Thursday, September 15th, 2016
A great restaurant opened by our northwest Tucson home several years back. It was a cheery place; great food, really nice owners, and they served wonderful breakfasts. I can still taste the home fries that were part of...
Thursday, September 8th, 2016
There it was, sitting on my dinner plate. I was all of eight years old, with all the culinary wisdom a youngster of that age can muster. I wasn’t sure what it was, but I knew it...
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
I’ve never heard anyone say, when encountering an earwig, “oh, what a cute little bug!” Quite the contrary. They are usually not a welcome guest and they do look threatening with the rear pinchers they are sporting...
Thursday, August 25th, 2016
Tomatoes have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Given adequate moisture, they thrive quite well in the desert west. Not that I was a huge fan of them as a...
Thursday, August 18th, 2016
When we look back through photos of our house and surrounding grounds, it’s pretty astounding to see how much things have improved around here. When we began, our lot was a dry-farmed wheat field. There was essentially...
Thursday, August 11th, 2016
Being a part of the gardening community here in the valley, as well as along the Wasatch Front, has been a great thing. For those of you that engage with many of the fine people in gardening...
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
There I was, in the heat of the day, with no relief in sight. Even when the breeze blew, it offered no cooling — only the sense of what it feels like when you open an oven...
Thursday, July 28th, 2016
A couple of weeks ago, I was making a short shopping run into Tooele and headed south on SR-36 coming out of north Erda. I immediately noticed a sizable dust cloud up ahead off to my right. I...
Thursday, July 21st, 2016
On Wednesday morning, I awoke to the news that several of our fellow community members had lost their homes to fire. I typically submit articles for publication on Tuesday or Wednesday, and I had an almost-completed article...
Thursday, July 14th, 2016
Editor’s note: This week’s article is penned by Maggie Cooper, wife of usual Garden Spot columnist Jay Cooper. Summertime conjures up many childhood memories for me. I grew up in southern Arizona, where we literally could (and...