Heart of India Photo Journal Two: 12 Sadhus, Ect.
By Judy and Les Conklin, To Hindus, a sadhu is a religious ascetic or holy person who is solely dedicated to achieving liberation from the world through meditation and contemplation. They often wear saffron-colored clothing, symbolising their renunciation of material attachments. They live in caves, forests, and temples all over Nepal and India. There are naked sadhus who wear their hair in thick dreadlocks. Aghora sadhus may claim to...
Company Coming to Scottsdale? Get Free Guide.
Company coming for the holidays? Looking for things to see and do. Do what prospective visitors do. Get a free, complete visitor’s guide from the Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau. Visit their website to request the guide and check things to do, places to stay, and where to eat in Scottsdale. Get Scottsdale Visitor’s Guide ...
Former Campo Bello Student Restored Scenic Drive in 1975
The article, “Rising from the Ashes,” published in the November-Decelember issue of A Peek at the Peak (The Peak) magazine, tells the story of Tracy Armstrong’s quest to become an Eagle Scout. His report, which he submitted upon completing the project, describes the work done and includes some 1975 photographs. In 1975, Armstrong and his family were living in Maricopa County (today’s, northeast Phoenix). Tracy...
Local Kindergarten Students Skype with Sister School in China
Courtesay of Cave Creek Unified School District One Skype camera, two countries, over one hundred attendees! Horseshoe Trails Elementary School (HTES), Cave Creek, AZ and Chengdu Jiaxiang Foreign Languages School (Sichuan Province, China) launched their new sister school relationship on December 8 (it was December 9th in China) through a Skype Night. Students from China performed martial arts, a tea ceremony, songs and dances while...
7th Annual Carefree Christmas Festival
A Weekend Long Holiday Celebration in Downtown Carefree, Arizona By Kim Prince “The festival has become one of the most well-attended holiday events in the Valley,” said event director and founder, Jo Gemmill of Carefree. A three-day, two-night celebration with real snow, an electric light parade and a fireworks extravaganza, welcome in the holidays at the 7th annual Carefree Christmas Festival, December 12 – December 14. The tiny...










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