Desert-WriterJul 12, 20191 minBook signings - Talks - Story TellingAugust 1, 2109 - Odyssey Storytelling at the Sea of Glass Center for the Arts. 330 E. 7th. Street. Tucson, AZ. 7:00 PM Theme "Half-b...
Desert-WriterJul 8, 20193 minMy old baseball glove7-7-2019 I was eight years old and it was the year that New York Yankees’ pitcher Don Larsen pitched a perfect game in the World Series. ...
Desert-WriterJul 2, 20193 minSlowing down, trying harder7-2-2019 Two thoughts have been stuck in my mind for a while. One is my perceived need to slow down and be more mindful. It’s not like my...
Desert-WriterJun 24, 20193 minI’ve found some hope6-24-2019 Some of you may know that I volunteer at the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum. I do it for a several reasons. It gives me a commit...
Desert-WriterJun 20, 20193 minWho are We?6-20-2019 It is 3:59 p.m. as I start to write this. I just finished watching the news and two commercials before I turned off the TV. Now...
Desert-WriterJun 17, 20193 minA letter to my dad6-17-2017 My father died twenty-five years ago. I not going to say that I miss him every day, I don’t. There are periods of time that I d...
Desert-WriterJun 9, 20193 minFour friends6-9-2019 My dad moved us to Dumas, Texas ( pronounced a little like dumb-ass) when I was fourteen, I knew no one in the town of 9000 peop...
Desert-WriterMay 27, 20192 min58,320 Names5-26-2019 Tomorrow is Memorial Day. Some folks are off work, school is out and for some, the official summer season begins. People will h...
Desert-WriterMay 22, 20192 minA 1704 year old tree5-22-2019 Today Suzanne and I walked the University of Arizona campus. We do this often because it’s beautiful and there’s a coffee shop ...
Desert-WriterMay 16, 20193 minThe Earth’s Air Conditioner5-16-2019 Yesterday the Tucson temperature bumped up against 100 degrees. That was not so unusual for this area this time of year. The lo...
Desert-WriterMay 3, 20192 minMy Zippo Lighter5-2-2019 A friend of mine and I have decided to give a talk about being veterans of the Vietnam war. In starting preparations for the tal...
Desert-WriterApr 22, 20193 minWhat Do We Deserve?4-22-2019 A friend of mine recently said he asked his teenager when it wasn’t okay to lie. The response was -“When you’re in court .” A ...
Desert-WriterApr 3, 20192 minA Thing is Right4-2-2019 I’m in the process of reading Aldo Leopold’s book, A Sand County Almanac. It was published in 1949, the year after my birth. Thi...
Desert-WriterMar 22, 20193 minTwo Men3-22-2019 There are 7,650,000,000 people on the planet and approximately half of them are men. This brief note is about two of those near...
Desert-WriterMar 13, 20193 minWhen Then vs. Now3-13-2019 This morning I met again with a dear friend of mine for coffee and conversation. Jack and I meet every two weeks, and even at m...
Desert-WriterMar 5, 20192 minCall Them by Thier Names3-5-2019 Suzanne and I sat and listened to Francisco Cantu, the author of The Line Becomes A River, talk about why after four years as a ...
Desert-WriterFeb 28, 20192 minSharing the Road02-28-2019 Let’s play a game called Sharing the Road. The rules are simple and easy to learn. It could also be called let’s make a deal, ...
Desert-WriterFeb 19, 20192 minGratitude2-19-2019 Suzanne and I recently saw the Spike Lee movie Blackkklansman. The movie is so overpowering that in the last few scenes, I was...