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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…
If you’re too young to remember, or if maybe the ’70s are just a blur, here’s some of what was happening back in February 1974: The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand was the No. 1 song in America,…
Don’t look down,” I mutter to myself as I look down. My stomach plummets at the dizzying view, and a chill shoots to my feet. I’m standing on a sloped, gravelly trail, inches from a 400-plus-foot…
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…
WHAT: Women in the Spotlight for Women’s History Month
WHEN: March 1-31, 2023
WHO: Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West
WHERE: 3830 N. Marshall Way, Scottsdale AZ 85251
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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…