Tucson Cowgirl
Blog URL http://www.surfaro.blogspot.com
Tags Tucson, Downtown, Writer, Crafts, Desert, sustainability, culture, local food, art
Tucson sustainability, downtown, local foods, crafts, nature, art and culture by a NYC writer-crafter who moved to the Sonoran Desert.
Latest Blog Posts
- Tucson Fall Fashion on Oct 3, 2009
I am a sucker for fine stitching, for beautifully-crafted apparel made from vintage fabrics. I also love local eclectic, contemporary Tucson art. Thus I am in awe of the handiwork of the Kuzu Salon artisans -- seamstresses Mariko and Laurel for their...
- Again, I remember on Sep 11, 2009 in New York World Trade Center
Posted about this last year. I guess September 11, 2001 is something you never will forget. As it was for all New Yorkers, my life changed on that day. Leigh was downtown coming up from the subway at Union Square that morning. Everyone was in disbel...
- I'm not stopping the train -- Just enjoying a freeze frame with Brett or Leigh on Aug 1, 2009 in sunsets Leigh Brett Tucson
Are you happy in your here-and-now? I am. Two examples of how I can look up from my keyboard and feel joy in the present moment:#1: Brett visits later this month. As much as I'm looking forward to seeing my son, I'm not spending time yearning for tha...
- I'm not stopping the train -- Just in a freeze frame with Brett and Leigh on Aug 1, 2009 in sunsets Leigh Brett Tucson
Are you happy in your here and now? I am. Two examples of why I finally can answer yes to that question:#1: Brett visits later this month. As much as I'll enjoy a face-to-face family hug, I already visit often with my son these days. It can be on his...
- Esta es mi vida y amor on Jul 19, 2009 in 2009 Photo Walk downtown Tucson
A wish for all of us: To achieve the greatest joy -- that of living our dreams:Este es mi vidaeste es mi amorque pasa mi vida tranquilosin tristesa y sin dolor y el dia que me muero y que dios me llevade aqui, voy a seguir pintando, para nunca olvida...
- Sunday & Mantovani on Jun 21, 2009 in Bloomingdales Dad
I can't adequately convey the significance of Dad's influence on my life. But on this Father's Day I'll try, via a tiny blog salute to a big man, Francis Anthony Surfaro.Here's pix of Dad with me at my wedding. The first and most important man in my...
- Hurry Up, Bisbee! on Jun 16, 2009 in sunsets Tucson Bisbee
Bisbee, our standard poodle, died in our arms this morning. We had taken him to the hospital for an operation on his cancer, but the doctor called us almost immediately to tell us that the cancer had spread and that there was nothing more they could...
