Archive for February 2007

DeGrazia’s Gallery in the Sun

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Saturday, February 3rd, began with a rendezvous at DeGrazia’s Gallery in the Sun in NE Tucson with Mom and Dad and also Phil and Marion. DeGrazia lived on a working artist “ranch” with other artists frequently in residence usually in outbuildings that DeGrazia built himself. His artistic pursuits varied widely over the course of his career, from painting, sculpture and metal working to stained glass, and a variety of other ideas.

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Tucson ‘07

Kim and I had our longest getaway ever this year (nearly six days!), reliving the honeymoon we never had, by flying to Tucson, Arizona at 6 am on February 1st. Yes, that’s early — we were up at 4 am — but we were psyched. Time to ourselves, away from jobs, routines, the usual worries and chores; and hopefully we’d get a huge dose of sunshine to blow away the winter blues. We were going to meet Marion, meet up with my parents a couple times, see Phil’s opera, and, weather permitting, hike in the mountains north of Tucson. And that happened, and more!

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