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Ellen Jo Knows: January 2015
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Ellen Jo Knows: The writings of Noise columnist Ellen Jo Roberts. Wednesday, January 21, 2015. The undercarriage of the car, at one time as solid as a turtle belly, now looked like it had been attacked by an extremely cranky wolverine. Rest in peace and rust in pieces dear old Beetle. The car was sold to a junkyard in Cottonwood and the still-running engine quickly sold. I like to imagine it still powers Beetle scooting around somewhere in the Verde Valley. Pulling up at any red light you may be surprise...
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Ellen Jo Knows: July 2014
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Ellen Jo Knows: The writings of Noise columnist Ellen Jo Roberts. Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Sweet Summer Dreams in the Verde Valley. This story was written for Arizona Office of Tourism's Arizona Insider "Guest Blogger" program. The post, which ran July 14th, 2014, was edited and chopped up a bit strangely, making my story a lil' clunky/klutzy in their version. I thought I'd share my original here:. Sweet Summer Dreams in the Verde Valley. Verde River, Cottonwood, AZ. Cathedral Rock, Sedona, AZ. And ther...
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Ellen Jo Knows: September 2012
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Ellen Jo Knows: The writings of Noise columnist Ellen Jo Roberts. Friday, September 21, 2012. It occurs to me on our most recent visit up Highway 89 that Utah was my gateway drug to the west. It hooked me on the high desert. It's far too easy to be enchanted by it, so over-the-top ridiculous in its bounty of natural beauty. Perhaps an apocryphal tall tale, though still oft- repeated.). Ellen Jo Roberts arrived in Flagstaff in 1995. She and her husband lived in a vintage pop-top camper for a couple of...
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Ellen Jo Knows: September 2014
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Ellen Jo Knows: The writings of Noise columnist Ellen Jo Roberts. Tuesday, September 23, 2014. With its wealth of historic highways, vintage motels, cafes, taverns and roadside attractions, Arizona is home to a great array of neon beckoning to travelers. Historic highways 60, 66 and 89A are some of the best native habitat for neon signs. Here are some of my favorites. Highway 60 to the west of Phoenix is also rich with vintage neon, though much of it rural and in semi-disrepair yet still striking, artist...
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Ellen Jo Knows: Vintage Car Heaven
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Ellen Jo Knows: The writings of Noise columnist Ellen Jo Roberts. Wednesday, January 21, 2015. The undercarriage of the car, at one time as solid as a turtle belly, now looked like it had been attacked by an extremely cranky wolverine. Rest in peace and rust in pieces dear old Beetle. The car was sold to a junkyard in Cottonwood and the still-running engine quickly sold. I like to imagine it still powers Beetle scooting around somewhere in the Verde Valley. Pulling up at any red light you may be surprise...
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Ellen Jo Knows: May 2013
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Ellen Jo Knows: The writings of Noise columnist Ellen Jo Roberts. Thursday, May 9, 2013. In March of 2013 I was contacted by Jane Zhao, a representative of a popular Chinese Magazine, "Outdoors". They'd found my Floyd travel photos via Flickr and wanted to enlist me to write a story and send images for an upcoming special issue. In May 2013, the article went to print and Jane sent me the pdf. Just to make sure it wasn't complete bunk, I plugged the story into a. SPECIAL ISSUE special report. The dog....
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Ellen Jo Knows: July 2012
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Ellen Jo Knows: The writings of Noise columnist Ellen Jo Roberts. Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Dog Days of Summer. Dog Days of Summer. I really try, like the old quote goes, to live to be the person my dogs think I am. I fail, daily, but they do inspire me.". Now that we have three dogs at our house we are officially "Crazy Dog People". (The three of them are so small, however, that combined they only add up to one average-sized dog.). I can't imagine life without my dog. He's seen me through some sad tim...
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Ellen Jo Knows: December 2013
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Ellen Jo Knows: The writings of Noise columnist Ellen Jo Roberts. Friday, December 20, 2013. Hot Springs and The Thing! In This Episode: Hot Springs and The Thing! The Noise- January 2014. Greetings from Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, a dusty old town on the banks of the mighty Rio Grande. Western New Mexico seems far away, no matter where you’re coming from. As one friend put it, it is the ideal place for felons to disappear forever because, like, who’s gonna look for them here? Born from a 19.
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Ellen Jo Knows: June 2012
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Ellen Jo Knows: The writings of Noise columnist Ellen Jo Roberts. Wednesday, June 20, 2012. There's No Such Thing As The Perfect Couple (Publication Edit). There’s No Such Thing as "The Perfect Couple". He doesn't get angry quickly, but when he does it's a slow boil that lasts all day. I am quick to get mad, but cool off just as fast. My husband thinks he can circumvent anything bad ever happening simply by doing as much advance research as possible. We are night and day, yin and yang. On paper, we'r...
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Ellen Jo Knows: October 2013
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Ellen Jo Knows: The writings of Noise columnist Ellen Jo Roberts. Monday, October 21, 2013. Internet Killed the Video Store. Internet Killed the Video Store. The last video rental store in the Verde Valley is closing after 18 years. As frequent customers of Cottonwood’s Planet Video, we were bummed. Sure, the “box” rentals outside the gas stations and drug stores will provide a steady stream of the new release hits, but what about less mainstream films? What about that vast middle of the store? As the te...
