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Februa ry 2009Vol. IIII No. 4

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Paintings of Tumacacori Mission National Park by Michael Gibbons will be the featured subject of his work at the Tubac Art Exchange, 2243 East Frontage Road, Tubac, Arizona (next building located south of the Gas Station near the Clinic).

Michael has often worked on the grounds of the Mission with resulting paintings in oil portraying the very essence of the old Southwest settlers area. His painting entitled “VIEW BEHIND THE MISSION”, oil, 15”x 21”, (pictured below right) was chosen by a nationally recognized jury panel to be included in the 2007 Paint the Parks Top 100 and that painting has just returned from a year tour around the USA. Along with the original, Michael will have Giclee reproductions of this image on White Archival Enhanced Matte Stock available. Michael and his wife Judith maintained a winter studio/gallery and residence in Tubac from 1997 until mid-2006 when they returned to Oregon’s familial and creative roots. He has returned each year since, to the Tubac area to paint and is delighted

to participate in the 50th Anniversary of the Tubac Festival of the Arts at the Tubac Art Exchange. Michael will check in each day of the Festival at the gallery and he plans on spending all day Saturday greeting friends and showing his work. For more information please call the Tubac Art Exchange, (520) 398-9156 or (520)398-9156.

A native Oregonian, born and raised in Portland, Gibbons demonstrated an extraordinary gift for perception and visual expression from the time he could grasp a crayon. Winning top awards in competitions as varied as county fairs to the regional and national Scholastic Art Awards helped solidify a future in the realm of visual expression.

At age twenty fi ve he left his position as designer of specialty automotive accessories for a small manufacturing fi rm in Portland to pursue painting full time. Fifteen years later and after a decade of acceptance into juried exhibitions at the Portland Art Museum, the American Artists Professional League; Allied Artists of America; and the Salmagundi Club, he was invited to full membership in Allied

Artists of America. Twenty years later he is still a member plus he holds Signature Membership in Oil Painters of America and Past member of the Copely Society.

This monthly journal is made possible through the support of local advertisers, artists and writers... please visit their unique businesses and let them know where you saw their ad, art or article. The Tubac Villager is a locally owned and independently operated journal, based in Tubac and published monthly to celebrate the art of living in Southern Arizona. Letters are welcome.Opinions expressed do not necessarily refl ect those of the advertisers or the publishers. Advertiser and contributor statements and qualifi cations are the responsibility of the advertiser or contributor named. All articles and images are the property of the Tubac Villager, and/or writer or artist named, and may not be reproduced without permission.February Circulation: 13,000. The Villager is made available at 180 Tucson locations, 400 Phoenix locations, and off ered free of charge at locations in Tubac, Tumacacori, Carmen, Green Valley, Nogales, Rio Rico, Amado and Arivaca, Arizona.

Pg 5 Tubac Event CalendarPg 6 New Places - TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coff ee by Maggie Milinovitch Pg 8 New Places - Grumpy Gringo by Alfred GriffinPg 11 Didier Masson & El Biplano Sonora by Mary BinghamPg 12 Gallery Feature - Graham Bell Gallery by Joseph BirkettPg 14 Santa Cruz County Update by Kathleen VandervoetPg 16 Art, History & the Foods of Colonial Tubac by Shaw KinsleyPg 16 A Very Rare Book by Shaw KinsleyPg 20 Tubac MapPg 23 The Borderlands Photographer by Murray BolestaPg 24 Festival Was “Quaint” in Its Early Years by Kathleen VandervoetPg 26 LettersPg 30 Italy - Land of Wine Values by Bernard BerlinPg 32 Tibetan Monks Make Special Visit to Tubac by Ginger ApplegarthPg 36 Tubac Experience - Tubac Olive Oil Co. by Ellen SussmanPg 37 Remnants from Ruth - recipesPg 38 Try Try Again by Carol St. John

Publishers/Editors: Joseph & Hallie Birkett

County Update Editor: Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac Villager Map:Roberta Rogers

Many thanks to the excellent contributions from:

Bernard BerlinMary BinghamJoseph Birkett Murray BolestaZack GallardoMichael GibbonsAlfred Griffi n

Shaw KinsleyMaggie MilinovitchRuthieCarol St. JohnEllen SussmanKathleen Vandervoet

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February 2009About this month’s cover

WHERE ART AND HISTORY MEET - plan time to visit the Tubac Presidio State Historical Park and the Tumacácori Mission.

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“VIEW BEHIND THE MISSION”, oil, 15”x 21”

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Thursdays - Farmers Market at the Plaza de Anza from 10am to 2pm.

Fridays- Live Music at Wisdom’s Cafe.

Saturdays & Sunday, now thru April 26th - River Walks at the Tumacácori National Historical Park. The walks will be led by a park ranger or volunteer every Saturday and Sunday beginning at 9:30am. The River Walks will last 1 ½ hours, returning to the park in time for the 11am tour of the mission grounds. The walks begin at the park’s Visitor Center and follow a section of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail for about half a mile, to the river’s edge. The trail is fl at and easy to walk. Participants will need comfortable shoes and water. Discussions during the walks may include several themes, including the O’Odham people, missions and settlement, plant and animal identifi cation, the mesquite-bosque (forest) and riparian environments, and current issues related to the Santa Cruz River. The Santa Cruz River is an excellent example of the endangered southwestern riparian environment. Not only is the Santa Cruz a beautiful oasis for nature-lovers, it provides a critical habitat for abundant wildlife that live in, and migrate through, the Santa Cruz Valley. Although the guided walk will return to the mission by 11, participants may chose to continue on their own along the Anza Trail, which continues north for

four miles to Tubac. The walk closely follows the river and crosses in three places on narrow bridges. However the trail is level, and walking, although sandy, is relatively easy. Because the area is rich in wildlife, particularly birds, binoculars are useful. For information about the guided walks, call Tumacácori National Historical Park at 520-398-2341, ext. 0.

Wed thru Sunday, Feb 4th to 8th - 50th Annual Tubac Festival of the Arts. (for more detailed information see page 25)

Wed thru Sun, Feb 4th to 8th - Artists Carlos Lopez, Diego, and Gustavo Olivas working at Tubac Territory. 1 Calle Baca.

Wed thru Sun, Feb 4th to 8th - Together Rising: A Sculpture Event at the K. Newby Gallery, 19 Tubac Rd.. Scheduled to

attend: Star York, Mark White, David Unger, Rebecca Tobey, Gary Lee Price, Pokey Park, James G. Moore, Jim Eppler, Jim Budish, Esther Benedict, and John Arenskov. Please Join Us for Artist Led Tours - their own works in their own words. In the sculpture garden. Fri: 1pm - Pokey Park, 1:45pm - Mark White, 2:30pm - David Unger, 3:15pm - Jim Eppler. Sat 1pm - Rebecca Tobey, 1:45pm - Gary Lee Price, 2:30pm - Jim Budish, 3:15pm - Star Liana York. Sun: 1pm - James G. Moore, 1:45pm - John Arenskov, 2:30pm

- Esther Benedict. Meet at the Gazebo in the sculpture garden at the appointed time for the tour. www.NewbyGallery.com.

Thurs, Feb 5th - Joel Bernstein, the author of “Wild Ride: The History and Lore of Rodeo” will speak at the Patagonia Woman’s Club at 2 pm in Cady Hall, 342 Duquesne Ave. This event is free and

open to the public. Joel rodeoed for seven years as a bareback rider so he personally experienced the rodeo life, as well as studying its history from the Wild West shows, the organization of the Cowboys’ Turtle Association to today’s Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association to write his book, Wild Ride: The History and Lore of Rodeo. He will talk about the cowboys and cowgirls who infl uenced the history of rodeo from the vaqueros in Mexico to the heros in the multi million dollar sport we follow today. Joel will be available to autograph his book. Questions about speaker or Patagonia Woman’s Club call Anne Hummel. Call 394-2532.

Fri, Feb 6th - artist Trudi Theisen demonstrates at the Tubac Center of the Arts.

Fri, Feb 6th - Classix presents “The Mosaics of Love” remembering loves won and lost, past, present and future, real and imaginary. Let this cappella sextet intrigue you with

their rich blend of voices in close harmony. At the Community Performing Arts Center, 1250 W Continental Rd, in Green Valley at 7pm. Cost $5. For more info www.perforningartscenter.org.

Fri, Feb 6th - First Fridays at Wisdoms’ Café with Eduardo Valencia and fi sh and chips. From 5 to 9pm.

Fri and Sat, Feb 6th and 7th - Plein Air Artist Darcie Peet and Sculptor Fritz White demonstrate at the Big Horn Gallery at 37 Tubac Rd.

Sat, Feb 7th - Rio Rico High School Band 1st Annual Golf Tournament. The Challenge will take place at the Rio Rico Country Club with a 1pm Shotgun Start. Registration for individuals is $80. Prizes will include “Longest Drive,” “Closest to Pin,” “Top Teams,” and Door Prizes. The Golf Challenge is a fundraiser to benefi t the RRHS Band and help all 60 musicians pay for their upcoming trip to perform in San Antonio, TX. For more information or to register, please call (520) 980-1631 or (520) 980-1891, visit the band website: www.santacruz.k12.az.us/band/rrhs

Sat, Feb 7th - This month’s cover artist Michael Gibbons will present at the Tubac Art Exchange, 2243 E Frontage Rd. Tubac.

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An investment in fi ne art is a rewarding experience from the very moment of discovery, continuing throughout your life, refl ecting your individual tastes and interests in excellence.

Come and see the work of American Master Painter, Hugh Cabot and experience the selection of investment quality art by one of the American West’s foremost painters.

Visit our HISTORIC ADOBE in Old Town Tubac, across the street from St. Ann’s Church.520-398-2721.

Also: original Hugh Cabot sketches, high quality

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Above, the bold, stylized image of St. Ann’s Church in Old Town, by Tubac artist Virginia Hall from the Tubac Festival poster of 1983. Virginal Hall will be having an opening reception for her joint show next month with Tubac sculptor, Mike Taylor, “Sensei Chic and the Seven Deadly Sins.” Show runs March 8th to 29th in at Taylor Hall in Old Town Tubac. For more info www.taylorhalltubac.com.

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Darcie Peet “January Desert Moon” Oil 30”h x 40”w

Fritz White, CA “Grandmother’s Joy”

Bronze Ed. of 16 35”h x 10 ½ ”w x 19”d

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P lease join us during Tubac’s Annual Festival of Arts (February 4-8) for a showing of new works by Tucson Plein Air Artist Darcie Peet and CA sculptor Fritz White. Darcie will be demonstrating Friday and Saturday.

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When approaching Tubac’s new bookstore, T.J.’s Tortuga Books and Coff ee Beans, you fi rst meet “T.J.” (Tubac Jack), a large jackrabbit sculpture by Nicholas Wilson. T.J. is posed for munching on the potted plants. Th e store’s location is the same as the previous Tortuga Books – but has a new concept and design, which is both charming and welcoming.

Debbe Wilson and her sister Tedde Scharf have been working for many months to bring their project together. When they fi rst decided to buy the bookstore, they thought they would be taking over a running business and slowly learn the many facets of the book business as they arose. Th at wasn’t to be. As it worked out, they had to start from scratch – new inventory, complete redecoration – painting, lighting, carpet, ordering and assembly of new bookshelves, new anthology pos/computer system – everything had to be reworked before opening the doors. But they will open in February.

However, with those demands came the opportunity to do it their way – to create a new atmosphere. And, it is very diff erent. Th e new shelving allows for many thousands of titles and yet helps create a more spacious feeling. Th ere is a comfortable reading area with leather furniture where customers can sit and read. Another change is the espresso bar.

Custom-made for the shop, they will serve lattes and such, hot chocolate, Italian sodas and tea along with specialty chocolate items. Soon there will be Bistro tables on the porch for people to sit and enjoy their coff ee.

Debbe and Tedde have also selected a wonderful variety of greeting cards from talented artists, small gifts, gift bags and wrap. Th ey will off er Nicholas Wilson prints and cards, with Nick’s original works shown close-by at Karin Newby Gallery.

Nick will be involved part-time as bookseller, greeter and “designated handyman.” He designed their tortoise and hare logo. Debbe and Tedde’s mother, Ethel Kast, has pitched in to help unpack and shelve dozens upon dozen of boxes of books. Friends, neighbors and members of the Church of Tubac, have all helped with projects like putting together bookshelves and unpacking boxes.

Besides off ering “core” books, including Southwest regional books, they plan on hosting book signings, readings. informal fi reside chats on topics of

local interest, music and poetry evenings, perhaps a book club and a monthly children’s evening to promote reading. Debbe said that people can sign-up to receive the New York Times Sunday edition

and they will facilitate that. For rare book collectors, T.J’s has a section devoted to the John Houghton Allen library’s fi nely-bound, rare and antique books, which are curated by local archivist Shaw Kinsley.

Both Debbe and Tedde are thoroughly enjoying the challenges and creative aspects of the bookstore. Both are very grateful for all the help they have received from the book community, vendors and their volunteers.

TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coff ee Beans is located at 19 Tubac Rd. in the Mercado de Baca.

Th e bookstore will be openMON-SAT 10-5, SUN 1-5 and will be open later in February. 520-398-8109

or visit www.tjstortugabooks.com.

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Sat, Feb 7th - Mata Ortiz fi ring demonstration at the Tubac Center of the Arts. One of the fi nest Mata Ortiz artisans, Cesar Dominquez and his wife Gaby will bring pots for sale and will set up a kiln for a fi ring at 2pm.

Sun, Feb 8th - Your Camera - A Tool for Self- Awareness workshop at Illuminations Gallery, 10 Tubac Rd. $35. 398-8028. From 4 to 5:30pm.

Tues, Feb 10th - Poetry Reading in Old Town, Tubac from 5 to 8pm at Aldea de Artisticas, 14 Calle Iglesia. First part is happy hour, you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening. We will spend the remaining part of the time having an open forum to read, recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend. It is an open forum which means, you are encouraged to participate with an original piece of your work, another piece from another artist that you are inspired by. We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group. For more information, email Maritamfoss@yahoo.com.

Wed, Feb 11th thru Feb 17th - Pastel and Oil Painting Workshops with Jean Ranstrom—Two-day skill building workshops focusing on composition, color, depth of fi eld to capture nature’s landscapes, fl owers and wildlife for students at all skill levels held in an inspirational historic setting. Aldea de Artisticas, Historic Lowe House, 14 Calle Iglesia, Old Town

Tubac. For more information and availability, contact Jean Ranstrom at jeanandfrye@wiktel.com or 218-965-4161.

Thurs, Feb 12th - “Rock Art of Our Ancient Peoples” at Tubac/SCC AAS Chapter Program. Jane Kolber, a retired art teacher turned world acclaimed rock-art specialist will share her fi ndings of rock-art of the ancient peoples of the Southern Arizona. While teaching on Navajo Indian Nation in the 1970s, Kolber’s rock-art fi ndings were an inspiration for her and her students and was the beginning of a crusade to conserve and preserve rock-art worldwide. Kolber is founder and director of the Arizona Archaeological Society’s Rock Art Recording

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Terry Kirkpatrick sits comfortably outside his newly opened cigar shop on Camino Otero. Smoking halfway through a

Cusano 18 cigar, he is cordial and relaxed, since his retirement from being a special agent with U.S. customs. “Th e Grumpy Gringo” opened its doors on December 1st, where Terry is living his dream of owning his very own cigar shop.

“San Francisco Bay” written by Jesse Fuller and performed by Eric Clapton is playing from the loudspeakers. In the room to the left is a poker table, where Terry is looking for willing patrons to utilize the art of the card game, once a month. To the right, a lounge area where attractive leather bound chairs sit stoically diagonal from each other near a fi ve person couch and coff ee table, piled neatly with publications of various cigar periodicals. Opposite the wall is a series of lockers where regulars can leave their belongings for the next time they come back to smoke cigars in the aesthetics of relaxation.

I ask Terry to recommend a good cigar for a novice such as myself to smoke. He walks me to the humidifi ed room, where he carefully surveys the collection of cigars. He reaches to the bottom right hand side of the shelf and picks out a Java, which is a mild class cigar made by Drew Estate. He clips the end off and lights the tip. He tells me, “...your palette, the fl avor is like a fi ne wine and each cigar holds a diff erent taste.”

To the wall behind us, decorated with plaques surveying his governmental achievements, he tells me his defi nition between a cigar and a cigarette. “People don’t smoke cigars like a nervous habit, as one would do with a cigarette. People come in here to smoke a cigar for about forty minutes or so and

ponder life, or ponder nothing at all and fall into a relaxation.”

Cigars are rated by their taste, the shape, if it burns evenly and then of course the texture. Any cigar with an over 90 rating is a good cigar. As of yet, no cigar ever received a 100 rating. Some of the Cuban cigars will score a 95 or a 96 rating. Cigars from Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and Honduras will rate around 90 to 92. Th e Cusano 18 Terry is smoking has been aged for fi ve years and received a 91 rating. Terry says he smokes around two to three cigars a day.

Th e most expensive cigar he has off ered at the Grumpy Gringo is a La Aurora Sapphire, from the Dominican Republic, priced at $17.50. “A great cigar does not have to cost a lot of money.” Terry said through a cloud of smoke. “A great cigar could cost four dollars and still get a 91 rating, though the price will go up after a year or so.”

Terry has traveled all over the world to educate himself in the culture of cigars. Among the numerous places he has visited are Mexico,

Canada, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Bolivia, Columbia and Russia. He feels one must have a full understanding of cigars if one wants to be an expert. Th ere are many aspects in which a non-tobacconist may have some misconceptions in regards to cigars. “Someone should not smoke a full body cigar the fi rst thing in the morning,” according to Terry. “Th at full body cigar would be great after a steak dinner or with a cognac. If you go to an expensive restaurant, the waiter is not going to give you any which wine. You need to choose the wine that suits you. Th e same can be said for cigars.”

When tobacco is picked from the fi eld, the loose tobacco is heated, which burns all the chemicals out of a good cigar. Th e tobacco is put into an aging room. It stays there from 90 days to a year. (Th e better cigar is aged 5 to 10 years) When the tobacco is removed from the aging room, the tobacco is very brittle. Eventually the humidity is put back into the cigar. Th en the cigar gets its shape in a cigar press. Th e outer leaf is put around the tobacco and then stored in a Spanish cedar room to age before they hit the market.

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with tobacco growth, based on the amount of sunshine and rainfall, and the richness of the soil. Each crop will be diff erent based on the climate. “Lately,” Terry said, “Cigar tobacco has been blended with Brazilian, Nicaraguan, and Dominican tobacco making a very unique cigar.”

To preserve cigars, a humidifi er must be kept at 70 degrees. Terry has three humidifi ers running at all times.

Terry stated that people should not inhale cigar smoke in the same way that one would smoke cigarette. He also pointed out that cigarette smoke is forbidden in Th e Grumpy Gringo.

Speaking to the health concerns of smoking, Terry quoted George Burns when asked what his doctors thought about him smoking cigars at the age of 92: “I don’t know, they’re all dead.”

Th e Grumpy Gringo is open from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Tuesday through Sunday. Th e atmosphere is intended for men and women to have an escape, and though the cigar shop diff ers vastly from the bar scene, the shop off ers an area of serenity. Th e objective is not to forget life, but maybe postpone it in the amount of

time it takes one to smoke a cigar. When asked as to why he chose Tubac for the opening of this establishment, he said, “Tubac has the quaint charm of artists, CEO’s, golf and the weather like we are having now. Th ere is not the hustle and bustle of traffi c here. You can go to any cigar shop around the world. It doesn’t matter if you are sitting with doctors, lawyers, ditch diggers, or busboys, you

will always fi nd good conversation. Its like a social club where we can talk about everything and anything.”

Th e garden patio lounge is very much like that of a Cuban café. Th ere is a barbeque in the center of a square table. Eighteen men came here last week to barbeque and enjoy the camaraderie of a descent cigar. Right above the wooden door is engraved a quote from Mark Twain: “If I can’t smoke in heaven, I won’t go.” Terry pointed out that the original quote is, “…I shall not go,” although Terry informed me that he did not have the room for the entire quote to fi t it in.

A customer strolled in, saying that he could not resist the aroma. Terry does have a purifi cation system, but the Grumpy Gringo emanates the scent of class. Terry approached the gentleman saying, “If there is a cigar you need, I’ll carry it.” I was sifting through the comment book on the front counter, while he assisted the customer. Someone wrote next to their name, “What a smokin’ idea.”

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Friend Delia Medina Salinas recently brought this bit of early 20th century history to my attention. Delia has ties to the Tubac-Tucson area through her ancestor Lieutenant Colonel and Adjutant Inspector of the Internal Provinces of New Spain, Don Roque de Medina. Th at was way back when the Internal Provinces included present-day Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora, Mexico.

However, this story begins in California, probably in early March or April of 1913. Delia’s grandfather Juan Pablo Medina and his daughter, María Medina, participated in a most unusual historic event – the fi rst aerial bombing of navel vessels in North America. Señor Medina was an astute businessman from Cananea, Sonora, and María a student attending college in California. She was fl uent in English and French, which was vital to the success of their mission.

On February 18, 1913, Mexico once again became a state in turmoil when General Victoriano Huerta overthrew the Constitutionalist government of President Francisco I. Madero. President Madero and Vice President José María Pino Suárez were seized in the National Palace of Mexico City, the offi cial seat of government, and placed under arrest. Four days later on February 22nd the two were assassinated in what Huerta claimed was “crossfi re between Madero’s captors and would-be rescuers.”

General Álvaro Obregón, a loyal supporter of Madero, dismissed Huerta’s ridiculous claim and dedicated himself to taking Mexico back from the ruthless dictator. Señor Medina and María felt the same. At Obregón’s request, two trusted military offi cials, Colonel Santiago Camberos and Captain Joaquín Bauche Alcalde accompanied by Señor Medina traveled to California to purchase an aeroplane. Medina arranged for María to join them and act as translator.

Th e “hero” of this tale is French-born aviator Didier Masson. Born in Asnières, France on February 23, 1886, he apprenticed as a jeweler, but became a magneto repairman while serving in the French military. Louis Paulhan, one of France’s early aviators, hired Masson as a mechanic in 1909 when he returned to civilian life. Masson quickly learned to fl y and soloed that same year.

Paulhan and Masson decided to travel to America where aviation was growing at an incredible pace. Masson sailed for America arriving on December 27, 1909, followed by Paulhan and his family who arrived on January 3, 1910. Both participated in air shows and early barnstorming events.

Masson caught the eye of Ivan R. Gates, owner of the fl edgling Gates Flying Circus in 1912. When Gates was injured in an auto accident, he hired Masson to fulfi ll his show contracts. Masson quickly became a sensation. Later that year, he was hired by Glenn Martin as an instructor at Th e Glenn Martin Flying School and ironically received his fi rst pilot’s license, #202 issued by the Aero Club of America.

Th e school was a part of the California division of the Glenn L. Martin Company established in 1912 at Dominguez Field near Los Angeles. It was here that Camberos, Alcalde, and the Medinas met the dashing Frenchman. Masson was immediately smitten by the beautiful María and took her for a demonstration ride. After the ride, María translated for the

offi cials outlining their plans to purchase an aeroplane that could provide intelligence on enemy troop movements and ultimately bomb Huerta’s navel ships at the port of Guaymas on the Sea of Cortez.

Masson was intrigued at the prospect of bombing a ship from the air. He was sure that it had never been done before. He was also intrigued by the beautiful, French speaking, María! Masson took the visitors across the airfi eld to see Martin, and a biplane known as a Martin Pusher was quickly purchased with the deal to include Martin’s top pilot, Masson, and top mechanic, Australian born Th omas James Dean. Both were to be paid well for their services with a salary of $300 per month, plus $50 for each exploratory fl ight and $250 for each bombing raid. Th e Martin biplane reportedly cost $5000, which Delia believes was fi nanced by her grandfather.

Th ere is much confusion over the manufacturer of the biplane. Some historians identify the plane as a Martin Pusher, while others say it was a Curtiss Pusher. Both manufactures were located in Southern California and designing similar aircraft at the time. Th e Curtiss facility was located in San Diego with seaplane operations at Corona del Mar, while Martin had

facilities near Los Angeles and seaplane operations at Balboa Island in Newport. It is possible that the Mexican offi cials visited both builders.

A couple of historians have even identifi ed the biplane as a Martin Pusher with a Curtiss engine. Photographs of Masson and the biplane can be found on the Internet. To this writer’s untrained eye, it looks like a Martin Pusher. Perhaps a Curtiss replacement engine was used at a later date. Th e biplane that many described as looking like a mosquito, was quickly dubbed “El Biplano Sonora” named for the Mexican state of Sonora. Hermosillo, Sonora would be its fi rst destination.

Now the problem was how to smuggle the biplane into Mexico without either U.S. or Mexican authorities intercepting it. Th e U.S. had placed an embargo on war materials headed to Mexico, and aircraft of any type were considered weapons of war. Wells Fargo crated the plane in fi ve crates and shipped it to Tucson via train. Masson and Dean arranged for wagons and mules and began the trip south that would take them through Tubac and past the old Tumacacori Mission en route Nogales. Th ere wasn’t much else in between Tucson and Nogales back then.

May 9th the Casa Grande Dispatch datelined Los Angeles reported that Didier Masson and his mechanic, Th omas Dean had been arrested and charged with violation of neutrality laws the previous day. An unnamed U.S. district attorney was quoted as saying, “the plans were known since the Mexicans opened negotiations to purchase fl ying machines for use in the war against Huerta.”

Meanwhile the New York Times for the same date reported that a Deputy Marshal Johnson at Pike’s Ranch, twenty miles south of Tucson had captured a war aeroplane. Masson and Dean claimed they were merely planning to test the machine and were looking for a good place to do so. Th e name of the arresting offi cer may be incorrect as there is no record of a U. S. Deputy Marshal named Johnson in Arizona in 1913. Th e most likely arresting offi cer was U. S. Deputy Marshal Arthur A. Hopkins who shows up later in the story. Haven’t been able to pinpoint the Pike Ranch either, but 20 miles south using the Old Nogales Highway would have put it right around the current border between Sahuarita and Green Valley. Perhaps near the new Wal-Mart on Duval Mine Road.

By May 10th, Th e Ogden Examiner headline proclaimed: UNCLE SAM SEEKS BIRD MEN WHO FLEE COUNT. Th e story goes on to say Masson and Dean were reported to have crossed the border at Nogales wearing constitutionalist army uniforms.

May 11th, the Galveston Daily News with a Nogales, Ariz., dateline reported:

Evidencing that still another war aeroplane is being smuggled

over the border to assist in the attack on Guaymas, a huge roll

was received by express today at Nogales, Sonora. It was claimed

by Didier Masson, the French aviator, who narrowly escaped

arrest below Tucson, Ariz., where his aeroplane was held by

United States federal authorities.

Masson said the packages contained the vital parts of an

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Some historians identify the plane fl own by Masson as a

Martin Pusher, while others say it was a Curtiss Pusher.

A pusher type aircraft has its engine and propeller located

to the rear of the pilot, as in this painting by Tubac Artist

Walter Wilson, courtesy of the Tubac Art Exchange.

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It is diffi cult for an artist foreign to any subject to capture and translate their interest convincingly, but for those who live their subject, for their opportunity and fi rsthand knowledge, there is an unmistakable and innate naturalness in the product which is as intangible as emotion, and when assembled and presented at once, conveys the continuity of authenticity craved by collectors. Lovers of the West can fi nd it at the Graham Bell Gallery.

Located in the very heart of the Tubac Village, the Gallery is nestled in the northeastern corner of the Tubac Plaza, at the head of Will Rogers Lane. In the shade of great trees, large wooden gates are open, inviting visitors into the property’s courtyards and gallery.

Th e trees’ shadows play on the earthen walls in the long light of afternoon and the main courtyard and its central fountain glow in the sun’s warmth with benches, shrubs, and rustic accents thoughtfully arranged on the perimeter of the courtyard’s path, which connects the Tubac Plaza with Plaza Road through the Graham Bells’ walled grounds.

Native Arizonans, members of historical Southern Arizona ranch families, and current co-owners of the ZZ Ranch near Nogales, Tom & Charlotte Bell opened the Gallery in 1999 to feature the photography work of their son, Scott. Th e gallery also showcases interesting and

exotic items associated with animal husbandry worldwide that the Bells have collected in their extensive travels.

Memorabilia from places distant as Mustang, Nepal, where the Graham Bells have funded a school building, are featured.

Manager Pema Bista, admired throughout Tubac for her friendly gracefulness, greets visitors and attends to the displays which fl ow

out from the gallery onto the fi rst courtyard, where a seated person beckons your second glance to see that it is not human after all, but is one of many whimsical, stuff ed people dressed in denim.

Pema is native to Mustang, Nepal and guest of the Bells to Tubac for four years now. (See Buddhist Monks Visit Tubac article on page 32.)

Unusual, antique and exotic bells, spurs, chaps, stirrups, copper plates and milk cans line the walls amidst sundry western and eclectic animal items and sculptures, jackets, shawls, purses, hats, cowhide pillows and choice western music. Also available in the gallery is handsome leatherwork, handmade by one of the working hands at the ZZ Ranch. It’s a complete

Above: Th e gallery courtyard invites visitors to stop sit and take things and also provides a convenient path between the Tubac Plaza and the north part of the Village.

Above Left: Charlotte and Tom Graham Bell and gallery manager Pema Bista with Abby and Matisse at the Plaza entrance on Will Rogers Lane.

Inset: Leather and antique items are displayed throughout the gallery in attractive rustic arrangements.

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presentation, and as Charlotte says, tucked away as it is, it takes some time for people to fi nd the gallery, but once they’ve found it, they come back.

Charlotte is the main decorator for all the displays.

Charlotte’s family were true pioneers. “My grandmother, whose father was a Southern cavalryman, was born in old Fort Lowell, Tucson, where she died about 1955,” Charlotte explains, “she was born in the late 1800’s, and she used to tell me stories of how the Indians would come and steal bread from an open window sill.”

Th e east walls of the gallery display the photography of Louise L. Serpa, the fi rst woman photographer allowed in the rodeo arena to photograph bull and bronc riding. Th ese astonishing rodeo photographs reveal all the impossible force and speedy momentum of bucking broncs, contorting cowboys and bulls chasing clowns right into your lap. Quoting the New Yorker, writing in regard of Serpas’s images, “It’s hard to believe your eyes

when you fi rst see how wild in form her pictures are - both the horses

and the cowboys take on shapes so free from gravity that if you didn’t

know better you’d think they were made of rubber or were products of

trick photography.”

Now 83, Serpa is highly regarded in the photography and rodeo world and her life’s work has been recognized by the National Cowboy Museum. Charlotte knew Louise back in her own rodeo days of barrel-racing and calf-tying and the Bells feel honored to carry her spectacular images. Charlotte, Tucson rodeo queen and Miss Rodeo AZ in 1963, competed in rodeo at the college level for the University of Arizona.

Most of the images in the gallery are by Scott Graham Bell. He received formal training and graduated from Th e Brooks Institute of Photography in California. For 18 years, Scott has been working on the family’s ZZ Cattle Ranch while also recording the images of the lives of the cowboys he works with. He currently lives at the ranch with his wife and two children.

Scott Bell’s artist statement reads:

I have lived, worked, photographed and experienced cattle ranching

near the Mexican border. Th e cowboys I work with are older, wiser

and much more experienced than I am. Th e cowboys have a rich

knowledge of the ranching life and of the natural world in general.

I feel honored to have had them accept me

and my camera into their realm. I hope

this collection of photographs adequately

expresses the deep respect I have for the

individuals and traditions that are part of

the cattle ranching experience in Southern

Arizona.”

Th e images are of real moments on the ranch. Cowboys under trees on a real day of real cowboy work, which these days is rare, but continues on at the ZZ with cowboys of experience enough to earn the admiration and respect of others who work cattle.

An image of cowboys on horseback in silhouette takes on a new meaning when you know that a cowboy took it at the moment before sunrise. Th e genuineness of the images is unmistakable. If you want to know Southern Arizona ranch life, Bell’s images do it with a dignifi ed subtlety that seems almost reluctant. It’s good stuff , recording a way of life that is disappearing elsewhere but thrives along the border.

Similar to Edward Curtis’s intentions of capturing the vanishing ways of life of Native Americans, Scott Graham Bell’s work could be said to be preserving the heritage and culture of the cowboy, but diff erent from the Curtis’s vintage photogravures, also available on the Graham Bell Gallery’s back wall, much of Scott Bell’s work appears focused on candid and unposed moments, capturing instead of creating.

Th e Graham Bell’s ZZ Ranch runs a large cow calf operation, employing 4 permanent cowboys and hiring on extra cowboys as needed from all around Santa Cruz County for round-ups. In operation since 1938, the ranch belongs to the two Graham Bell families of Tom and his brother George and consists of approximately 100 sq miles along the border of Mexico, from Nogales to Bear Valley. Th e land is some of the most beautiful and rugged terrain you can imagine, where a couple head of

cattle headed the wrong way up a canyon can cost you all day and, as Tom says, “You know you’re going down hill ‘cause your horse’s tail comes over your shoulder.”

You can get a feel for the ranch’s coverage by driving the Ruby Road and looking south from the highest pullout on Atascosa, which appropriately translates into “barrier.” Th is is the edge by anyone’s defi nition. It’s as far as our civilization has made it; beyond lay a labyrinth of canyons and a rumple of mountains where jaguar still roam and forsaken mine shafts breath bats into the desert night.

Th e lush and protected, unparalleled biodiversity of Sycamore Canyon slices through the ranch. Th e whole of the land is an area of constant beauty, and where Chuck Bowden was referring to when he wrote about the Importance of Being Nowhere. Edward Abbey watched over this terrain in 1968 while employed as a fi re look-out in the cabin on top of Atascosa. You can read those journal entries in Abbey’s posthumously published journals, Confessions of a Barbarian.

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Th e ZZ Ranch House. Photograph by Scott Graham Bell.

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A development of 28 residential lots on 104 acres in Tubac’s Aliso Springs area received preliminary approval at the Jan. 22 meeting of the Santa Cruz County Planning and Zoning Commission. Th e commission voted unanimously, 5-0, to approve the request for a Planned Area Development, or PAD. Th ree commission members did not attend and there was one vacancy at the time of the meeting.

Th e land is being developed by Winston Chappell and Rick Burns of Sustainable Ventures, LLC. Th ey aren’t asking for a change in zoning, which is currently GR, or General Rural. Th e Planned Area Development allows a density bonus of three additional lots, however. Th e property is about a mile south of Exit 34 of Interstate 19, and about 1.5 miles west of the West Frontage Road.

According to a report from the county’s community development offi ce, the developers are interested in an environmentally responsible project, making use of “green” building methods using energy-effi cient materials, and on-site water harvesting. As many trees as possible will be preserved.

Next, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors will be asked to approve the preliminary PAD. At a later date, the fi nal PAD will be brought back to the zoning commission and the board of supervisors.

Inn and spa planned in Tubac

Property owner Linda Ellinor is planning to expand the Anza Inn in Tubac to a location with nine guest rooms and a spa.

She said she will rename it the Floating Stone Inn and Spa. Th e buildings are among some of the oldest ones still in use in Tubac.

Th e property is on the corner of Calle Iglesia and Vereda Antigua, one block east of St. Ann’s Catholic Church and across the street to the north from the La Paloma de Tubac gift shop.

It was purchased with existing structures consisting of the Ysidro Otero home built in 1898 and other structures that were built by Charles Poston in 1856, according to a county planning document. Th e property was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 and is currently located in the Tubac Historic Zone, the document said.

Ellinor is planning to add a lap pool and six small pools for hydrotherapy, she said at the Jan. 15 Board of Adjustment District 3 meeting.

Th e property has the required zoning already to operate as an inn. Ellinor asked for variances to reduce the required setback from the property line in the front yard; to allow a small structure in the front yard for the pool equipment; to reduce the number of parking spaces from 25 to 17; and to pave the parking areas with a permeable substance to allow water to fl ow underground rather than with asphalt.

Th e board voted unanimously to approve the four variances. Members include Chairman Earl Wilson, Ron Campana and Charlotte Brown. Member Arturo Vásquez did not attend.

Latest on water rate increases

A small group of individuals is working to combat proposed water rate increases, which Tubac resident Jim Patterson said could be 200 percent.

Patterson gave a report at the Jan. 19 meeting of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council in Tubac.

He and several others are trying to reduce the rate proposed by Arizona American Water Co. for its 532 customers in Tubac. If it’s approved by a state commission, it could take eff ect near the end of 2009.

Th e strategies include submitting a request for fi nancial assistance to the federal infrastructure package; trying to resurrect a bill submitted to the House of Representatives in 2004 which would

aid ratepayers in small communities; urging that Arizona American adopt system consolidation so the increases are spread among more rate payers; and the consideration of point of use (at a sink) water treatment to reduce the amount of arsenic in residential water.

During the meeting, Tubac resident Marshall Magruder suggested that the council invite the Arizona Corporation Commission, based in Phoenix, to hold a public hearing in Tubac on the issue.

-year wait for fire station

A new three-building Tubac fi re station which will include training and administration spaces likely won’t be built for about four years, said Fire Chief Kevin Keeley. Th e station is scheduled to be constructed on a four-acre piece of land southwest of the Chavez Siding interchange of Interstate 19.

Voters in the Tubac Fire District, which also includes all Rio Rico areas north of Camino Ramanote, approved a $15-million bond election held Nov. 4, 2008. Th e fi rst projects will be to build two fi re stations in northeast Rio Rico, Keeley said.

In addition to Station No. 1 in Tubac on the east frontage road just north of the village entrance, the district also operates Station 2 in Rio Rico southwest of the Peck Canyon and Interstate 19 interchange. It was opened in 1997.

What about a possible merger of the Tubac district with the Rio Rico fi re district, which was discussed at a Tubac fi re district board meeting in March 2008? Keeley said he “thinks it’s a good idea.” However, it’s in the best interests

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Chamber of commerce board chosen

Members of the Tubac Chamber of Commerce elected new board members at the Jan. 21 annual meeting. Board members serve for a two-year term.

New members are Candace Harmon, Tubac Embarcadero; Garry Hembree, Old Presidio Traders; Kelly Jones, Big Horn Galleries; Terry E. Kirkpatrick, Grumpy Gringo Cigars; Brent Land, Purcell Galleries of Fine Art; Polly Schlitz, Walter Wilson Gallery/Tubac Art Exchange; BenDameean Steinhardt, Out of the Way Galleria; and Mike Quigley, Sky Island Alliance.

Th ere are a total of 13 board members on the Tubac Chamber Board. Th e four incumbents who were not up for re-election are: Susan Buchanan, Tubac Historical Society; Roberta Rogers, Roberta Rogers Watercolors; Larry Robertson, Lawrence Robertson, Attorney; and Susan Walsh, Tubac Territory.

Executive Director Carol Cullen said the chamber has 83 members.

Th e regular monthly meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at 8 a.m. at the Tubac Community Center and the public can attend.

Raises for elected officials

County elected offi cials have received raises for the current year, as specifi ed under Arizona law. Th e three Santa Cruz County supervisors, John Maynard, Rudy Molera and Manuel Ruiz, are now being paid $63,800 a year, up from $56,500.

Sheriff Antonio Estrada’s salary increased from $89,225 to $100,824. County Attorney George Silva’s pay went from $109,450 to $123,678.

Also at the same pay level as the Board of Supervisors are County Assessor Felipe Fuentes, County Recorder Suzanne Sainz, Treasurer Caesar Ramirez, Clerk of Superior Court Juan Pablo Guzman and Schools Superintendent Alfredo Velasquez.

Th e last time other county employees received a raise was in November 2007, when the county gave the equivalent of a 4 percent increase. With those raises, County Manager Greg Lucero earns $145,725 a year.

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11.75 x 9.5 in.295 pp., 115 duotones

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Words by Charles Bowden

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Tubac has long attracted excellent people, and with excellent people come excellent collections. I had the pleasure of looking through a collection of books recently, and found one that tells a remarkable story. Th e book is Th e Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville, Knight : wherein is set down the way to the Holy Land, and to Jerusalem : as also to the lands of the great Kahn and of Prester John : to India and diverse other countries : together with many and strange marvels therein. Th is book, which was purportedly written in 1357, is “one of the most popular and widely circulated books

produced

anywhere in Europe before the advent of printing and one of the few such books to have had an almost continuous afterlife in print,” according to Th e Dictionary of Literary Biography. Presented as the author’s own travel experiences of thirty-fi ve years, in which he claims to have set out from St. Albans in 1322 and to have visited the Middle East and Palestine, continuing on to India, Tibet, China, Java, and Sumatra, the work was actually compiled from a number of written sources in what scholars believe to be a monastic library in Liège, Belgium.

Mandeville’s book is made up of two parts: the fi rst is a guide to the Holy Land and describes a number of routes to it. Some scholars suggest that the book was merely propaganda to inspire a new crusade to retake the Holy Land, but others feel it was one of the earliest examples of the travel genre, one so detailed in description that readers couldn’t get enough of it, in spite of the fact that the author was extremely economical with the truth. Mandeville talks at length of saints and relics in Part I and includes Biblical stories along with stories that are decidedly secular. Th e second part of the book takes the reader to the Far East where the author’s imagination has full rein. Here he writes of ‘men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders,’ of men whose feet are used to shield them from the sun, of men with horns, and men with the heads of dogs. He describes the

empire of Prester John (reportedly a descendant of one of the Th ree Magi, Prester John was said to preside over a Christian realm full of riches and strange creatures. His kingdom contained such marvels as the Gates of Alexander and the Fountain of Youth, and even bordered the Earthly Paradise) in preposterously fabulous terms. His imaginative narrative inspired artists and illustrators to make images to compliment the text, and the combination of text and image likely account for the book’s uncanny popularity.

Although there are 31 surviving early manuscripts of the work in French, the earliest of which was made in 1371, more than 300 other manuscripts exist in Latin, English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German, Irish, and Spanish. Printed versions date from 1496 and run all the way down to the 20th century. Th e copy I saw in Tubac was produced in London in 1677, and research showed this to be an extremely rare edition: only three examples are known in Britain and the only one known in the United Sates is held by the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

If you are interested in learning more about Mandeville, his book, and the various controversies that have raged through the centuries, this Wikipedia entry on the Internet at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mandeville might be interesting. I was both delighted and amazed to fi nd such an extraordinary book in our little village. But I shouldn’t have been, for Tubac has long attracted excellent people, and excellent people have excellent collections.

Writer and archivist Shaw Kinsley can be contacted at mailto:

sdk878@earthlink.

Th ese three topics will come eloquently together when the Tubac Historical Society holds its March 18, 2009 program at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 10:00 am. Jesús García, an education specialist at the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, will present a program entitled, “Foods of Colonial Tubac : Tantalizing Touch and Taste,” that explores the ecological tapestry that made up colonial Tubac. What better way to ponder local ecology than to eat its riches?

Jesús will introduce us to several of the Native American groups of the Sonoran Desert region including the Seri, the Yaqui, and the Tohono O’odham, describe their traditional homelands, and tell us how they employed the area’s natural resources and how the Europeans used and adapted these techniques to survive. Jesús is the principal investigator on a talented team of researchers working to

re-establish the historic mission orchards at Tumacácori National Historic Park, and he’ll describe what is happening with the Kino Heritage Fruit Trees Project. Th is ambitious project seeks to identify fruit trees from the Spanish Mission Era by examining Father Kino’s own accounts, Forty-niner documents and journals, and the work of contemporary local ethnobotanists and horticulturalists to trace the legacy of these fruit trees. So far, research indicates that the trees included peach, quince, pear, apple, pecan, walnut, fi g, and pomegranate. Together, they made up a portion of the mission community’s agricultural livelihood that also depended upon grape vineyards, grain fi elds, vegetable and pharmacy gardens, as well as livestock.

Th e program will run about 90 minutes and is hands-on. Participants will experience the tastes of the actual foods enjoyed by historic Tubacans and Native Americans alike. Your appetite is sure to be whetted, and you might

like to have a bite of lunch in one of the area restaurants after the program.

Jesús Manuel García was born and raised in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, México. He completed a degree in Elementary Education, (Escuela Normal del Estado) in Hermosillo, Sonora, and then moved to Tucson and graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, with a minor in cultural Anthropology. Jesús has been associated with the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum since 1991. Currently, in his role as an education specialist, he teaches natural history programs to the Hispanic community of the Tucson area schools as well as in the border region of the state of Sonora, Mexico. Jesús has many interests including conservation biology, cultural ecology, languages, music, gardening, and art.

Th is program is free to members of the Tubac

Historical Society. Non-members will be charged $5 to attend. Reservations are a must because space is limited, so call the Society today at (520) 398 – 2020 to secure your place.

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Speaker Jesús García Speaks at the TCA March 18

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Two longtime stalwarts on the THS Board of Directors are taking their leave this year. Eloise “Sandy” Johnson has served as Treasurer since 1994 with only one year off when she moved from Tubac to Green Valley. Sandy designed the fi nancial forms used by the Society and keeps tabs on the dedicated funds which the Society oversees. Th ere is no way to adequately express the thanks Sandy deserves for her years of patient, thoughtful service!

Barbara Ruppman has served on the THS Board twice. Th e fi rst time was as a member in 1998 when THS was trying to acquire the Barrio de Tubac archaeological site; the second was during the last two years when she served as Vice President. Barbara shares her understanding of our area’s history, particularly the archaeological aspects, in the walking tours she gives of the Barrio de Tubac archaeological site.

Jerry Ochs stepped in as President to serve out the remainder of Victoria Sikora’s term when she left for the East coast. He has agreed to remain as President for his own term. Jerry’s long term view, strategic thinking, and knowledge of dynamic speakers will provide energy and growth to THS.

Susan Buchanan became involved with THS in 2003 and came on the Board at her fi rst meeting in 2004. She was enticed into being Secretary at that time and has been taking the Minutes and seeing to the offi cial duties ever since. Th e Tubac Historical Society is lucky to have such a devoted Secretary.

Two present Board members have agreed to step into the vacancies created by the deaprtures of Sandy and Barb. Sam Chilcote will serve as Vice President and Shaw Kinsley will assume the duties of Treasurer. Sam has been on the THS Board since 2003 and provides sharp strategic thinking as well as a deep involvement in the annual picnics held at area ranches. Shaw joined the Board in 2004 and has edited the Society’s Newsletter since that time.

Th ree new faces will be confi rmed at our annual meeting next month. Barbara Blake has agreed to join the Board and brings vast fund raising and event planning experience as well as grace and beauty to THS. Don Davidson, who has been extremely helpful in organizing the THS Map Collection, has agreed to join the Board and will apply his enthusiasm and knowledge to other aspects of THS’s role in the community. Ken Veal, a relatively new Tubacan having moved from Ft Collins, Colorado, has also agreed to become part of THS’s Board. Ken is enjoying learning about our area’s history and is helping assert some intellectual and physical control over the Photograph Collection.

Th ey join continuing THS Board members Loretta Lewis, Bruce Pheneger, Irene Deaton (who also serves as Executive Director), Gary Brasher, Karen Lang, Regina Ford, and Larry Robertson. Th e changes were approved by the Board and affi rmed by the membership at the THS Annual Meeting on January 19.

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dining and services at the entrance to Tubac.

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• Carol Curry Studio & GalleryA gallery of jewelry and fine art with southwest charm!

• Casa Fina de TubacOffering furniture, design, accessories, ETC… with a unique & edgy twist!

• ChiosFresh Produce Apparel

• Commerce Bank of ArizonaFull-service, personalized banking

• Cowboy’s SweetheartCowgirl Cool! Upscale western clothing, boots, hats and accessories for women and children.

• Damian Koorey DesignsHandcrafted Goldsmithing with extraor-dinary gemstones by Damian Koorey and Family.

• Elvira’s RestaurantA Nogales destination coming to Tubac!

• Feminine Mystique Art GalleryRepresenting local, national & interna-tionally recognized female artists.

• First United Realty

• The Harrison Group Real Estate ServicesOur natural approach to business is providing positive experiences for all our clients.

• KB Rock’nBeads, jewelry, gifts and rock related items.

• La Cucaracha de TubacFeaturing a surprising assortment of imports and handcrafted items from south of the border.

• La EsplendidaInternational home furnishings and decor.

• Manos GalleryArt, interiors, gifts. Always looking for new artists… email bio and website or images.

• Misco MarketDecorative items from south of the border.

• Olive Oil GalleryUnique Olive Oil Bar

• One World, One ChancePromoting education and awareness of Green.

• Paradise A pet lover’s boutique

• Renee Taylor GalleryContemporary art & jewelry

• The Snack Bar GalleryGreat place for a Quick Snack – Hot Dogs, Fresh Sandwiches, Ice Cream & Art Gallery

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• Tubac Deli & CoffeeServing deli sandwiches, coffee, espresso, handmade pastries, pies & pizza. The place to meet & eat.

• Tubac DentalDr. Brian Kniff, DDS, practicing Exceptional Dentistry with personalized comfort and care.

• Tubac/Santa Cruz Visitor’s CenterYour first stop when visiting Tubac. Learn about our community and get help planning your visit.

• TumacookeryA delightful family owned kitchen shop.

• Yard WomanAn old fashioned shop emphasizing health, wellness and happiness with a mission to inform and educate.

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50 Beads of Tubac 520-398-2070

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60 Brasher Real Estate, Inc. 520-398-2506TEXT: TUBAC BRASHER TO: 48696

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3 Café Presidiio 520-398-8503

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53 Graham Bell Gallery 520-398-2558

32 Grumpy Gringo Fine Cigars 520-980-5177

85 Hal Empie Gallery 520-398-2811

40 Heir Looms 520-398-2369TEXT: TUBAC RUGS TO: 48696

96 Hugh Cabot Gallery 520-398-2721

63 Illuminations 520-398-8028

33 James Culver Studio 520-398-1841 TEXT: TUBAC LEATHER TO: 4869651 Jane’s Attic 520-398-9301

6 Josef’s Salon 520-398-0900

77 Karin Newby Gallery 520-398-9662

21 Dr. Brian Kniff , DDS 520-398-8408

99 La Paloma de Tubac 520-398-9231

35 Lavender Bay Antiques 520-870-8332

46 La Viña 520-398-8142

64 Long Realty 520-398-2962 TEXT: TUBAC LONG TO: 4869661 The Old Book Shop 520-393-1415

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52 Out of the Way Galleria 520-398-9409

38 Quilts Ltd. 800-255-2306

36 Roberta Rogers Studio 520-979-4122

45 Rogoway Gallery 520-398-2041

78 Shelby’s Bistro 520-398-8075

76 Sole Shoes 520-398-2201 TEXT: TUBAC LEATHER TO: 4869670 Sunrise Jewelers 520-398-1121

75 TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coff ee Beans 520-398-8109

41 Tubac Center of the Arts 520-398-2371

10 Tubac Olive Oil Company 520-398-3366

37 Tubac Online Sales 520-398-2437

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Broker Concept 100, Realty 520-398-3277

Cedar Creek Excavation 520-398-3326

Fiesta Tours 520-398-9705

First United Realty 800-726-0100TEXT: TUBAC UNITED TO: 48696

Follow Through Guys, Home Repair 520-351-2031

Ken Michael, Art Framing 520-398-2214

Powell’s Pet Sitting 520-377-8484

Steve the Handy Guy 520-841-0277

Think Bob, Graphic Design 520-762-0447

Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704

Tubac Embarcadero 520-398-9670

Village Counseling 520-820-1678

Along the Frontage Road, NorthCentral Pet 520-398-8661

Crista’s Fitness at Sunset Ranch 520-398-9940

Dos Silos Mexican Cuisine 520-398-3787

Pancho’s (at the Tubac Golf Resort) 520-398-0003

Realty Executives, Bill Mack 520-398-2770TEXT: TUBAC TEAM TO: 48696

Realty Executives, Charlie Meaker 520-237-2414 TEXT: TUBAC CHARLIE TO: 48696

Tubac Art Exchange 520-398-2312

Stables Ranch Grille 520-398-2678

Tubac Golf Resort and Spa 520-398-3545TEXT: TUBAC SPA TO: 48696

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Santa Cruz Chili Co 520-398-2591

Wisdom’s Café 520-398-2397 TEXT: TUBAC WISDOMS TO: 48696

North of TubacAmado RV & Self Storage 520-398-8003

Kristofer’s Bistro 520-625-0331

Long Realty, Cha Cha Donau 520-591-4982

Long Realty, Heidi Baldwin 520-907-9682

Lordex Spine Center 520-207-9345

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Valentine’s Day can inspire even the most grizzled borderlands photographer to refl ect on the gentle topic of love, becoming mawkish with sentimentality.

I won’t claim a romantic mastery of this topic, and there isn’t exactly a shortage of discussion of love, even by photographers who are customarily mute and surly. But we’re in the season, and in the mood, so why not go for it.

Th e task of capturing love in the desert with a lens can take the borderlands photographer into fanciful fl ights of lyrical abstraction and visual symbolism.

Literally fi nding love, as in two potential soul-mates (both with Nikons) stumbling across each other in some remote canyon, is not necessarily what I mean in this article. (However, serendipity of this sort is not outside the realm of possibility, so don’t give up hope. My luck, though, would be to encounter a well-armed border agent on patrol.)

Instead, the nature photographer’s task is to capture the pastoral equivalent of an urban romance, to record a backcountry symbol or token of the act or existence of love. Mother Nature gives us so many examples.

It’s motherly love in the extreme.

Th e borderlands photographer’s Valentine mixture of outdoor photos should include images reminiscent of love, tugging on the heartstrings of the viewer and creating a vivid and compelling picture.

Th ese include symbols reminiscent of a heart. Th ere are lots of these to be found in nature, from cacti to leaves to shadows. Symbolic also, are intertwined vines and closely-matched pairs of just about anything.

For the photographer, pairs of critters are a bit fewer and farther-between than a single one. A compelling photo of a solo animal, whether a bird or a mammal, is often hard enough to achieve. But from time to time a photographer will catch a pair close enough together to suggest aff ection in their behavior. Togetherness between any critters, displayed peacefully, is almost always a Valentine winner in photography.

Th e true emotion of love between critters is a notion I’ll leave to be pondered by others, but an instinctive appearance of such behavior, or an imitation of love, especially in the wild, is a goal of many nature photographers. Th e “aww” factor rises exponentially for any wildlife photo depicting tenderness or intimacy.

Taking the study a bit further afi eld, and still in our glorious borderlands outdoors, one can explore abstracted tangents of love, such as the pastoral nurturing of the land by a gardener tilling a row of heritage crops at Tumacácori Mission, or the compassion symbolized by a barrel of water left in the Ironwood Forest by humanitarians to aid desperate migrants.

Further, the painstaking stabilization of a crumbling adobe structure is a depiction of love for our borderland cultural heritage. Mother Nature’s monsoon rainfall to replenish a parched desert landscape is also a powerful nurturing symbol.

For you, the lonely photographer wandering from mountain to valley, discovering these actions and symbols and recording them via the camera, can help replenish your own spirit and all those who share your love of borderland imagery.

Murray Bolesta’s CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizona’s natural, rural, and cultural heritage. Murray’s home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at www.CactusHuggers.com.

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

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Love in the DesertTh e Borderlands Photographer

Top Left: A Queen butterfl y, a cottonwood leaf, and an ear of a Santa Rita prickly pear cactus can each deliver fi tting visual symbolism.

Bottom Left: Love in the desert, here in Mexico, can occasionally be witnessed as literal.

Top Right: With not too much imagination, even the lowly pincushion cactus, in the correct position, can suggest the charm of a mother-child pairing.

Mid Right: My “Deer Crossing” photo from Buenos Aires N.W.R. conveys impressions of intertwined friendship.

Lower Right: Th e male jackrabbit, like human males, displays much silliness within the mating ritual as a queenly female feigns disinterest.

Botom Right: A love bite implies aff ection

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Th e Tubac Festival of the Arts is expected to draw about 80,000 people to the community, weather cooperating. Th at’s in high contrast to the early years, when visitors were counted in the dozens. Th is is the 50th year for the festival, scheduled Wednesday, Feb. 4, through Sunday, Feb. 8.

Village streets, closed to vehicles, will be packed thick with pedestrians and parking will be tough to fi nd. But there will be lots of music, food, art work, clothing and the atmosphere will be electric.

Tumacácori resident Bunny Hanson participated in the fi rst festival held in 1959 when there were about 10 galleries and shops in the entire village. She said artist Jean Wilson was one of the main organizers, and the festival “was kind of quaint. Th ere were little tables with red checked tablecloths set out. But there wasn’t any publicity and nobody came.” Even so, the gallery owners, artists and local residents “had a great time,” she fondly recalled.

Hanson was a co-owner of the El Sapo shop on Camino Otero for 30 years. It was sold two years ago and is now the Tohono Village Trading Post.

For many years the annual art festival was nine days long, spanning two weekends and the week in between. Since 2004, the shorter version has been in place.

Garry Hembree, owner of Old Presidio Traders on Tubac Road, opened his business in February, 27 years ago, just before that year’s festival started. As to how many people visited, he said, “I remember it was quite a bit smaller.” Most of the booths were on Tubac Road and he said the Tubac Chamber of Commerce, where he’s president of the board, has since made sure that booths are on all the village streets.

He said business owners in the early 1980s, such as himself, were happy to have the festival because it brought in a lot of business to what many saw as a sleepy, low-key village. Hanson agreed that the festival brought in business but at the same time, it was tiring for shop owners. “We kind of got sick of it, but we had a good time,” she said with a laugh.

Jan Munger, who with her family owns Th e Country Shop on Tubac Road, was the entertainment coordinator in the early 1980s, and also helped with booth placement. She said among the acts were ballet performances from local students, classical music, and songs by a band called “Beaver’s Band Box.” For that group, she said, “We gave them lunch, but I don’t know that we paid them.”

She recalls the festivals as much smaller when she arrived in 1977. “Th ere was no police directing traffi c and there was no charge for parking. It was kind of a local program.”

But the nine-day festival was tiring and she wouldn’t want to see it return. “I think the fi ve-day festival is much more enjoyable and realistic.”

Kim Roseman, owner of the K. Newby Gallery and Sculpture Garden, has been in business in Tubac for just six years, and has embraced the festival as an integral part of her off erings. “Th ese are the fi ve busiest days of the year. We probably see more people during that time than during all summer long,” she said.

From Feb. 6-8, the K. Newby Gallery will host 14 acclaimed sculptors from across the United States whose work is on view in the garden, and they’ll give tours and talk about their pieces.

Th e fi rst Tubac Festival of the Arts was held in 1959 in a gallery building on Tubac Road that now houses Cloud Dancer Jewelry, according to the book “Th ey Lived in Tubac,” By Elizabeth R. Brownell.

During the fourth annual Tubac Festival in 1964, the new $60,000 museum of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park was dedicated, Brownell wrote.

Th e Santa Cruz Valley Art Association, the parent organization of the Tubac Center of the Arts, ran the festival for 20 years until about 1979, when the Tubac Village Council took over. Th e Tubac Village Council in 1986 had a name change to the Tubac Chamber of Commerce and the chamber has been the organizer since then.

Silkscreened fabric banners for each Festival of the Arts were made for many years by the shop owned by Harwood and Sophie Steiger, who opened their specialty store in Tubac in 1956.

Th ere weren’t many food booths at the festival in the earlier years. Munger said the food booths were set up by people who lived close by or in southern Arizona and featured “regional foods.” But in the past 20 years, there has been a food court as mobile food vendors set up in the plaza between Tubac Road and Plaza Road.

A tradition Munger recalled in years past was that a local artist was chosen to be the honoree and information about the person was printed in the festival’s program. Among those names listed in old newspaper articles were 1980, Marjorie Nichols; 1982, Mortimer Wilson Jr.; 1984 Earl Dravis; 1985, Maxine Guy; 1986, Marcia Palmer; 1991, Alfonso Flores.

Roseman of the K. Newby Gallery said she loves the festival because “there’s such energy in the air, it just vibrates. Th ere’s so much going on.”

Introducing people to Tubac is one of the main reasons for the festival, Hembree said. “It’s to showcase the village and let people know what is here, and then to have them come back and shop some more.”

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Festival booths will line the village streets, mixed among the 100 year-round shops, fi ne art galleries and working artists’ studios. Horse-drawn trolleys will shuttle visitors around the historic village, said a spokeswoman for the Tubac Chamber of Commerce.

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Nationally-recognized Native American artist Amado Peña designed the 50th anniversary commemorative poster and will be in attendance throughout the festival to meet guests and sign posters. Peña is widely known for his use of vibrant colors and bold lines. His work pays homage to the enduring landscapes and people of the Southwest.

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aeroplane, but no engine. Th en, with his mechanic, he departed tonight for the south, taking the mysterious package with him. It was intimated that the packages held below Tucson are dummies.

May 12th, Th e Ogden Standard dateline Nogales, Ariz., reported that Cal Wright, City Marshal of Nogales, Arizona, two U.S. soldiers and a Nogales bartender named Jack Wilson were arrested for smuggling a shipment of 125,000 cartridges across the border with the intent of selling to the insurgent Sonora state troops (Obregón’s forces). Hmmm, Wright certainly had an interesting title!

Th e same article continued:

It also is said that the remaining parts of an

aeroplane, completing the portions secured last

week at Nogales, Sonora, were slipped through

the border patrol. Aviator Didier Masson

and his mechanician, who, on the receipt of

some aeroplane parts on Sunday, were said to

have departed for the south, reappeared in the

Mexican town [?] and departed on a special

train which came from the east early today,

then proceeded to the insurgent front above

Guaymas.

A couple of days later on the 19th, the New York

Times reported:

“Th e war aeroplane which crossed into Mexico

near Naco last night was the same fl ying

machine confi scated by United States offi cials

two weeks ago. Th e machine has disappeared

from a ranch between Tucson and this point.

With it disappeared Reuben Hopkins, a

United States deputy marshal of Tucson, who

was left to guard the crates.”

As you can see, things get very fuzzy concerning

the number of aeroplanes being smuggled across the border and where.

By May 23rd, Th e Yuma Examiner ran the following story:

Tucson, May 22, Th at “Rube” Hopkins,

United States deputy, marshal, who

disappeared simultaneously with the capture

of the Masson aeroplane from Pike’s ranch by

American agents of the Sonora forces has been

seen on the streets of Hermosillo, is stated in

advices received in Tucson on Wednesday. He

is said to be working for the Southern Pacifi c

of Mexico, though the railroad company head

quarters here have no information on that

subject.

Hopkins, being a one legged man and of a

striking personality other wise, should be

easily recognizable it is thought and the belief

is that no mistake was made.

It was at fi rst reported that Hopkins, who

was stationed at Pike’s ranch to guard the

aeroplane of the U. S. government, was

apprehended by the federalists. Th is was then

thrown open to doubt.

Arthur Alva “Rube” Hopkins played an interesting part in the story. A month earlier on April 16th, Th e Yuma Examiner reported U.S. Deputy Marshal A. A. Hopkins seized part of a shipment of 52 cases of ammunition two days earlier at Naco, Arizona. Naco is located on the border west of Bisbee, Arizona. Huerta’s general, Pedro Ojeda, and his troops were battling Obregón’s troops in Naco, Sonora at the time. With bullets fl ying over the border, the Southern Pacifi c engineer pulled out of Naco heading for Benson and Tucson before Hopkins could unload the entire shipment. Hopkins quickly telegraphed U.S. Marshal

Charles A. Overlock in Tucson advising him there were 17 more cases to confi scate.

“El Biplano Sonora”

El Biplano Sonora probably made it across the border around May 18th to 20th and was taken to Hermosillo to be reassembled. Several test fi ghts over several days were made around Hermosillo before attempting a run to Guaymas. Th e Salt Lake Tribune published the following story with a Mexican byline:

International News Service, Guaymas, Mex.,

May 27: Th e lives of scores of Americans are

in grave peril in this city as a result of a fi erce

battle which is raging between the federal

army, encamped here, and the rebel forces,

which began the attack this morning.

Didier Masson, the French aviator, during

the day circled about the city’s roofs in his

aeroplane dropping bombs. A number of

these dropped in the principal business streets

doing great damage to property and causing

considerable loss of life.

Masson also made several fl ights out over the

harbor, where he dropped bombs on the deck of

the federal warship Guerrero, lying at anchor.

Th e main portion of the rebel forces is now less

than ten miles from Guaymas and advancing

rapidly. Fierce fi ghting was in progress this

evening between the federals and the advance

guard of the rebels.

Guaymas is in a state of siege. Th ere is a large

American colony in the heart of the city, which

may be wiped out at any moment.

It appears the above article was pure fi ction as that fi rst “bombing run” over the city of Guaymas was to drop warning pamphlets not bombs. It took place on or about May 29th with Capt. Alcalde as the copilot and bombardier. Th is seems to be born out by an article in Th e

Salt Lake Tribune on June 3rd:

NOGALES, Ariz., June 2.— ... Didier

Masson, the French aviator, so far has failed

to make any showing with his aeroplane from

which it was planned to drop shells on the

Mexican gunboats Morelos and Guerrero,

lying in Guaymas harbor. He has failed to

make a single successful fl ight against the

advancing federals’ column, nor has General

Alvaro Obregon been able to force the land

fi ghting. Ojeda is pursuing the same tactics of

advance and retreat he used so successfully in

defending Naco.

A few days later:

NOGALES, Ariz., June 10... Didier Masson

is reported to have repaired his war aeroplano,

and again will attempt to drop bombs on

the heads of the federals. An aeroplane

manufactured in Douglas, Ariz., by an

amateur inventor is known to have crossed

last night into Mexico and was taken to Naco,

Sonora, under an escort of fi fty soldiers. From

Naco it will be hurried by rail to the front.

Th e New York Times published this tidbit:

DOUGLAS, Ariz., June 21.—Didier

Masson, in his war aeroplane, forced the

gunboats Guerrero and Tampico to steam

out to sea from Guaymas harbor late to-

day, according to reports received by the

Constitutionalists Committee here, which

asserted also that Gen. Ojeda’s Federals were

being held by the State troops in the fi ghting

several miles north of the California gulf port.

Th e French aviator was accompanied on his

fl ights by Capt. Manuel D. Alcaldo, [more

likely Captain Joaquín Bauche Alcalde] who

assisted in dropping bombs upon the town

and driving the Mexican gunboats out of the

harbor. Just before dusk Masson landed to get

more ammunition.

With mechanic Tommy Dean as copilot and bombardier, Masson began to work on a means of more accurately dropping bombs on the navel ships. Th e Nevada State Journal reported:

NOGALES, Ariz., July 13.—Th e French

aviator, Didier Masosn, has invented an

apparatus to carry twelve bombs on each

fl ight, together with a sighting system for

dropping bombs from his aeroplane. He says

that within a few days he will attempt again

to sink the federal gunboats lying in Guaymas

harbor.

July 30th seems to confi rm that Masson and Dean were improving. Th e New York Times reported:

AT THE FRONT, ABOVE GUAYMAS,

MEXICO. July 28 (Delayed in

transmission.)—Didier Masson, from his big

biplane, dropped bombs this afternoon around

the gunboat Tampico, lying in Guaymas

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Th e French aviator operated under heavy fi re

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Mexican section of the American railroad

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hour and a half shrapnel was scattered over

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All non-combatants fl ed to the hills. Masson

was believed to-night to have escaped, and

no foreigners were reported injured in offi cial

advices received from Empalme.

It was about this time that Masson and Dean decided they had had enough and decided to quit. Th ey claimed that they had not been paid for several months. However, both remained in Mexico in an unoffi cial capacity. Masson trained a highly respected Mexican aviation engineer named Captain Gustavo Salinas Camiña to pilot Sonora. Salinas was a graduate of the Moisant Aviation School in New York and merely need to be checked on the Martin Pusher, an aircraft that he had never fl own before.

Most aviation historians agree that Masson failed to hit anything with bombs dropped from Sonora. He came close, but no direct strikes. It would be a year before Salinas, piloting Sonora, would win fame as the fi rst North American pilot to successfully make a bombing run on an enemy ship forcing it out to sea on April 14, 1914.

“Rube Hopkins” made the papers once again. Th e Yuma Examiner reported:

FORMER DEPUTY “RUBE” HOPKINS

IS ARESTED IN NOGALES, SON.

Nogales Sept. 27—Reuben Hopkins, former

deputy United States marshal who is alleged to

have aided in smuggling the Masson aeroplane

into Mexico and later became a major in

the Constitutionalist army, was arrested in

Nogales, Sonora today as a fugitive from

the United States. He will not appeal to the

American consul.

As for Didier Masson, with the outbreak of

World War I, he returned to France and soon became a member of the Lafayette Escadrille. After the war he came back the United States, and ran the Hotel Potter in Santa Barbara, California in the 1920s until it burned to the ground. Next he lived in Mexico and British Honduras operating an import-export business. He was also the station manager for Pan American World Airways in Belize, and managed the Iris hotel in Chetumel, Mexico. He died June 2, 1950 in Merida, Mexico.

Sources:- “Didier Masson 1886-1950.” http://www.earlyaviators.com/emasson.htm- El Biplano “Sonora.” Cronicas Difusor de la Microhistoria Sonorense, Junio 1998, Ano. 3, No.6- Greenwood, James R. “Air Warriors for Hire.” Tubac Historical Society Monthly Meeting - November 2, 2006.- Grover, David H. “Pioneering Air-Sea Engagement.” http://www.earlyaviators.com/egrovmas.htm- Medina Salinas, Delia, personal notes.- Romero, Manuel Ruiz, “The World’s First Air Combat.” http://www.mexicanaviationhistory.com/noticias/noticia.php?id=8- Sánchez Aguilar, M. C. Cuauhtémoc, “The First Air-naval Combat in history, First part.” http://www.mazatlaninteractivo.com.mx/new/en/2008/edition/38_historia-2/- “The Aerodrome Forum.” http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/pioneer-aviation/24884-where-didier-masson.html- Tuck, Jim, “The Dark Shadow of Victoriano Huerta.” http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtvhuerta.html- Newspapers from April - October 1913: The New York Times, Casa Grande Dispatch, The Ogden Examiner, The Ogden Standard, The Yuma Examiner, The Salt Lake Tribune and the Galveston Daily News.

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Italian wines are wonderful and at the same time maddening. Many of the wine regions blend their wines with the same grape varietals, giving them a “sameness” that makes it diffi cult to diff erentiate the regions by taste. Still, no matter how frustrating it may be to fi nd taste diff erences between regions, Italian wines are some of the best values for the money.

Th e colonizing Greeks called Italy Oenotria, “the land of wine.” Its topography is ideal for growing grapes. On this peninsular, caressed by the balmy breezes of the Tyrrhenian, Ionian, and Adriatic seas there is an abundance of sunshine, sloping hillsides and a temperate climate. Th e soil is no less perfect than the topography is for viticulture; much of the soil is volcanic and limestone with plenty of gravel and clay to nurture the most fi nicky grape vines. With seemingly everything in its favor to consistently produce great wines, it somehow manages to be very inconsistent in the greatness of its wines. However, if there is one constant about wines from Italy, it is that Italian winemakers produce good wines, sometimes great wines but almost always produce aff ordable wines that are well worth the money.

Most wines made in a country will compliment the country’s cuisine and Italy is no exception. Italian wines are wonderful taste companions for chicken,

veal, meatballs, pork sausage, tomatoes and tomato sauces. It is hard for me to think of pasta or pizza without a glass of Italian wine. Never do I think of a French wine, whose virtues I continuously extol, nor do I crave a hearty California wine to go with a bowl of pasta or a thin crusted pizza. It is always a wine from Italy with just the right amount of fruit and acids to intermingle with the tomato sauce clinging to my pasta or to wash down, but not overpower the melted mozzarella cheese and pizza crust. Italian wines were made to compliment Italian food but they are also perfect partners for similar dishes that are not necessarily Italian.

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DENOMINATION OF ORIGINS

Italy’s numerous wine regions and designations of origination are of minimal value in determining a specifi c taste because of their overlapping borders and also many regions use the very same grapes in their wine. Th ere are twenty offi cial wine growing regions in Italy. Within these twenty “offi cial” regions, there are thirty-six DOCG’s (denomination origins of control guaranteed) with an additional and overlapping twenty-one DOC’s, which do not have the word “guaranteed” in their designation. DOCG and DOC are designations similar to the French AOC (Appellation Origin of Control) and the American AVA (American

Viticultural Area) which further defi nes a geographical wine producing area and also sets limits on the amount of grapes grown there to prevent dilution of the grape’s quality. To add to this already abundant list of designations, Italy has added new categories, VDT (Vino da Tavola) and IGT (Indicazione Georgraphica Tipica) which in some instances are expanded versions of already existing DOCs and DOCGs.

Italy “boasts” three hundred and fi fty varietals grown throughout the country, some of the same grapes are used to make wine in more that one region. Unfortunately, because of this the DOCs and DOCGs lose their signifi cance. For example, the Sangiovese grape is grown in many regions and is used in the wine in these regions, such as Tuscany, Veneto, Umbria, Sardinia and others. Th e diff erences in the wines from these regions will be in their “regional style” and also in how much of the Sangiovese grape is used, rather than the tightly defi ned location of where the Sangiovese grape is grown. In some instances we can almost always be assured of tasting Sangiovese, to one degree or another, in some wines, no matter what the DOC or DOCG. Fortunately we do not need to work our way through all the origins of control to fi nd very good and aff ordable wines from Italy. Let us visit three wines regions with very good wine values.

ABRUZZI

Th e fi rst region is Abruzzi, situated southeast of Rome on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Outside of the tiny city of Vasto Italy, population approximately 36,000 lays the DOCG, Montepulciano d’Abruzzi. Th is wine is named for its grape, Montepulciano and its wine growing region of Abruzzi. Most of the wines here are fruity bargains, selling for about eight dollars a bottle and up. Like most wines in this price category, they are young and fruity and the quality can vary from bottle to bottle. However, these wines are invariable well worth the money for simple, everyday table wines. (A word of caution, do not confuse this wine with Vino Di Montepulciano from Tuscany, which is more expensive and made from Sangiovese.)

TUSCANY

Traveling northwest from Abruzzi we come to the romantic region of Tuscany, home of Chianti and one of Italy’s most abundant grapes, Sangiovese. Chianti, like most of the wines from Tuscany is made from mostly, if not all Sangiovese. Th e better Chiantis are labeled Chianti Classico, the classical or original Chianti area, as opposed to simply Chianti, which is the new and expanded Chianti zone. Generally, Chianti will have more body than Montepulciano d’Abruzzi and will not be as fruity.

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CHIANTI FAVORITES

My two favorite Chiantis are both from the Chianti Classico DOCG and are labeled “Riservas”, which guarantee a minimum of barrel aging depending on the producer; usually it is twelve months or more. Nozzole Chianti Classico is one hundred percent Sangiovese, wood barrel aged for twelve months and sells for approximately $23.00 locally. Th is wine was recommended to me back in 1970 by a very knowledgeable wine merchant in New York City and I have been drinking it ever since. Th e quality of Nozzole has hardly varied over the years. It is medium bodied, soft to moderate tannins with a long spicy fi nish.

My other favorite Chianti is Ruffi no Riserva Ducale with the gold label. It is aged in wood for two years, and is a medium bodied Chianti with softer tannins than Nozzole and a moderately less spicy fi nish. It sells for about the same price as Nozzole, under $25.00 a bottle, depending on the merchant. Both of these Chiantis will add a special touch of Italy to any Italian styled dinner.

VENETO

Next we travel north to the verdant hills of the Veneto wine region, where we will fi nd the DOCG, Valpolicella. Of all of the wines in Italy (except for Barolo

from Piedmont and Amarone from this same region, both of which have become far too expensive to enjoy casually) this wine is the most intriguing and the best value for its quality.

MY FAVORITE VALPOLICELLA

Valpolicella is a blend of indigenous regional grapes, mostly Corvina and is made using an ancient local fermentation method called ripasso. Th is process ferments the wine a second time with used, dried grape skins from the more distinctive Amarone wine. Th e result is a Valpolicella that is deep, round and very well balanced, with soft tannins, moderate acids and fl avors reminiscent of dried prunes—a fl avor that comes from the grape skins used in making Amarone. A good example of a tasty, well balanced Valpolicella is produced by Masi, called Campofi orin and is available for less than $20.00 a bottle.

Very few countries can boast the vast array of wines that Italy has to off er, with prices that can satisfy the most cost conscience wine lover. Th ese three are just a small sample of the wine values from Oenotria, the land of wine—values.

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Th ere have been many fi rsts in the long and storied history of Tubac. However, few are as unusual as the recent sight of two red-robed Tibetan monks walking slowly along its streets, meeting and greeting residents and visitors alike.

Khenpo Kunga Tenzin and Lama Tersing Dorje visited Tubac in late November. Khenpo Kunga Tenzin is the Abbot, and Lama Tersing Dorje is the head teacher, at the famous Lo Monthang monastery in the province of Mustang, Nepal. Indra Bista accompanied the monks while visiting his sister, current Tubac resident and manager at the Graham Bell Gallery, Pema Bista.

Th e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center has a strong connection with the monastery through its ongoing fi nancial support of the monastery school and construction of a medical clinic for the community at large. Khenpo and Lama had a great desire to meet and thank the members of the TBMC. Th ey stayed at the Center at 14 Placita de Anza and attended the regular Sunday meditation service, during which Khenpo gave a special teaching. Afterwards, Khenpo and Lama gave a white khatah (ceremonial scarf ) to everyone in the audience and presented the Center with a beautiful embroidered Tibetan wall hanging.

Th e monks were actively involved in the community as well. Th ey had dinner at the homes of several local residents, including Virginia Hall, Ginger Applegarth and Alan Delman, Karen and Al Topping, and Charlotte and Tom Bell. Local shoppers at Tubac Old World Imports, Tubac Country

Inn and Peter Chope Gallery were both fascinated and respectful as Khenpo and Lama blessed the businesses at their owners’ requests. Although this was the monks’ fi rst visit to the United States, they quickly adapted to a new culture and surroundings.

A TBMC Board member arranged for Khenpo and Lama to visit San Xavier del Bac because it has a special connection with their own monastery. Lo Monthang Monastery’s extraordinary 15th-century frescoes were dangerously close to collapse. PBS’ NOVA program documented its restoration by a team of international experts. Th is same team has restored San Xavier’s interior. San Xavier del Bac’s pastor, Father Stephen Bamufsky, gave Khenpo and Lama a special tour. Th e monks were moved by the experience, and also were very amused by the startled reaction of mission visitors who never expected to see two Tibetan monks and a Catholic priest engrossed in conversation inside the church.

Th e Lo Monthang monks’ visit marked the fi rst of two special visits to the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center by Tibetan Buddhist teachers. In December, Th e Center also welcomed Phagyab Rinpoche, an extraordinary lama who was imprisoned and severely tortured in Chinese-occupied Tibet because of his Buddhist teachings. He escaped and came to the United States in 2003. Phagyab Rinpoche has worked tirelessly to spread his message of compassion to groups ranging from maximum-security prisoners to corporate leaders. While participating in a four-day

retreat at Tubac’s Pocket Sanctuary, Phagyab Rinpoche took time to spend an evening with Center members. His extraordinary forgiveness and compassion for his capturers and torturers is an inspiration for all.

Th e Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center has events planned for 2009. Th e Center is open for silent meditation from 5:30 PM-6:15 PM on Tuesdays and Fridays. On Sunday mornings, the schedule includes chanting and silent meditation from 7:45 AM-8:40 AM, followed by silent meditation and group reading and discussion from 8:45 AM-10 AM.

Th e Center’s current theme for the Sunday study group is the convergence of Buddhism and Western science. A Tibetan prophecy from the 8th century states, “When the iron bird fl ies, and horses ride on wheels, Buddhism will come to the West.” 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s fi rst use of the telescope. Th e Dalai Lama credits using a small telescope in the Potola Palace for his introduction to Western science. Th erefore, the study group’s fi rst book is Th e Universe in a Single Atom, by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Due to interest generated by its meditation retreats and classes (last year’s one-day meditation retreat at Rex Ranch was attended by more than 40 people), there are plans to off er similar programs in 2009. Th e Center has also scheduled its Second Annual “Unattachment” Yard Sale for Saturday, April 25th.

Th e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for Buddhist meditation, practice and study. Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike are welcome. For more information about TBMC, log on to www.Tubacmeditation.org or call 398-1108.

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Field School and Recording Sessions co-organizing and directing projects with Mexico’s Instituto National de Antropologia y Historia. The public is welcome to attend Kolber’s program to be held at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park in Old Town Tubac as well as the potluck preceding it beginning at 5pm free of charge. Donations are appreciated. For more information about the Tubac/SCC AAS Chapter and its activities, call Nancy Valentine at 520-245-9222 or inquire via e-mail at tubacval@msn.com.

Thurs, Feb 12th - Music “Cheap Dates” at Cafe Presidio.

Fri, Feb 13th - Paradisa! A piano, cello and fl ute trio at 7:30 pm at the Tubac Center of the Arts. For tickets ($20) call TCA 520-398-2371.

Sat, Feb 14th - Open House at Sunset Ranch, celebrating Crista’s Totally Fit’s 5th Anniversary, from 10 to 2pm. Call 398-9940 for more info. The LIFE NET Helicopter Base at the ranch will also participate in the Open House with base tour and sitting inthe helicopter.

Sat, Feb 14th - 6th Annual Writers’ Round-Up ‘09 at Cady Hall, 342 Duquesne Ave in Patagonia from 10am to 3pm. Twenty-fi ve of the area’s fi nest writers will be present to meet readers and sign copies of their books. Readings will start at 11am and continue each hour until 3pm. Proceeds of the event benefi t the Patagonia Library.

The present list of authors committed for the event includes Betty Barr, Elizabeth Bernays, J. Carson Black, JPS Brown, Philip Caputo, Laura Chester, Steven Cox, Carolyn O/Bagy Davis, Jane Eppinga, Jim Griffi th, Elizabeth Gunn, Roseann and Jonathan Hanson, Bill Holm, Juanita Havill, Susan Lowell, Marci Martin, Patricia Preciado Martin, Susan Cummins Miller, Tom Miller, Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford, Stephen Strom, Betsy Thornton, and Nancy Turner. For further information and times of the readings, please call the Library at 520-394-2010 or check its website at www.patagoniapubliclibrary.org.

Sun, Feb 15th - “Nature’s Little Jewels—Jean Ranstrom’s Impressions” The small and large of pastel and oil painter Jean Ranstrom’s view of nature will be featured during a meet-the-artist reception from 1-4pm. Aldea de Artisticas—Working Artists’ Village in Old Town Tubac. Historic Lowe House, 14 Calle Iglesia, Old Town Tubac. 520-245-9222.

Sun, Feb 15th - Tumacookery Expansion Party from 2 to 6pm. Celebrating our new Test Kitchen.

Sun, Feb 15th - Your Camera - Translating Emotions into Images at Illuminations Gallery, 10 Tubac Rd. $35. 398-8028. From 4 to 5:30pm.

Mon, Feb 16th - Cribbage in Tubac at Café Presidio from 9:30 to 11am. First and third Mondays of the month, bring a board or come to learn how to play. Questions 398-1851.

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Tom and Charlotte share some memories and we discuss the rich history of the Santa Cruz Valley area, of which they are very knowledgeable. Speaking to the way of life Southern Arizona, they remember the valley from Tucson to Nogales when it was mostly ranches and everyone met for picnic swims at the lake that used to exist just outside the Cow Palace formerly known as Kinsley’s ranch. Tom mentions how he used to ride through the canyon which is now Peña Blanca Lake and remembers the white bluff s before it was dammed.

Th ese days, Charlotte and Tom spend their days operating various duties between home, gallery and ranch. In writing this article, if the phone rings at 7:03 a.m., I know it is Charlotte calling, as her day starts early when she is off to the ranch to tend to the animals, then to the gallery for opening and such, and off to the ranch again for feeding at the end of the day. Charlotte has a mustang that she recently adopted through the Bureau of Land Mangement along with three BLM burros which she is very fond of.

Having grown up here in Southern Arizona with a burro myself, I know the gentle and inquisitive companionship the long-eared animals are capable of, and the fun of having a hoofed friend follow you around the property like a loyal dog. Charlotte lights up at the very mention of her burros. Learn more about the Wild Mustang and Burro Adoption at:

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Th ose of you who remember the Burro Inn which operated where Crista’s Fitness at Sunsent Ranch now is, must remember Louie and Andrew, the two burros who stood out front and greeted visitors. Th e Graham Bells took the burros to their ranch for the burros’ retirement. Andrew passed 2 years ago, but Louie, 27 now, is well and Charlotte enjoys caring for her.

Photos of the burros by Scott Bell hang on the south wall of the gallery.

On the days not tending to the ranch’s hands-on requirements down near Nogales, Tom runs his part of the business as Chairman of the Board from his home-offi ce next to the gallery, his brother, George, CEO, operates from his home in Nogales, and Scott and Daniel Graham Bell, the sons of Tom and George respectively, operate the ranch.

Originally schooled at the University of Arizona with experience from universities around the country, Tom possesses a DVM and Ph.D. and a full career of practice and teaching that included extensive university research and employment in industries and government. Sharing the usefulness of his veterinary knowledge, Tom is currently on the Board of Trustees at the Arizona - Sonora Desert Museum where he provides advice on various aspects of the live animal exhibits there.

Tom’s offi ce opens to the spacious courtyard, separated from the central courtyard by a fence of laced mesquite.

“People really love to stop and relax in the courtyard...” Charlotte says. With seating and excellent views, the space provides tranquil respite for travelers to slow down a bit and take it all in.

Th e home and gallery properties were formerly that of Will Rogers, Jr. who passed away in Tubac in 1993. Th e spirit of the West is tastefully displayed in both buildings and the interesting items of working animals collected from around the world by Charlotte are arranged on shelves - each item a potent vessel of the individual artistic ingenuity of the culture which devised and maintained it.

Th ere are two entrances to the Graham Bell Gallery, one from Tubac Plaza, the other, from the lower Plaza Road, near their red, 1958 Chevy truck, also with seated fi gure in denim, inviting you to ascend a tiled staircase into the courtyard, the gallery and to the Plaza - in the heart of Tubac.

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Mon, Feb 16th - painting demonstration by Tubac Center of the Arts’ Arizona Aqueous exhibition juror, Christopher Schink, at 6pm. Celebrated artist, juror and instructor, Schink said, “This year’s entries were excellent —a great variety of styles and approaches, the best of water media.” The demonstration is free to members, $5 to non-members. Call the Tubac Center of the Arts to sign up or for more information: 520-398-2371.

Tues, Feb 17th - Tubac Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum presents psychotherapist Barbara Findeisen speaking on “The Unconscious Roots of Violence”. Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artist’s Palate Restaurant, 40 Avenida Goya, Tubac at 8am. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 398-3333 for $10.00 or for $12.00 at the door. The Breakfast forum is the fi rst and third Tuesday of the month.

Tues thru Thurs, Feb 17th to 19th - painting workshop with Christopher Schink at the Tubac Center of the Arts from 9am to 4:30pm. “My goal is to help each painter fi nd a personally satisfying way to paint. We have a terrifi c time in my workshops. My workshops teach you how to be the best painter you can be.” The workshop will be held in the spacious Lee Blackwell studio across the street from TCA and within easy walking distance of village eateries and shopping. $295. Members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Call the Tubac Center of the Arts to sign up or for more information: 520-398-2371.

Wed - February 18, 5-9pm. BBQ NIGHT AT WISDOM’S CAFE. Chef Arturo’s famous pulled pork, baby back ribs and brisket served with all the fi xin’s. 398-2397

Thurs, Feb 19th - Music - “Lucky Nevada” at Cafe Presidio.

Fri, Feb 20th - Opening Reception for The Arizona Aqueous 39th Annual Exhibition at the Tubac Center of the Arts from 5 to 7pm.

Fri, Feb 20th - Electrify Your Strings performance at the James K. Clark Auditorium at the Nogales High School at 7pm. International recording artist Mark Wood, one of the original members of the multiplatinum selling Trans-Siberian Orchestra and creator of the revolutionary Viper electric violin, is performing with young local string players from Santa Cruz County schools, over 200 students in total. To prepare for this concert, Mark will be teaching the students improvisation, composition, and personal expression on their violins, violas, cellos and basses. Adult tickets are $10; $15 at the door, and student pricing is $5. Tickets are available at Michelle’s Gallery in Tubac, Mariposa Books and More in Patagonia, and Harriett’s Incredible Edibles in Nogales; or can be purchased through any Young Audiences board member. Information can be acquired at 520-397-7922 or 520-397-7914.

Fri, Feb 20th - Music - “Lucky Nevada” at Cafe Presidio.

Sat, Feb 21st - Black Tie and Boots Gala Benefi t party with dining, dancing and great fun. Talk with your friends to put a table together and enjoy this gala evening with cocktails, dinner by Shelby’s Bistro and dancing with “Tucson Swings”. Reserve your tickets by February 10th. Call the Tubac Center of the Arts 520-398-2371.

Sat, Feb 21st - Karaoke Night at Cafe Presidio.

Sun, Feb 22nd - Global Change Music presents the fi rst of an upcoming free concert entertainment series for the whole family, called Tubac Plaza World Music Days. The concerts will be held from 11am to 4pm at the stage next to the Out Of The Way Galleria in Tubac Plaza. The street will be blocked off from cars to create a festive atmosphere. The featured performance is a 7-piece traditional Italian folk group called Newpoli with members from Italy and the U.S. The group consists of two

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Right at the entrance to Tubac Village tempting tastes of balsamic and fl avorful olive oils await shoppers who enjoy sampling new tastes. One of Tubac’s newest shops, it’s owned by Sunil Patel and his wife Rocio, who also own Chios, the adjoining Fresh Produce clothing shop.

As Rocio tells, they have a friend who owns an olive oil sampling shop in Michigan. Th ey tried to coerce him to move to Tubac and run the business locally, but he declined. Instead he taught the Patels how to run such a tasting shop—and here it is!

Th ere are fl avored olive oils and olive oils from around the world—as close as from California and as distant as from Spain, Italy, Greece and Australia. “Th e textures and fl avors vary; we have 30 diff erent kinds of fl avored and unfl avored oils to sample and buy,” Rocio said. Sampling is easy. Counters are lined with fustis, large stainless steel drums with spigots designed specifi cally for storing olive oil. Using a small plastic sampling cup, shoppers sample the olive and balsamic oils that sound appealing to them.

“Since opening, people love the sampling experience. Th ey return and bring their friends in to try the diff erent oils. People can taste the balsamics direct, but to sample an olive oil we give small squares of bread to dip into the sample cup,” Rocio explained.

Th e variety of fl avored olive oils is oh-so tempting! Th ere’s chipotle, basil, lemon, roasted walnut, Persian lime—and garlic olive oil that she said is great for cooking.

For the balsamics, there’s 18-year Traditional Balsamic

that’s aged just like wine. For those who enjoy a fruity taste, there’s black currant, fi g, peach, pineapple, pomegranate, strawberry and tangerine to tempt the palate.

“Th e Organic Extra Virgin olive oil is very popular, especially with vegetarians. When customers return to

buy more, they bring recipes using our oils; I’m going to put the recipes on our website so anyone can try what others are raving about,” Rocio said.

Oils are bottled on site; they’re fi lled, corked, encapsulated (sealed) and labeled and both olive oils and balsamics will last two years if not exposed to sunlight.

More than tasty olive oils and balsamics, the Patels feature jars of pasta sauces, salsas, olives and

tapenades—plus olive oil soap that’s excellent for dry skin.

“It’s a simple concept; we’re trying to complement everything around olive oil,” Rocio said. “Come taste and enjoy.”

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Let’s take it from the boiling point and simmer this mixture for awhile, then serve it to everyone we meet. Th is way we’ll all have a cup that runneth over with love!

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TALE OF STRANGE PEOPLE AND A BIRD

Among our wonderful birds is one called a Pyrrhuloxia, it resembles a Cardinal, but has a stubby yellow bill, not so

much red, rather a pale fare, also called the ‘Gray Cardinal.’ Found in New Mexico, Southern Texas and Arizona.

My friend of over 50 years, Rose Whyte and I, moved from Arkansas about 15 years ago, she to Glenbeulah, Wisconsin,

me to Tubac, Arizona. We keep in touch weekly, her cold weather, my lovely days, our comings and goings, our ailments.

Both of us live in small towns, her postmaster is Mike, as mine are Gayle and Pat, they don’t miss much and we love ‘em for it! So helpful.

Rose sent me a picture of a Pyrrhuloxia from her calendar. I wrote on the back of my envelope of my return letter, “I have Pyrrhuloxia.” When the letter arrived Rose showed it to Mike and said, “I wonder what Ruthie has now, I hope it’s not serious!”

Mike said he’d look it up in his medical book. Next day when he told Rose he couldn’t fi nd it, she said she’d call her doctor. She called me before she called her doctor, after explaining about the birds and much laughter, Rose and Mike are so relieved, I still love Pyrrhuloxia and I’m so happy it’s not fatal!

AFTERTHOUGHTS

Yes, dear doggies, the dough for your bones must be baked! Place dough balls (pinch them) on cookie sheet and bake for 1 hour, till hard at 325°.

Willie Armija, site manager of he Tubac Community Center says, “No news from the swallows, more about arrival in March.” Don’t forget, they’re due around middle of March.

By the way, in case you’re wondering, xxxx is confectioner’s sugar. Had a call about it.

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I can’t write or draw. I can’t sing. I don’t mess with wool or wood. I never could, so say those who avoid testing new waters.

What stops us? What tethers or chains do we wear to keep us from trying? How must it feel, always worrying about perfection? Who could begin anything new if excellence is the only goal? Does every rose on the bush open? Is every song a hit? Does every play make it to Broadway? Is every book we read equal to Anna Karenina?

One of my favorite professors once said, “If your sights are too high, lower them!” It’s not just scores or grades or letters that inhibit the stuff of dreams, it’s also the imagined critics hissing at the edge of darkness. No one wants to play the fool. If we allow the weight of all pre-existing success to weigh on our shoulders, don’t we create hopelessness? What we should do is say, I want to do that. Or that. Or that, and begin.

Infants have the advantage. Th eirs is a world of nearly total egocentricity. Th ese are the true adventurers, with trial and error their modus operandi. Ah look, an unknown creature. It moves. It has wings. I will try to catch it. Oh no, I can’t catch it. I will watch it do its tricks! It makes me giggle. It buzzes and digs for me. What a show off ! Hmmm. Look, over there. It’s a piece of something I can hold on to. It is hard, it doesn’t fl y away. Maybe it tastes good. No. Maybe it breaks? No. Maybe it wants a name. Nama. I like that name. Mommy says it’s a stone but I say it’s Nama and she’s mine. I will put her in my crib and see if she will talk to me.

Th e young have lots of time and room for experimentation on their paths to learning. We know enough to try to stay out of their way. But notice what happens if we don’t, if we should inadvertently laugh at a child’s mistake. Th ey cry or run away or bury their shame in a pillow and we are wont to beg for forgiveness or convince them that our laughter was not aimed at them.

Adults are delicate, too. We are tremulous enough without mockery, which unfortunately is the stuff of comedy. It is almost irresistible to keep from laughing at another’s faux pas, burps and blunders. Why else would American Idol be so popular in its early stages?

Th e Funniest Home Videos keep running? What would have Lucy and Desi’s destiny been without their pratfalls? From where could we pull our satires, spoofs and cartoons if our goof-ups weren’t so funny?

Perhaps what is needed most is the lightness of being that comes from being able to laugh at ourselves while taking our risks seriously. I wish I could fi nd a wand to do that for people. When I teach, I know the vulnerability students feel within a group, their sense of exposure and imaginings of failure. What I love most is when that cloud of doubt and fear lifts, and another unique ray of light is exposed.

My semi-retired brother sat down in my gallery a week ago and warmed a hunk of clay, rolling it and punching it and making it fl exible in his hands. Th ree years ago he declared he wanted to sculpt. He fearlessly started with clay in a museum class and then just as fearlessly went to stone. I watched with surprise at those fi rst eff orts, and saw how he celebrated each piece without apology. He embraced his work with the kind of wonder that made him excited to do more. He dove in, drawing upon his teachers and fellow sculptors to answer his questions and give him safe harbor. It has been fascinating to me to see someone who simply went for it after a lifetime of relegating art to the women in his family. But, then again, he was never one to see life as a series of obstacles. He has always just plowed ahead to discover what would come next.

If we incorporate errors and frustrations as simply points along the way, we will soon see these points are lessons not failures; they are the proof positive of our journey. One must have patience. Pay attention. Build upon, around, over, and into perceived mistakes, turning them into opportunities. Post-Its were invented because the glue wasn’t strong enough, medical cures because of side eff ects. X-ray because images showed up on fi lm that weren’t supposed to. Most inventions have come out of so-called blunders.

Draw, paint, sculpt, build, write, sing and when you hit a snag answer it with your own solution, fi nd your own voice. Give yourself the 10,000 hours that Malcolm Gladwell suggests in his best selling book, Outliers. In it he promises that anyone can be anything if they are willing to put forth the eff ort. Start today.

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singers, Carmen Marsico and Angela Rossi; a Tamorra player (traditional Italian percussion), Fabio Pirozzolo; a percussionist, Mike Daillak; an accordion player, Roberto Cassan; a classical guitarist, Bjorn Wennas; a double bass player, Kendall Eddy; a fl ute player, Geni Skendo; and a violinist, Megumi Sasaki. Newpoli will take the stage at 2pm. From 11am to 2pm there will be performances by three Global Change Music Nonprofi t Record Label. The Starseed Acoustic Ensemble’s all original, high-energy, spirit-fi lled folk rock music artfully entertains the hearts and edifi es the minds of their listeners. The group consists of fi ve musicians from around the U.S. and one from New Zealand. The Change Agents Band trio uses a variety of musical styles and vocal harmonies to express their social concerns and vision for building a brighter future for the generations to come. The Planetary Folk Group beautifully blends indigenous rhythms and melodies. Using a variety of earthy instruments, they take the traditional sounds of ancient cultures from around the world. For more information call (520) 398-9409 or go to www.GlobalChangeMusic.org.

Sun, Feb 22nd - Your Camera - The Secrets of the Pros at Illuminations Gallery, 10 Tubac Rd. $35. 398-8028. From 4 to 5:30pm.

Wed, Feb 25th - Heart of Art. Enjoy a glass of wine, hors d’oeuvres and a stimulating conversation with Sherri Pasternak at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5 pm. Free for members and $5 for nonmembers.

Thurs, Feb 26th - Music - “Cheap Dates” at Cafe Presidio.

Sat, Feb 28th - Harp Fusion at 7:30 pm at the Tubac Center of the Arts. For tickets ($20) call the Tubac Center of the Arts at 520-398-2371

Sun, Mar 1st - Photographic Field Trip to Saguaro National Park West with photographer Skip McDonald. 1pm to sunset. Call Illuminations Gallery at 398-8028.

Thurs, Mar 5th - Music - “Lucky Nevada” at Café Presidio.

Fri, Mar 6th - Music - “Lucky Nevada” at Café Presidio.

Sun, Mar 8th - The Original Wildcat Jass Band at 7:30pm at the Tubac Center of the Arts. $15 members, $18 non-members. Back by popular demand,

this committed and energized group of talented jazz stylists off ers traditional New Orleans and Chicago jazz with spirit and style! $20 for non-members. Please call the Art Center at 398-2371 for more information.

Sat, Mar 7th - Opening Reception for Sensei Chic and the Seven Deadly Sins Exhibit featuring Tubac Artists Virginia Hall and Mike Taylor. What happens when you pair the zen sensibility of master painter Virginia Hall and the raw ferocity of the earthly sculptor Mike Taylor? Magic and mystery. A unique and wonderful combination refl ecting the reality of our humanity - body and spirit - this reception is from 5 to 9pm at 14 Placita de Anza in Old Town Tubac. The sensei is stylish, smooth and calm. The colors are rich, quiet and harmonious. The eff ect produces an exhale as the viewer enters mind space. The counterpoint to the elegant simplicity of Virginia Hall’s images are the sins. Big and greasy. Loud and frightening. Sculptor Mike Taylor’s vision of those deadly antagonists makes the viewer stop, look, listen and inhale. They’re a mesmerizing distraction those deadlies. Horrifying and interesting. Using found objects, metal and wood, Mr. Taylor creates an impressive display of sculptural objects to communicate violence, aggression, another aspect of self. Not to be missed, this collaboration is a fi rst for these two artisits. The lovely ground and residence of Ms. Hall will be open from 11am to 5pm Wednesday thru Sunday from March 8th to 29th and by appointment. For more info www.taylorhalltubac.com or 520-398-9234.

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TUBAC ART CLASSESAdventures in ArtistryPresented by Beads of Tubac

Beads of Tubac is happy to present art

classes and workshops in our studios! We

have a diversity of talented and inspired

instructors off ering workshops in many

diff erent types of exciting art forms. If

you’ve always wanted to learn how to make

beautiful art, this is a wonderful and unique

opportunity to learn from some of the best.

Check out the schedule. Or, if you already

know when your desired class is scheduled,

call 520.398.2070 to sign up. You can also

print out a sign up sheet and mail it with a

check to: Beads of Tubac LLC,

5 Hesselbarth Lane, Tubac, Arizona 85646.

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Real Estate Market RegionalizedFor months now, we have all heard about the tough real estate market. Th e market certainly has taken a big hit to be sure, BUT, all states have not been aff ected by the real estate cycle in the same way. As you look at states hit the hardest, such as Florida, Nevada, California, and yes, Arizona, seems to top the list. However, within Arizona communities, such as Prescott, Sedona, Show Low and even Green Valley, Tubac and Rio Rico have not experienced nearly the drop in values as did the major metropolitan areas such as Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tucson. If you have held true to the most time honored fundamentals of Real Estate, HOLDING POWER, and have made your purchase in one of these smaller communities, you should be able to hold on and ride this out. However, if you do fi nd that you need the services of a Real Estate professional, please give Brasher Real Estate a call and talk to any one of our agents. We are ready and able to assist you with all of your real estate needs.

Learn more by visiting our offi ces in Tubac at 2 Tubac Road, just at the front of the Village.Or online at: www.brasherrealestate.com

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View the Panorama of the Santa Cruz River Valley from your Sky Terrace! One year HOA / Recreation Fees to Buyer. 3 bed/2.5 bath; completely furnished! Ready to move in and enjoy the Tubac lifestyle today!Call Jacque Brasher at 398-2506. MLS: 107037 Call Cary Daniel - 520-631-3058

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35 CAMINO COCINERO$619,000 -Tubac

This 2248 sq. ft. Moderno Grande was a former TGR/Sanctuary model & has 632 sq. ft. casita w/fi replace.Viking appl., wine cooler & wet bar, upgraded cabinetry, central vac, sky terrace, outdoor fi replace w/gorgeous golf & mtn. views. Furnishings avail. w/SBOS.Call Carey Daniel at 631-3058. MLS: 106745

2340 CAMINO SHANGRILA - TUBAC

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122 PASEO SAN MIGUEL-Tubac

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208 AVENIDA OSTION -Rio Rico$289,000

906 LOMBARD WAY – TUBAC$320,000

1168 MORNING STAR DRIVE – TUBAC$1,475,000

Elegant home in exclusive Morning Star Ranch. Lovely ranch style with covered patios, beautiful lap pool, horse facilities with fi ve stall barn and prepared arena. On 36 acres with four bedrooms, four baths, three fi replaces and only 20 minutes from Tubac. Underground utilities, including electric, water and phone, plus high speed internet. Call Fred Johnson at 275-7050 for more information.

Unique 5+ AC mini ranch w/horse paddocks, riding arena and large storage bldg. w/2bays. 1100 sq. ft. 2BR, 1BA guest house w/2 car garage. Mountain views. Guest quarters could provide income to owner. Great horse property! Call Carey Daniel at 631-3058.MLS: 106849.

Lovely burnt adobe territorial home on 2+ acres. 3,366 sf of wonderful living space. Separate guest area, swimming pool and more. Horse facilities, too! Priced below appraisal.Call Mindy Maddock at 247-8177. MLS: 105989

Premium Patio Home on corner lot in Barrio de Tubac! Stunning 2 bed/2 bath; Light and spacious living space! Backs up to open space w/Tubac views! PRICED TO SELL.Call Jacque Brasher at 398-2506.

Best buy in Rio Rico, situated up high with fantastic views overlooking the Santa Cruz River Valley! Great open fl oor plan! Owner is willing to do a Lease with Option to purchase.Call Christine at 520-841-3400 or Steve at 834-6392. MLS: 106673

Stunning 780 acre parcel of land located in the foothills of the Santa Rita Mtns. bordered by National Forest & State Land. Fenced on 3 sides w/rolling hills, fantastic views of the Santa Cruz River Valley. Call Carey Daniel or Jacque Brasher at 398-2506. MLS: 106216

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ManagementBuilding upon our fi ne reputation for exceptional service.Brasher Real Estate now provides:Residential Property Management and Leasing Servicesin Green Valley and the Tubac Valley. If you are an owner looking for property management or a prospective tenant looking to rent, we invite you to contact:

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$450,000QUAIL CREEK CHARMER. 2BR/2BA, home offi ce/den, formal dining and living rooms, fi replace in family room. Upgraded appliances, shutters, grill and fi repit in rear expanded patio, many upgrades.Call Susan Ponce-Picot at 260-9149. MLS: 40834

Custom built home with 360 degree views! Over 4,000 sq. ft. on over fi ve acres on its own Hilltop! This house has 4BD & 3+ bath w/3 car gar. It is a one of a kind property! Call Christine at 520-841-3400 or Steve at 834-6392. MLS: 106543

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