Green Valley Moments

some say fall occurs
when summer ends but not here
in hot green valley
You are invited to add your own haiku.

Photos, stories, and info on Tucson, Arizona wildflowers, plants, wildlife, and other related (and unrelated) things.
Beautiful photos and more.
Firefly Forest Blog

Project Gutenberg is a repository of over 16,000 free ebooks. Here you can find the complete Sun Tzu’s Art of War, H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, and more.
Some are in audio format. Lists of the top 100 titles and authors are available.
Project Gutenberg Free eBook Library

Twice in the last three years, my neighborhood has hosted a tour of selected homes. While the exterior of our townhomes may look similar at first glance, the interiors are as varied as their owners.
So, if you would like to take a peek inside, be our guest. Remember, you can click on the thumbnail image […]

A reporter who uses any one of these phrases should be heavily fined! There are probably more, but here’s three that make my skin crawl.
“…dodged a bullet…”
“…out of harm’s way…”
and my all time least favorite:
“…hunkered down…”

At first I thought about “stealing” the code and posting it here, but since the Webmaster/Owner is my cousin’s son (cousin, twice removed?) I will just link to his blog.
Some good links and commentary about Rita.

When we chose our place of retirement almost four years ago, high on our list of important factors was warm weather, lack of any appreciable threat from natural disasters, affordable housing, close proximity to a metro area, safety (low crime rate), nearby major airport, and availability of quality medical care.
Areas we preliminarily considered were the […]

I saw my Vascular Surgeon yesterday and found out that its going to take two to four more weeks of recovery time before I can do certain activities…like sit at a table and eat, sleep comfortably in a bed instead of a recliner, and some other things that we all just take for granted.
Instead of […]

1) The confirmation hearings of Judge John Roberts was just one huge dog and pony show which allowed the Senators to extoll their personal accomplishments and gave Roberts the opportunity to say,
“…that issue may come before me as a justice if I am confirmed, so it would be inappropriate for me to respond,”
about 300 […]