It’s 7:30 a.m. on a brisk Wednesday morning. More than 20 men cluster around the wire fence outside Casa Maria Soup Kitchen. A white Ford van drives around the corner pulling a trailer decorated with biblical quotes. A hot, refreshing shower has arrived. The shuttle belongs to St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, located on North Paseo…
It’s a hot summer day. The morning doves are cooing and the sun beats down on a slight breeze. Water sits still at the bottom of trays under ceramic pots filled with flowers and plants. Pinch, swat, slap. A small itchy red bump outlined with flushed skin is what the mosquito leaves after its bite….
Towering above the shelves and bookcases, her hunter green and blue tinted mantle drapes to the floor. Gold stars and matching gold trim runs across the painted fabric of the cloak. Her dark rose red dress drapes to the metal rods holding her above the ground. White trim peeks from her wrists and neck. Her…
The sun hangs high in the mid-afternoon sky as the smell of hay and beer wafts through the air at the Rillito Park Race Track and Jesus Osuna settles in at the starting gate. Osuna braces himself on Fayvorite Flyer, the horse he will be racing for the second match of the day. He’s wearing…
It’s a typical warm Monday morning in Tucson. As the sun rises, more and more people gather outside the Sam Lena-South Tucson Library. Some are here for the towering shelves of books, some for the computers, and a few for the air-conditioning. Others are here for the nurses. Inside, Nurse Kristin Robinson-Lund sets up her…
