Category Archives: Bopping Around Tucson

Sitting in my car, listening to Barack Obama (*please read to the end.)

Posted on December 18, 2016 by sheilawill

I had meant to go grocery shopping. As NPR came on the radio, I heard Barack Obama’s eloquent voice, and a realization struck me: This could be his last news conference as president. I started taking notes on my shopping … Continue reading →

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They’ve all come to look for America…

Posted on November 12, 2016 by sheilawill

St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church was the polling place where I was assigned to work on Election Day. Thirty people lined up in the dark before we opened at 6 a.m. I would spend the next 13 hours at the “Special … Continue reading →

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The past is never past

Posted on April 25, 2016 by sheilawill

“Great minds think alike,” the woman said to me. With iPhones held high, we were both walking toward the desert century plant in the parking lot. About to hop in my car after Pilates class, the tall stalk of the … Continue reading →

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Kisses to the world, ‘Optum’ to Turkey

Posted on March 26, 2016 by sheilawill

“Oy Vey’Izmir” (a type of desert kvetch), says Jordan, when I ask what part of Turkey Buket’s from. I wish I had snapped a photo of these two young folks sitting next to us this morning at our Frank’s breakfast. … Continue reading →

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Getting out the vote in Arizona

Posted on March 19, 2016 by sheilawill

Do I care that Bernie’s Jewish? Nope. I don’t think that he cares either, nor do I think that anyone else cares, and that’s the beauty of it. I care that he’s a Democratic socialist, which aligns with my political … Continue reading →

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Welcome 2016!

Posted on January 2, 2016 by sheilawill

I’ve decided it’s the Year of Sheila (although I’ve heard it’s the Year of the Monkey). There’s the excitement of planning my great adventure to Kyrgyzstan in May for a visit with Ethan and Steph. Where will I disembark on … Continue reading →

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Snippets of Hiking

Posted on December 14, 2015 by sheilawill

I was on my Sunday afternoon hike, heading up the Douglas Spring trail in Tucson’s Rincon Mountains. You know, I start humming after being in nature for a few minutes. Two fleet-footed boys of 7 or 8 appear behind me. … Continue reading →

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Cyclovia Tucson… Decorated bikes, no cars, happy cycling!

Posted on November 1, 2015 by sheilawill

Hundreds of people whooping it up with no annoying cars driving too close. Small children on tag-along bikes with their dads, kids proud as they could be. Colorful fake flowers arranged on bike baskets, shimmering streamers flowing from bike helmets. … Continue reading →

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I’m with Bernie: ‘A grotesque level of inequality…’

Posted on October 10, 2015 by sheilawill

That’s the real issue, isn’t it? I’ve been a political junkie my entire life, but never have I been so afraid for the future of representative democracy in the United States. Citizens United has made a mockery of any semblance … Continue reading →

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Thirteen years in Tucson…a few thoughts

Posted on September 26, 2015 by sheilawill

I drove into Tucson at sunset on my daughter Brook’s 25th birthday, Sept. 25, 2002. “I did it,” I said to myself. “I don’t know what I’ll do next, but I did it.” I had driven cross-country from Southwest Harbor, … Continue reading →

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