Walking Prescott

All about the flavor of a small mountain city and the surrounding outback: neighborhood surprises ... wildflowers and nature ... the forest ... people and events ... plus occasional comments on science fiction, music, and the Great Wide World Beyond

Saturday, March 21, 2009

The view from the mall

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That is, the view from The Boulders, which is the latest incarnation of the original Prescott mall, out Iron Springs Road. This is the mall ...

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Friday, March 20, 2009

Children's art at the library

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Today was the third Friday of the month -- meaning a free concert at the local library. No, no musical instrument pictures this time -- my b...

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Missing!!!

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He's gone missing! Our own muffler man , who's looked east over Fair Street since at least the 1970s, has vamoosed. When my late hus...

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Strolling the neighborhood

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This week, it is April in March. Not that I object. The world is transformed with the first poppy or the first violets of spring. Not to men...

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Big box ceilings

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Architecturally, modern big box store design has little to recommend. However, I've discovered that the ceilings are another matter enti...

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Monday, March 16, 2009

Building or block or both?

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I am disabused. Of what? Of the idea that the English talk of apartment blocks is a strange use of the language. I had never heard of any i...

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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Deconstructing the nasturtium

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I've written in the past about my love/hate obsession with the nasturtium. Spring is about to happen here in the Arizona mountains and...

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Granny J: one-time journalist well into her Social Security years; loved Chicago but I like the SW mountains equally well

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