By Michael Lavelle Recently, I read a question on Quora, an online site where people ask questions and others provide answers. Someone wrote, “I don’t know who or what to believe anymore. I feel so lost. Where should my mind rest?” My first thought was remembering a passage from Marcus Aurelius, in his work “Meditations.” Roman Emperor Marcus...
Dear Editor, First, I’d like to thank you for providing your readers with this forum. Under “normal circumstances” I would never consider responding to a Letter to the Editor. However, we are no longer living under “normal circumstances” Open Letter to J Rodriquez I have been in the field of Occupational...
I want to thank Rob Nemitz on his letter to the editor about Steve Christy. I totally agree with him. I think Rob Nemitz might be a great write-in for the job!! From Lois Bowen
By Elizabeth Warburton-Smith Planting made simple August’s RitoWrap flavor of the month is “Balsamic-Basil” and is filled with grilled chicken, lots of colorful, crunchy veggies and a gourmet balsamic basil aioli. We use both Italian basil and purple basil in this flavor and it’s a summer fresh option for the warm weather of August. We...
By Tom Howard Vail Rd, Colossal Cave/I-10 Project Crews have made tremendous progress on the E/B I-10 bridge at Colossal Cave Rd. The new bridge deck has been poured and the new concrete barrier wall is now being placed. The goal is to have this completed by the end of July. From the looks of things, I...
By Hollie Warnick No, we don’t all understand each other. We can’t actually be in each other’s shoes. But we can relate from our own space. We can uproot and extract personal demons that lead us to intolerance, violence, discrimination, and prejudices. Inside each of us is a history of prejudices from our ancestors. It cannot survive. We must...
By Shiloh Walkosak I love summertime in Tucson. Sure, it is surface of the sun hot, but we have Eegee’s flavor of the month to keep us cool and there is so much growing in the desert! Now agricultural abundance might not be the first thing that springs to mind when you think of the Sonoran Desert, but this area has...
By Article Author We get around 4 – 5 calls each week from people wanting to know about our town. How is COVID affecting our businesses? Are our restaurants open? Are face masks required to be worn around town? And, are our hotels open? It is usually their last comment though, that gets our attention – They are headed...
By Alisa Brewer The itsy-bitsy spider…strike that. Here in Tucson we know that some of our spiders, particularly our tarantulas, are not so itsy bitsy. Just watching one walk is enough to give my husband the heebie jeebies and send him running for the house. But before you go and wash the spider out, you...
By Khevin Barnes THE CACTUS SEED IS PLANTED Long before I moved to Arizona with my wife in 2015 I was mesmerized by the sight of those monoliths of the desert—the majestic Saguaro cactus. I first saw them as a child at Disneyland in 1956 on “The Train through Nature’s Wonderland”, a narrow gauge...
