Tucson

When you pause to really think about it everyone has a Tucson in their lives. It is that place -- whether physical or of the heart where one experiences breakthrough life-defining moments. It is that situation from which you gain your greatest personal insights. My medium of self-discovery just happens to be the desert with its earth-jolting strikes of monsoon lightning playing against a roiling purple late summer sky. The result of my Tucson trek is bringing together this collection of short stories and poetry about discoveries of the heart and life lessons learned. <p> When young one thinks that all time spans before you and there is little if any sense of urgency. Life can fall into the very routine. Then mid-life suddenly arrives with its enticement of renewed spontaneity and unexpected rhythms. This is the time for the Tucson experience with its salty savored olive-like morsels in life and sometimes an unexpected twist or two.