Welcome to AZ!

[Mike Brehm]

Bonnie,

Glad to hear y'all made it safely to Phoenix. Yeah, the weather is tough,
but it really does grow on ya after awhile and you realize that life in an
oven is bearable...

Arcosanti's a lot of fun; I still stop by there on my jaunts down to the
valley for a loaf of bread or a muffin to assuage the car munchies; and my
Arcosanti bell still chimes clearly.

Anyway, welcome to AZ and enjoy it; you two come on up to Flagstaff whenever
you want cool weather or skiing (if we get any snow this year, that is).

Mike Brehm
Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library
>Okay, I just saw Andrew's post (thanks) and feel duly ridiculous.  No 
>need to reply to my earlier post.
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>By the way, Phoenix is really something.  I'm not sure what.  ASU is, as 
>well.  Actually, it's the adjustment that's tough (to 100+ weather).  But 
>it's been cooling off and is getting really nice.  Went to a cool place 
>called Arcosanti--read about it at www.arcosanti.com (not sure about that 
>suffix, maybe it's .html ??) Paolo Soleri's dream of 
>architecture/ecology--a facility that relies upon passsive solar energy 
>(and other natural forms) to cool and heat *IN THE DESERT*!!  Very 
>beautiful and idealistic and hopeful.  Funny, I kept thinking about the 
>"shape of things to come."  The whole place is built of arcs (apses).  
>Mike didn't want so much to hear about my apocalyptic vision while on the 
>tour--maybe afraid I'd worry the other tourists.
>
>Bonnie Kyburz
>Instructor, English dept.
>Arizona State University
>(602) 965-7756
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