I’m off to Prescott this week for a family reunion in the mountains. It’s a lot like going cold turkey, with poor or sometimes no cell phone signal. And wifi? Yipes! if you don’t hear from me right away, you’ll … Continue reading →
Last weekend we visited the Hassayampa Inn in Prescott, Arizona. The lobby piano was a lovely McPhail Square Grand Piano. This beautiful square grand piano is much like the pianofortes our Regency heroines played to demonstrate their accomplishments. The McPhail of course is not English. It hails … Continue reading →
On our last visit to Prescott we strolled into Matt’s Saloon on Whiskey Row on a late afternoon. We sidled up to the bar and ordered a couple of beers. A few minutes later, an older (as in septuagenarian) couple … Continue reading →
For my birthday the year before last my husband bought me a Smith and Wesson. Yep. A gun, and not just a gun, an automatic. My dear father taught me how to shoot a rifle when I was about ten, … Continue reading →
No, that heading is not a spelling error. Recently (see my What I’m Reading page) I had the good fortune to spend some time, and alas, too much money, in a couple of used book stores in Prescott, AZ. I came … Continue reading →
“He was ninety percent hotshot, and the ten percent was left for us. But he loved me more than I’ve ever been loved in my life.” Amanda Marsh, widow of Eric Marsh, Granite Mountain Hotshots’ Founder and Superintendent, quoted in … Continue reading →