By Amaya Gayle GregorySedona, AZ (May 17, 2021) My friend wrote this of my last post (God and the Dark One): “There’s a shift pointed to in this writing that works its way through the entire system, including organs, bones, nervous system and brain functioning. A different implicit understanding of Isness inhabits the body system by system and cell by cell…gets lived without inner debate or doubt.”Her words feel exact to what my words pointed towards — a deeper letting go than what I believed possible. This letting go to which I refer requires immense trust in the universe’s unfolding…
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Sedona, AZ (May 17, 2021) Kaleidoscope Redrocks sister duo from Sedona/VOC are honored and thrilled to bring the only live music to the 10th Annual WOOFstock on Saturday, June 12th, 2021 at the Prescott Valley Civic Center from 12-2pm with free admission.The WOOFstock event is an Adopt-A-Thon offering canine adoptions from various rescues and demonstrations going on all day long starting at 10am until 3pm.Just make sure you check out and listen to some great music played by young, seasoned musicians.
By Ted Grussing… a Snowy Egret, that is … there are two types of creatures that are incredibly difficult to shoot well and they are those which are predominately black, and those that are predominately white … so, my little house predator, One and egrets top my list in these categories.
Clarkdale AZ (May 17, 2021) – Verde Valley Fire District along with Cottonwood Fire & Medical, Verde Valley Ambulance, Native Air, and Clarkdale Police Department responded to a single vehicle roll over accident on Sunday evening, May 16 in the area of State Hwy 89a near #1 Foods in Clarkdale. On arrival of the first engine company, they found a single vehicle 150 feet off the road and down in a ravine on its top.The driver was the only occupant and was ejected from the vehicle and sustained serious injuries. Crews treated and stabilized the patient for transport to Flagstaff…
Sedona AZ (May 17, 2021) – The Sedona Heritage Museum will be one of more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to active duty military personnel and their families this summer, including National Guard and Reserve, from May 15, 2021 – Armed Forces Day. It will run through Labor Day, September 6, 2021.This year marks the tenth annual Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense. A list of participating museums nationwide is available at arts.gov/bluestarmuseums. There is also a Parent Toolkit available to assist parents in…
Sedona AZ (May 17, 2021) – In observance of Mental Health Awareness Month, NAMI Yavapai and the Northern Arizona Peer & Family Coalition are presenting the following free program for Mental Health Monday on May 24th, 10-11:30 AM, via Zoom: “A Community Conversation: You Are NOT Alone.” The program will feature a panel of three speakers as follows:
Cottonwood AZ (May 17, 2021) – Remember when the telephone did not fit in the palm of one’s hand? Once upon a time telephones hung on the wall. The only way someone could talk to another person was by being connected through a telephone operator at a switchboard. The development of the copper mining industry brought new technology into the Verde Valley communities, including electricity.
By Peter CutlerThere are many sounds we find pleasant: the song of birds, wind chimes, music, the words “I love you,” whispered in our ear. Some of these may be your favorites. You probably have others of your own.We don’t resist these pleasant sounds. We don’t wish they would stop. If anything we want them to continue.There are also many sounds we find unpleasant: fingernails scraping on a blackboard, a jackhammer on the street outside our meditation studio, a blaring police siren, a couple shouting at each other, a baby’s continuous crying on the airplane seat in front of us.…
FUNDRAISER for 10-year-old EJ’s accident recovery###Cottonwood AZ (May 14, 2021) – At 8:30 am on the morning of May 14, YCSO deputies were called out to South Eastern Drive and Valley Drive in Cottonwood after a 10-year-old boy was hit by a car.The initial investigation revealed an 82-year-old man was driving a Buick Rendezvous, and was traveling south on Eastern Drive coming around an uphill curve, when the boy was hit. The child was riding his bicycle with a friend on the same side of the road in the opposite direction at the time of the collision.
State sites, local providers offer myriad options for vaccination at your convenience Phoenix AZ (May 14, 2021) – Arizona-run sites in the Phoenix area, Tucson, Yuma, and Flagstaff administered more than 6,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses Thursday and saw their greatest demand in the late afternoon as parents brought their kids ages 12 to 15 to be vaccinated.And that’s just part of the demand across our state as that age group became eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine. Many pharmacies and other providers offer Pfizer as well. And the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) partnered with the Equality Health and…
By [Concerned Sedona Resident](May 13, 2021)We “retired” three years ago after preparing our 12th and what we thought would be final article about “selling” Sedona to the world. We felt we had exposed all aspects of the City Council, Chamber of Commerce and tourism cabal. Recent events prove us wrong. Sedona traffic issues again swirl about. Residents, including our local newspaper editor, again propose all manner of mostly ill-informed traffic solutions that can never happen. Despite years of discussion, the lack of understanding about what is legal and possible and what is not continues to generate one unlikely traffic “solution”…
By Ted Grussing… six AM found us launching the boat at the main ramp on the south end of Lake Pleasant this morning and the usual morning wind from the north was blowing causing white caps to appear on the water. Turf Soaring was only about four miles from the launch ramp and this phenomenon was well known to us. In the mornings the cold dense air rolls down off the Colorado Plateau into the desert and mid morning the wind direction changes as the desert warms up … thermals begin late morning to early afternoon and soaring is possible.
Glenn Close gets Academy Award nomination for role in film at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (May 13, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present a “Festival Flashback” of “Albert Nobbs” on Thursday, May 27 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Albert Nobbs” received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Actress for Glenn Close, Best Supporting Actress for Janet McTeer and Best Achievement in Makeup. The actresses also received Golden Globe nominations in the same categories, and the film garnered a third Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song.
Cottonwood AZ (May 13, 2021) – In consultation and coordination with the U.S. Forest Service, Yavapai County Emergency Management, and other fire agencies, Verde Valley Fire District will be entering into Stage 1 fire restrictions beginning 8:00 a.m. on Friday, May 14, 2021.Stage 1 fire restrictions prohibit igniting, building, maintaining or using fire including charcoal or briquettes. Also prohibited is smoking outside in public places. Smoking outside on private property is not regulated; however, it is strongly discouraged.
ADOT teams with Desert Botanical Garden in protection effortPhoenix AZ (May 13, 2021) – Thriving, not just surviving, is the goal of a joint effort by the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix to protect an endangered species of cactus that grows only in one tiny area of Arizona. That area also happens to be where ADOT is building a replacement bridge over Pinto Creek on U.S. 60 near Globe-Miami. In 2018, ADOT began the project to replace the current 72 year-old structure. Before that work began, ADOT partnered with botanists from the Desert Botanical…