I think I missed the
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Prior to that, I visited my folks here in Tucson once or twice annually since 1980 (when
my folks retired here from Michigan.
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I'm pretty well-traveled and have lived in many places -- my three favorite being here in
Tucson, northern Michigan in the river country and southern Germany in the mountains
along the Austrian border.
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Kali is one of my two current best friends and has been for over a decade. We worked
(and drank 
) together on some community radio issues here in the past.
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She's the one who convinced me (freakin' HARASSED me is more like it) into checking out
DU originally.
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Southern Arizona is kind of a "lesser-populated" blue oasis in a largely (even sometimes
embarassingly) Red state. They're much more art, LGBT, liberal etc-friendly here than
elsewhere in the state. As a member of a distinct minority group here (liberals), it's nice
to have a forum for info, support and friendship here at DU.
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