The DesertLight Journal

​A guide to alternative healing (and related stuff) in the North End of Maricopa County . Also cooking.

02/14/2019

If you’re new to the concept of a reading program for adults, as I am, I thought there may be somebody out there who could benefit from a little guidance. There are also a couple of things I missed on my first go-round. Next week (the 22nd) we’ll be at the halfway mark, so there’s still time for people to make it to 100 points! So here goes: Missed Item #1: Each participant will receive a code for one free ticket and up to four discounted tickets to a select Spring Training Game at

01/29/2019

Right now I’m having a whale of a time with the Explore New Worlds Winter Reading Program for adults, brought to you by the Maricopa County Library District. I had no idea they did that, and if they did this back in Yuma I guess I never heard about it! The first thing you need to know is that it’s definitely not all about books. It’s about movies, and music, as well as science projects/Citizen Science as well. The second thing you need to know is that yes, there are prizes! Here’s the

01/29/2019

It’s been a while, has it not? Well. I knew last summer when I launched this thing, it was too soon, but then the recipe madness began, and as a longtime blogger, I couldn’t not take advantage of mention on a major site. So anyhoo, I thought I’d begin again! This time, as the headline suggests, I’ll be talking about books, and where to find them cheap or free. Now the books I’m talking about are e-books, not the hard-copy wonders. Because I read so much —315 books last year, according to

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