“Let’s go see if there’s ice in the pond!” and outside my boys go first thing on a frozen morning. Sometimes it’s a fight for who gets to break the ice first. Sometimes they are first mesmerized by trapped bubbles Read more…
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The palo verdes blooming all around Tucson have cast a spell over me again. I couldn’t help but smile stuck in traffic on the freeway, and later on my way to the dentist, for the brilliant, yellow trees lining the Read more…
In Tucson, the first day of spring on the calendar can go by unnoticed, minor. The weather became gorgeous (with a few lion-like interruptions) back in February. Signs like worms, green growth, and promising buds barely took a break for winter. Read more…
“Can I show you my new babies?” I beckon my husband on the way out of the house. I proudly open the doors of my mini-greenhouse on the front patio. Inside, humble trays of soil hold tiny specks of green: Read more…
“It’s lupine time! Go lupines, go lupines, go, go, go lupines!” spontaneously chanted my 5-year-old on our walk to his brother’s school mid-March. He does know how to celebrate, when he’s not fighting over who ran fastest down the hill. Read more…
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