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Teepee

by | Mar 23, 2010 | Arizona, Earth Mama

Remember how I mentioned I wanted tomato teepees, thanks to Organic Gardening? Voila. Yet another project the African successfully took on. These plants have responded to a little TLC with fury. They have grown so much since this photo, taken just a few days ago. And...

Girls Gone Mild*

by | Mar 22, 2010 | Arizona, Journal

The girls and I (minus the two Yas in Chicago) hit the scene in Scottsdale this weekend for a bit of debauchery and shenanigans. (What, me? Big mouth? Bossy? You don’t say…) In truth, what 10 years ago would have been a night of dancing, club hopping and...

Cluck!

by | Mar 11, 2010 | Arizona, Community, Kitchen Talk

Talked some friends into joining me for dinner this week at Gallo Blanco. If you live in Phoenix and haven’t made it in for a meal yet, andale! The food is great, the staff is kind and the atmosphere is eclectic.   The fish tacos, in particular, are my favorite....

Like the Forest

by | Feb 25, 2010 | Arizona, Flora and Fauna, Happy Hippie

I’ve been volunteering with the Phoenix Permaculture Guild for about a year. Basically, we are a group who love to garden. Otherwise, our views and backgrounds couldn’t vary more. One of the men I often sit with at our meetings is a gazillionaire...

Purpose

by | Feb 23, 2010 | Arizona, Good to Great, Public Health

I spent Saturday working in Nogales, Arizona. It has a variety of economic and health issues — none unique to this border town. Nogales, Sonora — just across the imaginary line — is regularly plagued with disease that you rarely hear of in the US....