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Moving to Phoenix, Arizona?

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Through a number of events, I ended up moving to Phoenix after living in Colorado for almost four decades. It was a move that did not come easy and had the circumstances been different, I would most likely still […]

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Greasewood Flat:: Real Hamburgers in Pretentious Scottsdale

Last Sunday eve, I joined some friends and we went to visit a very popular hamburger joint called Greasewood Flat. Located in North Scottsdale, it is the only thing original in the area now surrounded by multi-million developments like Troon and Pinnacle Peak.
Greasewood Flat was originally a stagecoach stop between Ft. McDowell and Phoenix. The […]

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Life Must be Pretty Bad

So about the time I start feeling a little like what direction to take the blog in, I get tied down in things that have really been challenging my discipline to post! I was thinking that the direction of my posts would move more toward living and life here in Phoenix for this 50 something […]

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What’s the Story?

So what’s been going on? What’s the story? I’m going to get there. But first, leave a comment, for those that are still hanging in there with this blog, and describe what or why I took this picture just a week or so ago.
Hints: It is relative to the theme of this blog, Life and […]

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The Arizona Solar Racing Team

A SOLAR Race Car

The Drifter, the solar powered vehicle of the University of Arizona solar racing team, was on display at the University of Phoenix last week. The team had just successfully completed the 2008 North American Solar Challenge, a 2400 mile race from Dallas, Texas to Calgary, Alberta. They finished […]

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Online Radio, HOT Weather, and 40 Day Health

Do you listen to music when you are blogging or surfing the web? I want to share an online radio that seems pretty cool, is free, and has a great selection of music. It is called Pandora, radio from the Music Genome Project. You can check it out at pandora.com. They’ve been putting this together […]

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Summer Breeze Pool and Spa Services :: A New Phoenix Business

There’s another pool business in the Phoenix area, and its name is Summer Breeze, owned and operated by a young man named Billy Whitmore. It’s another pool business that offers a full range of services for your pool or spas. This includes specialization in repair, in-floor cleaning systems, salt systems, filter cleaning, acid washes and […]

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