Category Archives: Bopping Around Tucson

Poets & Writers magazine supports Our Place Clubhouse!

Posted on September 22, 2015 by sheilawill

Thursday Writing Group at Our Place Clubhouse returns! We’ll be starting up again in October. As facilitator of the 2012-13 Thursday Writing Group, I’ve never worked with a kinder group of people than the dozen writers who live with serious … Continue reading →

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From my desk to my ocean: taking time to smell the roses

Posted on September 12, 2015 by sheilawill

See the tiny handcrafted bowl of dried roses? My dear friend Olivia made it. She lives in Berkeley. See the photo of Brook, about to turn 5, ready for her first day of kindergarten in Bass Harbor, Maine? She will … Continue reading →

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Motherhood: 37 years/Tucson: 12 years

Posted on September 26, 2014 by sheilawill

How have 37 years gone by so quickly? On Sept. 25, 1977, my beautiful daughter was born, the first newborn I ever held. On Sept. 25, 2002, I drove into Tucson at sunset. “I don’t know what I’ll do now … Continue reading →

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Role models abound

Posted on September 21, 2014 by sheilawill

I’m old. I want to be older, but only if I can age like some of my new role models. Who are they? Two women, now in their early 90s, who have been friends for more than 65 years; a … Continue reading →

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A colorful day on my own

Posted on June 1, 2014 by sheilawill

My man is off on an adventure, which I applaud. Before we met eight years ago, I would schedule a day a month to do whatever I felt like, try something new. That was fun but today is different. I’m … Continue reading →

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Lupines, please wait for me!

Posted on March 23, 2014 by sheilawill

In Arizona they’re called Texas bluebonnets. To me they’re lupines. They grow in the Tucson mountains, much smaller than in Maine. Yup, was I surprised yesterday when I came across Maine-sized purple blossoms at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. … Continue reading →

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Tucson hipsters on a rainy day

Posted on March 1, 2014 by sheilawill

Not us, that’s for sure. I’m a former pseudo-hippy, which is different from a hipster. I’ve wanted to try Five Points Market for breakfast. So we went there. Maybe a rainy day — so unusual in Tucson — invites trying … Continue reading →

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Girl on a fast bike…

Posted on February 23, 2014 by sheilawill

That’s not me. I can walk fast. I still have a small waist. I dream about being in good shape for another 20 years, traveling, keeping up with my daughter walking fast across Manhattan, hiking in the desert. Recently, I … Continue reading →

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Cabin fever in Tucson

Posted on February 6, 2014 by sheilawill

Yeah, poor me. I’ve escaped from Downeast Maine ice storms, snow piled so high I couldn’t open my garage door. Thirty years ago I was a commercial for Mt. Desert Island — expounding on its beauty to anyone who would … Continue reading →

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Musing on the new year: How green is my desert!

Posted on January 2, 2014 by sheilawill

Photos don’t do the Sonoran desert justice, especially on a lovely 70-degree blue-sky day like today, the first of the new year. While hiking in Saguaro National Park West I tried to capture images of the  grass surrounding the Saguaros … Continue reading →

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