Recently my wife and I bought a hummingbird feeder which we perched outside our kitchen eating area. We expected action as southern Arizona is home to many hummingbirds. Within a few days we were pleased as these small birds began to helicopter in to dine on sugar water. We boggled Read More
Category: lifestyle
June 6. Lightning struck quite near our house on Pusch Ridge, part of the Catalina mountains in Tucson. The preceding months were dry so it’s not surprising it ignited a fire. It began on our side of the mountain but didn’t seem to be threatening as we have only desert Read More
Both my father and grandfather were general surgeons in our small South Georgia town. Despite this tradition I entered medical school expecting to end up in another, unspecified, specialty. I am not entirely sure why, probably a residual carryover from adolescent rebellion. However, this mind set changed during my third Read More
Ireland Louise, aka Weezie, and I just spent two weeks in Ireland with a tour group. Started in Dublin in Ireland and then circumnavigated the island, including Northern Ireland (as you probably are aware is a separate country), in a counterclockwise direction. Found out that despite the existence of two Read More
The Big Apple My wife Louise (hence Weezie) is an accomplished glass and jewelry artist. Proof is at her web site: louiselittle.com. We like to travel when we can. A jewelry exhibit at the NY Metropolitan Museum attracted us to New York a few weeks ago and it made sense Read More
Escape from the heat. Tucson really heats up this time of the year. Except for the days when the monsoon rains provide some relief (and unusual humidity) the daily high temperature is routinely between 100° and 110°. To get a break from the unrelenting heat my wife and I headed Read More
It’s all good. I don’t venture to pretend that retirement is the same for everyone. I am aware that for some, retirement implies the loss of meaningful life and a boring, empty existence. Not for me. My wife and I are now eight years into retirement and life is truly Read More
It’s alive. Many harbor the belief that the desert is bereft of life; it’s just cacti and the occasional bug. Not so at all. My wife and I live in the middle of the Sonoran Desert in Tucson, Arizona and we have found that to be far from accurate. The Read More
They live among us. My talented wife Louise has been making glass beads and jewelry for a couple of decades. I don’t mean she purchases components from others and puts them together. She does it all from scratch. She makes the beads in her studio by hunkering over a hot Read More
