Monthly Archives: August 2017

A little spicier than its name – Part 3

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The Tucson wrap-up. In the historical narrative I started before lunch, I’d reached the overlapping moment when Americans in the east were drafting a declaration and fighting a war of independence from England while in Tucson, Spaniards, under the leadership …

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A little spicier than its name – Part 2

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Too soon for some history about Tucson? In my first post about this trip, I wrote a bit of a cautionary travel tale based, in part, on my experiences on this last full travel day. The lesson is, “Be prepared.” …

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A little spicier than its name

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Coincidental matters. Before I begin the main course of this final entry, I want to share a story that was published in the 1 August 2017 print edition of the Washington Post’s Health and Science section. The thrust of the …

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