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&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyRd1UBTHjeshR33uVSfxOGmxglK_2Cbt3ePzT4Dbw-UB7Ojg0W-o0QPjvHUvySkp6V17v5VApH3vVOT8cZ986N2GGz4_5ZBoS6FMmR6Tv9AU_TSmcZcc9FPeLjb7FTb-b6sY3PcB7l2Q/s1600/Bead+photo.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyRd1UBTHjeshR33uVSfxOGmxglK_2Cbt3ePzT4Dbw-UB7Ojg0W-o0QPjvHUvySkp6V17v5VApH3vVOT8cZ986N2GGz4_5ZBoS6FMmR6Tv9AU_TSmcZcc9FPeLjb7FTb-b6sY3PcB7l2Q/s1600/Bead+photo.JPG&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; title=&quot;Tucson Gem Show, Historic Trade Beads&quot; width=&quot;226&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;Find all sparkle
and shine you need, whether a first-time gemmer, a writer of rocks, or veteran rock hound. Tucson
hosts the largest show-museum-market in the world. You can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xpopress.com/AZ-show-schedule.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: windowtext;&quot;&gt;search
this collective list&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for special activities by show name or date,
from January 31 through February 17. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.as-shows.com/pages/KinoShow.asp&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: windowtext;&quot;&gt;Kino
Gem and Mineral&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; show at the Kino Sports Complex is always huge and
interesting. Smaller but still a favorite is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www22ndstreetshow.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: windowtext;&quot;&gt;22&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt;
Street Mineral Fossil and Gem Show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, with free parking and 180+vendors
exhibiting an exceptional collection of minerals, fossils, crystals, jewelry
and miner’s rough. Food trucks are there to sustain you. Those interested in
unusual fossils and minerals also will enjoy &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&amp;amp;country=US&amp;amp;addtohistory=&amp;amp;searchtab=home&amp;amp;address=1333+N.+Oracle+Rd.&amp;amp;city=Tucson&amp;amp;state=AZ&amp;amp;zipcode=&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The
Mineral &amp;amp; Fossil Marketplace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; at the&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;Hotel Tucson City Center&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;verdana12black&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are hundreds of exhibits and dealers For
beaders: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tobeadtrueblue.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: windowtext;&quot;&gt;To
Bead True Blue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; begins February 3 at the Doubletree Reid Park and has
hundreds of exhibitors as well as workshops in art couture, artistic glass,
textile and embellishment. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span class=&quot;verdana12black&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;A favorite each year is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tucson-African-Art-Village/105050889526617&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: windowtext;&quot;&gt;African Art Village&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on Farmington Road off
I-10 and Starr Pass Blvd., with its hundreds of vendors displaying and selling
ancient and modern art as well as masks, beads and textiles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tgms.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: windowtext;&quot;&gt;Tucson Gem &amp;amp;
Mineral Society&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is the institution that started it all in 1955 with
a small show of hobbyists and dealers. It still runs the primo event, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tgms.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: windowtext;&quot;&gt;The Tucson Gem &amp;amp;
Mineral Show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;™. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Florite is the
theme this year. Held over the final weekend, February 14 - 17, at the
Convention Center. There are displays from museums around the world including hundreds
of dealers. This main showcase also features exhibits and tours for school
children (sorry, full up already!) and lectures that are open to the public. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Actually
my interest in this massive and unparalleled international marketplace of &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;cultures, minerals,
gemstones, jewelry, lapidary and fossils is very focused on the show’s most
tiny objects: historic trade beads (as seen in my photo)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;&quot;&gt;. Bead
historian Steve Ellis is a master who can help any collector with his knowledge
(and his stash of incredible beads). I only have an email address for him, but
if you need it, please message me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Tucson transport-turned-art &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Plein Air, retro image&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;Tonight in Tucson -- It is a Fall ritual of remembrance, celebration, honoring loved ones and expressing grief. &lt;/span&gt;Particularly in light of the terrible chaos and death wrought by 
Hurricane Sandy...and because of the terrible division we see in this 
country wrought by extremist politics - tonight&#39;s procession carries 
great meaning. Pix on left is from two years ago, when the Procession was on Congress Street. More about the Procession on my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/in-tucson-remembrance-lives-on/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tucson Cowgirl blog here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve contributed 
dollars as I can to help continue the tradition, and to help &lt;a data-mce-href=&quot;http://www.allsoulsprocession.org/&quot; href=&quot;http://www.allsoulsprocession.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;the non-profit responsible&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a data-mce-href=&quot;http://www.redcross.org/hurricane-sandy&quot; href=&quot;http://www.redcross.org/hurricane-sandy&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Red Cross&lt;/a&gt; needs our dollars, too, tonight, as does non-partisan believers like &lt;a data-mce-href=&quot;http://gabbypac.com/&quot; href=&quot;http://gabbypac.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gabby Giffords/Captain Mark Kelly&#39;s PAC.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial Narrow&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Who&lt;/i&gt;: All Souls Procession was
     conceived by Tucson
     artist and teacher Susan Kay Johnson.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Why&lt;/i&gt;: Johnson studied Jung and knew
     that community rituals, including All Souls and Dia de los Muertos, were
     used by many cultures to acknowledge grief. When her father died in 1990,
     Johnson told friends she wanted to create a remembrance piece in his honor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;What&lt;/i&gt;: After passers-by saw Johnson’s spontaneous
     procession and wanted to participate, what was personal performance art in
     a downtown studio grew in the All Souls Procession (ASP). By 2006 the ASP was
     so large (12,000+) that the non-profit entity Many Mouths One Stomach (MMOS)
     was created as the organizing body for all Procession-related activities. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;How&lt;/i&gt;: In its 22&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; year, ASP
     is now an immense spiritual and campy Tucson ritual. The MMOS board stewards
     the evolving, qualitative experience of the ASP weekend and all its
     programs. Artistic Director Nadia Hagen and a collective of co-directors,
     artists and community volunteers called buckstoppers are responsible for
     producing all aspects of the ASP and events. For specific information
     about the Procession, All Souls elements and how you can get involved, check
     the website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.allsoulsprocession.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.allsoulsprocession.org/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2012/11/tucson-night-of-remembrance.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdI704Kuk2Y6CpXpQaHpWLrS5npP2LHB2JQZ8dDnbEE-sIRxIaGQKjKaC5QgTRmbW7UGAey5qwRL0QH8dhMxthWsHOlWW38MFawqK7OhKTSC3UUxkycxooPdsFVmVyRT7tDNSuTmZmmr4/s72-c/Monica+Surfaro+Spigelman+ASP+2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-5017731463132576542</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-09-14T11:09:48.864-07:00</atom:updated><title>Impossible to Imagine</title><description>A world be without music? An important question, as all the arts fight for affirmation and support in our school and our family budgets.&amp;nbsp; Kudos, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fendermusicfoundation.org/give-music-life-video-campaign/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Fender Music Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, for raising the question and for your support of music education.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This mother&#39;s response: A world without music is impossible to imagine. It would have meant missing the joy of watching my son embrace music in his life, build confidence, creativity, friendships and talent, and grow from this (circa late 1990s)...&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;...to this (far right). &lt;br /&gt;
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I love this collection of handwork by my grandmother. Domenica Giuffre was a master of threads -- she worked magic with embroidery, crochet, beading and the fine techniques of sewing.&lt;br /&gt;
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There&#39;s a history behind her skills. Her techniques are based in the exquisite traditional arts of Sicilian drawn threadwork and Italian lace crochet. As I learn more about my family history, I am humbled by how important heritage is to quality of life and to our sense of community.&lt;br /&gt;
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I am lucky to have a few precious pieces of my grandmother&#39;s work and a few photos. Although I wish I had more material items to hold and display, I&#39;m grateful for what I have. Legacy is in our hearts, yes?&lt;br /&gt;
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I recently completed a class on folklore study and research. I hope to write more about my grandparents, my Italian heritage and the traditional arts my grandparents practiced. I&#39;ll post more in the months ahead about my Italy trip and my family arts, but, for now, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/tucson-writers-of-folklore-a-field-school-experience/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;please read about my Tucson field school experience in folklore writing.&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2012/06/writing-family-stories-my-process-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0jX9U2vlcDlP7FNhI3oeQANQxsvmZ0QwQJ4_O0zOpLRS-LEQP45x9v33Q3LmY9hf8X2mhko7WmBqNvw474upQSdjM1CBJnbhARFjYzmrnmHgDgQdWg1HL5zGjv22IbNX57wzoBqx2uos/s72-c/Grandma,+her+emboridery+and+tools.jpeg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-2746005574573820675</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-06-03T12:08:26.587-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cities</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">community</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">environment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">graffiti</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">litter</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">smart growth</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tucson</category><title>Writing on Community Health, 2004 and Now</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m reviewing old papers (yes, the physical kind, not digital) and still don&#39;t have the mindset to toss out the files that documented so many important aspects of this writer&#39;s career. The brittle papers and their writings demonstrate how collectively with other concerned citizens I had worked to build improved communities. This quest is still a focus in my life: Creating and documenting antidotes to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;negative influences on
quality of life. That means back then I worked on stuff like anti-litter, anti-graffiti, unkempt highways, vacant lots, pollution to our land and waterways. I focused on what was important to neighborhoods, like preserving traditions, open spaces, cultural celebrations and family table talk.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;Back then, and still today, I believe we all are&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt; positive
community change agents whose prescriptions of community engagement help neighborhoods improve their health.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_467623106&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_467623107&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;There are forces &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;like&lt;/span&gt;
power silos, population growth, urban sprawl, pollution, strain on natural resources and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;politics that still erode quality of life.&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt; Today I can be frustrated when cities like Tucson grasp at funding and use&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;it on projects that instead of preserving and encouraging smart growth, only hurt our fragile ecosystem –&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;negatively impacting our water and open spaces.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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our challenges&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;will things work. &quot;I&#39;m right; you&#39;re wrong&quot; just doesn&#39;t work. Maybe this is Pollyanna speaking...but I still believe there&#39;s a way to come together to create solutions. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2012/06/writing-on-community-health-2004-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuq3SfrDn81tA2oL7BIuKiSmJNwIz1eoxVzSKqjT7_Xpf5GdTijcnuxtgkBelMrvHzgSDRNpt6tJN6BaeWxMWgcMQiLedFx73AmaQh6Ps52HFd-cO3w3ASW5yOdB_VtIpkpOQjYVxxdNI/s72-c/MOCA_Skyline.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-571785267362298274</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 23:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-05T16:54:40.031-07:00</atom:updated><title>Tucson Tradition Bearers - Ebru &amp; Hat</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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Indigenous traditions, like folk art, are diverse and joyful here in Tucson. Today I visited a Kermes (Turkish bazaar) and enjoyed viewing so many wonderful folk arts, including the demonstrations of the marbled art form of Ebru and the Turkish calligraphy technique called hat. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/cultural-tradition-one-reason-to-love-tucson/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Please read my brief post about today&#39;s walk into the cultural traditions of Turkey.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2012/05/tucson-tradition-bearers-ebru-hat.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jBJyuf08sJtgkzyut14QuzCPdAC6z8nJM7sXHEa40B8JTWoqbjQTRPoVpfyT_o95KSq7x3wJqKrvoYgPj2_PCTV-oBeRO_uGDAHc5AXq24i6iCyOlC0FQ0pGVr2ZaWDTaSrUOYQCmU4/s72-c/TMY+Ebru.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-2641520459954570151</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-29T10:54:18.283-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">culture</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">earthquakes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Italy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Reggio Calabria</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tucson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writing</category><title>Writing and Culture, Tucson and Italy</title><description>Author &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.anacastillo.com/content/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ana Castillo&lt;/a&gt; creates cultural magic with her words. I&#39;m a fan of words that weave stories of heritage and family, and I look forward to her visit to Tucson on Friday, May 4, at the John Valenzuela Youth Center 1550 South 6th Avenue, South Tucson, 6:30 PM.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kaM2b-s2hRduoZz4SCeQSSfaaFXl49ajTthdLh_KuOgWAhiBT39ATKpW33v0YBbAWZ8h95wOqjH0uZ17sN679KSPzcgg3dDYULmp1gkI5Cjm4jUf1G152zN9fhHE_GEvnmX77_ORDxU/s1600/Mariachi+blur.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;113&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kaM2b-s2hRduoZz4SCeQSSfaaFXl49ajTthdLh_KuOgWAhiBT39ATKpW33v0YBbAWZ8h95wOqjH0uZ17sN679KSPzcgg3dDYULmp1gkI5Cjm4jUf1G152zN9fhHE_GEvnmX77_ORDxU/s320/Mariachi+blur.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Family history is important to me now. Like so many immigrants in the early 1900s, my grandparents came to the United States to seek new opportunities after &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Messina_earthquake&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;devastating Reggio Calabria Italy earthquakes&lt;/a&gt;. They cared about family but they wanted their children to look ahead. No Italian was spoken to me; no stories about lineage were passed along. I&#39;m working now to revive the links to my heritage.&lt;br /&gt;
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I wrote more about this, and about author Castillo&#39;s upcoming talk in my blog &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/finding-our-own-way-connecting-our-heritage/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I hope her reading focuses on unifying, universal cultural messages. I would have wanted that for myself in my childhood education, and I want it for Mexican-American students who seek knowledge about their own family roots.&lt;br /&gt;
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The photo is from the 2012 International Mariachi Conference, a Tucson tradition held again just this past week. Viva heritage of all kinds!</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2012/04/writing-and-culture-tucson-and-italy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kaM2b-s2hRduoZz4SCeQSSfaaFXl49ajTthdLh_KuOgWAhiBT39ATKpW33v0YBbAWZ8h95wOqjH0uZ17sN679KSPzcgg3dDYULmp1gkI5Cjm4jUf1G152zN9fhHE_GEvnmX77_ORDxU/s72-c/Mariachi+blur.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-4474099674604287722</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-22T16:51:06.339-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">1950s</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">crafters</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">fabrics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">retro</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sewing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">textiles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">thrift stores.</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tucson</category><title>A Tucson thrift store find stirs a sewing secret</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Y3tMKSs_gjKvfO31d-n61cje74w1xw1IJHd3BqpbMzpImud-zPKx_Ei5p_1RtZQ1LTW0C3ddqf6QKlFgX8v24kDlCCRLBuuv0AzhD3MUEBIHbwyB1LwqMMQsWxV3zacJjaLmk4s0LpQ/s1600/1950+Sewing.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Y3tMKSs_gjKvfO31d-n61cje74w1xw1IJHd3BqpbMzpImud-zPKx_Ei5p_1RtZQ1LTW0C3ddqf6QKlFgX8v24kDlCCRLBuuv0AzhD3MUEBIHbwyB1LwqMMQsWxV3zacJjaLmk4s0LpQ/s320/1950+Sewing.JPG&quot; width=&quot;276&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;1958-1965: I was a sewer, a lover of fabrics and beads, a seamstress educated at the elbow of my mom. &lt;a href=&quot;http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2008/05/friend-crafter-wonderful-mom.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mary Surfaro&lt;/a&gt;  was truly an artisan of wondrous clothes and crafts. My eyes always  followed her hands as she cut. It was a joy to watch her piece and bring  fabric to life. I loved the craft and worked hard at mimicking her  artistry. No matter that it was a necessity for us to make our own  clothes in those days. For me, sewing was super cool.&lt;br /&gt;
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When I hit college I grew impatient with myself and my sewing. There was  no way that I could be the disciplined sewer that my mom was. My  stitches did not follow her impeccable lines. Discouraged, I let my love  and talent for sewing slip away.&lt;br /&gt;
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Fast forward half a century. Here I am, nearly as old as the  oldest mom of my memory. I love her and miss her as passionately as  ever. In this period of my life, it would be a joy to sew with her. &lt;br /&gt;
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I realize now that although I can&#39;t carry on my mom&#39;s meticulous  seamstress skills, I can carry on her joy of the craft. I relish my  fabric stashes and my sewing tools, as she did. As I sit to sew, the  movement of fabric and the sewing machine hum envelope me in a strange  peace. An hour will fly by and even the most crudely shaped purse or  textile art gives me such satisfaction and energy. &lt;br /&gt;
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If only &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amykarol.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;bend the rules sewing&lt;/a&gt;  had been a choice for me years ago! No matter. I have re-embraced my  sewing passion and re-invented a path for myself in the craft. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/the-corral/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;More photos of vintage sewing stuff on my Tucson Cowgirl blog. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Photo caption and comment: Staring at me, on a sundries table of a Tucson thrift  store, were several of these perfectly packaged sewing and needle kits,  circa 1950s Japan. I also scored some beautiful glass beads from &quot;West&quot;  Germany, and needle kits from England. Posting some pix for the  retro-loving designers among us.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2012/03/tucson-thrift-store-find-stirs-sewing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Y3tMKSs_gjKvfO31d-n61cje74w1xw1IJHd3BqpbMzpImud-zPKx_Ei5p_1RtZQ1LTW0C3ddqf6QKlFgX8v24kDlCCRLBuuv0AzhD3MUEBIHbwyB1LwqMMQsWxV3zacJjaLmk4s0LpQ/s72-c/1950+Sewing.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-6252935080306294489</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-17T16:43:54.541-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">American Advertising Federation of Tucson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Social Media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tucson</category><title>Social-Mobile-Local at SXSW Interactive Festival, and back in Tucson....</title><description>&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/tucson-ad-fed-lunch-learning-social-media-stories-shared/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;See more at Tucson Cowgirl Communications&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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I took a peek back to the 1950s, Tucson-style. Quite appropriate for me to do -- I&#39;m a 50s kind of gal. &lt;br /&gt;
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Take a look at me back then (with my grandma, Domenica Surfaro, circa 1950, in Brooklyn, New York).&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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And see Tucson, back then, too, via my eyes today. Here&#39;s my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thezmag.com/article-918-50s-60s-a-retro-peep-hole-a-centennial-story.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;retrospective as published in the February 2012 Zocalo&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2012/02/tucson-then-from-1950s-kind-of-gal.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Th5lgl91vI_JXfvlnXsQPv4H_eeJa6hD6JkJJQHIC_wyMZ-H5NYaA7Zkf-ZEjrVglljTdt42bIHDCeAzXvS0zyKnhGsDyCAOLJojQ2Hn7rwgWCugs91umXFVD6oSSVJXowrNzESY78g/s72-c/Grandma_Monica.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-2767285594798176750</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-29T10:45:44.507-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Boneyard Art Project</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pima Air and Space</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tuson</category><title>Art in Tucson Boneyard, Late Night at Pima Air &amp; Space</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPWBJGuY2hzoAqAcJrAGrkcQ_tt1qZ6iiD4Bmva95uC-ZmrPX1wu5CvMVnEeWX27tam9P2UsqJG2kWwDp_EAa021Z9ZSzu9fA2Ktdib-zrrHNI3qRuBpCTneNVWlOMfTHj3u1F7dcuBs/s1600/Monica_Surfaro_Spigelman_Boneyard_Savage.jpeg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;239&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPWBJGuY2hzoAqAcJrAGrkcQ_tt1qZ6iiD4Bmva95uC-ZmrPX1wu5CvMVnEeWX27tam9P2UsqJG2kWwDp_EAa021Z9ZSzu9fA2Ktdib-zrrHNI3qRuBpCTneNVWlOMfTHj3u1F7dcuBs/s320/Monica_Surfaro_Spigelman_Boneyard_Savage.jpeg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Art brings us together. No longer just wall deco for admiration, art helps us interact. &lt;br /&gt;
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For me there were several treks taken around Arizona that help me slow down, enrich and clarify. From a pause at the Grand Canyon, to a glimpse out the window of an historic railway, a visit to a sustainable farm in Patagonia, a climb to an arch along Navajo highway or a drive to a sacred mountains -- nature and history all come before me in these trips and said, &quot;Stop! Look! Listen!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Five examples of quiet yet powerful journeys:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZAsLLzXPZcTx7uCiLLVKxVWKFPgK6qXRwU5t1tgZzGeDfaeDTZC7Cu2Um8Vkve-Hc94dPS_U3X0PTDjkZbuAahYbMrUDyaPIzk3vj1aOsenFw0UbCt4YXF6qvjeAVGhPlloDMVNnUHM/s1600/Monica+Surfaro+Colossal+Cave.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;149&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLZAsLLzXPZcTx7uCiLLVKxVWKFPgK6qXRwU5t1tgZzGeDfaeDTZC7Cu2Um8Vkve-Hc94dPS_U3X0PTDjkZbuAahYbMrUDyaPIzk3vj1aOsenFw0UbCt4YXF6qvjeAVGhPlloDMVNnUHM/s200/Monica+Surfaro+Colossal+Cave.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A visit to the imposing mountain Baboquivari... where a rambling dirt road taken past the lovely Himdag Ki museum leads to what the O&#39;odham people call the stony ground. I didn&#39;t climb to the top of this mystical spire but I hope to in 2012. The quietness, interrupted only by birds and rustling lizards, is magic for the soul.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Colossal Cave: In once great ranch land where cattle still roam, there is a beautiful outpost that hides a treasure of a cave. In monsoon season the tourists are scarce, and lazy horses or burros slap tails against the flies. The wind rustle through dried grasses. It&#39;s all like a summer desert song that reawakens creativity.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Coronado Trail Highway 191: We zig zagged the car past the mines and funky towns of Clifton and Morenci, and drove up through the glorious Coronado Trail just a week before the horrific fires in 2011. We were surrounded by green blankets of forest and moss, saw packs of bighorn sheep and couples of elk. The quiet majesty of this area was breathtaking. Still is, its power to nurture the spirit undiminished by the late spring firestorm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; Navajo and Hopi Land: Past Flagstaff off Highway 89, following route 160, there are offshoot roads that take you to the land of Dine and Hopi. Here you find wide open spaces cut by redstone arches,&amp;nbsp; expansive colorful canyons, monuments, petryglyphs and strangely-formed monoliths that spiral to the sky.&amp;nbsp; It is a universe of nature, beauty, history and stillness like no other in Arizona.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Salt River to Petrified Forest: Above Globe, Highway 60 takes you through high desert and a scenic bridge that leads through a canyon full of Apache history. Passing this, then through White Mountain vacationer towns like Show Low and Snowflake, you find more unique Arizona beauty along the Colorado Plateau in a forest of a different kind. The wind rips in the Petrified Forest, where temps get to zero in wintertime. But it is strange land of fossils, petrified woods and strange formations, carried here and molded millions of years ago.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;Each trip brings amazement at natural wonders, new respect for ancient ways....and a cleansing of the spirit as technology slips away and the here-and-now speaks loudly. &lt;br /&gt;
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In 2012, take the time to break away. Speak to yourself, not your Facebook page. Did you enjoy this moment? See -- It is gone already!&lt;br /&gt;
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Resource: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/opinion/sunday/the-joy-of-quiet.html?_r=1&amp;amp;ref=opinion&quot;&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/opinion/sunday/the-joy-of-quiet.html?_r=1&amp;amp;ref=opinion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;ol&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2012/01/tucson-road-trips-pause-listen-within.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaYyf9Rm2XA1Raea7x_CqI7FfdYSW0CQfZWPKEuAyDHRXF9aB7SmPm1ExixQSxH47fFIpwPvYzUmmYOnsKG91fYosTRJuzAMbA92ykWUIOfgsPTXbRBUn2KrO2-mRDcOCJJ4qCYvEZvk/s72-c/Monica+Surfaro+Salt+River.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-9004871737842871296</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-13T10:13:01.475-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animal rescue</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">border collies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chino Valley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Karen Clymer</category><title>Best Friend, a Forever Salute</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YYl1KI_nEoOKelDPQNjAsKf_4cgUQTo2AWakyiBxH0gYsdgg3YrWOUIqcBhDrq0ryzfq8JkPBhN2cvOwHULkWwKnddisfwEuQhR2JZmpu8CR32Hoq0PzwdSnZANK1nlw4YpUkud8RVQ/s1600/Karen+and+Silver.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YYl1KI_nEoOKelDPQNjAsKf_4cgUQTo2AWakyiBxH0gYsdgg3YrWOUIqcBhDrq0ryzfq8JkPBhN2cvOwHULkWwKnddisfwEuQhR2JZmpu8CR32Hoq0PzwdSnZANK1nlw4YpUkud8RVQ/s320/Karen+and+Silver.jpg&quot; width=&quot;209&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;I lost a good friend this year. Our last communication was in March. We talked then about education, about my son, about writing and about another gathering, hopefully before the end of 2011.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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Our friendship spanned three decades. At first we were just coworkers - so different in style and personality yet clicking in true ways. When work relationship grew to friendship, we became sharers of dreams. And we had so many good discussions about writing. So many laughs, too -- It was a joyful friendship. &lt;br /&gt;
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After our professional lives traveled in different directions, the friendship, though long-distance, remained on track. We were partners on different levels that included a bonding of our souls. So no matter how infrequent the phone calls, the emails or the visits - once these occurred there was no lost momentum in what we shared. I am forever grateful for her introducing my son to the authentic and wild open spaces of the west and to ranching experiences. &lt;br /&gt;
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I&#39;ll never forget the hilarious encounters of her trying to teach me how to feed horses and goats -- and I&#39;m sure she didn&#39;t forget these times either. There was an evening or two of her helping me reawaken a love of knitting. She gave me lessons in perseverance, remaining professionally alert, reaching for new horizons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Karen Clymer - United Parcel Service editor, animal lover, dog trainer, American Herding association judge with national credentials, spinner, college instructor and friend - died April 2, 2011. I am heartbroken without my dear friend&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;. She was my inspiration and the real cowgirl. Most important of all, Karen was a good, generous, spiritual, loving, enthusiastic, business-savvy, creative individual. Selfishly I feel the loss so deeply, but I turn to all the strong and happy memories for some comfort.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Karen, what a crazy but joyful place was your Solarwind Ranch!!!! I thank all of Karen&#39;s good friends in Chino Valley and Prescott for taking care of Karen&#39;s animal family - her dogs, her horse, her sheep-goats-ducks. My prayers to Karen&#39;s brothers, family and foster children who remain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I wrote in 2008:&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
While I was still a New Yorker, Karen gave me my first taste of  pioneering life. I loved the times I could visit her ranch, where I was  awed by endless wild Arizona spaces and mountains, and where I first  learned to haul hay to the horses and Karen’s “ark” assortment of ducks,  goats, sheep and border collies. Karen may not call herself a cowgirl  (she’s a county fair supervisor, border collie rescue and breeder,  herding and obedience trial judge, friend and loving foster mother  rolled into one). But, to me, Karen personifies the independence and  strength of extraordinary women called cowgirls. They were the  foundation of the families who helped settle the American Southwest. I  tip my hat to my cowgirl friend Karen&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;shown in photo with Silver, in a pix taken by Leigh Spigelman)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Be at peace, good friend. I wish I could write as well as you have. May I celebrate community, humanity and love of animals as purely as you did. May I pursue my life with your passion and authenticity. Walk with me still. You are in my heart always.&lt;br /&gt;
Karen Marie Clymer&lt;br /&gt;
October 19, 1948 - April 2, 2011&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-friend-forever-salute.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YYl1KI_nEoOKelDPQNjAsKf_4cgUQTo2AWakyiBxH0gYsdgg3YrWOUIqcBhDrq0ryzfq8JkPBhN2cvOwHULkWwKnddisfwEuQhR2JZmpu8CR32Hoq0PzwdSnZANK1nlw4YpUkud8RVQ/s72-c/Karen+and+Silver.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-1621948861923744619</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-10T10:43:24.894-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">independent business</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">local</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">shopping</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tucson</category><title>Tucson Localism and Holiday Indie Gifts</title><description>&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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So I&#39;m proud of my feature appearing in the current edition of Zocalo, Tucson&#39;s urban lifestyle-culture-music magazine. Please take a read and support Tucson (and all!) local independent businesses: &lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:WordDocument&gt;   &lt;w:View&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:Zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:TrackMoves/&gt;   &lt;w:TrackFormatting/&gt;   &lt;w:PunctuationKerning/&gt;   &lt;w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/&gt;   &lt;w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:DoNotPromoteQF/&gt;   &lt;w:LidThemeOther&gt;EN-US&lt;/w:LidThemeOther&gt;   &lt;w:LidThemeAsian&gt;X-NONE&lt;/w:LidThemeAsian&gt;   &lt;w:LidThemeComplexScript&gt;X-NONE&lt;/w:LidThemeComplexScript&gt;   &lt;w:Compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:BreakWrappedTables/&gt;    &lt;w:SnapToGridInCell/&gt;    &lt;w:WrapTextWithPunct/&gt;    &lt;w:UseAsianBreakRules/&gt;    &lt;w:DontGrowAutofit/&gt;    &lt;w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/&gt;    &lt;w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/&gt;    &lt;w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/&gt;    &lt;w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/&gt;    &lt;w:Word11KerningPairs/&gt;    &lt;w:CachedColBalance/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:BrowserLevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;   &lt;m:mathPr&gt;    &lt;m:mathFont m:val=&quot;Cambria Math&quot;/&gt;    &lt;m:brkBin m:val=&quot;before&quot;/&gt;    &lt;m:brkBinSub m:val=&quot;&amp;#45;-&quot;/&gt;    &lt;m:smallFrac m:val=&quot;off&quot;/&gt;    &lt;m:dispDef/&gt;    &lt;m:lMargin m:val=&quot;0&quot;/&gt;    &lt;m:rMargin m:val=&quot;0&quot;/&gt;    &lt;m:defJc m:val=&quot;centerGroup&quot;/&gt;    &lt;m:wrapIndent m:val=&quot;1440&quot;/&gt;    &lt;m:intLim m:val=&quot;subSup&quot;/&gt;    &lt;m:naryLim m:val=&quot;undOvr&quot;/&gt;   &lt;/m:mathPr&gt;&lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thezmag.com/article-852-hotspots-for-indie-holiday-gifting.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hotspots for Indie Holiday Gifting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;storycaption&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2011/12/tucson-localism-and-holiday-indie-gifts.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3JiiHmoZHjcbOUS3vYrmx1jZ-N_D9tQw4DVZFtBwOT0hiSwn9FmSgvbNZItd7dU811rr62BHt3ehz1e1L14GYiSPTlBLZm3bZ50cMZoIZK8Gmo3TYsjjnoI5Z5saykrmUp72cmg6zYs/s72-c/zocalo.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-7325381161712525514</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-26T10:38:31.222-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Small Business Saturday</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tucson</category><title>Tucson Local: Saluting Small Business</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhmzmJVoAYnAzYaYR2X-aRQffv2b4S1MlCWtFgO3NV21B1e6FH121sTmhutd_ifWY9W8HRtZ1NTOr3TDEZKrQpeGEAtvnX75N2XGIhg9cyTwSgiOLR2LWhCuioJQQ3DX3HPS-WKTg_Zw/s1600/Monica+and+downtown+tucsonstorewindow.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhmzmJVoAYnAzYaYR2X-aRQffv2b4S1MlCWtFgO3NV21B1e6FH121sTmhutd_ifWY9W8HRtZ1NTOr3TDEZKrQpeGEAtvnX75N2XGIhg9cyTwSgiOLR2LWhCuioJQQ3DX3HPS-WKTg_Zw/s200/Monica+and+downtown+tucsonstorewindow.jpg&quot; width=&quot;133&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Celebrating Small Business Saturday: Honoring the many businesses, organizations and people who creatively transform our downtowns and centers of economy into more vibrant, sustainable cities, giving them a stamp of localism and defining our sense of place-making.&lt;br /&gt;
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Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/around-tucsons-table-of-tradition-grateful-for-small-and-local/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/around-tucsons-table-of-tradition-grateful-for-small-and-local/ &lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/around-tucsons-table-of-tradition-grateful-for-small-and-local/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br style=&quot;mso-special-character: line-break;&quot; /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2011/11/tucson-local-random-salutes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMhmzmJVoAYnAzYaYR2X-aRQffv2b4S1MlCWtFgO3NV21B1e6FH121sTmhutd_ifWY9W8HRtZ1NTOr3TDEZKrQpeGEAtvnX75N2XGIhg9cyTwSgiOLR2LWhCuioJQQ3DX3HPS-WKTg_Zw/s72-c/Monica+and+downtown+tucsonstorewindow.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-3262323008526699564</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-29T16:31:31.825-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">culture</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tradition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tucson</category><title>Tucson Living Traditions and Cultures</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9w3CjLjSY4Hzz0lQobRFpALxGjsNuO9XIKpAOBRacAGWVmz66FD4IG8-UiRcuzjsI1Rty-LW4Y-PPgwZ1Lt1a8V3nNJK7OBJtMyklyk05ZEbS5Pde3NwHnr0Apa2MbqCW_NEnWkwdyo/s1600/Tucson+Meet+Yourself.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;133&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9w3CjLjSY4Hzz0lQobRFpALxGjsNuO9XIKpAOBRacAGWVmz66FD4IG8-UiRcuzjsI1Rty-LW4Y-PPgwZ1Lt1a8V3nNJK7OBJtMyklyk05ZEbS5Pde3NwHnr0Apa2MbqCW_NEnWkwdyo/s200/Tucson+Meet+Yourself.JPG&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;More and more, American folk life festivals have become a way to share traditional expressive cultures across the United   States. Since 1974 a festival called Tucson Meet Yourself has been a way to celebrate a wide range of creative familial and ethnic customs that are expressed thru art, dance storytelling, music, games, handicraft and food. This free community event takes place in our downtown during the second weekend of October. Many smaller communities that make up our diverse city participate by demonstrating the beauty of their culture which has been passed down through the generations. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #990000;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Each year I so enjoy watching the folk traditions as practiced by small groups that share a common identity through their ethnic or religious background. Traditional storytelling, arts and crafts, costumes and recipes are a way to share folk culture, bind together neighborhoods and give individuals a sense of community.&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;In this weekend of celebration I can eat a handmade tamale, watch a master artisan craft some leatherwork, listen to a Tohono O’dham story and enjoy a folk dance all in one afternoon. This celebration of unique ritual help me feel part of varied traditions.&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/b&gt;This is one memorable festival that communicates the sounds, arts, smells, visuals and experiences of community identity and cultural practice. I can share the diverse ways of life of various cultures in this Southwest town, and this makes me feel at home. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;I have always placed high value on preserving group traditions and the way of life they represent for the following generations. Particularly in Arizona, where it has become critical for various cultures to live together and understand each other, tradition as a symbol remains important to successful, positive communities. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Note and Disclosure: This year I coordinated four Folk Arts areas in this important celebration of living tradition, a consulting assignment of great joy and value to me.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2011/10/tucson-living-traditions-and-cultures.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw9w3CjLjSY4Hzz0lQobRFpALxGjsNuO9XIKpAOBRacAGWVmz66FD4IG8-UiRcuzjsI1Rty-LW4Y-PPgwZ1Lt1a8V3nNJK7OBJtMyklyk05ZEbS5Pde3NwHnr0Apa2MbqCW_NEnWkwdyo/s72-c/Tucson+Meet+Yourself.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-6793946132895798980</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-24T17:10:34.807-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">charreada</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">monsoons</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tucson</category><title>El Dia de San Juan, Praying for Monsoons in Tucson</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagxyZkhfUpW3TzsrkrG20rs-B8WBK0c6wuLG9ne9BqWs22oW5LvaOr1g2jIst4AlbEorP3Y0fURspUSb4CtUXn7jdfEn33vXjGf_GsdQY4nbEpWJAtyg30ugMrR5CdhQ3dxbxFmPuIzI/s1600/El+Dia+San+Juan+new.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagxyZkhfUpW3TzsrkrG20rs-B8WBK0c6wuLG9ne9BqWs22oW5LvaOr1g2jIst4AlbEorP3Y0fURspUSb4CtUXn7jdfEn33vXjGf_GsdQY4nbEpWJAtyg30ugMrR5CdhQ3dxbxFmPuIzI/s200/El+Dia+San+Juan+new.jpg&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_979130244&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;goog_979130245&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;It began in legend, and it is a fiesta of much culture, gaiety and mariachis. I love to watch the charreada (Mexican rodeo) and the beautiful escaramuzas who perform on horseback. My post and another pix appears on my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/el-dia-de-san-juan-praying-for-monsoons-in-tucson/&quot;&gt;Tucson Cowgirl&lt;/a&gt; website.</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2011/06/el-dia-de-san-juan-praying-for-monsoons.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagxyZkhfUpW3TzsrkrG20rs-B8WBK0c6wuLG9ne9BqWs22oW5LvaOr1g2jIst4AlbEorP3Y0fURspUSb4CtUXn7jdfEn33vXjGf_GsdQY4nbEpWJAtyg30ugMrR5CdhQ3dxbxFmPuIzI/s72-c/El+Dia+San+Juan+new.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-3398958875439814782</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-06-19T11:14:45.423-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Arizona</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">culture</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">downtown Tucson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tourism</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wildfires</category><title>Tucson Tales: Wildfire, Symbolism, Culture</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTY-61hxa4Cyw8AxLryDfLMnEPdfsb2aA8CVPFZLxCA84HHMQ7DnGM_xK7o-jOyOmGAlgDXHWoLkn7Rr9IqWh0KzhKyZVGaZdrTUrpKgp1Q5Jso582VMHyS4Z5sJsamUSCq7IlDqbhnE/s1600/iPhoneMay2011+1066.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTY-61hxa4Cyw8AxLryDfLMnEPdfsb2aA8CVPFZLxCA84HHMQ7DnGM_xK7o-jOyOmGAlgDXHWoLkn7Rr9IqWh0KzhKyZVGaZdrTUrpKgp1Q5Jso582VMHyS4Z5sJsamUSCq7IlDqbhnE/s320/iPhoneMay2011+1066.jpg&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I do most of my writing in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/the-corral/&quot;&gt;Corral at Tucson Cowgirl &lt;/a&gt;but wanted to post links to two thoughts I ponder:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mother Nature&#39;s fury is apparent in Arizona these days. Wildfires and heat relentlessly test the stamina of neighbors, firefighters and our natural environment. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/tucson-tale-wildfires-spirituality-symbolism/&quot;&gt;A place of contemplation I visited last year is just about destroyed by the Monument fire in Sierra Vista&lt;/a&gt; and as I view pix of its destruction I think about community (people, wildlife and plants alike) so torn by the furious fire. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;One threshold quality of life element that draws me to the desert is its rich environment of living traditions, heritage and culture. It was a pleasure to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biztucson.com/biztourism/culture-a-heritage&quot;&gt;write about my passion for BizTucson magazine this month&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2011/06/tucson-tales-wildfire-symbolism-culture.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihTY-61hxa4Cyw8AxLryDfLMnEPdfsb2aA8CVPFZLxCA84HHMQ7DnGM_xK7o-jOyOmGAlgDXHWoLkn7Rr9IqWh0KzhKyZVGaZdrTUrpKgp1Q5Jso582VMHyS4Z5sJsamUSCq7IlDqbhnE/s72-c/iPhoneMay2011+1066.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-8301183894279819775</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 20:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-29T13:35:13.243-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">desert</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">iPhone</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tucson</category><title>Tucson Time</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPbaICjpHgLMa5LMb4TjftcSEu0wXXwSC07EfgZ20eqI2nzvHJ3B-VMZIjBhWO6Q7CfsXQGarU5ULYmKk4P8G2iu44WAPr7_LYhKBIoDA3b1eNxdqQiXCD_URpindawA_pePltkCEQL8/s1600/iPhoneMay2011+3032.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPbaICjpHgLMa5LMb4TjftcSEu0wXXwSC07EfgZ20eqI2nzvHJ3B-VMZIjBhWO6Q7CfsXQGarU5ULYmKk4P8G2iu44WAPr7_LYhKBIoDA3b1eNxdqQiXCD_URpindawA_pePltkCEQL8/s320/iPhoneMay2011+3032.jpg&quot; width=&quot;239&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Winds are blowing and hot desert days are here. Snowbirds flee and gee, I must be a desert rat, because I revel in the reduced numbers on our dusty streets.&lt;br /&gt;
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The heat makes me focus more, on little things. I watch the javelina taking it slower. A parade of them lumbered past us, up the trail adjoining our house, making their way to their daily stomping grounds. Our mother dove sits patiently on her newborns, who are quiet having just been fed. &lt;br /&gt;
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I&#39;ll let my iPhone speak for me now. Please &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/random-tucson/%20&quot;&gt;see more about my Tucson at my website&#39;s corral&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2011/05/tucson-time.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPbaICjpHgLMa5LMb4TjftcSEu0wXXwSC07EfgZ20eqI2nzvHJ3B-VMZIjBhWO6Q7CfsXQGarU5ULYmKk4P8G2iu44WAPr7_LYhKBIoDA3b1eNxdqQiXCD_URpindawA_pePltkCEQL8/s72-c/iPhoneMay2011+3032.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-8690457055118829911</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-13T16:03:10.965-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">beads</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">culture</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tradition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tucson</category><title>Beautiful Beads, My Tucson Gems</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWx3QaP2Oo5p0MYMcDPMhhFl_LaO4VKYH35Lr4iBoomkiNY8iUpfBv7OiLQsGPYFBJSeZ7ODq6AV4roZu5AUA6KeVfBxjeUcWEp5Khl3-MeDjqBJ9WJKC_Lf6oH9zisVO9RX4YK_9Iy2A/s1600/Bead+photo.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWx3QaP2Oo5p0MYMcDPMhhFl_LaO4VKYH35Lr4iBoomkiNY8iUpfBv7OiLQsGPYFBJSeZ7ODq6AV4roZu5AUA6KeVfBxjeUcWEp5Khl3-MeDjqBJ9WJKC_Lf6oH9zisVO9RX4YK_9Iy2A/s200/Bead+photo.JPG&quot; width=&quot;141&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;These are the eight small beads which called to me, told stories that stirred my spirit. Beads are symbolic of   cultural tradition, ornamentation, religion, art, commerce and individuality.&lt;br /&gt;
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Learn what each of these beads stands for, and read my post, here:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/beading-lore-tucson-gem-mineral-show/&quot;&gt;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/beading-lore-tucson-gem-mineral-show/&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2011/02/beautiful-beads-my-tucson-gems.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWx3QaP2Oo5p0MYMcDPMhhFl_LaO4VKYH35Lr4iBoomkiNY8iUpfBv7OiLQsGPYFBJSeZ7ODq6AV4roZu5AUA6KeVfBxjeUcWEp5Khl3-MeDjqBJ9WJKC_Lf6oH9zisVO9RX4YK_9Iy2A/s72-c/Bead+photo.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-2481176318240096768</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-30T19:37:04.397-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">gems and minerals</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tucson</category><title>Tucson Gem Show Fever</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTpK1k4qwrcdYIAW55BTc05Hz_Snar_rALFCO6QRzy7cF_AEpbhqpsbOMRlpjGjdGoT5B7NHRmvp24HdEjsrK12xXoztgqOekj4aRhZayTxkGxvOwM6wsqbkSTPz7U24CqwyWoTlD4qw/s1600/Crafted+Gem+Show+Poster.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTpK1k4qwrcdYIAW55BTc05Hz_Snar_rALFCO6QRzy7cF_AEpbhqpsbOMRlpjGjdGoT5B7NHRmvp24HdEjsrK12xXoztgqOekj4aRhZayTxkGxvOwM6wsqbkSTPz7U24CqwyWoTlD4qw/s200/Crafted+Gem+Show+Poster.jpg&quot; width=&quot;151&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The greatest show on earth is underway in Tucson, now through February 13. Whether you&#39;re a child wondering about geology, a seasoned rock hound, a beader, a gemologist, a fossil hunter or a browser - there&#39;s something for everyone at this collection of 41-plus shows spread across the Old Pueblo.&lt;br /&gt;
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My post on the showcases and on resources to help you enjoy this event is here:&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/tucson-gem-fever-the-greatest-show-on-earth/%20&quot;&gt;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/tucson-gem-fever-the-greatest-show-on-earth/ &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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And come visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.craftedtucson.com/?page_id=16&quot;&gt;Crafted Tucson, where we&#39;ve created a small exhibit&lt;/a&gt; on a very big, beautiful wonder called the Tucson Gem shows!</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2011/01/tucson-gem-show-fever.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTpK1k4qwrcdYIAW55BTc05Hz_Snar_rALFCO6QRzy7cF_AEpbhqpsbOMRlpjGjdGoT5B7NHRmvp24HdEjsrK12xXoztgqOekj4aRhZayTxkGxvOwM6wsqbkSTPz7U24CqwyWoTlD4qw/s72-c/Crafted+Gem+Show+Poster.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-4718424676903718618</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-16T13:37:07.136-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">community</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Martin Luther King Day</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">National Day of Service</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">service</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sustainability</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tucson</category><title>National Day of Service, Making It a Way of Life</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuGrj_d66AbTb4473n_BmpxAtJyVkNRBEO7ODK3ZYpz_hmHnT5OiCwcl1nVP50EbLERU7Cxc2EoZYF33XZWIwAQ665ondiH3d-lIrjGZOaiA_KsDOjRl3UJe1kwsn5hm2tziCcLuzPI8/s1600/MLK+logo.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuGrj_d66AbTb4473n_BmpxAtJyVkNRBEO7ODK3ZYpz_hmHnT5OiCwcl1nVP50EbLERU7Cxc2EoZYF33XZWIwAQ665ondiH3d-lIrjGZOaiA_KsDOjRl3UJe1kwsn5hm2tziCcLuzPI8/s200/MLK+logo.jpg&quot; width=&quot;163&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;What are you doing to acknowledge Martin Luther King Day and our National Day of Service? Recent terrible events here in Tucson make it imperative for me to ponder my commitment to reinforcing positive values and improving quality of life.&lt;br /&gt;
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I am not talking about becoming Pollyanna. There are tangible solutions to the mess in our world through stewardship, sustainability and simple acts of kindness.&lt;br /&gt;
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I &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/national-day-of-service-the-challenge-commitment-in-tucson/&quot;&gt;posted some thoughts and resources on my blog.&lt;/a&gt; Please share the good, and spread kindness!</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2011/01/national-day-of-service-making-it-way.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuGrj_d66AbTb4473n_BmpxAtJyVkNRBEO7ODK3ZYpz_hmHnT5OiCwcl1nVP50EbLERU7Cxc2EoZYF33XZWIwAQ665ondiH3d-lIrjGZOaiA_KsDOjRl3UJe1kwsn5hm2tziCcLuzPI8/s72-c/MLK+logo.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-6366279229718915424</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-19T16:07:07.162-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">family</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">holiday</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tradition</category><title>Savor Tradition</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMI3xdmJ9h8UX8zdiDar90AyThHizXA2t90Gx8UrCD-g2k6ycN06NNoOXzZmER01TecyFeEueT6Ex4HKeGo3toQ4h5DzM96lFeReEOv-Aity0kqVDPA64zeQBnZbM_rHT8QLnGGsSyv7A/s1600/Santa+and+Monica.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMI3xdmJ9h8UX8zdiDar90AyThHizXA2t90Gx8UrCD-g2k6ycN06NNoOXzZmER01TecyFeEueT6Ex4HKeGo3toQ4h5DzM96lFeReEOv-Aity0kqVDPA64zeQBnZbM_rHT8QLnGGsSyv7A/s200/Santa+and+Monica.JPG&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Celebrate family this season. Forge new traditions. &lt;br /&gt;
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The spirit of the season is universal. No matter what your beliefs, take a moment to enjoy the sights and scents of the holiday, and to pass along a sense of peace and hope. &lt;br /&gt;
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My post is here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/savoring-family-traditions&quot;&gt;http://www.tucsoncowgirl.com/savoring-family-traditions&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;br /&gt;
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Happy Holidays!!!</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2010/12/savor-family-tradition.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMI3xdmJ9h8UX8zdiDar90AyThHizXA2t90Gx8UrCD-g2k6ycN06NNoOXzZmER01TecyFeEueT6Ex4HKeGo3toQ4h5DzM96lFeReEOv-Aity0kqVDPA64zeQBnZbM_rHT8QLnGGsSyv7A/s72-c/Santa+and+Monica.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227577806589664638.post-1655872346060207103</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-22T11:14:58.489-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Local First Arizona</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Small Business Saturday</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Sustainability</category><title>Supporting Small Business Saturday and Tucson Local First</title><description>I&#39;m a believer in the power of our local communities.I choose local foods and businesses as part of a more sustainable  lifestyle. I&#39;m thankful in this season that the go-local movement is growing. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmwLgjFynD7VzfGMWSnmd5eIydyAdKgLAJgdJfXIEY5xCSBLH_S5msiclfdGa0ddr_znBJ3hUnTGwB_oSKMI0TnEU0PvrPGOLt0PKGgPbBKqYPwMlkvoXUYt06oB1UfLuAZW5JdAogfQ/s1600/Local+First+Member.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;193&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmwLgjFynD7VzfGMWSnmd5eIydyAdKgLAJgdJfXIEY5xCSBLH_S5msiclfdGa0ddr_znBJ3hUnTGwB_oSKMI0TnEU0PvrPGOLt0PKGgPbBKqYPwMlkvoXUYt06oB1UfLuAZW5JdAogfQ/s200/Local+First+Member.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I’m &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.localfirstaz.com/directory/listing.php?member_id=3333&amp;amp;area=&quot;&gt;part of our Local First Tucson group of businesses&lt;/a&gt; focused on enriching communities throughout Arizona. Strong local economies will turn the tide in these volatile times.&lt;br /&gt;
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For me, focusing local began in 1972, when place-making and the&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_land&quot;&gt; back-to-the land movement&lt;/a&gt; was in full swing. I was a young journalist attending a conference titled “How to Live Sanely in a Trouble World. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/1977-03-01/Living-the-Good-Life-with-Helen-and-Scott-Nearing.aspx&quot;&gt;Helen and Scott Nearing&lt;/a&gt;,  Vermont and Maine homesteaders and authors of the 1954 cult classic,  The Simple Life, were there, as were many other leaders of the early  green revolution.&amp;nbsp; Since then sustainability and community-building  (incorporating nature, art and culture) grew roots in my professional  and personal life. Amazing- Just recently, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.peoplesgardennyc.org/&quot;&gt;People’s Garden NYC&lt;/a&gt; contacted me about &lt;a href=&quot;http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60F16FD3F55167A93C0A9178AD95F418785F9&amp;amp;scp=11&amp;amp;sq=surfaro&amp;amp;st=p&quot;&gt;a story I wrote for the New York Times on Urban Agriculture 30 years ago&lt;/a&gt;. Sustainability is timeless. So is the richness of our local foods and businesses. Please check out and support the &lt;a href=&quot;http://smallbusinesssaturday.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Small Business Saturday movement. &lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://surfaro.blogspot.com/2010/11/supporting-small-business-saturday-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmwLgjFynD7VzfGMWSnmd5eIydyAdKgLAJgdJfXIEY5xCSBLH_S5msiclfdGa0ddr_znBJ3hUnTGwB_oSKMI0TnEU0PvrPGOLt0PKGgPbBKqYPwMlkvoXUYt06oB1UfLuAZW5JdAogfQ/s72-c/Local+First+Member.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>