Life In The Desert

It Was A Dark and Stormy Night

August 25, 2010

If we’re not Facebook friends then you may not know that our power was out last night.  For twelve. hours. Have I mentioned that we live in the desert?  And, um, AC?  Powered by electricity.  Of which we had none.  For twelve. hours. Things shut down right around 3 pm yesterday afternoon.  It started with [...]

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Monsoon

July 19, 2010

July in Tucson. It’s when the skies turn the color of tornadoes.  If tornadoes had a color. The air is ripe but the rain is stubborn–not easily convinced. The occasional zaps in the distance quite literally send electricity–excitement–coursing through the air. Even the lizards seem to beg for a storm, puffing their proud chests upward.  [...]

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A to Z

May 10, 2010

Two Christmases ago we bought Jayce the Fridge Phonics from Leapfrog.  We did so with good intentions, hoping that he’d learn to spell his name and various other CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words. He loved the toy.  For about fifteen minutes. It wasn’t long, though, until all of the magnets were relegated to a corner [...]

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What I’d Miss

March 16, 2010

I’m a California girl.  Born and raised in what’s now a cozy wine country town.  Where vineyards line the hillsides and world-class wineries dot the map. Back in the day the wineries weren’t nearly as prevalent as the horses and cattle.  I was born in the wrong decade, apparently. Marrying into the military proved to [...]

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Dripping Song

February 10, 2010

Today there was rain.  In the desert. And there were peanut buttered jelly sandwiches.  And boiled eggs.  And itty bitty cartons of orange juice with itty bitty orange straws. There were homemade Valentines.  Toes warmed by the fire.  Hiccups. A blue balloon.  Jumping jacks.  Homemade bread cooling on a wire rack. Cinnamon tea.  Clean sheets.  [...]

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House Guest

August 25, 2009

We had an unexpected guest arrive tonight. Don’t you just hate it when company drops in without calling? Especially when they’re difficult to accomodate. You know the kind. They use all the hot water when they shower. They make long distance calls. They eat the last doughnut. Sigh. Our house guest was even worse. He [...]

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The One That Nearly Got Away

August 2, 2009

We’ve lived in this house for four years come October. In that time, we’ve had snakes.  A tarantula.  Countless big, hairy spiders.  A gecko.  A gazillion and one lizards.  Horny toads.  I could go on.  But you get the point. After having lived here for one year I came across a scorpion.  A bark scorpion.  [...]

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