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Sequoia
Adventures Expo – Visalia, CA:
Visalia and
Tulare County is located in the heart of California’s
Central Valley at the base of the Sequoia and Kings Canyon
National Parks. Also known as the Sequoia Valley, the region
offers natural beauty, the world's richest farmland and
plenty of adventure! Come to the Sequoia Adventures Expo and
plan your summer vacation, get travel discounts, win prizes,
and meet SouthwestBlend.com editors and radio show hosts as
they air a live ‘Visalia & Sequoia Adventures’ Radio Show!
Read more.
 Mother’s
Day Guide –
This Sunday, surprise Mom with Breakfast in Bed, a Personalized
Bouquet of Flowers and more. Check out our Mother’s Day Guide to
Shopping, Recipes and more!
Read more.
 Flash!
The LBD is BIS…Yes,
the LBD (little black dress) is BIS (back in style) for daytime,
evening, dressy, or casual events. Nielsine Archibald talks about
the return of the dress.
Read more.
 Group
Recreation & Travel Destination - Twentynine Palms, CA:
Nestled between the 800,000 acres of Joshua Tree National
Park and the largest U.S. Marine Corps base, Twentynine Palms is a
unique group travel destination offering art and shopping, museums,
wildflowers, outdoor activities including hiking, biking, golf, rock
climbing, and more.
Read on.
 ‘Outlaw
Tales of Arizona – True Stories of Arizona’s Most Famous Robbers,
Rustlers and Bandits’ - The "old west" was an exciting
era with day-to-day dramas being lived out in the harshest of
environments. The people were tough and independent--many times
taking the law into their own hands. Author Jan Cleere does an
excellent job in bringing these stories to the reader as
entertainment, while pointing out details and facts that give you a
better understanding of the "old west" times.
Read more and listen to her
interview.
 A
Simple Plan For Your Life: Joanne Victoria shares how
taking care of yourself, dealing with anger, staying in touch
with clients and friends, and being truthful, are four core
values worth living by.
Read more.
 Where
Did Your Federal Dollars Go in 2006?
The federal government disbursed $2.45 trillion in domestic spending
in 2006, according to two reports published by the U.S. Census
Bureau. That represented a 7.5 percent increase in federal spending
over 2005.
Read more.
 In
Search of The Uncommon —Finding a Rarity: Spring
birding is always special—a special season, special places
and special birds. Southeast Arizona fits all of those
specials in a special way. Ed Keenan shares his birding
experiences in Santa Cruz Valley.
Read more.
 Physical
Activity Is Natural Pain Reliever for Arthritis
- It may seem counterintuitive to exercise when suffering with joint
pain, but physical activity is actually a natural pain reliever for
most people suffering from arthritis.
Read more.
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ANNOUNCING OUR
BI-ANNUAL
BIG BONANZA PRIZE PACKAGE WINNER!!
Congratulations to our Big Bonanza Winner!
 Mileah
Curtis from Yuma, Arizona, is our winner – she won $4000
worth of prizes including travel packages, jewelry, gifts,
books, music, artwork, culinary goodies, and more! As
promised, Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, your Southwest
Blend Magazine editors, will personally deliver all of her
prizes, just in time for the Memorial Day festivities.
Congratulations Mileah!
Our next Big Bonanza Contest will start on Thursday May 15th,
and will end on Wednesday, October 29, 2008. Remember to
visit us, to see all the prizes as we gather them... again,
one winner takes them all! Sigh up for
The Burro Express to
be sure you are notified as the prizes come in!
To see what Mileah won,
click here.
 A
love story with wings, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill by Mark
Bittner is a fascinating look at a man's relationship with the birds he
decides to study and protect. To read the review,
click here.
 The
Cannon Balls of Panamint
– Nothing inspires the southwest imagination
like ghost towns, outlaws and stage robbers.
Many are the fascinating tales of the Old
West ghost towns, where robbers made off
with a bonanza of gold and silver riches. Ed
Keenan tells the tale of
Panamint City a silver mining town just
outside of Death Valley, CA.
Read more.
 Is
Your Wedding One Month Away?
Whether you had 18 months, six months or less to plan
your wedding, most of your activities happen during the
last month! Sally Manglicmot shares how to get focused,
be flexible and stay balanced until you leave for your
honeymoon.
Read more.
 Networking
New Friends …Sooner Than Later!
Do the
risks out weigh the gains when it comes to referring new
business? Gerry Rose shows how being open to new
referrals and being quick about referring new friends
will affect your bottom line in a positive way.
Read more.
 Freedom
Fighters
- Saying “no” is often much more difficult than saying
“yes”….to almost anything. Lisa Marie Platske explains
how the value of being honest with yourself guides you
to make better decisions for your life, and career or
business. Read more.
 May
Gardening Tips, Rich Sherman shares some tips on being
water-wise and planting drought tolerant plants. Watch
his video clip on being water-wise, and read his May tips.
Read More.
 Dutch
Oven Cookin’ with Ed –Ed Keenan shares his ‘Dutch
Oven Steamer’ recipe – a scrumptious one pot meal.
Click Here.
 R.
Michael Wilson writes
about Pearl Hart - the only Gun-Wielding Female Road Agent,
in a 5 part series..
Read
on for Part 1.
 Time
Management Principles for Home-Based Working Moms:
Crunched for time and need some flexibility? Lesley Spencer Pyle
shares some helpful time management principles for work-at-home
Moms.
Click Here.
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Trees Reign as Nation’s Biggest -
Sequoia National
Park’s “General Sherman” Giant Sequoia tops
American Forests’
National Register of Big Trees list again, and a Geyer Willow from
Fort Apache, Arizona, makes the list as the smallest big tree.
Read More.
 The
Story of the Stone - A Mystical Journey to Peru: Part One
of Margo Carrera’s story that shares the healing she experienced at
a group gathering of the ‘Great Council of the Grandmothers’ and how
a stone led her to an exciting journey to Peru.
Read more.
 Fundraising
Events – Helping the Cause: Many organizations,
especially non-profits, have the need to raise money. Most
fundraising is event driven, and Joan Burns our Event Planning Guru,
how events can bring an organization new money, superb public
relations, potential new donors and volunteers, and serve as an
opportunity to build team spirit among volunteers and staff.
Read more.
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Birthstone – Emerald: Bonnie McMillan shares some
fascinating facts about May’s birthstone, as well as the stone’s
healing and spiritual properties.
Read more.
 The
World’s Largest Southwest Indian Pottery Collection Highlighted in
New Exhibition ‘The Pottery Project’
- Modern computer technology allows Arizona State Museum to share
ancient pottery technology on a global scale, serving both
researchers and general public. At some 20,000 whole vessels, the
museum’s collection of Southwest Indian pottery is the world’s
largest and most comprehensively documented.
Read more.
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