Living in Arizona
Brenda Starr and I walked some more of the Rillito Park Path this morning. We wore tee shirts. The wildflowers are blooming, and my yard is ablaze with random, disorganized color. I spent the afternoon re-potting and installing and pruning and straightening and cleaning the containers. It wasn't too cold to be in the shade in the courtyard nor was it too hot to be potting roses in the sunshine out back. I have a stack of large print mysteries on the bookshelf, books that my library always seems to have on hand. I can drive twenty-some minutes and be on campus for a class or a lecture or an exhibit or a recital or downtown for a concert or a great meal..... and there's always parking and it's usually free. Did I mention that I was outside all day today? Did I tell you the part about the tee shirt? I have to keep focusing on these things, denizens, because this state is in the hands of people who are turning it into something unrecognizable, something which...