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Up and at ’em early this morning, pumping tires and strapping bikes to the back of the car. Donna, Quentin, and I met our friend Mary Anne and her granddaughter Jade at Brandi Fenton Park for a short ride up and down the Rillito bikeway. Q-Dawg held up pretty well, heat and all, and we […]
Our grandson is here. We’ll have him to ourselves for a few days. His father will be here later next week and both of them will stay with us through the 4th of July. No daughter-in-law or granddaughter, though — Beth and Taylor are on the softball circuit in California Colorado, and when Greg and […]
Heading out to the air museum in an hour or so. I’m scheduled to lead two tours this morning, finishing up around lunch time. Most of yesterday was spent boning up on the history of the aircraft I’ll be talking about today, adding a few tidbits to my mental script … should I remember to […]
From the Things that Are Hard to Understand files: You are not allowed to set off fireworks in Tucson, Arizona. Not even sparklers. Yet every summer the city council allows fireworks vendors to set up tents on parking lots all over town. As I write, with the 4th of July less than a fortnight away, […]
“Teachers won’t be able to model those skills if our schools and courts continue to muzzle them. But the same democratic imperative also demands that teachers responsibly restrict what they say, just as other professionals do.” That’s from a New York Times op-ed by Jonathan Zimmerman. Does it sound like he’s saying teachers need to […]
Well, that’s done. Your humble correspondent is the newest certified walking tour docent at the Pima Air & Space Museum. My certification tour yesterday went pretty well, except for the part where I blanked on who won the toss for first flight, Orville or Wilbur, but I finessed it by simply saying “they took turns” […]
Tomorrow morning I’ll guide another walking tour group through the Pima Air & Space Museum. It’ll be a red-letter day: the docent team leader and volunteer supervisor will evaluate my skills; if I do well I’ll become the museum’s newest certified walking tour docent. As you might imagine, boning up is the order of the […]