Recently I attended a fun Bear Essential News Reporter Zoom with author/illustrator LeUyen Pham and author Shannon Hale. They shared how they met, how they became best friends and talked about the books they have worked on together.
The Tucson Rodeo Parade came galloping back Feb. 24! The parade and rodeo both began in 1925, and this year was the 97th presentation of the Parade. Both events were canceled due to COVID last year, but now they are back!
On Christmas Eve last year, our four silly pug dogs locked my mother out of her car while they were at the park. The pugs stepped on the door lock inside the car and they were trapped inside and my mother was stuck outside. Her purse, keys and phone were all inside the car.
My mother started to panic since there was no one around to help and the dogs were becoming anxious. Luckily a jogger came by and asked if my mother needed help. The jogger said he saw a park employee and went to get him.
Disney is known for always making amazing movies, but this might just be my favorite. On Nov. 24, 2021, Disney released “Encanto,” an animated movie about a family in Columbia which receives magical powers. Mirabel, the youngest child, doesn’t receive magical powers, but it’s up to her to save her family and their powers.
Has your dog ever ran away or have you ever felt that a grown up doesn’t understand you? Well, teenage Addie feels your pain!
“Addie’s Sketchbook: Summer in Wellfleet” by Ruut DeMeo is recommended for tweens and above, but people could bend the rules and read at a younger age. It has some inappropriate language, but it’s not nearly as bad as language some grown ups use.
The book is written from the perspective of 13-year-old Addie, who is obsessed with books, reading and drawing. It’s silly, realistic, mysterious and adventurous; a general crowd pleaser.
Recently I interviewed a mineral collector, Lauren Megaw, from the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show. She had just returned from a geology work trip in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Megaw said she had a lot of opportunities to go to mineral shows when she was young and see some great rocks and minerals because her father was a geologist. She seriously started collecting minerals when she was six years old. Since then, she has continued collecting minerals. It’s been 22 years! It is surprising that her fun hobby turned into her profession.
In December, my family and I went on a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada. We stayed at Caesars Palace Hotel and ate at Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants. Ramsay is a world-renowned chef who currently holds 16 Michelin stars. We ate at Gordon Ramsay Burger, Hell’s Kitchen, Gordon Ramsay’s Steak and Gordon Ramsay Pub and Grill.
With the COVID pandemic, many things changed. One thing that changed was the way that sports were influenced. Whenever people think of sports, they think of teamwork and everyone together. However, that was something that COVID changed. COVID brought many problems upon volleyball coach David Rubio and his team. Rubio is the head women’s volleyball coach at the University of Arizona and has been in that position for 30 years.
