Author Archives: sheilawill

Early morning light on Seawall Road

Posted on July 1, 2012 by sheilawill

I’m not an early riser. But at 4:30 a.m. the birds start singing, lobster boats hum past my bedroom window as they leave the harbor, and the dark night sky awakens. I can’t help myself; it’s too beautiful for my … Continue reading →

Posted in Mount Desert Island/Maine, Nature Girl | Tagged city lights, lobsters, Maine, night sky, Oz Books, Seawall Road, Ship Harbor, Wonderland | 6 Comments

Definitely not an Arizonan

Posted on June 24, 2012 by sheilawill

Our last night on the road of a 3,500 mile two-week road trip. That’s right folks, 3,500 miles! Hip Flagstaff was the spot for the most expensive motel of the entire trip, $100. We yelped (don’t laugh, I’m learning how … Continue reading →

Posted in Food/happy hours, Nature Girl, politics, The Rest of the World | Tagged breakfast, Budget Inn, crab, Delicate Arch hike, Flagstaff, Moab, native peoples, Navajo, Nevada, real Arizonan, revolution, road trip, Utah | 1 Comment

Driving Home: Bend, Burns, Boise and Bountiful

Posted on June 21, 2012 by sheilawill

We’re finished with two days of driving through the B places on our way back to Tucson from Eugene. Downtown Bend, Oregon, was very touristy, kinda like Bar Harbor. But Bend had the Deschutes Brewery, home of Black Butte and … Continue reading →

Posted in Food/happy hours, Nature Girl, The Rest of the World | Tagged Bend, bike paths, Boise, Bon Appetit, Burns, Deschutes Brewery, Goldy's Breakfast Bistro, hip places, Malheur River, Oregon, salmon hash, Utah | 2 Comments

Seals snoozing, eagle soaring, nibbling on Moonstruck chocolate

Posted on June 14, 2012 by sheilawill

Wind’s howling but the sun’s shining as a bright red kite whooshes by our window. Perched high above the Pacific in our cozy cottage on the Oregon coast nothing happens and enough. Yachats — pronounced Yahaats not the Yiddish YaCHats … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature Girl, The Rest of the World | Tagged Apple computers, birthdays, chocolate, iPhone, Oregon, seals, Yachats | Leave a comment

Hello ocean my old friend

Posted on June 12, 2012 by sheilawill

It’s always been this way. The ocean has always been magical for me. First Hammonasset State Park on the Connecticut shore, then Revere beach north of Boston as a young professional in my 20s, and the one time we visited … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature Girl, Uncategorized | Tagged crabmeat, Southwest Harbor, the Pacific, The Wire, Yachats | 8 Comments

Staycation/pre-vacation at Lodge in the Desert

Posted on June 7, 2012 by sheilawill

A week without air conditioning in 105 degree weather was enough for me (“I’m mad as hell and I won’t take it anymore!). We’re leaving on our road trip out west (further) at 4 a.m. in the morning. But first … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Family Matters | Tagged air conditioning, Boston Celtics, Eugene, Lodge on the Desert, NBA eastern championship, New Englanders, Oregon, Southwest Harbor, traveling, vacation out west | Leave a comment

Sweet dog

Posted on June 3, 2012 by sheilawill

How quickly everything changes. After four days in the hospital with a blood clot in his lung, Dan came home yesterday. It’s Sunday morning. We drove to Rincon Market for breakfast and for me to pick up my Sunday New … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson | Tagged "English Patient", blood clots, breakfast, coffee, dogs, Frank's, good health, hospital stays, Rincon Market, Sunday NYT | 2 Comments

Nasty dog people

Posted on May 28, 2012 by sheilawill

Holiday morning, a pleasant time to ride bikes through near-empty Tucson streets. Iced coffee at Frank’s and my favorite spinach-mushroom-swiss omelette. What could go wrong? A truckload of people, or dogs, pulled in. I couldn’t tell which. We were sitting … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, politics | Tagged American Way, bicycling, breakfast, cell phone conversations, crying babies, dog owners, dogs at restaurants, Frank's, libertarian lifestyle, nastiness, public space, rights of dogs | 4 Comments

Gemini Art Date/Tres Amigas

Posted on May 27, 2012 by sheilawill

Let the wild Gemini celebrations begin! My friend Julie and I share a June 11 birthday; we headed to Cafe a la C’Arte for lunch on Thursday since I’ll be away on our actual birthday. And here’s something worthwhile: Tucked … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Food/happy hours | Tagged art galleries, Atlas Gallery, birthdays, Cafe a la C'Arte, David Kish, Drawing Studio, Etherton Gallery, Geminis, Jan Brewer, lavash, Planned Parenthood, Republican campaign against women, women friends | 2 Comments

Entering a portal to the West

Posted on May 19, 2012 by sheilawill

I’ve lived in Tucson for nearly 10 years but I’ll never be of the West. Back East, specifically as a New Englander, it’s always about us. American history is about the Pilgrims, Ben Franklin, the Adams boys, Crispus Attucks and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, For Love of History | Tagged American Revolution, Anza Trail, Concord, Henry David Thoreau, Juan Bautista de Anza, National Park Service, New England, Nogales, Santa Cruz River | 2 Comments