Granny, I know what you mean about the weather in Ariz. It varies so much in the state. I lived in Williams for about a year a long time ago when I worked for a little weekly newspaper in Flag. We went to the Canyon quite often — I miss that.
I liked Williams, but nothing but volcanic ash for gardening, it seemed. I’m in Florida now and my sister is in Phoenix. She’s been in Ariz. since the ‘60s and wouldn’t live anywhere else. Hope to see Sedona again someday, too.
You will find that Sedona has grown, from photos that I saw not that long ago.
Your sister is right, I came here in 1970 and could not imagine living in a town and not seeing the sky or having to turn down the radio for the neighbors, or worse yet, stay properly dressed for them.
There is no perfect place, that I know of.
It is chilly here again today, but the sun is bright and my one tree is ready to bud out, the catkins are falling now, it is the big male Mulberry and my world will be framed in its green leaves for the next 9 months, if I am on the south looking out.