parley view parsnip, weekend in Tucson.

Busy weekend in Tucson.

First of all the huge Tucson Festival of Books.

A three day extravaganza of authors, books, books, authors, books and more books.
There are discussions, talks and more books.

All held on the University Of Arizona Mall.

Last year 130,000 people had a great time.

All photos are from the Arizona Daily Star.

Many authors premier their books here and come back every year. It is a huge show.

CSPAN2 has been showing coverage of authors, books and discussions.

I turned on CSPAN2 Sunday at 9am, and heard a great discussion with Douglas Brinkly

on his new book "Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America"

More about his book in my book review about Teddy Roosevelt and the start of the Park System in America. Jim Cook the narrator was somewhat snarky off subject but all and all a terrific hour.
Being a Western Lady and a USFS family this is a big part of my life.

Then on Saturday and Sunday Davis Monthan Air Force Base,

had their Open House and Airshow.

I grew up going to these shows.

And if this wasn't enough, Old Tucson, a movie set open to the public had a big Stuntman Show
with the old and new stuntmen performing.

Also in the Sunday Newspaper was a fabulous article about a family that just seems to

to adopt dogs that are disabled. The first impaired dog they adopted was a blind puppy.

He just died a few months ago at age 13. They now have two blind and deaf dog, one that is blind, one has one good eye and deaf in one ear. The family doesn't think they are special they just don't think people understand what good pets they are.

They are just like any other dog, they just want to be loved, petted and fed.