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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Tucson, AZ: COVID-19 Unfolding, Part 10: Creature Comforts: Smells

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Cinnamon, spice souk, Dubai, UAE. January 2012. Smells. Each time I venture out into the COVID wildlands, I bring back with me som...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Tucson, AZ: COVID-19 Unfolding, Part 9: A New Kind of Dance Bag

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On the Blue Goose Walk at Sabine Natural Refuge. Louisiana. July 2014. In South Louisiana, as I immersed myself more into the zydeco...
Sunday, March 29, 2020

Tucson, AZ: COVID Unfolding, Part 8: Sounds of the Normal

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Palapa roof repair, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. November 2010. On Tuesdays, the lawn care people come, as always. The gru...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Tucson, AZ: COVID-19 Unfolding, Part 7: Creature Comforts: Ginger Beer / Ale

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Swamp Pop ginger ale. Lafayette, Louisiana. February 2014. Which I never tasted; I just admired the brilliant local-centric marketing. ...
Friday, March 27, 2020

Tucson, AZ: COVID-19 Unfolding, Part 6: Fissures

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Near Mora, New Mexico. August 2013. Within a 48-hour period, I learned that: A niece's husband has been laid off. My daughter...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Tucson, AZ: COVID-19 Unfolding, Part 5: Grups and Onlies

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Rustavi, Caucasus Georgia. May 2012. In a day when serious news, lunatic fringe news, a "balance" of op-eds, and celebrity ...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

Tucson, AZ: COVID-19 Unfolding, Part 4: A Second Kindness

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This morning I went to the food rescue at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church on Fort Lowell. I arrived near its 8:00 opening, thinki...
Thursday, March 19, 2020

Tucson, AZ: COVID-19 Unfolding, Part 3: Salt

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It's no secret that I like my salt. For example: January 2011: Must-Have Travel Item #2 A few days ago, as I considered what items I ...
Monday, March 16, 2020

Tucson, AZ: COVID-19 Unfolding, Part 2: Neighborly Kindness

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Neighbors helping neighbors make churchkhela. Kardanakhi, Kakheti, Caucasus Georgia. October 2011. I walked to my car, noticing that...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

Tucson, AZ: COVID-19 Unfolding, Part 1

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Jícama on sale at Food City. Tucson, Arizona. March 2020. As with many of us, I am watchful of the phenomena surrounding the eruptio...
Monday, March 2, 2020

Flashback to 2013: Alamogordo: The Disappearing Mountains

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The mountains had presence in Alamogordo, except when they disappeared. A re-post below from 2013. Monday, March 25, 2013 Alamog...
Sunday, March 1, 2020

Word of the Year 2020: Build 3: "House"

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A family. Dia de los Muertos, Concordia Cemetery, El Paso, Texas. October 2016. On Build thus far Word of the Year 2020: Build 1 ...
Monday, February 17, 2020

Tucson, AZ: Catalina State Park

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 February 2020   Catalina State Park, Tucson, Arizona. February 2020. Catalina State Park offered an outdoor photography seminar by Bruce T...
Sunday, February 16, 2020

Loose End from El Paso: Tumblewords Project: Erasure

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Returning to El Paso from Juarez. November 2016. One year ago today, February 2019, I attended the Tumblewords Project led by Gust...
Monday, February 10, 2020

Arizona: Phoenix: We take our bathroom security very seriously

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I stayed at a modest motel in Phoenix over the weekend. I had occasion to use the restroom in the lobby building. It's kept locked....
Sunday, February 2, 2020

Flashback to 2012: Caucasus Georgia: Georgians Are Not Afraid of Electricity

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Sometimes it amazes me how completely clueless I can be about the most obvious things. Like un-shelled eggs inside a chicken. What did I thi...
Saturday, February 1, 2020

Word of the Year 2020: Build 2: Fronterista

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Clark Bridge over Mississippi River, between W. Alton, Missouri, and Alton, Illinois. May 2011. Thus far Word of the Year: Build ...
Saturday, January 18, 2020

Tucson, AZ: Threading

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I had my brows and face threaded yesterday at a shop here in Tucson. Holy mother of God it hurt! Maybe I exaggerate a little. But I don...
Friday, January 17, 2020

Weekend in Yuma, Arizona, Part 5: Dateland

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Dates, Dateland, Arizona. January 2020.   " Like a lot of people in Arizona, these [date] palms are not native to the Southw...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Weekend in Yuma, Arizona, Part 3: Elvis is Still in the Building

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Elvis competition 2020, Quechan Casino. Winterhaven, California. January 2020. Without hesitation, I plunked down 40 bucks to go to...