Have you ever wanted everything “just right” before you get started? Did you start over countless times because your project needed “something” else? If so, you may be suffering from a prevalent mindset permeating every fabric of modern society: it’s called perfectionism.
“The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” had a memorable line of dialogue. John Ford’s classic summed up much of Western distortion in two sentences. Ford, who knew an aged Wyatt Earp, had the old gun fighter in mind with his end-of-movie revelation.
SIERRA VISTA — Local staircrafter Clyde Martin, owner of Top Tread Stairways, was recently honored for his work — his 33-foot slide and staircase won the “People’s Choice Award” and “Best Curved Stair Traditional” at the 2021 Staircraft Awards in Denver.
BISBEE — Although the artists of the Subway Gallery do not feel the times are safe enough to resurrect our gala opening night parties of food, drink and merriment — parties that made the Subway a favorite on the Art Walk in the days before the Covid pandemic — we have officially reopened. Th…
COCHISE COUNTY — Cochise College received an enthusiastic response from the hundreds that attended the 15th annual Pit Fire event Oct. 1. The event was canceled last year due to the pandemic.
This is a busy weekend for Dan Stearns of Hereford. Behind four tables at booth 52, Stearns is showing his beautiful lustrous wares.
There was a saying back when people cared about each other even if they were not related: “Good fences make good neighbors.”
HEREFORD — Theresa Warrell did not grow up on a ranch. But the rough and tumble ranching lifestyle with the days long and dusty and where nothing is typical except the unexpected is definitely in her blood.
Let me begin with an anecdotal omission of potential bias. I am a heavily-tattooed professional who wore long sleeve button-ups and full-length pants to work for many years to hide my tattoos.
“There is a school bus in my back pasture,” the lady of the manor exclaimed, grabbing her binoculars.
WILLCOX — Sonny Shores Jr. has run the Willcox Livestock Auction since 1995 when he, his wife and two business partners bought the auction from his dad, Sonny Shores Sr.
The world is in such a rush. We want everything instantly. Consequently, laziness and the desire for convenience created a population of sloths.
SIERRA VISTA — “The most beautiful place in the world is right there, where you are.”
Here we are, in the belly of summer. Time to make the most of the season’s bountiful produce before it’s gone!
Our lives are too predictable and somewhat mindless.
WILLCOX — Mary Peterson, a Willcox native and president of the Willcox Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, has a rather interesting hobby, the kind of hobby that any fan of the History Channel might equate to the two gentlemen of “American Pickers” fame.
In late 2011, the Gladstone Institute of the University of California received a generous gift from a well-known benefactor — a $5 million endowment from the Roddenberry Foundation. The purpose? To build a new stem cell research center in the name of legendary science fiction writer—Gene Rod…
Mother Nature is a possessive goddess.
Sometimes it feels like the Universe is trying to give us a hint of impending misery.
The Rotary Club of Sierra Vista received two second-place awards from District 5500. The club received a second place for “Most Creative Fundraiser” based on the New Year’s Eve Talent Show hosted by the Herald/Review with the club as its beneficiary.
You chose not to flip off the person who purposefully cut in front of you in traffic, left a sizable tip for the barista and held the door for a family coming in after you. You might fancy yourself a do-gooder, maybe not as good as Mother Teresa, but you still try to do the right thing. Most…
If you have been reading these columns for any length of time, you know this writer loves to shake things up, sometimes for pure shock value.
BISBEE — Imagine walking out your back door and seeing most everything needed for delightful salads and more.
On the weekend, Bisbee Pride filled the bars, hotels and shops of Bisbee in place of the usual parade. Many people remarked there were less people than past years, but that the city still felt busy.
SIERRA VISTA — The Sierra Vista Community Theatre hopes to give “an antidote for 2020” through its production of “Love Rides the Rails.”
Do you ever wonder if anyone knows what they are doing? Or are even the so-called experts faking it?
Whether inflicted or imagined, guilt is such an insidious pest.
Some things we do are as automatic as breathing. We tend to be a knee-jerk society.
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