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Cover it in Plastic

My paternal grandmother, Nana Barbara lived in a camper on a Chevy truck in a Safeway parking lot somewhere near Campbell and Prince in Tucson for most of my early childhood. From what I remember her little “neighborhood” consisted of a grocery store, dollar store and a Bosa Donuts.  My father would take my sister […]

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Wake Up Call

My brain and I have a standing 2:30 a.m. reservation every night in my bedroom. At this meeting we use the time to go over every stupid thing I’ve ever said or we try to fix things we cannot possibly fix. For example, last night my brain woke me up to think about my trashcans. […]

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Side Effects Vary

A COVID shot is administered during the vaccine clinic at the Patagonia High School April 21. 32 vaccinations were given at the event, which was sponsored by South32. Photo by Robert Gay We are all understandably a little bit jumpy when it comes to the vaccine. Some are outright against what they do not understand, and […]

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Don’t Tell Eddie

When I was a kid my parents got a membership to the Price Club. In my 12-year-old eyes it was a place where your mom and dad went on the weekends and bought buckets of laundry soap, cases of motor oil and shop towels. There never seemed to be anything for kids there and therefore […]