Dear Heather, With Valentine’s day quickly approaching, I hear typical comments from my teenage daughter, “Mom, Valentine’s Day is awful! What about all of us who don’t have someone important in our life?” I have a hard time responding to her with a substantial message. Any advice? Heartless Mom Dear Heartless Mom, First of all, you aren’t...
By Tamra Haase When you’re selling your home, the first thing you’ll want to do is evaluate the climate of the current real estate market to determine whether it’s the right time to sell. The best time for selling is during what’s known as a “seller’s market,” when there are more buyers looking for homes than there are properties for sale. When...
By April Bourie February is always a busy month in the Tucson area with the Gem and Mineral Show, Tucson Rodeo, and the Cologuard Classic Golf Tournament. Another exciting event that deserves to be ranked among these important area events is the Tubac Festival of the Arts, held Feb. 5-9 in the Village of Tubac, about an hour south of Tucson. This...
By Hollie Warnick Despite how simple it may sound, burning your words can be an incredibly cathartic process. Although writing and burning isn’t a complicated process, it’s not easy either. I’m asking you, yes YOU, to put down all your thoughts on paper. Use a personal journal, plain notebook, or scrap paper. Good, bad, right, wrong, ugly, pretty...
By Alison Jones, Chair, Pima County Democratic Party There’s an important Arizona election on March 17 that will help choose the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and it’s not a primary. Every four years, Arizona holds a Presidential Preference Election (PPE), which differs from a primary in one significant way: A PPE determines how many...
By John Simpson December 2019 was right about average at my place in central Del Lago for rain. I recorded 1.43″ of rain and my 9-year average for December is 1.47.” The Tucson airport recorded 1.20″ of rain and the airport’s 30-year average is 0.93.” For the year, I recorded 15.72″ which is the second wettest...
By Tricia Beck, M.Ed., Beck Leadership www.BeckLeadership.com We’re drowning in information, but starving for connection. E.O. Wilson We all share the same emotional desire to feel accepted, loved, safe and happy. This happens when we feel truly heard, which creates a deep connection that we all crave. In a culture obsessed with speed, taking the...
By Rob Hallberg, Long Realty I hesitated writing this article, as HOA’s are often a controversial subject. Some Homeowners are for them, while others would not live in a neighborhood that has one. So let’s start by establishing what an HOA is for. An HOA’s primary duty is to maintain or enhance the value of homes in a neighborhood, which they do...
By Charlotte Herdliska, Corona de Tucson Fire Marshal In the interest of keeping our community safe, please do NOT throw your yard waste (tree limbs, trimmings, rubbish or just plain garbage) over your back-yard wall, on the side of the roads, out in the desert or in a wash or anywhere other than the garbage can or the dump. This type of debris...
By Ventura “Ace” Tounsel Hello neighbors and friends, my name is Ventura Tounsel, but everyone calls me Ace. I serve as the 2nd Vice Commander of American Legion Post 109 right here in Corona De Tucson. We are well into the first quarter of 2020 and I hope things are going well for you and you families. In 1926, historian, Carter G...
