Peggy McGee Laura Colbert, a Navy veteran and crafter extraordinaire, opened her heart and shared her talents by making no-sew blankets for homeless veterans and their children, who are part of the Women Warriors program. Women Warriors is a Tucson-based 501(c)(3) charity that provides assistance to either homeless or unemployed female veterans to give them a…
David Taylor Did you know that 40 years ago golf cars could barely make it through an 18-hole round before their batteries went kaput? Things have changed dramatically in the golf car industry in the last 40 years. Established in 1980 in the Tucson metro area, Golf Cars of Arizona is still in business now…
Bonnie Nowicki April is a busy planting month. Trees, shrubs, seasonal annuals, perennials, succulents, and veggies fill the local nurseries. Our landscapes are creative works in progress. It’s time to be inspired to plan a special corner of your yard for relaxation or a featured flower bed or raised planter. Renew or reuse items that…
Paul Riggins “Landscapes have names, hold stories, house spiritual deities, invoke prayer, provide food and medicine, mark ancestral boundaries, and are venues for the exchange of traditional knowledge,” Nanebah Nez. Federal and state laws protect artifacts of antiquity, many of which have special significance to the modern-day tribes from which they came. Many construction projects…
Ross Dunfee Armed Forces Day is celebrated May 15 this year, but with Memorial Day also in May, this Armed Forces Day article is printed in April to avoid printing two articles in May. Clip and save. Each of the branches of Military Service (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard) has a day…
David Zapatka While reading Starseed Transmissions by Ken Carey, I ran across the word negentropy. I’ve always been fascinated by the word entropy and its meaning, so I was immediately intrigued by this related word, driving me to research it for this month’s issue. Entropy: noun /ˈentrəpē/ 1. thermodynamics: a measure of the unavailable energy…
Carew Papritz “I never had time to change my life.” Revelatory words spoken by a friend of mine during the middle of COVID. But she changed. And we all changed. Who were we before? We were the 24/7, technology-drenched world where instant wasn’t fast enough and where we couldn’t stop multiplying our multitasking world of…