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August a hot time for Arizona birding
Double digit heat in June in Texas makes bird watching a problem for birds and birders. But if you really want to see some hot birds, you need to go to southeast Arizona in August.
July 02, 2009 - By E.M. "Bosie" Boswell

Bringing birthday cake isn't pie in the sky
Conversations with Gin for July 1
July 01, 2009 - By Gin Crawford

‘Are we bored yet?’ too often sizes up summer
Jean Paul on Parenting for July 1
July 01, 2009 - By Jean Paul

Scorching heat affects fish, too
We are in the sixth or seventh hottest June, and when you combine this with the lack of rain, we haven’t had a June so hot and dry since they started measuring such.
June 30, 2009 - By Rich Tillman

Eyes are on the high and dry sky
They say in every life, a little rain must fall. Where is it?
June 28, 2009 - By Mary Openshaw

All conflict needs is a dose of resolution
Writing workshop soothed the road-weary soul
June 28, 2009 - By Ron Rozelle

‘Nutty old’ so and so messes up patio
Conversations with Gin for June 28
June 28, 2009 - By Gin Crawford

Quirky Reb ‘exiled’ to Texas
Book Beat for June 28
June 28, 2009 - By Marie Beth Jones

Punish defiance from children, not mistakes
We who are older can remember when there was no air conditioning. Sheldon Elementary School, between Houston and the San Jacinto River, in each classroom had large open windows and one industrial-sized fan on a stand. I came in from recess so sweaty that I lay papers under my arm and the heel of my palm so that I wouldn’t soil the paper on which I wrote my assignments.
June 27, 2009 - By Buddy Scott

Path to high court lined with Ivy
We are boning up on Ivy League pretentions because the pathway to power today is not only money, family connections and education, but all three in one.
June 26, 2009 - By Lynn Ashby

World of woodpeckers can be confusing
Almost every week I get a phone call or an e-mail asking the difference between a red-headed woodpecker and a red-bellied woodpecker.
June 25, 2009 - By E.M. "Bosie" Boswell

Escapism can get us only so far
It is sad Jon’s and Kate’s eight children, who Americans have watched being raised almost from infancy, will be victimized by a broken home. But they hardly are alone.
June 24, 2009 - By Michael Morris

Parents must sweat out kids' dehydration
Jean Paul on Parenting for June 24
June 24, 2009 - By Jean Paul

Here’s a secret to having good food around
Conversations with Gin for June 24
June 24, 2009 - By Gin Crawford

Don’t invite bacteria to holiday cookouts
Who doesn’t enjoy a picnic or barbecue on a beautiful Fourth of July summer day surrounded by friends, family, delicious food, cold beverages and lots of bacteria? OK, maybe not that bacteria part.
June 23, 2009 - By Sharon Trower

 
 

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