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Monday, November 23
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SaddleBrooke silversmith says, ‘The metal spoke to me’
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Lee Boojamra will be featured at the upcoming Catalina Studio Artists Tour Nov. 14 and 15. (John Hernandez photo)
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Lee Boojamra has come a long way from the docks of Brooklyn New York where she grew up. She taught school in the inner city of New York for 35 years. Her belief was that “the only way out of the inner city is through education.”
After retiring she moved to SaddleBrooke 12 years ago where she educated herself in the art of jewelry making. She said she first tried pottery making and stained glass but was a failure at it. She then tried silversmithing. It was then she says “the metal spoke to me.”
She is mostly self taught but speaks highly about the Pima
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Superior library a living monument to community spirit and participation in defining and reaching a goal
The trim brown and tan public library building that has loomed for
approximately half a century at the corner of Kellner Street and Lime in the
historic mining town of Superior represents a labor of
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Zache Talk . . .
I read a story in the Arizona Republic recently that mentioned the “homemade” tortillas at Los Hermanos in Superior.
Now, I like Los Hermanos tortillas as much as anybody; they’re the best you can buy anywhere, in my opinion. But they aren’t homemade. They better
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PARANOIA
Guess you can call it paranoia
But can you see
How I’m hurting
Beneath me
How do I cross over
When I’m falling deep
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Oracle Stoneworks’ Darrell Klesch: artisan and local treasure
Mankind has been
utilizing stones for construction purposes for thousands of years. Carrying on
in this ancient tradition in the modern era here in the Copper Corridor is Oracle
resident Darrell Klesch, founder and owner of Oracle Stoneworks.
Klesch founded his
company in 1983.
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