Living

After 46 years of waking up at 5 a.m. to work in Arizona’s mines, Fred Jimenez had to decide what to do next. The Gila County native spent the ‘60s working at the Inspiration Copper mine in Miami, spent another 25 years working at the Cyprus mine in Tucson, and …

How a former artist and Miami native wound up becoming Miami’s librarian Stereotype a librarian. What comes to mind? Glasses, perhaps. Someone who is soft spoken and introverted. What doesn’t typically come to mind is someone well-traveled, mischievous, artistic, outspoken, and yet charismatic. Librarian Delvan Hayward just happens to be …

Round Mountain Park in Globe-Miami is likely to surprise you for the variety of trails and amenities are packed into this city park as our writer, Jenn will confirm in this brief introduction to a favorite Globe-Miami park. It is 9 a.m. and already the sun is suspended high in …

The fire in March tore through the club house destroying everything, leaving only the charred remains of what was to be the makings of a new Spring Season for the Pinal Little League. Rows of new bats, gloves, cleats and catchers masks stored in the club house awaiting the start …

To say gardening in Globe-Miami is easy would be a lie. Our soil is a challenge, as is the heat. Yet it is not terribly difficult, either, nor should it be left to only those who have a "green thumb". It just requires a little TLC and trial and error. Take it from some of Globe-Miami's most dedicated growers - they're the ones you see selling at the Globe-Miami Farmers Market every year.

Plants, like people, gain notoriety because of specific qualities that we can’t ignore. Attractive, dangerous, irritating, or seductive, certain plants can alter your life for better or for worse. The globemallow, also known as sore-eye mallow (mal de ojos in Spanish), can do both at the same time.  Everyone seems …

During its reign, the Old Dominion mine, which sits in the hills overlooking highway 60 and Globe, was the major employer of this area. Though it still pumps water to the Pinto Valley mine about six miles away, things look a lot different at the Old Dominion these days. An …

I bought a bunch of produce from the Peter Bigfoot and the Reevis Mountain folks when they were in town a little over a week ago. Along with fresh kale and greens, I got a flat of beautiful persimmons. These fall/winter fruits, native to China, are absolutely delicious and sweet. …

After thirty-plus years in this business I can say I know a little bit about a lot of things, and have some stories to show for it.