Category Archives: Bopping Around Tucson

A possible haiku, mostly flowers

Posted on April 23, 2018 by sheilawill

Sunny yellow Tucson hides shadows. Darkness exists but mustn’t dominate. A tangled web of desert lavender. Inhale beauty, for peace sake.

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Nature Girl | Tagged Cactus blossoms, inner peace, not a haiku, prickly pear, tangled webs | 2 Comments

Noam Chomsky: The 89-year-old Rock Star of smarts!

Posted on April 14, 2018 by sheilawill

More than five hundred students, old folks, scruffy types, and members of the Tucson intelligentsia listened intently to Noam Chomsky. Sitting on folding chairs in front of the downtown Joel Valdez main library, you could hear a pin drop. Speaking … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Boomers, Bopping Around Tucson, For Love of History, The inconvenient truth about education, The Rest of the World | Tagged American Exceptionalism, dangerous Republican Party, distractions and lies, free public education, humanitarian intervention, Noam Chomsky, Paul Ryan, Pima County Public Library, Republican Party avoidance | Leave a comment

Is silence ever golden? Probably.

Posted on March 26, 2018 by sheilawill

Core class, weight lifting, lounging in the hot tub and shvitzing in the steam room, that’s why I go to the Tucson Jewish Community Center twice a week. Usually, after working out I feel good. Not today. A man in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Fight wimpiness, Nature Girl, politics | Tagged Adam and Eve, First Amendment, fitness class, gun violence, life stories, loud talkers, relaxing at the spa, therapeutic gardening | 2 Comments

Protect kids, not guns!

Posted on March 25, 2018 by sheilawill

For the first time in years, I wish I were back in a high school classroom, working together with teenagers who are taking a stand against gun violence, understanding the heinous misinterpretation of the 2nd Amendment. Here’s what I can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Fight wimpiness, For Love of History, politics | Tagged 2nd Amendment, Christina-Taylor Green, Gabby Giffords, March for our Lives, No to the NRA, Parkland students, Stephen Hawking, Surviving trauma | 5 Comments

How I love small world stories!

Posted on December 22, 2017 by sheilawill

A few years ago, walking down 7th Street around the corner from my Tucson home, a car’s bumper sticker GotMainelobster.com jumped out at me. Whaaa? Not only was the man of the couple who lived there from Bar Harbor, Maine, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Fight wimpiness, Journalism/Writing, Mount Desert Island/Maine, Old friends | Tagged 7th Street couple, Bar Harbor, gotmainelobster.com, justice prevails, Maine winter, small world stories, The Twilght Zone | 2 Comments

My Amigas

Posted on September 19, 2017 by sheilawill

Sometimes if I can’t fall asleep I count all my women friends, strong, independent, smart, funny friends, some of whom I’ve known for more than 40 years. One I’ve known since kindergarten. New amigas are precious too. I’ve enjoyed a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Mount Desert Island/Maine, Old friends, Uncategorized | Tagged breakfast out, exotic travel, purple strappy sandals, selling my house, Southwest Harbor, women friends | 1 Comment

Listening to dumb rules…

Posted on April 24, 2017 by sheilawill

Or not. We go to the Reid Park zoo once a year. It’s a fun spring outing. Ride a bike, wear a helmet and you get in free. You also get a free ice cream cone. A win-win! Plus we … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Fight wimpiness | Tagged animal confinement, bad-ass rebellion, bicycling, Breaking rules, free stuff, lions and tigers and bears, Reid Park Zoo | 3 Comments

A few flowery days

Posted on April 16, 2017 by sheilawill

I’ve been searching out flowers. Thinking about luck and aging and history… My father was a florist in Waterbury, Connecticut, where I grew up in the 1950s. Most early mornings he headed to the wholesale market. Schmoozing while selecting fresh … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Boomers, Bopping Around Tucson, For Love of History, Nature Girl, Old friends | Tagged Cherry Hill Gardens, Ellis Island, flowering holiday plants, immigration, Mexican border, Ocotillo, prickly pears, refugee resettlement, Waterbury | 4 Comments

“Make new friends and keep the old…

Posted on January 16, 2017 by sheilawill

One is silver and the other’s gold.” Little did I know at age 6 that belting out rounds of “Make New Friends…,”while on the school bus to girl scout camp, would foretell how essential dear friends would be 60 years … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby Boomers, Bopping Around Tucson, Mount Desert Island/Maine, Old friends | Tagged "Make new friends...", Barrio Bread, Five Points, newborn babies, Saguaro National Park, Southwest Harbor rental, Tohono O'odam swap meet | 4 Comments

Standing on the corner in Tucson, Arizona

Posted on December 22, 2016 by sheilawill

Dreadlocks. A young guy holding a sign. Seeing him from across the street, I figured his sign said something like, “Need to get to Santa Fe by Christmas day.” I was wrong. Instead, drivers or walkers leaving the El Con … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Mount Desert Island/Maine, Tucson Festival of Books/good books | Tagged children's books, El Con Mall, Oz Children's Bookstore, smiling helps, William Steig | 4 Comments