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heavy tools.”
Someone will request a
custom object, a wooden
hairclip, for example, and
Romny shakes his head. “It
throws me off. So, I don’t
really do that.” He doesn’t
promote his work, either,
zero social media. “I used
to have Etsy and Face-
book,” he said, shrugged,
“I just don’t do that any-
more.”
It stands to reason. He
could sell a lot of his work.
Today he’ll earn $300. In-
stead, he earns a living
helping others through his
art, and the art itself is his
way to find calm in the world.
***
Romny was born into an impover-
ished childhood, grew up in the devel-
oping Dominican Republic. He likes to
talk about its people, the animals, the
trees, the way the sun felt, how it relates
to a spirituality he tuned into as a kid.
He told of his mother hauling laun-
dry to the river, dirt floors under feet,
bumming 20-minute rides to dial a
phone number. Surviving on food they
could grow or pull out for roots, milk
from animals, out on the grandparent’s
rural farm. “For me, being a kid, it was
like paradise, and there was food every-
where, fruit on the trees,” Romny said.
“For my mom, not so much.”
He learned to build a fire, carve a
hunted bird and cook it at age five. He
learned to read young too, and was
absorbed by the wilds of the outdoors,
which turned creative, and soon he was
drawing, building, and creating his own
colorful kites.
Later, the family moved to the city,
Santo Domingo. Still, he said, “we could
count on the electricity going out every
day.”
The alcoholic dad, who among other
things (a teacher, a cop) became a star
baseball player in a country mad for the
sport. Sometimes he’d play drunk. He
got out and traveled with a triple A team
in America.
“He was a catcher, at the time one of
the best players in the DR,” Romny said.
Memories of his father are vague, a man
floating in and out of the picture. “He
lost all of his jobs because of his drink-
ing,” Romny said. “But he was a very
kind person.”
In the 1980s, souring economic con-
ditions in the Dominican Republic saw
immigration to the United States surge,
Romny’s family part of it.
At 12, Romny arrived in the South
Bronx, a Puerto Rican neighborhood,
then a woebegone land of abject pov-
erty, a ripe crack epidemic, all built on
institutional racism. Romny remembers
this 37 years later. His uncle and cousin
collecting them at the airport and driv-
ing in. “I was looking at a skyscraper,
thinking it would be nice to live in a
building like that.” Oh, the excitement,
the energy of a land of milk and hon-
ey, of opportunity, of sustenance and
abundance. They kept driving, a city-
scape growing progressively uninvit-
ing, until arriving on a street featuring
gutted buildings, a burned down facto-
ry. The uncle stopped the car and said,
“We’re here!”
“Oh, man,” Romny said. “And my
school was at the end of the block.”
The family, mom, dad, sister, two
brothers, couldn’t speak a lick of Eng-
lish, got by on Spanish. The family
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Guillen stands behind a portable folding
table, lithesome, an extensive grin and
benign eyes under a straw guardian hat,
a wrist wrapped in Mala prayer beads.
He talks to anyone.
There is a quiet authority about him,
suggests otherworldliness, buffers the
noisy flow. English is his second lan-
guage after Spanish and when he speaks
his voice lifts to a certain volume and
never exceeds it. His table brims with
trimmings of Arizona trees — mesquite,
ash, chokecherry, etc. — hand-carved
into spoons, forks and knives.
Folks stop and shell $15 for a wood-
en cooking utensil, a steal considering
it took him years scraping, chiseling,
layering and sanding, of diligence and
craft, to perfect this precise skill.
The table centerpiece is a chuck of
mesquite, the size of something a child
could sit on. River-like swirls of tiny tur-
quoise stones set in epoxy resin make
it an alchemical dream of a thing, hand
sanded and oiled, like some beautiful,
aerial photorealist take of a rainforest.
Sprinkled about the table are little
eyes out to the world, old bottle caps fit-
ted with antique marbles and disparate
finds like seashells and turquoise.
There is a calming beauty to this art-
ist’s work, and folks who approach his
table today sense a real deal. He en-
thuses of wood in a studious torrent
of types, colors, strengths and aesthet-
ics and they inspect his hand-carved
one-of-a-kindness work in awe. A foot-
shaped fork of mesquite, a spoon tiny as
a fingernail.
He explains using his hands over
electric tools, no different from his
drawings and other art. “How I like to do
things. I could make a hundred of these
spoons a day with electric tools, power
tools. But it takes me out of the zone.”
His eyes squint in the sun, he laughs,
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once, parents found work in a textile
factory.
Romny would go to sleep at night,
hoping it was all a bad dream and he’d
wake up in the morning back home.
“I was coming from the farm, picking
mangos and then landing in the Bronx.”
He’s almost shocked at his own recall.
He got into fights, made friends, learned
English, avoided gangs, steered clear of
trouble. He said in his heart he really
couldn’t hurt anyone or anything, and
anyway, “once you live in the neighbor-
hood they don’t mess with you.”
He bagged groceries, assisted a
butcher and afforded a used car. He was
considered an “at-risk” kid for a spell. Af-
ter graduating from South Bronx High
School, he was gone, looking to un-
tangle things, his own oppression, the
world around him, and his family, in all
its love and drama. He pulled an open-
road-as-inner-discovery Kerouac when
pre-cellphone travel into the West was
still exotic, risky. Sometimes he’d travel
with a friend or friends, mostly alone.
Blew his mind; he still thought the en-
tire United States looked like the South
Bronx. Sleep in his car, under a tarp in
the wilds. “I went as far as Alaska.”
Eventually he found his way into
North Carolina, near Asheville. An ed-
ucational organization called Outward
Bound, where, as a high school student,
he’d earned a scholarship and spent a
few summers. The outfit taps into the
wilderness, rock climbing to canoe-
ing, for personal growth. The very idea
sidled up to his Caribbean Island boy-
hood, fueled his empathy for nature
and living things. He discovered carv-
ing and wood sculpture. He was hired
on as counselor, would save up and
travel the offseason months. He stayed
at Outward Bound for a decade.
He moved to Northern Arizona,
which reminded him of the Domini-
can Republic in ways. He worked odd
jobs including Barnes & Noble and Of-
fice Max (“that was the only job I ever
walked out of”) to save enough
to climb into his car and fire up
“some creativity.”
In Flagstaff, he worked in a
state juvenile detention center
and the experience left him
sad, jaded. He developed bonds
with some of the kids, saw hard
punishments and kid restraints
that didn’t fit crimes. “The sys-
tem is so out-of-whack, the
money wasted. I needed a
break to take care of myself.”
Self-care involved the Bud-
dhist texts he’d long been into,
Taoism, Zen, which he found
far less judgmental and wrath-
ful than the fear-motivating
Catholicism of his youth. Be-
cause of the detention center
experience, he figured he’d
have to travel to Nepal or In-
dia to find a Buddhist temple.
Instead, he found the Garch-
en Buddhist Institute an hour
and a half from his Flagstaff home. He
wound up staying there two years, in-
spired by the teachers and their central
Tibetan Buddhism aspects, the visual-
izations, mantras, meditation for en-
lightenment. “Besides having faith, I
was still struggling. Tibetan Buddhism
was like coming home. And they wer-
en’t asking me for money, I helped out,
landscaping, whatever. I felt very wel-
come.”
***
I ask Romny to define what kind of
artist he is and he returns a blank stare.
Like, what?
His landscape photography, line art,
carving, seems to be about capturing
tender or oblique moments floating in
the world around him, or pulling for his
childhood. “I don’t know what to call it.”
Romny is an autodidact, “just figured
everything out.” He took a few art and
photography classes in high school.
He once took a pottery art class at NAU
in Flagstaff. “Got an A in that one,” he
laughs.
Much of his work embraces a certain
kind of abstraction, muddles any ap-
plication of a narrative. Like the man
himself, it is lighthearted with a moral
earnestness.
Later he shows me a piece into
which he’s got 40 hours invested. It
is one of his many hand-drawn ge-
ometric works, shapes and tiny lines
in marker pens that take on 3D effects.
The 2- by 3-foot piece flies in the face
of computer-generated AI, and tiny ab-
stract imperfections allow emotion to
slip through, works like a killer Charlie
Parker live recording. It is deceptively
elaborate. A finished piece is hypnot-
ic, reveals something from nature, or a
form of prayer and meditation. Get him
talking, and he agrees, and tells of such
prayers in wholly unironic ways; some-
times a shy laugh brackets the wholly
personal assertion, as a kind of embar-
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M
ay is a special and busy
time for Life Under the
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tucked in the foothills in
Oracle. The start of summer marks the
beginning of bloom season, saturating
their fields with the flower’s signature
hue.
“Bloom season is what everyone
waits for,” owner Carolyn Blair noted.
“The field is all purple, and there are
thousands of bees and butterflies. It’s
magical, you can see pictures of it and
talk about it, but it’s one of those things
you just have to experience.”
Life Under the Oaks prepares for its
upcoming season with new products,
workshops and events that come with
this year’s harvest. Along with their fa-
mous afternoon teas, one of which is
Sunday, May 14, Blair and her team will
bring “a little bit of farm to the city” at
their Downtown Tucson store, Laven-
der Manor.
Blair started using lavender for me-
dicinal reasons, and after a visit to
Washington, “the lavender state,” she
decided to start her own farm in 2018.
It was a passion project combining
her love for art and nature, but it also
provided a key educational resource
to those interested in lavender and its
uses.
“It’s known as the mother herb,” Blair
said. “You can cook with it, craft with
it, use it for health benefits and nothing
goes to waste. We use every bit of the
plant for one item or another.”
Lavender is not usually seen as a des-
ert flower, but it doesn’t need much wa-
ter to grow. According to Blair, the older
the plants are the less water they need.
This makes them ideal for hot and dry
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point of business for the farm has been
the medicinal and healing qualities of
lavender.
“The public in general, especially
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simple, as if praying for people to stop
fighting or to be kind to one another is
simple, or the lowly work of the meek.
He is sincere and this is who he is. He
meditates daily.
***
Romny began using his artistic skills
to help those with developmental, in-
tellectual, and physical disabilities.
Worked on and off for seven years at
the nonprofit Hozhoni Foundation, in
Northern Arizona, caring for the elder-
ly and the young with emotional prob-
lems, through art therapy.
He and his wife, Hilary Myla, moved
to Tucson and he found similar work
at another non-profit, Intermountain
Centers for Human Development.
His art and work history helping oth-
ers gets him hired in lieu of college de-
grees; he’s hired based on his abilities.
To hear him say it, he’s almost shocked
for the employment, alongside those
with art degrees. Just doesn’t see what
others see.
He is just now working at Resilient
Health as an “artistic behavioral health
specialist” under the center’s “Art Awak-
enings” purview. It favors his strengths,
he said, a healing power of self-expres-
sion. He talks of one day returning to
school to become an actual therapist. “It
would be nice to get a little more schol-
arly.”
He talks of the suffering he’s worked
with over the years, the schizophrenics,
the suicidal, the bipolar, the disabled,
the self-harming. Sometimes feeding
and cleaning them.
“I present art as a coping skill, for the
anger, isolation, loneliness. We can cre-
ate something wherever we are. Some-
times a kid, who couldn’t be trusted
with a plastic spoon, is soon carving
safely with a small machete. It’s baby
steps.”
He shakes his head, withholds specif-
ic horror stories of the severely troubled
he’s seen and worked with, and said, “It
taught me patience.” He pauses, con-
siders that a moment, adds, “it’s pretty
incredible to be able to share things I do
to help them.”
***
Several days later, late-morning,
Romny slackens into a chair on the
small back porch of the midtown du-
plex he shares with his wife, who he
met years ago at Outward Bound.
“When I first saw her I knew she was
it,” he said. “For her I think it took a little
bit,” he laughs. Hilary is out today, doing
office work at a local Montessori school.
They’ve been married 15 years.
She’s not into Buddhism, and Romny
said it doesn’t matter. “The amount of
compassion that Hilary has comes nat-
urally. Sometimes I wish I had that.”
Their place sits behind a new weed
dispensary, which forced the landlord
to erect a corrugated large metal wall
around the property. The outdoor brick
toolshed doubles as a meditation space,
a sizable toolbox shares space with a
Buddha and an Asian rug. A humming-
bird hovers around blooms of tended
cactus, colorful Tibetan prayer flags
catch a light breeze over the pleasing
yard, rich in springtime scents.
Romney talks family; the closeness
with his sibs, who live in the northeast,
and his mother, who still doesn’t speak
English. His dad died a decade or so
ago, Romny made it back to the Bronx
in time to say goodbye.
The yard shows a shaded worktable
to the side, with its forever patina of
desert dust, organized with file tools, a
small machete and raw pieces of wood.
He sits anywhere with a sketchpad. He
plays disc golf as a hobby, but not video
games, and “I don’t watch TV much. I’d
rather be outside creating something.”
Gentleness is a quality and value that
gets squashed and beaten down daily
in anyone worth a damn. As it is said,
a good piece of wood has one major
quality that defines it.
“I think I just want to be at peace,”
Romny said. “Be here in the world, be
OK.” He laughs, “then my mind goes all
over the place.”
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young mothers, want natural reme-
dies,” Blair noted. “Our products are
all made naturally and come from the
farm. It’s so much better quality than
what you can find online or at a big box
store.”
The farm also offers artwork, ceram-
ics and jewelry, all made by Blair, the
farm or local artists throughout Tucson.
Blair couldn’t mention the farm with-
out highlighting their other activities,
including workshops and private par-
ties at both their locations in Tucson
and Oracle. Their most attended events
are afternoon teas, and their upcoming
Mother’s Day parties are almost com-
pletely booked.
“They’re popular because there aren’t
many places to go get tea in Tucson,”
Blair said. “Once people find out we
have lavender, especially in a Tucson
summer… it’s a nice escape for people
to come up and see something thriving
so well.”
Blair created Life Under the Oaks to
fill a need she saw in the community
for local quality and natural lavender.
For almost five years, the farm has pro-
vided the flower, along with education
and resources for those who want to
learn more about it.
As summer draws near, Blair assures
outdoor lovers that Life Under the Oaks
is a unique place to explore the fields
and take advantage of all the benefits
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8 to 11 a.m., Saturday, May 13,
Southside Presbyterian Church,
317 W. 23rd Street, gunstogardens@
southsidepres.org, free
TRAIN DAY
This is a great day for model train col-
lectors, both current and aspirational.
Admission is free, and the focus is on
Tucson’s model trains and garden train
communities. Yes, there are trains run-
ning through local backyards. For the
kids there will be rides on the Fun Farm
Choo Choo, and everyone can watch
for an up close and personal look at a
passing Union Pacific freight train. You
can also visit the full-size Locomotive
No. 1673
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13,
Southern Arizona Transportation
Museum, 414 N. Toole Avenue,
tucsonhistoricdeepot.org, free
READINGS AT ANTIGONE BOOKS
Mari Herreras, a former Tucson
Weekly editor and fifth-generation Tuc-
sonan, debuts her first published chap
ter book of poetry, inspired by her years
living around the corner, “At Grande
and Congress.” The readings, presented
by local R&R Press, also include Brian
Smith, author of the Tucson Weekly col-
umn “Tucson Salvage,” reading from his
book of the same name. Dan Stuart, a
prolific author best-known for his band,
Green on Red, will read from “Marlowe’s
Revenge,” the final book in his Marlow
Billings Trilogy. Maggie Smith will read
from her forthcoming young-adult
novel, “Catamopus.”
4 p.m. Saturday, May 13, Antigone
Books, 411 N. Fourth Avenue,
antigonebooks.com, free
MAMMA MIA SINGALONG
AT THE LOFT
Sing, dance and hug a mom (or simi-
lar) to the timeless, bubbly charm of this
movie’s all-ABBA score. Indulge your
overbusy, overwrought mind in a story
line as pastel as a spring afternoon on
a sunny Greek Island. Understand, fully,
the emotional range of Meryl Streep’s
remarkable career. Surely someone you
know deserves this ice cream sundae of
an afternoon with you.
2 p.m. Sunday, May 14, The Loft
Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Boulevard,
loftcinema.org, $15, $12 for children
under 12, passes not accepted)
GIVE MOM A GIRAFFE
A zoo animal is a perfect gift for any
occasion. Imagine, for instance, taking
your mom to the zoo on her day and in-
troducing her to your new family mem-
ber. The zoo can’t promise her oﬃcial
adoption package by then, but why
wait? Your adoption fee goes to work
right away supporting the zoo’s animals
and education programs. For $30 she’ll
get a certificate and info about her ani-
mal. Extra goodies are included in other
packages up to $300.
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily or 24 hours
online, Reid Park Zoo, 3400 Zoo
Court, reidparkzoo.org/get-involved/
adopt-an-animal, adoptions start at
$30.
READY, SET, SCHOOL!
Here’s a series of low-pressure play-
times for kids entering kindergarten in
the fall. It will help them build confi-
dence for that scary first day of school.
With their parent or caregiver, 4- and
5-year-olds discover letters, sounds and
numbers; practice focus and self-con-
trol and try critical thinking and com-
munication skills in English. Along the
way, they’ll hear and tell stories, sing
songs and enjoy activities.
10:30 a.m. to noon every Friday for
eight weeks, May 12 to June 29,
Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Library, 7800
N. Schisler Drive, register via pima.
bibliocommons.com/v2/events. A
second series begins 10:30 a.m. to
noon Friday, May 26
“STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI”
IN CONCERT
In this climactic episode, the Tucson
Symphony accompanies Darth Vader
as he readies a new death star, and Luke
Skywalker as he joins Princess Leia and
two loveable droids to free Han Solo
from Jabba the Hut. The music swells
and soars throughout the ensuing bat-
tle with the entire Imperial Fleet. After
hearing this epic galactic fable as never
before, you can enjoy a meet and greet
in the lobby with members of the 501st
REISEN WINERY TOUR (SONOITA-BENSON)
Owned and operated by a third-genera-
tion Tucsonan, Reisen tours are laced with
inside knowledge and informed by decades
of family memories. Sonoita is rolling and
wheat-colored this time of year. Its terrain
eases the way of the desert into the sur-
rounding high country. The land and climate
are ideal for boutique wineries. Taste wines
at four of them on Reisen’s six-hour winery
tour itinerary.
Start times vary, every Saturday through June 3,
reisenarizona.com/#day-tours, $175, pickup is in Tucson, lunch is included
“NERDLESQUE: THE FULL FRONTIER”
Longtime local burlesque leading light
Natasha Noir presents another in her series
of burlesque shows for nerds like us. Expect
sultry reveals of pop-culture heroes, from
the highest-regarded to the most obscure.
Noir describes the event as a “full-length
striptease revue” of favorite characters from
“across the geeky galaxy.” It’s for fans of
comics, movies, anime, pop culture, horror
and, of course, classic burlesque.
10 p.m. Friday, May 12, Surly Wench Pub,
424 N. Fourth Avenue, surlywenchpub.
com, $10 at the door.
THE GRAPES ARE IN THE BOTTLES
NOW, READY FOR TASTING.
(VISIT TUCSON/SUBMITTED)
“NERDLESQUE” REVEALS ELVIRA AND
OTHER ICONS OF POPULAR CULTURE.
(NERDLESQUE/SUBMITTED)
By Linda Ray
Tucson Weekly Columnist
REVEILLE MEN’S CHORUS:
“HEROES/SHEROES/THEYROES”
Reveille’s spring concert celebrates
“Queeros,” folks who, by being true
to themselves became superheroes
to others. In addition to a selection of
show tunes and popular favorites, the
chorus will premiere a new work ded-
icated to Bayard Rustin, a close adviser
to Martin Luther King. Rustin was nick-
named Mr. March on Washington for
his role in organizing protests for racial justice. The new work was composed by
Nehemiah Luckett.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 14, Temple of Music and
Art, 330 S. Scott Avenue, reveillemenschorus.org, $25 advance, $30 door, free
for kids under 12
REVEILLE MEN’S CHORUS SALUTES
DIVERSITY IN HEROISM.
(REVEILLE MEN’S CHORUS/SUBMITTED)
Legion. Audience costumes are en-
couraged.
7 p.m. Friday, May 12, and 2 p.m. Sat-
urday, May 13, Linda Ronstadt Music
Hall, 260 S. Church Avenue, tucson-
symphony.org, tickets start at $17
GUNS TO GARDENS
What to do with that gun you have
lying around? Have no plans for hunt-
ing or target shooting? Concerned that
kids might get to it? Can’t sell it, or don’t
want to? Put it in the trunk or the rear of
your vehicle and drive it over to South-
side Presbyterian Church on Saturday
morning. Safe, experienced arms han-
dlers will take it out and dispose of it
for you according to guidelines of the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives. All drop offs are anon-
ymous. The metal will be forged into
gardening tools.

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CITY WEEK
for smart, quirky
comedy, and Turk-
ington/Hamburg-
er’s country-sea-
soned tracks fit
neatly into then-
trendy “Alt.Coun-
try” ears.
Drag City’s con-
nections in the in-
dustry resulted in
a far better, tighter
backing band than
we might expect
for Hamburger’s
funny business,
but the contrast be-
tween the inspired
musicianship and
the offbeat singing
made “Neil Ham-
burger Sings Country Winners” an un-
derground-insider hit.
In all, Turkington/Hamburger fea-
tures on 46 recordings, including some
with several bands he belonged to. His
agile wit has sustained a sizeable au-
dience for his social satire. While Drag
City has continued to move his product,
more recently he’s recorded with Third
Man label, headed by Jack White of the
White Stripes. Third Man is also home
to Dave Chappelle, Rory Scovel, Ste-
phen Colbert and Conan O’Brien.
Turkington was born to American
parents in Australia and grew up in Ar-
izona and San Francisco. The Arizona
experience surfaced in his first claim to
notoriety, a ‘zine called “Breakfast With-
out Meat.” The Meat Puppets’ Derrick
Bostrom was a frequent contributor.
By 2006 he was a popular guest on
underground internet talk shows, in-
cluding Tom Green’s House Tonight,
and he started his own talk show, “Pool-
side Chats,” on Tomgreen.com. Among
guests were Buzz Osborne of the
Melvins and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D.
The following year he toured with Te-
nacious D, and, while that led to a per-
formance at Madison Square Garden, he
left the tour when audiences in the UK
began booing and heckling him. They
have since embraced his peculiarity.
Turkington found his largest, most
devoted audience in the 13- season run
of “On Cinema at the Cinema,” a satir-
ic web series with Tim Heidecker. The
show was among the first picked up
by Adult Swim, where it found a much
broader audience for its passive- snark
send-up of know-it-all movie critics.
Imagine an edgier, more culturally rele-
vant “Between Two Ferns.” Turkington,
as a character named “Gregg Turking-
ton,” undermined every expectation of
a movie critic, while exaggerating all of
the affectations.
The most recent exciting develop-
ment in Turkington’s acting career was
a movie role as Hamburger in the film,
“Fremont,” which debuted this year at
the Sundance Film Festival. A dramat-
ic tale about an Afghan refugee finding
her way in America as a fortune cook-
ie fortune writer, the story is rich with
unique characters. So far, it’s earned a
95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Neil Hamburger, 8 p.m. Friday, May
19, 191 Toole, 191 E. Toole Avenue,
191toole.com, $25
MORE COMEDY THIS WEEK
Coyote Trail Stage, 8000 N. Silverbell
Road, maranalaughs.com/shop, 7:30
p.m. Friday, May 12, tickets start at $10,
Marana Laughs Clean Comedy, Brian
Kohatsu, family-friendly with a playful
knowledge of pop culture.
Laff’s Comedy Caffe, 2900 E. Broad-
way Boulevard, laffstucson.com, $15,
$20 preferred seating, 8 p.m. and 10:30
G
regg Turkington is a Swiss
army knife of comedy. Neil
Hamburger is the blade.
Your humble scribe is not
the equal of those who routinely pen
lacerating smartassery in acid quips
about the fulsome awfulness of Ham-
burger’s comedy.
We also resist the pity that would nor-
mally accompany our beholding such
epic sloth and awkwardness. We long
to offer a lozenge for that phlegm-filled
throat, a tissue for those clogged sinus-
es, Milk of Magnesia for what appear to
be painful stomach ulcers, and a comb,
or maybe hedge clippers, for those for-
saken locks.
We brace ourselves, firmly, for his on-
slaught of terrible puns, groan-inspir-
ing one-liners, misanthropic bon mots,
and, heaven help us, “knock-knock”
jokes, even while hammering our big,
imaginary gong because, of course, we
wouldn’t miss it.
A Hamburger show is as transfixing
as a train wreck. It’s an outsized, mul-
ti-faceted pile of contorted genius. His
jokes have pilloried easy targets like Ted
Nugent, the Beach Boys’ Mike Love, Red
Hot Chili Peppers, Aerosmith and Iron
Maiden. “What’s the only thing worse
than police brutality? The Police dis-
cography.”
Yet they frequently hold barbed social
commentary or a cause for self-reflec-
tion. Prepare to keep the mental lights
on while groaning.
Hamburger is a contrivance of Turk-
ington. The Hamburger charac-
ter first emerged on a self-pro-
duced 1992 recording, “Great
Phone Calls,” featuring a dozen
tracks of crank phone calls of his
own creation. As we would say
in the podcast age, “It blew up.”
Two compilations of country
“hits” became his best-known
Hamburger recordings. His
2008 release, “Neil Hamburg-
er Sings Country Winners” in-
cludes original compositions
along with covers of popular
genre-spanners like “Midnight
Cowboy,” “Crazy on You,” “Stand-
ing on the Corner” and “Home-
ward Bound.” The recording is
still available on cassette as well
as LP and download.
Turkington’s label at the time,
and for a few releases since, was
Drag City, an edgy, Chicago out-
fit best known for its post-punk
and indie music stable includ-
ing Stereolab, Bonnie Prince
Billy, Pavement and the Silver Jews.
But the label also waxed Fred Armisen
and Andy Kaufman, so they had an ear
LAUGHING STOCK
GREGGTURKINGTON:
CUTTING-EDGECOMEDY
By Linda Ray
Tucson Weekly Columnist
L
AUGHINGS
T
O
C
K
SEE LAUGHING STOCK PAGE 15
NEIL HAMBURGER IS AN
UNMISSABLE, TERRIBLE COMEDIAN.
(SIMONE TURKINGTON/CONTRIBUTOR)
ROXY MERRARI HOSTS MOTHER’S DAY
COMEDY AT WENCH COMEDY’S SEVENTH
ANNIVERSARY SHOW.
(JAMES STANLEY/CONRIBUTOR)

now, about 80 songs,” Welchez said.
“Being that we’re promoting a new al-
bum, about half of the set will be songs
from the new record and the other half
a mix-and-match from over the years.
Some of these we’ve been playing for 15
years. We’re playing our first single and
some of our very first songs.”
Though a service like Spotify shows
that the group has no small amount of
avid listeners, Welchez said, “We’ve nev-
er had a real hit, so there’s maybe a lit-
tle less pressure. There’re definitely fan
favorites that we’re playing. Since we’re
promoting a new record, which has its
own style, we’ll choose older songs that
make it cohesive and fun and energet-
ic. There’s a lot of variety in our catalog
and we can kind of put together differ-
ent sets. This one will definitely have
more high energy songs.”
True of other albums, there’s a mix in
place.
“We’ve been called shoegaze/punk,”
Welchez said. “All sorts of things get
mentioned. We’re ’80s throwback, ’60s
throwbacks. We’re all of that and none
of it.”
As with artists the world-round, the
COVID era put a stamp on the lyrical
approach to ‘Upside Down’ as “the lyrics
are somewhat of a bummer though the
songs can be poppy. A lot of these songs
were written during the pandemic, with
a lot of negative stuff going on in gen-
eral,” Welchez said.
That noted, if some negative vibes
might be hinted at in the lyrics, the
band’s feedback-drenched rock ‘n’ roll
might wash away some of the angst. Or
maybe not.
As Welchez told Brooklyn Vegan,
“‘Degeneration’ was written in the boil-
ing, diseased summer of 2020 where I
found myself overworked, underpaid
and choking on wildfire smoke. The free
time I had was spent doom-scrolling
the latest COVID death toll or inundat-
ing myself with news of literal fascists
marching the streets. I found myself
floating on a cloud of anger, fear and
frustration. Rather than allow myself to
fall into bad old habits or succumb to
my negative emotion.”
The first two singles — “Degenera-
tion” and “Love Beyond the Grave” —
paced the album’s early April arrival and
there’s a full slate of cross-country tour-
ing readied for spring and summer, and
Europe on deck for the fall.
At this point, Welchez is happy to be
back in the business of touring.
“We’re both from San Diego,” he said,
“and we’ve moved around a lot over
the past 10 to 15 years. It’s not really
any more diﬃcult than it ever was. The
only real issue is that we can’t do one-
off shows, just tours. If we tour in Eu-
rope, Charles has European friends that
are ready to play and if we play here (in
the states), it’s just Charles who has to
fly over, which saves us a lot of mon-
ey and affords us the ability to play with
various musicians around the world.
We have a pool of around 10 or so peo-
ple that we ask to play. There’ve been
different lineups and different eras and
drummers, especially, (who) add a lot
to the personality and vibe. The style of
the drummers really determines what
type of show we can pull off.”
Crocodiles w/Lenguas Largas
and Class
WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday, May 13
WHERE: Club Congress, 311 E.
Congress Street, Tucson
COST: Tickets start at $12
INFO: hotelcongress.com
MUSIC
T
he two core members of Croc-
odiles have made inter-city
writing, recording and touring
work. Despite living in very
different parts of the world, the pair of
Brandon Welchez (vocals, guitar and
based in Los Angeles), Charles Rowell
(guitar with a home in Paris) have kept
the band alive and prospering. And
they’re now well into their second dec-
ade of work in this form.
When asked if he ever looked back
on the group’s career, to say 2011 or so,
when the band’s name was new and
ascendent on the indie rock circuit,
Welchez said that he doesn’t give that
period a lot of looks. But when he does
peek at YouTube videos of the band in
that moment, he gets a variety of good
feels.
“That was a really fun time,” he said in
an early April phone interview. “It was
really fun with our first, longtime line-
up. Saw a lot of the world and put out
nothing but good records. Our drum-
mer quit to start a family and our key-
boardist quit to become an extremely
successful graphic artist. How I’ve al-
ways seen our band is our trying to play
with nice, talented, cool people. They
stay with us a few years and move on.”
In doing so, they leave openings for
new players to come in and add their
stamp to the band’s songs, which now
date back to the group’s 2008 arrival in
San Diego.
The band’s live sets for this year (be
it in the United States or Europe, where
two different backing groups support
the pair) will feature a catalog-span-
ning batch of tracks, including a chunk
of cuts from 2023’s “Upside Down in
Heaven.”
“We have quite a bit to choose from
CROCODILES’
NEWSHOWIS
‘HEAVEN’SENT
By Thomas Crone
Tucson Weekly Contributor
CROCODILES PERFORM
SATURDAY, MAY 13, AT
CLUB CONGRESS.
(ALLAN WAN/CONTRIBUTOR)

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CITY WEEK
CHOW
A
fter 20 years in the U.S. Air
Force, Jose Alvarez moved to
Tucson, ready to start his next
business venture.
He noticed a lack of food diversity in
the area and that inspired him and his
friend, Ed Mingus, to open Tucson’s
first Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop, 1830 E.
Broadway Boulevard. Two more loca-
tions are slated to open in the city.
Capriotti’s is known for its wide array
of sandwiches, including The Bobbie,
made with oven-roasted turkey, cran-
berry sauce, stuffing and mayo.
“I say it’s Thanksgiving in your
mouth,” Alvarez said with a laugh.
“It’s turkey, cranberry and stuffing.
You can have Thanksgiving year-
round.”
Other menu offerings include the
Capastrami, with hot pastrami, Swiss
cheese, Russian dressing and home-
made coleslaw; and the cheesesteak
with premium steak, chicken or Im-
possible plant-based meat and melted
cheese plus hot or sweet peppers.
“Our classic cheesesteak has Ameri-
can cheese, grilled onions, mushrooms
and steak,” he said. “We also add hot
and sweet peppers, which makes it a
total game changer of a sandwich. This
sandwich is totally amazing.”
Alvarez also enjoys the chicken chi-
potle crunch, made with grilled chick-
en, American cheese and topped with
lettuce, tomato, crispy cheddar onions
and chipotle ranch dressing; and the
American Wagyu Slaw Be Joe, with
American Wagyu beef, coleslaw, pro-
volone cheese, Russian dressing and
mayo.
Prices are reasonable — the Slaw Be
Joe starts at $7.99 — and Alvarez chalked
that up to a direct purchase from Snake
River Farms, eschewing third-party
pricing.
“We get to sell Wagyu beef at a cheap-
er price to the customers,” he said. “The
Wagyu is delicious.”
Tucson Capriotti’s fans can down-
load the CAPAddicts Rewards app on
iOS and Android to earn and redeem
CAPRIOTTI’SBRINGS
‘FANATICALLYDELICIOUS’
SANDWICHESTOTUCSON
By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski
Inside Tucson Business Staff
SEE CAPRIOTTI’S PAGE 14

rewards and score free food. Capriotti’s
in Tucson offers catering for any event,
from corporate events to birthday par-
ties, with items such as party trays with
cold subs, box lunches, or a hot home-
made meatball bar.
Open since mid-April, the Tucson
Capriotti’s offers an order-ahead op-
tion, in addition to third-party delivery
services. The new shop brought 20 new
jobs to Tucson.
Alvarez was born and raised in South-
ern California and joined the Air Force
in 1997. One of his last tours before his
2017 retirement was a year and a half in
Turkey.
“I requested to come back to Arizona
to retire,” he said. “Luckily, I got Luke Air
Force Base, near where my brother and
parents live. I got to retire close to fam-
ily.”
Since he retired, he worked as an air-
line mechanic, truck driver and utility
company inspector.
“I was tired of working for other peo-
ple,” he said. “I thought, ‘Let me see what
I can do for myself.’ I had a good idea. I
sold my rental home in Idaho and used
that money as a down payment to open
the business. I sold my house and used
the equity to open Capriotti’s. I just
couldn’t help myself. When we were
hungry in Vegas, Capriotti’s was our
go-to. I hope people in Tucson think
the same way about it.”
CAPRIOTTI’S FROM PAGE 13
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MAY 11
First Day on Earth
Club Congress, 7:30 p.m., $10
Freezing Hands, Spank and
Lemon Drop Gang
Groundworks, 7 p.m., $10
Steve Hofstetter
191 Toole, 7 p.m., $28
MAY 12
Greg Morton & Jim Stanley
LaCo Tucson, 5:30 p.m., free
Malachite!, Bäsmini, Chess club
Dropout, Tyler Beck (Stumpy), Disband,
SudotheNomad and Bug Byte
Groundworks, 6:30 p.m., $8-$10
Sophia Rankin & the Sound
Hotel Congress Plaza, 7 p.m., $12.50-$15
Steff and the Articles
191 Toole, 8 p.m., $12
MAY 13
Bob Bauer
LaCo Tucson, 11 a.m., free
Crocodiles
Club Congress, 7:30 p.m., $12-$15
Eugene Boronow
LaCo Tucson, 6 p.m., free
G Perico
191 Toole, 8:30 p.m., $25
Terra Tigerman, Chloe Defector,
Gnoolie, HP, Like the Bug and
Lunar Excursion Module
Groundworks, 7 p.m., $10
MAY 14
Mik and the Funky Brunch
LaCo Tucson, 11 a.m., free
MAY 15
Century Room Jazz Orchestra
The Century Room, 7 p.m., $15-$20
MAY 16
The Lucky Devils Band Showcase
Club Congress, 7 p.m., free
Miss Lana Rebel &
Kevin Michael Mayﬁeld
MAY 17
Mysterious Babies Traditional
Jazz Band
The Century Room, 7 p.m., $10
Oscar Fuentes
Tamikrest
Hotel Congress Plaza, 8 p.m., $17-$20
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Tucson Local Media Staﬀ
MUSIC
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p.m. Friday, May 12, and 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 13, Justin Berkman, a
smart comic with original ideas and a
busy passport
The Screening Room, 127 E. Con-
gress Street, screeningroomdowntown.
com, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, $10; Daniel
Eachus, a finalist in Comedy Central’s
“Up Next” with a Dry Bar special, “A Mild
and Skinny Guy”
The Screening Room, 127 E. Con-
gress Street, screeningroomdowntown.
com, 10 p.m. Friday, May 12, tickets start
at $25 advance; as seen on Comedy
Central, Graham Elwood talks politics;
Shishonia Livingston opens.
Spark Project Collective Event
Center, 4433 E. Broadway Boulevard,
6:30 signup, 7 p.m. start, free, Ernie Ce-
laya hosts. This will be the last monthly
mic at Spark.
Surly Wench Pub, 424 N. Fourth
Avenue, surlywenchpub.com, 6 p.m.
Sunday, May 14, $8 advance, $10 door,
Wench Comedy’s seventh anniversary
showcase for Mother’s Day: Phoenix
comic Leslie Barton headlines, Steven
Black guests, Maggie O’ Shea, Cindell
Hanson, Amber Frame and Nicolette
DiMaggio round out the bill, Roxy Mer-
rari hosts.
Tucson Improv Movement/TIM
Comedy Theatre, 414 E. Ninth Street,
tucsonimprov.com, $7 each show, $10
for both shows, same night, free jam
and open mic.7:30 p.m. Thursday, May
11, “Cage Match;” 8:30 p.m. Open Mic.;
6:30 p.m. Friday, May 12, Improv Jam;
7:30 p.m. “The Soapbox;” 9 p.m. “Improv
v. Standup;” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13,
“Your Favorite Movie Improvised” and
“The Meeting;” 9 p.m. “Fourth Avenue
Confessions”
Unscrewed Theater, 4500 E. Speed-
way Boulevard, unscrewedtheatre.org,
$8, live or remote, $5 kids. 7:30 p.m. Fri-
day, May 12, Family-Friendly Improv; 9
p.m. Unscrewed Fridays After Dark (pay
what you will); 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May
13, Family Friendly Improv; 9 p.m. Un-
censored Improv Comedy with house
teams Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed
and The Big Daddies
Vail Theatre of the Arts, 10701 E. Mary
Ann Cleveland Way, vaillaughs.com,
7 p.m. Saturday, May 13, Vail Laughs
Clean Comedy, Brian Kohatsu, tickets
start at $10, Brian Kohatsu

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B
lack entrepreneurs account
for less than 2% of the na-
tion’s cannabis businesses
— a narrative being changed
by Marvina Thomas and her company
Fourtwenty Collections, a 100% Black,
female-owned business.
With headquarters in Arizona and
New Mexico, Thomas is a communi-
ty-forward entrepreneur who uses her
success to give back and provide op-
portunities to underrepresented com-
munities.
In the cannabis industry, women
only maintain 22% of executive roles,
and minorities, 13%, cites a recent study.
Thomas doesn’t allow these odds to de-
ter her.
“My company, Fourtwenty Col-
lections, consists of CBD skin care,
THC-infused medibles, and a fashion
line for men and women,” she explains.
Fourtwenty Collections has been
serving the cannabis industry in Ari-
zona since 2016 and expanded into the
emerging New Mexico market in late
2022. Both locations place an emphasis
on providing job opportunities to un-
MARVINATHOMASBALANCES
SUCCESS,GIVINGBACK
By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski
Tucson Weekly Staﬀ
derrepresented members of the
BIPOC community and women,
according to Thomas.
“We (Fourtwenty Collections)
handcraft luxury skin care and
indulgent edibles to enhance
our clients’ self-care regime and
the lives of those in need,” she
said. “A former registered nurse,
I am interested in the benefits of
CBD and THC to help promote a
healthy body and mind. This in-
cludes utilizing these products to help
those impacted by drug addiction.”
Thomas’ transition from nurse to en-
trepreneur was inspired by her former
patients who battled with addiction.
“One patient still stands out in my
memory and heart,” she recalls. “A drug
user, her face was badly burned from a
pipe that blew up in her face. I had just
started making soaps, and I brought her
one, and in about two weeks her skin
started to heal. That was a pivotal mo-
ment for me to move from nursing to
full-time cannabis enthusiast and en-
trepreneur.”
From the beginning, Thomas said
that Fourtwenty Collections was com-
munity oriented.
“I wanted to provide relief to my cli-
ents while building an operation that
had the ability to give back to those in
need. This is what fueled Fourtwenty
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he misconception surround-
ing THC percentages dom-
inates the cannabis market,
limiting the true benefits of the
plant.
Everyone who consumes cannabis
has a different relationship with the
plant; as it is something deeply person-
al. I’ve spent the last two years working
at a dispensary, where I was quickly in-
troduced to the hodgepodge of prefer-
ences that exist when it comes to con-
suming cannabis. But really, it all boils
down to the same thing. Needing some
type of relief.
Everyone’s in pain, nobody can sleep
and we’re all brimming with anxiety.
Naturally, people tend to think that
the higher the potency the better the
high will be. This can seem like the saf-
est way to shop, ask for whatever flow-
er is testing the highest and no regrets
will be had. And in an environment
where you’re surrounded by an abso-
lute smorgasbord of products, it can be
hard to decide.
But evaluating a flower strain from
its percentage alone is akin to judging
a book by the cover. As the legaliza-
tion of cannabis has opened the doors
for research regarding the science be-
tween us and the plant, multiple studies
have revealed that higher testing flower
does not necessarily dictate the quality
of a high. In fact, a 2020 study from the
University of Colorado found that THC
levels do not necessarily correlate with
intoxication levels. So, while numbers
might determine the THC levels in a
particular strain, they do not necessarily
equate with how effective the strain is.
Yet, there’s little love for the strains
that don’t test higher than 20%. When
I’m at work, I’ll feel a weird twinge of
guilt, sorry that instead of a magical
strain that tests at 30%, all I have to offer
is a spiel about terpenes and cannabi-
noids. But it’s a pretty great spiel.
There are hundreds of known can-
nabinoids, such as THC, CBD and CBN.
THC is really only one component that
makes up the scope of what gets you
“high.” While THC is a major cannab-
inoid responsible in producing some
psychoactive effects, the heart of a good
high is found in a perfect concoction of
terpenes and cannabinoids that begin
to form in the trichomes of the bud.
Ever notice that frosted layer of crystals
on a bud? That’s where it all begins.
The systemic ways in which our bod-
ies react to cannabis is a symphony of
science. First, there’s the endocannab-
inoid system, a network of receptors
housed throughout the brain and body
that react to THC and other cannabi-
noids in a variety of ways. They can re-
lieve pain, make you sleepy, or improve
your overall mood.
This, simply put, is getting stoned.
Then there are the aromatic com-
pounds known as terpenes, which help
define the characteristics of a particular
strain. Do you prefer something earthy
and pungent? That’s myrcene. Or may-
be something citrusy and tart? That
would be limonene. Together, terpe-
nes and cannabinoids work together to
create the entourage effect; a biological
harmony of cannabinoids and terpenes
that produce the desired effects of can-
nabis-euphoria, relaxation, pain relief,
and so on.
Building an understanding with what
terpenes you enjoy the most holds the
key to finding the perfect strain. In an-
other moment of fascinating synergy,
different terpenes have been associat-
ed with different kinds of relief. Strains
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high in terpenes such as myrcene and
caryophyllene can be helpful in treating
insomnia and chronic pain. Strains that
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treating stress and anxiety.
So, it’s not all about numbers. If you
tell your budtender that you’re looking
for a strain dominant in specific terpe-
nes or cannabinoids, they can do their
best to find what might be right for
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something that will ruin your day. So, I’ll
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to give at work: No effect is truly guar-
anteed when it comes to medicating
with cannabis. Everybody is different,
and there is a lot of trial and error. Albeit
fun trial and error.
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THIS WEEK’S INDICA: Tangerine
kush is a bouquet rich in myrcene
and limonene. Tangerine kush is
a bold and citrusy delight, perfect
for enjoying those Tucson sunsets.
Soak up those lazy afternoons with the happy and relaxed high that
this strain has to offer. Tangerine kush can be beneficial in helping
insomnia, chronic pain and appetite.
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euphoria. Peaceful but giggly, Gelato gifts you with a high that blends
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Collections’ Buy & Give program. The
program provides resources, such as
personal necessities and health care
assistance, for men and women. Each
time someone makes a purchase, a do-
nation is made to help others. By using
our products, our customers are help-
ing improve the quality of life for those
in need.”
In addition to setting an example in
the cannabis sector, Thomas self-funds
the nonprofit, Start Living Inc. Profits
from 420 Skin Care and 420 Medibles
benefit Start Living with services and
resources to reintroduce patients to
healthier living. “Educating people on
the benefits of medical cannabis and
helping them to transition away from
opioids has been one of my greatest
joys and a key to my success,” Thomas
said.
With multiple recovery home facili-
ties in Arizona, the addiction recovery
organization will now have locations
in New Mexico, helping people in both
states impacted from alcohol and sub-
stance use successfully reenter society.
Fourtwenty Collections offers in-house
job opportunities to Start Living Inc.
program graduates after successful
course completion.
“As a nurse, I saw first-hand the ef-
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tients and wanted to provide them with
longer term care and a hand up to get
their lives back on track,” Thomas said.
“Through the proceeds from Fourtwen-
ty Collections, I’m able to help patients
go through these programs and often
can employ them after they graduate
from the program.
“It’s all about community and helping
others. We are thrilled to find success in
Arizona and, most recently, New Mexi-
co. Fourtwenty Collections prides itself
in giving back to its local communities
while delivering original and trusted
products to consumers.”
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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19)
All of us are always telling ourselves
stories—in essence, making movies in
our minds. We are the producer, the
director, the special effects team, the
voice-over narrator, and all the actors
in these inner dramas. Are their themes
repetitious and negative or creative and
life-aﬃrming? The coming weeks will
be a favorable time to work on empha-
sizing the latter. If the tales unfolding
in your imagination are veering off in a
direction that provokes anxiety, reassert
your directorial authority. Firmly and
playfully reroute them so they uplift and
enchant you.
TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)
A famous football coach once said his
main method was to manipulate, coax,
and even bully his players into doing
things they didn’t like to do. Why? So
they could build their toughness and
willpower, making it more likely they
would accomplish formidable feats.
While this may be an approach that
works for some tasks, it’s not right for
many others. Here’s a further nuance:
The grind-it-out-doing-unpleasant-
things may be apt for certain phases of
a journey to success, but not for other
phases. Here’s the good news, Taurus:
For now, you have mostly completed
doing what you don’t love to do. In the
coming weeks, your freedom to focus
on doing fun things will expand dra-
matically.
GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)
Most of us have an area of our lives
where futility is a primary emotion. This
may be a once-exciting dream that nev-
er got much traction. It could be a skill
we possess that we’ve never found a sat-
isfying way to express. The epicenter of
our futility could be a relationship that
has never lived up to its promise or a
potential we haven’t been able to ripen.
Wherever this sense of fruitlessness re-
sides in your own life, Gemini, I have an
interesting prediction: During the next
12 months, you will either finally garner
some meaningful fulfillment through it
or else find a way to outgrow it.
CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)
Many of us Cancerians have high levels
of perseverance. Our resoluteness and
doggedness may be uncanny. But we
often practice these subtle superpowers
with such sensitive grace that they’re
virtually invisible to casual observers.
We appear modest and gentle, not fierce
and driven. For instance, this is the first
time I have bragged about the fact that
I have composed over 2,000 consecu-
tive horoscope columns without ever
missing a deadline. Anyway, my fellow
Crabs, I have a really good feeling about
how much grit and determination you
will be able to marshal in the coming
months. You may break your own per-
sonal records for tenacity.
LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)
Why do migrating geese fly in a V for-
mation? For one thing, it conserves
their energy. Every bird except the lead-
er enjoys a reduction in wind resistance.
As the flight progresses, the geese take
turns being the guide in front. Soaring
along in this shape also seems to aid the
birds’ communication and coordina-
tion. I suggest you consider making this
scenario your inspiration, dear Leo. You
are entering a phase when synergetic
cooperation with others is even more
important than usual. If you feel called
to lead, be ready and willing to exert
yourself—and be open to letting your
associates serve as leaders. For extra
credit: Do a web search for an image of
migrating geese and keep it in a promi-
nent place for the next four weeks.
VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)
I boldly predict that you will soon lo-
cate a missing magic key. Hooray! It
hasn’t been easy. There has been luck
involved, but your Virgo-style diligence
and ingenuity has been crucial. I also
predict that you will locate the door that
the magic key will unlock. Now here’s
my challenge: Please fulfill my two pre-
dictions no later than the solstice. To aid
your search, meditate on this question:
“What is the most important break-
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through for me to accomplish in the
next six weeks?”
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)
Losing something we value may make
us sad. It can cause us to doubt our-
selves and wonder if we have fallen out
of favor with the Fates or are somehow
being punished by God. I’ve experi-
enced deflations and demoralizations
like that on far more occasions than I
want to remember. And yet, I have no-
ticed that when these apparent misfor-
tunes have happened, they have often
opened up space for new possibilities
that would not otherwise have come my
way. They have emptied out a corner of
my imagination that becomes receptive
to a fresh dispensation. I predict such a
development for you, Libra.
SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)
Kissing is always a worthy way to spend
your leisure time, but I foresee an even
finer opportunity in the coming weeks:
magnificent kissing sprees that spur
you to explore previously unplumbed
depths of wild tenderness. On a related
theme, it’s always a wise self-blessing to
experiment with rich new shades and
tones of intimacy. But you are now el-
igible for an unusually profound excur-
sion into these mysteries. Are you bold
and free enough to glide further into the
frontiers of fascinating togetherness?
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723)
worked at a variety of jobs. He sold cloth.
He was a land surveyor and bookkeep-
er. He managed the household affairs of
his city’s sheriffs, and he supervised the
city’s wine imports and taxation. Oh,
by the way, he also had a hobby on the
side: lensmaking. This ultimately led to
a spectacular outcome. Leeuwenhoek
created the world’s first high-powered
microscope and was instrumental in
transforming microbiology into a sci-
entific discipline. In accordance with
astrological omens, I propose we make
him your inspirational role model in the
coming months, Sagittarius. What hob-
by or pastime or amusement could you
turn into a central passion?
CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)
I wonder if you weren’t listened to at-
tentively when you were a kid. And is
it possible you weren’t hugged enough
or consistently treated with the ten-
der kindness you deserved and need-
ed? I’m worried there weren’t enough
adults who recognized your potential
strengths and helped nurture them.
But if you did indeed endure any of this
mistreatment, dear Capricorn, I have
good news. During the next 12 months,
you will have unprecedented opportu-
nities to overcome at least some of the
neglect you experienced while young.
Here’s the motto you can aspire to: “It’s
never too late to have a fruitful child-
hood and creative adolescence.”
AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)
As I’ve explored the mysteries of healing
my traumas and disturbances over the
past 20 years, I’ve concluded that the
single most effective healer I can work
with is my own body. Expert health
practitioners are crucial, too, but their
work requires my body’s full, purpose-
ful, collaborative engagement. The soft
warm animal home I inhabit has great
wisdom about what it needs and how to
get what it needs and how to work with
the help it receives from other healers.
The key is to refine the art of listening
to its counsel. It has taken me a while to
learn its language, but I’m making good
progress. Dear Aquarius, in the coming
weeks, you can make great strides in
developing such a robust relationship
with your body.
PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)
Can we surmise what your life might
be like as the expansive planet Jupi-
ter rumbles through your astrological
House of Connections and Communi-
cations during the coming months? I
expect you will be even more articulate
and persuasive than usual. Your ability
to create new alliances and nurture old
ones will be at a peak. By the way, the
House of Communications and Con-
nections is also the House of Educa-
tion and Acumen. So, I suspect you will
learn a LOT during this time. It’s likely
you will be brainier and more percep-
tive than ever before. Important advice:
Call on your waxing intelligence to
make you wiser as well as smarter.
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