among the saguaros

This month, my mother gave me a very special gift. These silver hurricanes were a wedding gift for my parents from Dr. Horowitz. He delive...

He asked me to the Valentine's Day dance when we were sophomores in high school. He still remembers the dress I wore. I don't. I ma...

This morning, we bundled up early to go watch the blue herons. It is nest building season and we love watching them fly with branches in t...

While I was taking pictures of tomatoes yesterday, all I could think of was "The Four Seasons", a movie from the '80's. T...

From NPR: Avocado consumption during the Super Bowl has become the stuff of urban legend. Most of the statistics are probably exaggerated, ...

I admit it. We desert dwellers are wimps. We do not have real winter and when it actually does come, we really don't know what to do w...

"...what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame — but rather, how well we have loved — and what small part we have played ...