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The road home from Arizona

A logical first stop for snowbirds returning from Arizona to the Upper Midwest is Tucumcari, New Mexico, a little town big enough for a McDonalds but too small for a WalMart.

By Eric Bergeson , March 12, 2010

To hear a mockingbird PressPass

The most efficient way to become familiar with the wildlife of the southern Arizona desert is to visit the Sonoran Desert Museum — which is actually a zoo, and one of the world’s finest.

By Eric Bergeson , February 19, 2010

Getting in shape PressPass

Not all has been peaches and cream in Tucson, AZ this winter, I’ll tell you that much.

By Eric Bergeson , February 12, 2010

Losing via Facebook PressPass

Due to the modern miracle (or curse) that is the Internet, and due to one of its miraculous (or demonic) offshoots, Facebook, an invention which allows people to broadcast their deepest feelings minute-by-minute to friends, relatives, acquaintances, former paramours and co-workers across the world, I know how much the Vikings game in New Orleans meant to a whole lot of people.

By Eric Bergeson , January 29, 2010

The Sonoran Desert PressPass

The Sonoran Desert which surrounds Tucson and extends down into Mexico is hardly like the sandy Sahara Desert of elementary school lore. No endless sea of shifting dunes here.

By Eric Bergeson , January 22, 2010

Sunday afternoons PressPass

Is there anything more depressing than a cold mid-winter Sunday afternoon?

By Eric Bergeson , January 15, 2010

Habits and resolutions PressPass

This New Year’s resolution business is for the birds. What we should have is New Week’s resolutions. That way we could acknowledge our failures and come up with something more realistic every few days.

By Eric Bergeson , December 30, 2009

A little technology can even help the library PressPass

One of the treasures of any university is the Main Library with its many floors of books and a basement full of magazines and periodicals from ages past to last week.

By Eric Bergeson , December 23, 2009

Great to be in Tucson, dude! PressPass

After a late night arrival in Tucson, I got up the next morning to an empty fridge.

By Eric Bergeson , December 18, 2009

Pumping gas and fixing hips PressPass

“He’s probably pumping gas somewhere,” I heard somebody say the other day in a disparaging tone about a former classmate whose prospects for success apparently weren’t bright.

By Eric Bergeson , December 11, 2009

Turkey woes PressPass

Thanksgiving: When millions of Americans gather together and try to convince themselves that turkey actually tastes good.

By Eric Bergeson , December 04, 2009

My little list of gratitude PressPass

About thirty-five years ago just before Thanksgiving, I was overcome with gratitude.

By Eric Bergeson , November 27, 2009

Favre knows fun PressPass

Good grief, Brett Favre is fun to watch when he’s on your side. The Vikings are loaded with talent, but in football all the talent in the world can waste away without an on-field leader to pull it together.

By Eric Bergeson , November 13, 2009

Losing my memory PressPass

While visiting relatives, when I saw one of those pill dispensers in their medicine cabinet with the compartments for each day of the week which help them to remember what pill they’ve taken and what pill they haven’t, I have always assumed they were starting to lose it.

By Eric Bergeson , November 06, 2009

Cleanliness and godliness PressPass

A study by three research psychologists released last week entitled, “The Smell of Virtue,” claims to show that cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

By Eric Bergeson , October 30, 2009

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