Posted in Uncategorized on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We got another half inch of rain yesterday, and it’s quite soggy in Tucson; but the day before that, I had a brief hike up at Catalina State Park with Bearbear and my pal India. Check out the saguaros and the water!
It looks shallow, but in parts it was knee deep–this, 6 days since the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Tucson dogs, Wildcat Dog Park on March 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday Bearbear and I invited some of our pals from the Wildcat Dog Park over to play; we also invited their humans along, too. Jazz is the only one who didn’t make it into the photos; sorry, Jazz, you were being to crafty. Next play-date!
Here’s Bearbear and Kiwi:
Here’s Bearbear making sure Maya knows that he’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2010 Winter Olympics, NBC Winter Oylimpic Coverage, Shaun White's Air Guitar on February 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I love winter sports and every 4 years I go crazy watching the winter Olympics. There are a lot of objections I have to the institution of the Olympics; and also to the classist nature of the Winter Games–it’s not a racially or economically diverse competition: not many kids have access to ski slopes and, [...]
Posted in Grasslands Bakery, Uncategorized, tagged Grasslands Bakery on January 31, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Today was the last day the Grasslands Bakery and Cafe was open; as I’ve explained here before, my parents decided earlier this month to close the bakery, mostly because of concerns about my mom’s health.
It was an emotional day, because the few people who came in were really very saddened by the bakery closing; for [...]
Posted in Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona Hiking, Uncategorized, tagged Arizona Trail, Norma Jean Gargasz, Sonoita Arizona on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When Bearbear and I discovered the wildcat dog park in my neighborhood late last year, I met Norma Jean Gargasz and her demure but sporty dog Jazz. Norma Jean is a very talented photographer and her work is visible–and for sale–here. Norma Jean remembered me from my parent’s bakery in Tucson in the late 70s [...]
Posted in Baking, Irish Fiddle Tunes, Irish Music, healthy cooking, tagged Baking, Irish Fiddle, Tucson Irish Music on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For those of you who don’t know what craic is, read the definition here.
It’s my good fortune that David Levine and Roz McLean are spending part of the winter in Tucson; David has a great sounding concertina–for the life of me I cannot figure out how anyone can play that instrument, but he does it [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Captain Sully Sullenberger on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I got the audio book of Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters by Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, and I got it just in time for the first anniversary of his spectacular landing of a US Airways flight in Hudson (January 15th). So far the audio book is really great! Right now I’ve finished the [...]
Posted in Art Quilts, Design, Grasslands Bakery, Uncategorized, tagged Art, Art Quilts, Blacks Creek, Grasslands Bakery on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a video of me on Youtube called simply Clare Aylward.
It wasn’t my idea. Enough people have found this video while googling my name so a small explanation is in order.
My dad had an identical twin, Bill, who was very eccentric and just completely nuts (in a good way); he was also a provocateur and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday my mom came to Tucson, and I had the day off from work so we spent some time together; she had an appointment with her cardiologist, and then we went for a walk along the Rillito River (it’s a dry river, most of the time) bike/pedestrian path. Doesn’t my mom look absolutely adorable? [...]
