Writer Jim Harrison, a winter resident of Patagonia for 24 years, wrote a lot, and lived a lot. The recently published ‘Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, a Writer’s Life’ by Todd Goddard is a full and fascinating biography.Â
Ann Katzenbach
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A Visit to the Wittner
The new museum in Nogales bearing Patagonia painter Paula Wittner’s name is a mesmerizing, wall-to-wall showcase of her colorful, dreamlike landscapes and figures.
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Remembering Donna
It’s uncommon for people to make good friends late in life. Nevertheless, over the more than three years I knew and worked with Donna Reibslager, we became fast friends. When Walter Andrew signed me up to work with the Patagonia Regional Times, he warned me that I might find Donna a little difficult. “She’s opinionated […]
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The Times Are Always Changing
As I recently spent time in Patagonia after being away for two years, I noticed changes that most residents have probably come to take for granted…
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A Glance in the PRT’s Rearview Mirror
Ann Katzenbach and Donna Reibslager hard at work on the PRT some time in 2014. Photo by Lee Katzenbach On its tenth anniversary, Donna Reibslager and Ann Katzenbach look back at their time working on this paper. Here’s what they had to say: Donna: It all began with Walter. Walter Andrew was a retired attorney, […]
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Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
What Lucy was born to do was greet anyone she thought would be her friend. This was primarily carried out with a cadenced and enthusiastic bark and the wagging of a full-on tail. The library, Global Arts, the post office, High Noon Feed, Sonoita Hardware, the visitor center, Donna and Ron Reibslager—all were on her radar.
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Raising a Glass to Jim Harrison
A fundraiser for the Patagonia Creative Arts Association paid tribute to the late Jim Harrison with a dinner, drinks and a screening of Legends of the Fall, the 1994 film adopted from his novella of the same name. The celebrated author and poet was remembered by speakers as a colorful American Spirit-smoking character with a raunchy side, a man who loved to hunt, cook, and have a few drinks at the Wagon Wheel.
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Valentine Story
This May, I will have been married to Lee for 30 years. In the scheme of things, we were latecomers to this institution. We were 43 and 44 when we met and the possibility of marriage was remote since neither of us had been married before and each of us was very used to independence. […]
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Good Police Work Leads to Quick Arrest
Shattered door at the Art Center The morning of December 23, Cassina Farley, director of the Patagonia Art Center on Naugle Ave. unlocked the front door to find that the center had been broken into during the night. A side door leading to Martha Kelly’s ceramic space had been kicked in and the front door […]