By Kathy HoweI’m going to start out with some legislative issues first and then get to some incredibly important decisions that will affect real estate in Arizona.HB 2612Allows a real estate licensee to accept employment and compensation from an employer other than the employing broker under certain circumstances. Headed to the Governor for a signature.HB2747Defines “wholesale” buyers and sellers. Lack of disclosure will allow for contract cancellation and earnest monies returned to a buyer if seller fails to disclose their status as a wholesale seller. If a buyer does not disclose to the seller that they are a “wholesale” buyer,…
Author: Sedona Best
It’s not about becoming … anything. It’s not even about freedom, truth or peace. For me, anyway, it was always about giving up the fight, letting go of the need to be anything but what I am, even though I didn’t know it at the time. That’s the only thing that is ever wanted in the hope for peace, the drive to find the truth, the search for love – the Grand Becoming Plan. Becoming can never offer freedom — the freedom to be what we are without exception, without need of betterment, without desire for outside approval, without our…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with Benefactors of Red Rock State Park to present a very special free event “Only One Earth” on Wednesday, April 13 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre at 7 p.m. Calling all parents, educators, students and anyone who loves our state parks! Join us for an evening of fun, films, facts and a discussion on Environmental Education with Red Rock State Park Rangers. The event will kick off with a short film of the park’s history, from prehistoric times through to the current day. It includes the geological process that resulted…
Keep Sedona Beautiful (KSB) honors businesses, organizations and individuals who have helped to fulfill their mission to protect and enhance the scenic beauty and natural environment of Sedona and the Verde Valley. KSB invites the public to attend this year’s awards presentation which will be held on Wednesday April 20 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. The ceremony will take place in KSB’s historic Pushmataha Center located at 360 Brewer Road in Sedona. Food and beverages will be served, and there will be no admission fee. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m. Since seating is limited, reservations are required.At the April…
The National Theatre of London kicks off a new season with its acclaimed new production of “The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage” showing in Sedona on Sunday, April 10 at 3 p.m. The Sedona International Film Festival hosts the big screen premiere at its Mary D. Fisher Theatre. This gripping adaptation revisits Philip Pullman’s fantastical world in which waters are rising and storms are brewing. Two young people, with everything at stake, find themselves at the center of a terrifying manhunt. In their care is a tiny child called Lyra Belacqua, and in that child lies the fate…
Join the city for a Celebration of Spring, on Saturday, April 16, 2022, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Posse Grounds Park.This fun, family-friendly event will be held on the multi-use field with rides and vendors galore. Included will be carnival rides, a petting zoo and live entertainment. The egg hunts begin at 10 a.m. for children 12 and younger, and hunts will be divided into four age groups. Some 20,000 eggs are waiting to be found! Local businesses will be on site with interactive displays and the Easter bunny will be on hand for pictures.Please keep your canine…
In early February, the Sedona City Council and the Big Park Regional Coordinating Council gave Sedona’s volunteer Sister Cities Association (the SSCA) the green light to go ahead with arranging such a relationship between our community and a counterpart abroad.A sister city relationship is a multi-faceted, long-term partnership between two communities in two countries. There currently are 1,800 such alliances in 140 countries. Most often, the communities have a lot in common, although they are geographically distant.Recently, the SSCA had its organizational meeting and selected nine community members for its Board of Directors: Chuck Marr, Sara Crosby-Hartman, Winifred Muench and…
This week, Camp Verde Community Library (CVCL) encourages all community members to visit their library in person or online to explore and access services and programs. CVCL offers a wide array of programs, classes and resources that are available in person or from the comfort of home, includinginformal STEM learning at the library or with take-home STEM Kitsinteractive Immersive Reality Books, WonderBooks and VOX Books for kidsmonthly Music in the Stacks in-person concerts or streamed on FacebookVirtual programs like, Sew-Along with Allyn – Where Happiness is HomemadeOverDrive downloadable audiobooks, ebooks, and magazinesthousands of films to stream for free from Kanopy93,000…
I am the doer; there is no doer. What the heck? Does anyone actually factually know? One way says we have no free will. There is no you to have a will, free or otherwise. The other sees clear evidence of choice. If that’s not free will, what is it? I’ve been in both camps, never quite able to stay put, and find it quite engaging still. Neither version is untrue. Damn. When we are blessed – for it is nothing but grace — to let everything go, every idea, every concept, every hold card we’ve ever held, This shows…