A prefame Cooper Koch sighting at The Woodlands Mall.

This past week in my mail, I received the 2025 holiday ornament catalog from the White House Historical Association,
“Together in Tradition.” #ironic #WhiteHouse #EastWing

I stand very corrected.

Happy spooky season and LGBTQ History Month from my desk at The Arizona Republic!

The Arizona Republic’s library includes this book, “The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits” by Rosemary Ellen Guiley.

I’ll be digging into it soon. 👻

"People were doing things long before they were validated externally"

For @azcentral, I looked at how Juneteenth prevails in the Phoenix area as it has for at least nearly a hundred years — with or without government support.
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At Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C. for the Free Andry event with Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller and Jon Lovett, benefiting the effort to return Andry José Hernández Romero.

My Easter Sunday front page story for @azcentral.com on Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church's choir.

"'The music ministry sets the atmosphere for the Word to be spoken,' said Nancy Taylor, whose speaking voice hints at her melodic singing vocals she uses."

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Watching @gracerandolph.bsky.social's trailer breakdown of "Superman" and as much as I adore her takes, I don't get why she's saying newspaper print is "dirty" and gets all over people's hands.

I've never had that issue with the print edition of any of the four city dailies I've worked at.

For @usatoday.com and @azcentral.com Jan. 11-12, I covered the Southern California fires. Here’s one story and a video I did on Altadena. Jump to the next post for some photos I snapped.
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