Tonya & Jim
2/3…TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT….By Jim Stiles THE ‘OCCUPY MOVEMENT’: * Just WHO is Occupying WHOM? (“I’m shocked! I’m shocked!” * The 99% at War with Itself * Occupying Wall Street vs Occupying Wal-Mart—the root of the problem MY WORST…AND BEST CHRISTMAS…THE POPULATION CRISIS & THE TWO-EDGED SOLUTIONS 4/5…SOWING CLOVER…Tonya Stiles 6/7……THE DOG OF...
THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT & HISTORY: A recent survey of Americans under 30 revealed some surprising gaps in their knowledge of America and of the world. Three in ten could...
KRIS KRINGLE: That’s what I’ve been fighting against for years…the way they commercialize Christmas. ALFRED: A lot of bad “isms” floating around this world…but one of the worst...
Gauge: The Champaign Dog from the Land of Lincoln Submitted by Lisa Braddock Gauge was rescued from an animal control facility that would not allow him to be...
MY PERSONAL HISTORY: Life & Times in Southeast Utah by Verona Stocks The Farm in Blanding When school was out a family friend took Aunt Pearl, Mary...
Holidaze It is starting to get cold here. Once again, the trees flame with gold that rains down on the barren fields whenever the wind sweeps down the valley....
I lean against the railing atop a high rise, just enough to get butterflies, and settle my gaze on the Pacific Ocean. The city of Seattle is waking...
I often don’t know what’s on my mind (facebook) until sometimes when I look at old photos like these. It’s the old house I lived in during 1977...
Bonfire of the Vanities by Doug Meyer Quotations from “Inferno” by Charles Bowden “It is not simply that I do not have clean hands. It is worse:...
In the summer of 1987, the economy of Moab and Grand County hit rock bottom. A few years earlier, as uranium prices plummeted, the Atlas Vanadium Processing Mill north...
Portraits of Moab (1988-1993) In the late 80s and early 90s, I was taking a lot of pictures of Moab’s ‘survivors.’ the ones who decided to tough out...
“The whole society is going someplace else.” – Gary Snyder Five years ago, the November sun baking my face, I hiked into the Chihuahuan Desert eight miles north of...
I started attempting to capture the night sky on film way back in 1986. I loved being out in the desert at night and how brilliant the night...
From Mudd, Stiles and the Heath Monitor Files… Computerised contact lens will keep you up to date with news and texts Imagine catching up with your texts,...
Young Ballerina Young Ballerina… As Hitler’s troops advanced, the Russian Ballet troupe was evacuated from Moscow. Half of the dancers went to St. Petersburg and half to Perm. After...
Welcome to the Dimformation Age! notes from the desk of Ned Mudd reporting from the crawlspace of history “Democracy destroys itself because it abuses its right to freedom...
The View From Above A 1957 aerial photograph of Arches National Monument, including Abbey’s trailer. U95 bridge at Hite in Glen Canyon A new million dollar home, built...
The Wilder West: The Art and Wit of Dave Wilder Occupy Christmas Occupy Christmas ‘Twas some months before Christmas when all through the Land...
The Zephyr Gets Married! Though many people thought that pigs would fly before my husband married, Jim and I tied the knot on October 1st, surrounded by our nearest...
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT: UTAH WILDERNESS DEBATE…part 1 “Does Anybody Still Care?” –By Jim Stiles The Utah Wilderness Debate reminds me of the Vietnam War. For those of...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Please be sure to read Lynn Jackson’s “Wilderness Quandary: Does ‘Pretty’ Make Wilderness?” elsewhere in this issue. The retired Utah BLM staffer offers his views on...
February 2, 1968 In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, in the dead of winter, war spreading, families dying, the world in danger, I walk the rocky...
The Wilder West …the Art & Wit of Dave Wilder “Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower “The future ain’t...
DAY of SEVEN BILLION by Kathleene Parker The United Nation’s choice of October 31, 2011, as the “Day of Seven Billion”—the day when Earth will attain a...
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