This one was created for a Creative Postcard Club assignment. We were given the task of designing a card that would promote our hometown.

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This past Sunday, I stopped by the Main Library in Downtown Tucson. Just a week ago, the library plaza had been filled with artists and their admirers. The occasion was the 3rd Annual Tucson Madonnari Chalk Art Festival.
Even though the crowds have departed, the chalk art remains…

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“Diamond” Jim Hewitt is a musician, music producer, and web applications developer from Oracle, Arizona. He periodically sends e-mails announcing upcoming gigs. The last one included a promo of his Tucson Folk Festival appearance, and it ended with admonition, “Be there or be trapezoidal!”
How could I refuse an invitation like that?
Jim was playing with the […]

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This one started out as a photograph I took while watching the 1996 El Tour de Tucson bike race.

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This past Saturday, chalk artists and onlookers turned the Main Library’s Jacome Plaza into an open air gallery. The occasion was the 3rd Annual Tucson Madonnari Chalk Art Festival. Skilled artists and their apprentices painted large, contemporary and traditional style murals in chalk…

While the artists painted, Orquestra la Unica played salsa…

and the University of Arizona’s […]

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This past weekend provided a visual feast for those who see the bicycle as art. From Tucson’s Bicycle Swap Meet and Alley Cat Bike Scavenger hunt, we have…

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Tucson’s Bike Fest 2008 ended this past Sunday. The final event was a scavenger hunt for a good cause. And it started and ended at one of our coolest two-wheeled places, BICAS…

The 5th annual Alley Cat Bike Scavenger Hunt was a fundraiser for El Grupo Youth Cycling, and it attracted 134 riders. The cycling sleuths […]

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Yesterday was a total bicycle day in Downtown Tucson. The day started with the El Bike Swap de Tucson on Fourth Avenue. It’s one of the largest bicycle swap meets in the country…

The swap’s a good place for some great deals on bicycles, bike parts, and tools…

And it wouldn’t be a Tucson event without some […]

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Spring’s just about to give way to the summer heat. So, time to catch the chuparosa blooms before they fade away…

It’s been an especially good spring for new buds on the cactus. My prickly pear have been quite industrious…

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The aloe that I planted four years ago just can’t contain its enthusiasm. This bud is growing through a crack in my retaining wall…

The iceplant is much more tame — except for the flowers…

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