Category: Arizona
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Can I Please Have "Places In Which I’m Thrilled to No Longer Live" for $1,000, Please Alex?
For the record, it has been gorgeous here. Over the weekend, I could have worn shorts. MINNEAPOLIS – It lived up to its name: The temperature in International Falls fell to 40 below zero Monday, just a few days after the northern Minnesota town won a federal trademark making it officially the “Icebox of the…
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Sealed with a Commission (SWAC)
Today I’ll spend the day in Glendale attending the 31st Southwest Arts Conference (SWAC), a gathering of artists, arts leaders, and arts administrators from across the state. SWAC always has an interesting agenda; last year, Cheech Marin provided the keynote and discussed pieces in his collection of Latino/Latina art, the largest collection in America. This…
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Brr!
Yes, Virginia, you do wear wool winter coats in Arizona: Current temperaturee at 9 am: 41 degrees.When it was totally black outside, it was so early: 39 That’s almost freezing! If we had water here, it would freeze. It scares me.
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Shopping.
In celebration of my shopping Odyssey on Saturday and Monday night, I’d like to share with you all the stores I visited in search of the perfect pair of plain, shiny, brown dress shoes (preferably a slip-on): SATURDAY (Arizona Mills)Famous FootwearBassJourneysKenneth ColeRack Room ShoesRockportShoe PavilionShoeteriaRobert Wayne Footwear I estimate on Saturday I tried on 15…
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Now It Can Be Told
I’ve just received word that I can spill one piece of my big, good news. I received an Artist’s Project Grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts in support of my manuscript-in-progress!! At the time, I had only envisioned the Matthew Shepard poems and the Vertigo section of the book. The strange science-fiction section…
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