa … more →
Mad Men: Still standing after all these months
wrote 9 months ago: Ed Lane sizes me up in Dog Alley. Dog Alley has lost most of its pizzazz since the pit bull, Chaco, … more →
Memorial Day in the dust
wrote 11 months ago: A crumbled grave at Cross-Cut Williams Cemetery. It is Memorial Day in Phoenix, but who would know b … more →
What the cormorant is trying to tell us
wrote 1 year ago: Claudio the cormorant shortly after our chat. “Pst, pst. Hey, bub.” I’m ambling b … more →
Any rainy day is a great day in the desert
wrote 1 year ago: The slosh of car tires on pavement is magic to the ear. I’m seated at the Miracle Mile Deli in … more →
