Jean Vickers

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MN transplant to New England and then to Arizona. Gardener, writer, traveler, poet, singer. Loves husband and son, Golden Retrievers and an excellent Carbonara, Mole Negro and a very dry red wine. Known for making friends laugh and being a really good cook. Now very much in love with the Arizona Sonoran Desert and Mountains. Oh yes--an unabashed progressive liberal and union supporter.
For all you folks with snow--there is this:
Sometimes even Cactus have a heart.....
I think I have a thing for rocks.
If not a trip back to Wales, then perhaps to Iceland again.
Some day I hope to go back to Three Cliffs
Everything you need to know about the Saguaro Cactus. I love these ancestors and I look at them every day.
https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/saguaro-free-of-the-earth/
Saguaro, Free of the Earth – Boyce Upholt

In this essay from Boyce Upholt, a coalition of Indigenous voices speak on behalf of the rooted beings of the desert as legal protections for the saguaro cactus come up against the push to build a border wall.

Emergence Magazine
The sun sets on the last day of 2022. May 2023 be one of light and warmth. May you all have joy and laughter and peace in your lives. Happy New Year
May this holiday season bring joy, peace, and happiness to all.
Britain, Wales, Paris 2003. This son of mine, was fascinated with linguistics even as a teen.