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Hiking the Grand Canyon 28 May 2013 | 09:43 am
I first saw the Grand Canyon in the early 1990s, when I was at Fort Huachuca for some training. I went up there with some classmates. Since then I've wanted to hike the canyon, but most people I know ...
What a year so far 30 Sep 2012 | 02:42 pm
I haven't given up on this blog. I just didn't feel like writing about many things that have happened this year. And there have been a lot of things. I didn't travel this summer as I had in previous ...
One busy month 7 Mar 2012 | 09:16 pm
I'm back to hiking on the weekends again. I need to lose this belly blubber before summer! However, this weekend is the famous Tucson Festival of Books and I'll be in the city all weekend. The events ...
Oh, what a year it was! 17 Jan 2012 | 08:06 pm
I don't think anyone will disagree that 2011 was a rough year for the world. It was just a tad better for the US, the family, and my friends. It had to end on a rough note in Chicagoland, when I brave...
Gaddafi is dead 21 Oct 2011 | 03:01 pm
There closes yet another bloodly chapter in the Middle East. Although his final moments were brutal and displayed on the internet, he died the way Saddam Hussein should have died: at the hands of his ...
Spending a few days in Chicagoland 13 Oct 2011 | 05:26 am
I am on fall break. I took a cheap flight via Southwest direct from Tucson to Chicago-Midway. Weather here is beautiful, in the 70s with the smell of changing leaves in the air. My daughter thinks it'...
Bisbee Animal Shelter 10 Oct 2011 | 01:20 pm
The Bisbee animal shelter is a small shelter in Bisbee-Naco that is run by the police department. Its annual budget is a mere $4500. It has 12 kennels and as many cages for cats. The cats are crowded ...
Frivolous lawsuit? 21 Sep 2011 | 06:28 am
I read in the local newspaper today of a lawsuit filed by Desiree and Thomas Apger. They are owners/manager of the Casita Dole Che in Sonoita. They are well-off. Allegedly Desiree was riding her own h...
The blog is up again? 21 Sep 2011 | 06:24 am
For most of the summer I could not access this blog. I thought perhaps I had just reached Google's maximum allowed space. I couldn't edit nor add new posts. If I can add posts again, then I have a lot...
Monument Fire getting dire 16 Jun 2011 | 05:00 am
The fire that started Sunday afternoon is potentially now at 6500 acres with 24 homes destroyed in Ash Canyon when a massive flare-up occurred early in the afternoon. Edit 20 Sep 11: This fire ended ...
