Category Archives: Bopping Around Tucson

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

Strange to have two homes

Posted on May 6, 2012 by sheilawill

I’m not talking about being in the wrong economic class to have a summer home in Maine. I couldn’t make myself sign the papers to sell my house during the real estate boom, then I imagined never selling because of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Mount Desert Island/Maine | Tagged 1 percenters, 99 percenters, capital gains, gray hair, lilacs, OZ Bookstore, Southwest Harbor, summer home | 2 Comments

Crash, smash, get going again

Posted on May 5, 2012 by sheilawill

Wednesday morning around 9:15 a.m.: Hmm…another iced coffee with soy milk? But then I would have to drive up Dodge, wait at that long light crossing River on my way to work. Alvernon is faster. Weekday mundane thoughts as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson | Tagged bicycling, bike safety class, eegee's, League of American Cycling, motorcycling accident, Pima County, University of Arizona, Zen | 2 Comments

Ice cream and revolution

Posted on April 21, 2012 by sheilawill

Swirly chocolate & vanilla, rocky road, bourbon crunch homemade at the Hub, even weird flavors like licorice conjured up at the aggie school when I was in college. An ice cream cone can change the world. How many families got … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Fight wimpiness, politics | Tagged 99 percent, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, bicycling, chocolate, happy childhood, Hub Tucson, NRA, Occupy Wall Street, Ride to the Zoo day | Leave a comment

Like a snowflake…Noam Chomsky

Posted on February 11, 2012 by sheilawill

I’ve been reeling from my heavy-duty Noam Chomsky experience: to write or not to write, my responsibility as an educator, my loyalty to the ’60s and my mentor Howard Zinn, the need for more open-mindedness in the world, speaking the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Fight wimpiness, For Love of History | Tagged auditory system, cognitive abilities, laws of nature, linguistics, MIT, Noam Chomsky, psychologist william james, thinking, University of Arizona, What's so special about language?, William James | Leave a comment

Another Tempest in Arizona

Posted on January 20, 2012 by sheilawill

My East Coast friends often ask how I can live in Arizona. Good question. Sunshine helps a lot. Here’s the latest controversy — ethnic studies/book censorship. In the wake of this uproar there’s actually a Tucson Republican lawmaker who wants … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson, Fight wimpiness, politics | Tagged Arizona Daily Star, Bible studies, censorship, conservatives, education, ethnic studies, Howard Zinn, Phoenix, TUSD | 4 Comments

Hooray for food trucks!

Posted on November 15, 2011 by sheilawill

They’re in all the hip places, and after tonight’s first-ever food truck jamboree Tucson has definitely jumped on the bandwagon. Kudos to Julie Ray for encouraging culinary hipness! I arrived at the Dinnerware Artspace parking lot — suitably decked out … Continue reading →

Posted in Bopping Around Tucson | Tagged Cyclopsicle, Dinnerware Artspace, food trucks, Jamie's Bitchin' Kitchen, jerk chicken, Julie Ray Creative, MaFooCo Korean tacos | Leave a comment