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Nestled between ancient sandstone walls and shaded by centuries-old sycamores, Indian Gardens is a place deeply rooted in time. The most obvious monument to its past is the weathered stone face of…
Jeff Perkins came to Verde Valley School in 1955, when he was a year old and his parents were hired as teachers. For the most part, he’s been there ever since.
“My sophomore year, I took a class…
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Clear water rushes over small waterfalls at Slide Rock State Park in Oak Creek Canyon. The main attraction here — an 80-foot natural waterslide made slick by…
There’s no promise of rain on the horizon, none of those bloated blue-black clouds that might deliver a wall of water. Instead, the only things floating in this wide sky are white, wispy, romantic…
Demeter was furious. Discovering her daughter, Persephone, had been kidnapped by Hades, king of the underworld, she took revenge by inventing winter. As goddess of agriculture, she had the power to…
Stars were so dense, there was hardly space for sky.
I was late coming up the Bright Angel Trail. It wasn’t on purpose until I realized that by not rushing, I’d walk the last part of the trail in…
Don Luis María Cabeza de Baca would never know what he started. Married three times, the wealthy New Mexico sheepherder fathered as many as 22 children. But Cabeza de Baca’s 19th century land grant…
Twice, it looked as if the route would not go, but a careful scramble to the edge always revealed a stairway through, perfect little steps hidden amid spires of limestone. Soon, we found ourselves in…