Louise Grabell Humidity is wonderful! It’s good for your plants—and your skin, too! You may find mold, moss and mushrooms around your estate. The spores for these organisms live in the soil, waiting for just the right time to germinate and reproduce before everything dries out again. Some annuals may develop moldy leaves. This is…
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Features, August 2015
Ranching in southern Arizona in memory of Joe Goff part 6
Bob Simpson Having adequate sources of water is a critical matter for ranchers. Goff uses springs, earthen dams (tanks) to capture runoff, drilled wells and even old hand-dug wells with windmills. An interesting example of the latter is The Swizos, located between Park Link and the Florence Highway. The well is over 90 feet deep…
Features, August 2015
Injuries and healing
Susan Dawson-Cook An uncomfortable pull in your bicep muscles makes you grimace during a weight workout. You shrug it off. As the week progresses, the pain and tenderness continue. You’re getting older, you say to yourself and press onward. By the weekend the discomfort lingers for hours post-workout. You find yourself rubbing the sore spot…
Features, August 2015
Verse to Vic Garcia
James E. Cox St. Peter, when you meet this man at the gate to paradise, you’ll find Vic more than met the plan that God decreed we emphasize. He worked among the lawless to bring to Justice their foul crimes, but did not stay anonymous when he retired to safer climes. Vic joined the Elks,…
Features, August 2015
2 Your Health: Sam’s story: Why didn’t I try chiropractic first?
Dr. Craig Brue This month I want to tell you the story about Sam’s experience with severe back and leg pain. This story is important because it exemplifies the common mistakes that many patients make in their choices for the treatment of back pain. Like most individuals who experience severe back pain, Sam’s first reaction…
Features, August 2015
Artist of the Month: Harry Huizinga
Jacqueline Cohen To see like an artist is a powerful talent. Artists look with the same camera-type eyes as the rest of us but often process images differently. Artists see leaves and also patterns, lights, shadows, spaces and more. Harry Huizinga has spent years learning to see like an artist and interpreting what he sees…