An excerpt:
“As I crossed Main Street in front of Family Drug, (now the T-shirt shop,) I paused on the deserted pavement. I could have laid down for a nap, it was that empty. I looked up and down Moab’s main thoroughfare, and I thought to myself…this is history. This is history. Someday it won’t be like this on a Sunday afternoon, and I will long for this moment when the real world seemed so faraway, and the air was still, and even the light seemed softer and more golden. Where I could have stretched out on the Main Street asphalt and taken a snooze.”
To read more of Jim’s article, click the image below:
http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2014/04/01/from-the-1991-zephyr-archives-someday-all-this-will-be-history-too-remembering-moab-long-time-passing-by-jim-stiles/
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To see all the Zephyr links to stories about Edward Abbey, click the image below:
http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2014/04/01/zephyr-links-to-edward-abbey/
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An excerpt:
“This is the first issue of the Canyon Country Zephyr, a monthly publication of news, opinion, information, and entertainment for Grand County and southern Utah. According to Webster’s Dictionary, a ‘zephyr’ is defined as ‘any warm, western breeze.’ As it applies to this newspaper, the definition may vary. To some, The Zephyr will represent a breath of fresh air; to others, it may sound like a lot of hot wind. At one time or another, I hope that every reader will reach both conclusions…we’re not here to cater to and patronize any one constituency, or anger and provoke another. But we would like to stimulate intelligent discussion of the issues that concern the citizens of this county.”
To read more of Jim’s article, click the image below:
http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2014/04/01/from-the-zephyr-archives-the-first-take-it-or-leave-it-april-1989-by-jim-stiles/
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An excerpt:
“Here’s how far we’ve come.
Shortly after The Zephyr’s first issue appeared on newsstands, in mid-March 1989, I was at the old Main Street Broiler, eating one of Debbie Rappe’s wonderful cheeseburgers and overheard a spirited conversation at an adjacent table. ‘This smart ass kid thinks he can just start a newspaper and then tell us how to live! His “Zephyr” garbage won’t last three months.’ His friend nodded, ‘I hear he’s one of those environmental weirdos.’
Jump ahead—way ahead—to the day last year when I found this post on our web site; it was in response to a story on extreme sports. ‘It’s this geriatric community of do-nothings,’ young Seth complained, ‘that wants to sit by and look at rock that is getting butt-hurt…It’s so sad watching you get old and bitter.’
From smart ass kid to old and bitter. Seems like only yesterday.”
To read more of Jim’s article, click the image below:
http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2014/04/01/the-zephyr-chronicles-the-first-25-years-pt-1-by-jim-stiles/
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An excerpt:
“I’m not sure what else can be said about Edward Abbey after all these years. God knows I’ve said plenty and have often tried to speculate ‘What Cactus Ed would’ve done,” as we race through the second decade of the 21st Century. What concerns me, I admit, is the inability of so many latter day Abbeyphiles to consider how he might react to the world we face today, had he lived to see it. For so many, not only is Abbey frozen in 1989, the issues are as well. To suggest that he would have turned a blind eye to changes even Ed might not have expected a quarter century ago does him an injustice.”
To read more of Jim’s article, click the image below:
http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2014/04/01/take-it-or-leave-it-a-few-words-about-ed-abbey-wilderness-guerilla-havens-by-jim-stiles/
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