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Bonus Time-Bending Summer Reads

How could I have neglected to mention these two very different and very interesting summer reads?  I have not reviewed them because they do not fit neatly into my requirement of taking place in a location that inspires travel. But they DO fit the summer reading needs of particular readers–lovers of super heroes or steampunk– take note. Continue reading Bonus Time-Bending Summer Reads

Celebrating Centennial: Arizona Women

Celebrating Arizona’s Centennial

From Pioneer home, Ft. Apache, AZ
From a pioneer home, Ft. Apache, AZ

Two brand new books and one from last year, celebrate some of the women who helped build Arizona in the past 100 years, and the years when it was a Territory. Women were celebrated in Arizona from the beginning. Arizona wrote women’s suffrage into their constitution, making it one of the first states to allow women to vote, and one year after the territory became a state, a woman was elected to public office. We currently have a woman Governor (our fourth). The Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame celebrates Arizona women in the state capitol of Phoenix. Continue reading Celebrating Centennial: Arizona Women

Travel Book Reviews in New Magazine

The 2nd edition of the Indie Travel Podcast Magazine arrived December 1.  This issue is even better than the first issue, and that is quite an accomplishment. Craig and Linda Martin, the ever-traveling, ever-creative New Zealanders, have outdone themselves. Continue reading Travel Book Reviews in New Magazine