Category Archives: Abbey Country
Riding the Wind
“I’m sure the way to enjoy life is to live in obscurity with frequent escapades” –Freya Stark, late 19th Century explorer Cochise County: May 12, 2012 I arrived at the airport near my mom’s house with Tony the Amazing Tour … Continue reading
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Border Tour: Naco, Sonora
Cochise County, Arizona I’ve been visiting here for over twenty years, since my parents left the Sierra Nevada foothills community we shared and started a new life here in Abbey Country. For many years, my dad would take us down … Continue reading
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New Frontiers: Kartchner Caverns
Cochise County, Arizona Whenever I visit my mother in Abbey Country, I try to take her to someplace she’s never been before. My mom is over 90 now, a world traveler who still lives alone with relative autonomy. She’s buried … Continue reading
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Thwarting Our Best Intentions: A Polemic
It has been a typical couple weeks on Facebook in the land of leftie politics. Whether I am visiting the group for Save The Scenic Santa Ritas down in Abbey Country, or reading a post from a local food activist … Continue reading
Filed under Abbey Country, Community, Essays, Farming, Mining, Polemics, politics, Sustainability
A Walk Along the San Pedro River
Photographs from Abbey Country “It pleases me, loving rivers.” Raymond Carver The San Pedro River flows north from Mexico into southeastern Arizona. It is one of the last free flowing rivers in the Southwest. At the San Pedro River Riparian … Continue reading
Filed under Abbey Country, Education, Sustainability
New Co-Op Deep in Abbey Country
Twenty years ago, my parents moved from the Sierra–near where I still call home–to a town called Sierra Vista in southeastern Arizona, near the Mexican border. For two decades I’ve visited–first them– and then just Mom after my dad crossed … Continue reading
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Two Towns, Two Books…Two Countries?
February 6, 2011 Downtown Portland, Oregon This last week, traveling in one day from Sierra Vista, Arizona to Portland, Oregon was a bit like stepping from Edward Abbey’s Good News into Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopia. On each count this is an … Continue reading
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One Farmer’s Market in One Little Town
Sierra Vista, Arizona January 27, 2011 My first morning in town, I visited the farmer’s market. My main reason for going was that I wanted to find some decent food to eat. I also wanted to show you all what … Continue reading
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