The cast: Jose Munguia, Emilia Astiazaran, Julia Munguia. Jose and Emilia marry in Hermosillo, Sonora. Emilia gives birth to Julia. The family moves to Nogales, Arizona. Jose opens a feedstore, Emilia keeps the house, and Julia watches from the wings. The routine and cadence of domestic life sets in. Each spouse revealing personality quirks and character flaws missed or ignored during courtship. Emilia begins to "let herself go" and Jose slides into inattentiveness. Emilia a

It has been a remarkable journey out of Africa. Millions of years of weather, geologic turmoil, and contributions from many incredible groups and individuals have brought us to this point. I ran across James Clear's summary of Yuval Noah Harari's book, "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" that succinctly captures where we've been: Human history has been shaped by three major revolutions: the Cognitive Revolution (70,000 years ago), the Agricultural Revolution (10,000 year

I am finally getting around to writing a follow-up to my Blue Haven blog. The '1950s-60s me' called it "Blue Haven". Eight seventy-three acres of it are now known as The Nature Conservancy's Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve . I've always been curious about the history of the place before there was a Patagonia before there were roads and settlers. I wanted to rewind to the time when the non-indigenous came and claimed it as their own, back then. This is not an in-depth histor

I had originally planned on doing a short blog about the Nature Conservancy in Patagonia. Then curiosity set in and I wanted to learn more about what came before TNC -- way before. So, this has grown into a bigger project and at least two or more blogs. However, in order to meet my self-imposed deadline of January 1, here is a brief introduction. My schoolmates and I always pronounced it "Blue Haven", but the road that borders Sonoita Creek on the west side is "Blue Heaven R