Photos · · Tucson

Two UPS Trucks

Two UPS trucks are parked outside El Minuto restaurant in Barrio Viejo during lunch.

Two UPS trucks are parked outside El Minuto restaurant in Barrio Viejo during lunch.

Honest Stuff I Make Up · · Tucson

The Zoo

Now reconciling my adult misophonia with a childhood anxiety brought on by the Dixieland jazz at Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor birthday parties.

Music · · Tucson

Thank You

If you say you love music but never ripped your shoe and hernia mesh spasming to Voice Farm, I don't believe you.

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Be good to the mommas in your life today. Do everything you can to make their lives happier and easier. Call them. Endure church services with them if that’s what they’re into. Take them to brunch. Ta

Be good to the mommas in your life today. Do everything you can to make their lives happier and easier. Call them. Endure church services with them if that's what they're into. Take them to brunch. Ta

Be good to the mommas in your life today. Do everything you can to make their lives happier and easier. Call them. Endure church services with them if that's what they're into. Take them to brunch. Take them shopping next time they're in town. Give them breakfast in bed, flowers, universal health care, paid family leave, equal pay, and maybe a hand written card. Happy Mothers Day!

Links · · Arizona Daily Star

US poet laureate is rock star to Tucson school’s students

This story and photos warmed my heart. Also, you read it right: A grade school with its own mariachi band. 

Herrera is here because of the Tucson Festival of Books — he will read from his works and take part in a panel discussion on Saturday, March 11. The University of Arizona Poetry Center, which is sponsoring his visit, arranged for his appearance at the school, where students have been studying poetry for the last three semesters. As part of his visit, a couple of grants were awarded so that every student would receive an age-appropriate book by Herrera.

The boys and girls filed in in single lines and sat on the floor. They were all giggles and chatter until principal Carmen Campuzano stood. The buzz slowly died down, then the school’s mariachi band played a few tunes for the guest of honor. — Kathleen Allen. US poet laureate is rock star to Tucson school's students