The soggy agony of March! The lone ray of cheer in the last dreary week was when the swans settled on the pond in front of the house. Ma and Pa swan seem to be…
Posts published by “Eric Bergeson”
A logical first stop for snowbirds returning from Arizona to the Upper Midwest is Tucumcari, New Mexico, a little town big enough for a McDonald’s but too small for a Walmart. Having put on 608…
Due to plentiful winter rains, the desert southwest is planning for a bombastic display of desert flowers sometime in early April. A full desert bloom only happens once every few years. But when it does,…
Pitchers and catchers report to spring training this week. There is hope! Baseball is on its way. I would rather watch the Minnesota Twins, but they train across the continent in Florida. Here in Tucson,…
The most efficient way to become familiar with the wildlife of the southern Arizona desert is to visit the Sonoran Desert Museum, which is actually a zoo, and one of the world’s finest. Situated on…
Not all has been peaches and cream in Tucson, AZ this winter, I’ll tell you that much. About a month ago gray clouds obscured the sun for three consecutive days. Temperatures dipped into the lower…
Last week, it rained enough in Tucson for the rivers to run, however briefly. At the same time it rained in the desert, snow dusted the mountains surrounding Tucson. I am not in Arizona to see snow.
Due to the modern miracle (or curse) that is the Internet, and due to one of its miraculous (or demonic) offshoots, Facebook, an invention which allows people to broadcast their deepest feelings minute-by-minute to friends,…
The Sonoran Desert which surrounds Tucson and extends down into Mexico is hardly like the sandy Sahara Desert of elementary school lore. No endless sea of shifting dunes here. In fact, the Sonoran Desert is…