It’s spring here in the mountains of Arizona, and everything is blooming. Big clouds of pollen are blowing off the trees, and apparently all that stuff is just going right up my nose. I’ve had a stuffy nose for days, and then a headache from the stuffiness. So today, in desperation, I rooted around my […]
Jeff and Jennifer Herbert chose Prescott because they love this small town in the Arizona mountains. Jeff is a firefighter who works 56 hours a week in Phoenix, commuting 200 miles every three days. Jen, a talented teacher and endurance equestrian, among other pursuits, does a lot of work in Phoenix, too, but they live […]
In our small Arizona mountain town of Prescott — pronounced “Preskitt,” rhymes with biscuit — there are two Fred’s grocery stores. In our family shorthand, they are “North Fred’s” and “Rehab Fred’s,” because the latter happens to be near a lot of drug and alcohol rehab places, which we seem to have a lot of […]
So, you have a dream, and it’s not going well. You not only feel like you’re up that special creek without a paddle, there’s a hole in the boat. And you can’t swim, and you just saw an alligator. And you’re having chest pain! What do you do? Well, if you’re in the little mountain […]
If you ever want to strike terror into the heart of your kids, I can recommend two ways: One is to yell, “Where’s the Midol?” and watch them scatter. The other is to sing the opening theme song of the old TV show, “Hee Haw.” The words are simple, but the delivery is everything: “Hee […]
Trend watch: I am seeing fewer of those ads that use the phrase “weird trick.” Like, “lose a pound a day with this weird trick!” I guess people are sick of the old weird trick angle. Now, the big thing is, “You won’t believe,” or “You’ll never guess,” or “this will blow your mind!” It’s […]
What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, I was riding on a tide of victory. Molly and I won a ribbon in our very first Rally Obedience trial! This victory was particularly satisfying because in the last thing we attempted, the Canine Good Citizen test, we bombed. In that test, if you fail one […]