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One century and 38 years ago, the life of Frank Lloyd Wright began. His presence is so powerful to this day, it’s hard to believe that he was born 100 years before me. It’s even harder to imagine what he went through in his twenties and thirties. With the kind of vision and imagination that he had, it’s no wonder he was most recognized in his fifties, sixties and seventies. If one looks at some of his works today for the first time, they may wonder if they were just finished yesterday. Almost daily, I drive past one of the more visible FLW designs in Phoenix. I have discovered that there are many FLW houses here in the Valley as well. I’ll have to start wandering to and from work through the various neighborhood they’re in. No wonder, considering his western outpost, Taliesin West, resides in Scottsdale. It took me 10 years to get there after I moved to Arizona. After visiting last year, I can’t believe I waited so long. If you appreciate architecture, harmony with the desert or many forms the performing arts, definitely make a pilgrimage to Taliesin. For those of you in AZ, stop by and I’ll give you a tour.

Taliesin West (also the FLW School of Architecture): http://www.taliesin.edu/

FLW in Arizona: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/flw_az.html

Wright On The Web: http://www.delmars.com/wright/flwright.htm

Books and a dog will certainly be prominent in my life this summer. After my back surgery, I’ll have plenty of down time to read. Outdoors, light hiking is all the doctor wants me doing, which suits Sara just fine. Here’s a pic of her, probably the one best know by my best friends. It’s usually on my desktop, especially when I’m away on a trip.

Sometime the life of a dog is just a waiting game. She’ll be doing plenty of that for the next 4-6 weeks. Dogs are really just earthbound saints in disguise. Too bad they don’t drink coffee or I’d have brought her inside:

Last night I went to Cinema La Placita once again after a very long hiatus. It’s a little too cold in Colorado during the winter for anything like this. Then again, Cinema La Placita shuts down here during the winter too. That’s too bad ’cause I always thought that watching movies outdoors under a nice toasty sleeping bag would be fun. I guess your average Tusconan would freeze to death in the time it takes to watch a movie at night in January.

Last night’s screening was Breakfast at Tiffany’s starring the incomparable Audrey Hepburn and the oft forgotten George Peppard. Most of you will only conjure up an image of him thinking back to the A-Team’s senior leader, Colonel John ‘Hannibal’ Smith. In his younger days, he was quite the handsome devil. Certainly capable of playing opposite the luminous Hepburn.

Check this out. Get some hot buttered popcorn, turn out the lights, and you’ll feel like you’re actually there:

http://www.virtualtucsonmagazine.com/vtmsections/citypages/citypanos/movienite.html

Coincidentally, the movie showing in the Quicktime panorama is Breakfast at Tiffany’s. If this had been taken last night, you would see me front and center enjoying the movie, and dining on Cafe Poca Cosa take-out (possibly the BEST take-out deal in Tucson, definitely NOT free but worth EVERY penny). Speaking of things not being free, if you do go to a screening, don’t forget to donate generously. It would be a shame to loose such a fine continuing event like this.

It’s been quite a while since this was created for me. Thank you Lance and Aaron, and my apologies for being so lame by letting it lay fallow all winter. Now, I’m finally getting around to posting on this site. It was a fun/exciting/busy season for me and spring brought some unexpected twists. I’ll explain in detail now and in future posts.

This year was my first teaching skiing full time and I had the fortune of starting at one of the nicest resorts in North America! It’s amazing how that ski school and mountain operates. We have so many clients seeking instructors that it’s possible to teach every day of the season. I almost did that, and partly due to skiing a little too much, I stuffed up my back. Now I sit here (in Phoenix, of all places) with a herniated disk, which is the reason I find myself with so much free time. Of course, one of the up sides of all this is that I get to finally devote some energy to this site. It’s been a long time since I kept a journal, so here goes once again…

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Remember — have fun, be safe.