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2009
These old stone ruins surely have a story to tell, but they're not talking. I was exploring west of the Santa Cruz River yesterday afternoon when I came upon them. Standing all alone in the desert southwest of Picacho Peak, they are built of the volcanic rock that was the areas most abundant bu...
11/28/2009
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I got lost, at least sort of... My friend Howard gave me directions to a new (for me) site for petroglyphs, and I took Black Friday away from the malls, and all to myself. I went exploring. I never did find the petroglyphs; I missed the turnoff. But I'd never been down this road, and the pho...
11/27/2009
At first I thought that Active Rain was doing a major upgrade, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Maybe 166,000 of us were all trying to wish each other Happy Thanksgiving at the same time, and we brought the servers down. Whatever the case, I was thinking about you, and giving Thanks for Ac...
11/27/2009
What can you buy for $583,000? How about an abandoned 88,000 seat sports stadium in Detroit? That's what the Pontiac Silverdome, former home to the Detroit Lions, just went for at bid to Canadian real estate firm Triple Properties, Inc. The price per seat is less than the cost of a hot dog and s...
11/24/2009
Life is shorter than we imagine it to be. Cherish your friends, and let them know they're special to you. This visual tribute to my friend John Winter was created by Graeme Hunt, native Arizonan (raised in Flagstaff) and fiance to the light of John's life, his daughter Trish Winter. Graeme is...
11/23/2009
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___________________ I'm Mike in Tucson, and I blog here on the Active Rain Real Estate Network just about every day. I'm an internet based mortgage lender living in Tucson, Arizona. Read my blog, and get to know me. The internet allows me to perform at the highest level of trust and productiv...
11/21/2009
His name is John Winter. John was referred to me by another client in 2006. He was raised in New York, and I was a Jersey kid growing up, and we just hit it off. Some clients become friends. John was one of those. John's daughter Trish (light of his life, and his only Tucson relative) emailed m...
11/21/2009
Arizona's gift to the nation, the 2009 Capitol Christmas Tree, stopped this weekend in Oro Valley, Arizona. Oro Valley is one of Arizona's newest success stories, with wide streets, beautiful subdivisions and shopping centers that eclipse most of what quiet old Tucson has to offer. The tree, 65 f...
11/18/2009
Volkswagen has gotten my attention with their "fun theory." Fun theory? Aren't we all supposed to be working? We're still going to get the work done. The difference is finding ways to make the work enjoyable. Make the transaction FUN! So check these out: ___________________ I'm Mike in Tucson,...
11/16/2009
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___________________ I'm Mike in Tucson, and I blog here on the Active Rain Real Estate Network just about every day. I'm an internet based mortgage lender who happens to reside in Tucson, Arizona. Read my blog, and get to know me. The internet allows me to perform at the highest level of tr...
11/14/2009
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