MTMARY TOLAN Columnist

1. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · MARY TOLAN Columnist

   The Long & Winding Road: Waterworks here and abroad (opens the original)

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   It’s hard to keep up. What’s a person to do when hoping to visit our closest neighbors — countries — but unable to find a place via Google Maps? First Mexico, now Canada (well, again), appear to be the prey of our government. And these are two of our allies, aren’t they? Weren’t they? Why do we want to be a bully on the world’s water stage? Whether it’s a trip to the Gulf of Mexico or a visit to Lake Ontario, the digital Google maps won’t tell me where those hydro areas are. As

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2. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · MARY TOLAN Columnist

   The Long & Winding Road: Family travels — at home (opens the original)

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   I saw three of my five siblings last month and another one arrives soon. Most summers I see one or two back in the Midwest. This year, they’re coming to me. No, it’s not because of scary surgery or a special decade birthday. Three of them showed up for my local book reading at our wonderful Bright Side Bookshop to hear me share from my newest Flagstaff-based mystery novel. Mary Tolan has worked as a community journalist for more than three decades, mostly in Arizona and New Mexico. She taugh

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