People ask us here in Tucson,

“How do you stand the 110 degree summer heat? “

We desert rats think to ourselves –”What wimps for asking!” –
yet our polite answer is, “We go up to the High Country!”

The High Country is only a few hours out of town. One nice place in the High
Country is […]

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The other day it rained in the Sonoran desert. It took perhaps a month to build up to it; the desert is not a place for rain.
The sun shines 360 days a year, it hardly ever rains. Rain comes inbetween great lengths of sun; waiting for rain is like walking on pebbles that […]

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by Jane St Clair
Author of Walk Me to Midnight

Recently Al Pacino played Jack Kevorkian in a HBO movie called “You Don’t Know Jack.” Kevorkian was also the subject of an HBO documentary called simply “Kevorkian” which aired June 28, 2010.The ladies of “The View” talked about this movie and they viewed things […]

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 by Jane St. Clair
Author of Walk Me to Midnight
 
 
“Choices and Compassion” is a group that promotes assisted suicide. They want Arizona and other states to pass laws that allow doctors to poison their patients.  They used to be “the Hemlock Society” but now they are “Choices and Compassion.” 
 
One of their slogans […]

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On Jane St. Clair’s website -  you will find articles against assisted suicide, and poetic essays and stunning photographs of Arizona. See the link “Desert Songs.”

Jane is the author of Walk Me to Midnight, a fast-paced suspense murder mystery that critics have call “taut, penetrating, and impossible to put down - a novel that will […]

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Thirty Logical Reasons Against Physician-Assisted Suicide first appeared in the November 2008 election cycle as a series of ads in Washington state, where assisted suicide was on the ballot. Over 7,000 people have read this article.

Reason #30- No on Assisted Suicide
Sunday, November 2
Today’s AD-Some terminally ill people recover and get well.
A hospice nurse told me […]

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by Jane St Clair
Author of Walk Me to Midnight
 
 
People who argue in favor of assisted suicide and euthanasia often say they and others should not live if they are a burden and require help in feeding and self-care. They say that such a life lacks dignity and autonomy.  They say handicapped people are […]

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Jane St. Clair is the author of Walk Me to Midnight - songs and stunning photographs of Arizona and the seasons of the desert - as well as articles against assisted suicide.
Walk Me to Midnight is a fast-paced suspense murder mystery that critics have call “taut, penetrating, and impossible to put down - a […]

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