By Ted Grussing… a day of quiet celebration today and now a picture of quietude looking to NE from the end of the Sedona Airport … we are still here … the greatest nation and the greatest people ever to grace the face of planet Earth. A country of about 3,000,000 people when the concept of a free people and nation surfaced and the movement began with the signing of the Declaration of Independence … in signing that document each of the signatories knew that if they failed, they were signing their death warrants. They and the people of the…
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By Ted Grussing… two beautiful Australian Terriers that were getting their exercise in the golf cart being driven around the golf course. Dan stopped to chat for a bit and I got a few nice shots of the handsome two canines. Shot with the Nikon D850 and Nikkor 200/500mm lens.
By Kerrie SnyderClarkdale AZ (July 4, 2018) – It’s our final summer party! The Clarkdale Downtown Business Alliance along with The Clarkdale Foundation are excited to bring you our third and final summer Block Party. We’ll have live music with Potent Motion sponsored by Four Eight Wineworks and 10-12 Lounge, Clarkdale’s local restaurants will be serving food and we’ll have a beer booth sponsored by Hensley Beverage Company pouring all your favorites from Stone, Four Peaks, Barrio, Mother Road and Lumberyard breweries.There’s never a cover and it’s all on Main Street in Historic Downtown Clarkdale. Join us Friday, July 27th…
By Carson RalstonLibrary Specialist-Adult ProgramsCamp Verde AZ (July 4, 2018) – Join us in the Copper Room at Camp Verde Community Library from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, Tuesday July 24th for a free 4 week workshop on forgiveness. The workshop meets the next 3 Tuesdays at the same time and location, ending on August 14th.
By Sherry Twamley, Verde Village Resident (July 4, 2018)The City of Sedona’s budget includes about $2.5 million annually that is allocated to the Sedona Chamber of Commerce — an “outside agency”. Tens of thousands more dollars are paid out in other contracts to non-city organizations which provide a host of services. Most of these sums, however, appears to be doled out through political lobbying and patronage to certain favored organizations without competitive grants (awarded after judging by a panel of unbiased city staff members and after letting the public weigh in at a public hearing).
By Ted Grussing… Canyon, that is … located about sixteen miles from Tuba City, Coal Mine canyon is one of the beautiful canyons in northern Arizona and it much more vast when viewed from the air as opposed to from the ground. It is perhaps a maximum of 500 to 700 feet deep at the deepest, but the beautiful formations and colors impart incredible beauty to it. There are no signs that mark it, no advertising is done on it, yet its popularity continues to grow. A good website to learn more about and how to get to this largely…
By Ted Grussing… after I shot the photo of the single bud on the Argentinian Giant Cactus, it bloomed in glorious fashion the very next day and I got some photos of it. The day after that, it closed up and a day or two later it detached from our diminutive A. Giant Cactus and lay on the ground until the winds swept it away. A single day of beauty, giving it all and then gone … we are fortunate, we get more than one day to convey our inner beauty … although some never do, the opportunity is ever present,…
Camp Verde AZ (July 2, 2018) – The next Music in the Stacks, a free monthly concert series, will take place on Thursday, July 12th at 5:30 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room. Music in the Stacks is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There are 5-7 different performers during the show, with a rotating variety each month.
By Melanie LeeAuthor, “A Year In Sedona~Meeting The Muse At Wisdom’s Edge”(July 2, 2018) Everything on the earth bristled,the bramble pricked and the green threadnibbled away, the petal fell, fallinguntil the only flower was the falling itself.Water is another matter, has no direction but its own bright grace,runs through all imaginable colors,takes limpid lessons from stone and in those functionings plays outthe unrealized ambitions of the foam.— Pablo Neruda, WaterArriving in the high desert of Sedona’s Red Rock Country some five years ago, fresh out of the depths of Valley of the Sun, I found a new way to meet my inner traveler. Journeys…
Sedona AZ (July 1, 2018) – Emerson Theater Collaborative (ETC) announces the production of Barrio Grrrl, a play written by Quiara Alegria’ Hudes, produced by Sedona resident, Camilla Ross and directed by Flagstaff resident Michael Rulon, musical direction by Sarah Graham on Friday, July 13th at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday July 14th at 2:00 p.m. at the Sedona United Methodist Church, Sedona AZ. For tickets and information go to www.emersontheatercollaborative.org and click on Shows and Events Sedona, AZ or call (860) 705-9711.
By Tommy AcostaSedona AZ (July 1, 2018) – Sedona is a gift that belongs to no single soul. The more that people hear of Sedona the more they will want to come here be to healed, enlightened, saved, inspired excited and thrilled.What can we really do to stem the flow of those who have heard of our beautiful part of the Universe and hope to experience it as we do?Basically, nothing!
Sedona AZ (June 29, 2018) – From Prescott, Arizona “Scandalous Hands” a four piece funk, fusion and rock and roll band will be performing in Sedona at Sound Bites Grill. Their music incorporates funk grooves, jazz harmonic structures, and the exploratory improvisation of jam bands.Scandalous Hands will be playing from 7-10 p.m. in the Celebrity Show Room at Sound Bites Grill at the Hyatt Pinon Point Shops. There is room for dancing and you enjoy a dinner table for the evening.
Sedona AZ (June 29, 2018) – Sedona’s 2018 Employee of Year is David Peck, associate engineer in the Public Works Department. David began employment with the city as public works inspector in 2001, advancing to his current position in 2015.Public Works Director Andy Dickey says Peck exemplifies the city’s commitment to customer service.
By Virginia Volkman, Library DirectorSedona AZ (June 29, 2018) -Sedona Public Library’s fiscal year ended on May 31, and we’re happy to report that we have experienced another year of growth and transition. We are proud to serve the residents of Sedona. Thank you for your support and patronage, and if you haven’t been by for a while, stop in and see what’s new.
By Ted Grussing… I truly enjoy all the wildlife shooting that I do and along with that I also love to shoot domesticated creatures too, whether it be my little feline One, or canine’s who are fascinated by One, such as Collie who comes by our home every day. I took this shot of Kaylee last night and she was totally focused on One, who was just a few feet away at the time I starting shooting her. The light and shadow were wonderful too and I took the shot at 6:57P with sunset at 7:44P. Something special about the…