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Pruning Your Fruit Trees

As the cold weather hits, it’s time to think about pruning fruit trees.  The ideal time for pruning is anytime after the leaves fall and before bud break in the spring (although dead branches can be cut out any time of the year). The...

Great Local Runs for 2018

The new year has arrived, and resolutions are made. Oftentimes a healthier lifestyle makes it to the top of our lists of things we want to change. This month many of us will try to take up jogging as one of those promises. We are fortunate to...

Hiking To Mica Peak

Lost in the buzz of Mt. Lemmon, Rincon Peak, and Mt. Wrightson, Mica Peak is Tucson’s mountaintop stepchild.  It’s located in the heart of Saguaro National Park East and is the highest point in the Rincon Mountains, but its summit is an...

Resourceful Thinking

Are resolutions resolute?  According to one study, just 8% of people achieve their New Year’s resolutions. The other 92% of us?  Not so much.  And yes, I’m usually in the latter.  I’ve discovered I can survive 47 days without chocolate, but not...

The 1903 Esmond Train Wreck

Daybreak revealed a horrific tangle of metal, hot fuel oil, flesh, and fire. Just minutes before the impact, a chain of events that would end in a wall of flame was set in motion when the Sunset Limited, already two hours behind schedule...