Phoenix and Valley News

10 More Things to Do to Keep Cool This Summer!
1. Visit the aquarium! There are 2 in the Valley. One shares its position with wild animals, J Wildlife World and Aquarium. See them both, close up and personal.
2. Visit another aquarium! The Valley may be hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean, but desert dwellers can be [...]

Arizona Trivia
Fifteen tons of copper were used in the construction of the Arizona State Capitol’s dome. This is equivalent to the amount of copper used to create 4.8 million pennies.
On February 14, 1912, when President William H. Taft signed the proclamation making Arizona the 18th state, cameras rolled. That signing was the first presidential ceremony ever [...]

Last spring, I included many, many photos of our wildflowers, and I suspect with the rain we’ve been fortunate to have this past winter, that we’ll have as good, if not better, displays.
While we wait, though, there’s a gallery on my hiking page, that profiles many of the great trails we have and the views [...]

A recent report from the Pew Research Center found that older adults feel younger out west. Fully 78% of adults ages 65 and older who live in the West say they don’t feel old, compared with 67% of older adults who live in the rest of the country.
Not that we’re tooting our own horn [...]

Actually, that used to be the American dream. What happened in the last few years, is that folks started looking at owning homes more as an investment and a return on their money.
Experts now believe you should start by looking at a home as the place where you live, as opposed to the investment that [...]