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Category Archives: Travels
Navajo Unleaded.
06-Jun-12where to buy gabapentin cream Driving northeast from Flagstaff I passed through the Navajo Reservation, a vast area taking up something like a quarter of all Arizona. White man’s logic would dictate that there was consequently little in this vast area of easily discernible economic value. So it seemed to my eyes. As with many places in the Southwest, the […]
My last full day in Tucson was a Sunday, and the visit of a friend gave me a perfect opportunity to visit San Xavier del Bac one more time. I hope to write a bit more about this extraordinary church, which to my mind is the most extraordinary building and artwork in Arizona. After mass […]
On the Road.
30-May-12El Capitan, Arizona. The gateway to Monument Valley.
End of days in Tucson.
24-May-12One more teaching day left. Heading back east very soon. I can’t wait to get back to my cabin.
The Missions.
06-May-12Last weekend I visited the abandoned mission of Tumacacori after attending mass at the flourishing one of San Xavier del Bac. I also watched the excellent Robert Bolt-written movie The Mission, which takes as its theme the political difficulties of the Jesuits which led to their dissolution by the pope in 1773. The entire theme […]
Tucson.
06-May-12“In 1858 the reputation of southern Arizona for wickedness was just beginning. By the Gadsden Purchase this border territory had recently been acquired from Mexico. The tradition of mines of fabulous richness, abandoned by the Spaniards, made this remote country a new El Dorado. The sudden influx of Americans, eager to exploit its mineral treasures, […]
Picacho Peak, Arizona.
06-May-12Taken near the top. The peak rises very impressively from the desert. It appears to be a volcanic plug, like Shiprock or Devil’s Tower. Even the trail to the top climbs at an 80-degree incline at times, and you hoist yourself up with metal cables. This is from the not-so-steep side, where the trail is; […]
The Richness of Human Life.
15-May-12Two fifth grade students finished their tests later than the rest of the class and as a result their tests ended up in a different pile from everyone else’s, and when I got to grading them I figured I would skip the scantron – it was only two tests – and grade them by hand. […]