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Treasures in the Marketplace

March 13, 2014 by Kate Walter

I first saw the bracelet at a music festival some years ago in Toronto.  The copper color caught my eye, and I was attracted by the beautiful design of the letters cut from metal. “What do these words say?” I asked the Tibetan vendor. “It’s a mantra,” he answered, “inviting enlightenment for everyone on earth.”…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Craft, Festival, Fiber, Metal, Shop, Small Business, Textiles Tagged With: bracelets, gem and mineral show, Kate Walter, Michael Wright, scarves, shop talk, tucson

11th Annual Mesquite Milling, Pancake Brunch, & Fiesta – A Neighborhood Event

December 28, 2013 by Michael Wright

Nov 26, 13 Pedaling quietly down tree lined streets in the crisp autumn morning, we round the corner into Dunbar/Spring Community Park and meet the sounds of gasoline engines driving mills grinding mesquite pods. It is the 11th Annual Mesquite Milling, Pancake Brunch, & Fiesta at the Dunbar Spring Community Garden, Orchard and Mini Nature park in…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Farming, Festival, Food, Gardens Tagged With: desert, desert agriculture, desert farming, farming, mesquite, Michael Wright, neighborhood, tucson, urban sustainability

Celebrating Local Food, Celebrating the Mission Garden

December 19, 2013 by Kate Walter

Being a food explorer in the southwest can be a demanding job, and on Saturday, November 9, there was more than one community festival calling us. Leaving Las Milpitas de Cottonwood, we headed north, traveling a couple miles to reach the party at the Mission Garden to celebrate the November issue of Edible Baja. Published…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Farming, Festival, Food, Gardens, History, Music, Seeds, Sustainability Tagged With: desert, food, garden, history, Kate Walter, Michael Wright, planting, seed library, seeds, sustainability, tucson, urban sustainability

Farm Festival at Las Milpitas de Cottonwood

December 6, 2013 by Kate Walter

When We Grow Our Food, Our Community Grows November in Tucson, Arizona, signals a change in season.  The intense summer sun has relaxed, and while we wait for the winter rains, people, plants and animals reach a place of contented wellbeing.  We find joy in the warm soft brightness of an autumn day in the desert.  …READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Education, Farming, Festival, History, Sustainability Tagged With: arizona, autumn, desert, desert agriculture, desert farming, education, garden, irrigation, Kate Walter, Michael Wright, planting, renewable, resources, seed library, seeds, sustainability, tucson, urban farming, urban sustainability, water

A Visit to Panther Peak Bindery

November 4, 2013 by Kate Walter

   Mark Andersson greeted us at the door of Panther Peak Bindery, smiling a welcome as we pulled into the parking yard of his workshop.  We emerged from vehicles, a seventh grade class from the Tucson Waldorf School, driven and accompanied by four adults, already enjoying our field trip of exploration having just driven through a…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Art, Books, Craft, Small Business Tagged With: artistry, bookbinding, books, craft, craftsmanship, history, restoration, tucson

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by Michael Wright

Garden of Radio Delights

Roll back the tape: 1960, Cincinnati, Ohio, 3 am. My upstairs bedroom.  Headphones on, I’m squinting in the dark at the lighted dial of my Hallicrafter S-38e short wave radio, with a Q-multiplier attached that I built from a Heathkit. The S-38e was produced from 1957 to 1961, making it the end of the Hallicrafters S-38 line of shortwave…READ MORE >

Music in the Wood: Harmonic Forms by Paul Fairchild

I climbed down out of the Crow’s Nest and spent a recent Saturday afternoon worrying a pile of knotty red oak rounds with a maul and wedge, whittling them down to size for the wood stove. As I split them open, I enjoyed seeing the beautiful swirling grains in the wood, exposed to the sunlight…READ MORE >

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