Imagined Borders Update
On Friday night November 1 I went down to ASU to see the reopening of the Imagined Borders map exhibit at the School of...
Author: Simon
Words Seldom Seen: Picacho
Picacho Noun: Spanish word for peak. So the mountain near Tucson named "Picacho Peak" is redundant. Example:...
Uyghurs and Kurds
What should the Uyghurs do to survive? How about the Kurds? Throughout history there have been a lot more losers than...
Eva Gold Memorial Dinner
Pink Stuff Last month when Eva Gold, Nurit's mother, was in Hospice in a coma at age 92 Lillian and Rebecca came to...
Crying Babies
"The only thing worse than babies crying during services is not having any babies in the congregation."...
Desert Tortoise
"I got lucky and saw a Desert Tortoise." Or said another way: "I have hiked in the desert enough so that...
The Mystery Continues
In October we bushwhacked over to the structure we'd seen from the trail in September. We were able to confirmed that...
Words Seldom Seen: Papago
Papago Noun: Archaic word referring to the Tohono O'odham peoples of Southern Arizona. Try not to use this word. It is...
WorldSkills
WorldSkills I got a Postcrossing postcard from Kazan, Russia that was an advertising card for the 45th Annual...
Bridge Builder
The Latin title for the Pope is "pontifex." It's literal translation into English is "bridge builder."...
