SALT LAKE CITY in the 1950’s HERB…
October/November 2011
Pointblank: The House on Almond Avenue… by Greg Gnesios
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POINT BLANK THE HOUSE on ALMOND AVENUE (You can never go home again) by Greg Gnesios The little house on Almond Avenue was a quiet and welcome sanctuary when I most needed one. I rented it when I first moved…
October/November 2011
Life & Times in Southeast Utah…by Verona Stocks
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MY PERSONAL HISTORY Life & Times in Southeast Utah by Verona Stocks EDITOR’S NOTE: When Verona Stocks died in June 1993, she left a big hole in Grand County. Born on April 1, 1905, Verona watched southeast Utah transformed…from a…
October/November 2011
DOG OF THE MONTH…Magoo
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Magoo “Magoo, my toy poodle, is now 13 years old. When he was 3 years old I heard of an organization called WAGS, which stands for Wonderful Animals Giving Support. It is a group of…
October/November 2011
The Willows of La Jara Creek…by Loch Wade
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THE WILLOWS of LA JARA CREEK Following Ghosts Along the Old Spanish Trail by Loch Wade There is nothing remarkable about La Jara Creek. There are hundreds of minor tributaries in the San Juan basin, or even in the…
October/November 2011
It’s the Aesthetics, Stupid (or is it?)…by Jim Stiles
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“IT’S THE AESTHETICS, STUPID.” (Or is it?) By Jim Stiles Many years ago, during one of my first trips to the canyon country, I made the dusty drive to Grandview Point on the Island in the Sky. The road…
October/November 2011
Two Years in the Kingdom of Morocco, Part 7…by Charlie Kolb
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The sun was especially hot one day last week. I was up early to watch the village wake up and to watch the clouds grow and shift, building up into the afternoon thunderstorms I have learned to expect daily…
October/November 2011
The Wilderness Quandary or Does “Pretty” Make it Wilderness…by Lynn Jackson
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THE WILDERNESS QUANDARY or Does “Pretty” Make It Wilderness? By Lynn Jackson, BLM, retired Are you confused by the wilderness process? I’m confused. Do you wonder if it will ever be resolved in Utah? I wonder. Let’s start at…
August/September 2011
The August/September 2011 Issue of the Zephyr!
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AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 <THE ZEPHYR> DOG of the MONTH: Meet the ‘White Dog’ of Bueyeros WHAT WE FOUND, SEARCHING for ‘THE WAY LIFE SHOULD BE’ –Tonya Morton GENE SCHAFER (1931-2011) End of an Era for Monticello, Utah –Jim Stiles INSTANT MOAB:…
August/September 2011
Take it or Leave it…by Jim Stiles
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TAKE IT or LEAVE IT Jim Stiles HARD TIMES? A STORY OF TWO PRAIRIE GRAVES One frenzied afternoon in Moab, more than 20 years ago, the crush of tourists, the asphalt-enhanced desert heat, and the already disturbing …
August/September 2011
Dog of the Month
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Dog of the Month: The White Dog of Bueyeros, New Mexico We were wandering in that hot, dry country east of the Rockies in northeast New Mexico, where the land can’t quite decide if it wants to…
August/September 2011
What We Found, Searching for ‘The Way Life Should Be’…by Tonya Morton
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What We Found, Searching for ‘The Way Life Should Be’ By Tonya Morton This was the week of the County Fair—big news in our tiny town of under a thousand people. People arrived at the high school, braving heat…
August/September 2011
Instant Moab…by Terry Knouff
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I n s t a n t M o a b…. T e r r y k n o u f f Then And Now… I know, “Then And Now” , It’s not an original idea of mine. But I…
August/September 2011
Gene Schafer: 1931-2011…by Jim Stiles
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Gene Schafer: 1931-2011 End of an Era for Monticello, Utah Gene Schafer was not like anybody else you ever met; he contained multitudes. He was born in Texas in 1931, but soon moved to southern Utah when his dad saw…
August/September 2011
Copenhagen and Terminal Pragmatism: Dimensions of a Four Star FUBAR …by Scott Thompson
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Copenhagen and Terminal Pragmatism: Dimensions of a Four Star FUBAR By Scott Thompson “The Copenhagen Conference in December, 2009, was the last hope for humanity to pull back from the abyss.” – Clive Hamilton On a sunny afternoon on May…
August/September 2011
THE WILDER WEST…by Dave Wilder
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The WILDER WEST… the Art & Wit of DAVE WILDER Boot Shopping My old hiking boots were shot, that’s what started the trouble. I needed a new pair and, since I was in the neighborhood, decided to give this new…
August/September 2011
Drought, Climate Change & Sick Forests Fuel Super Fires …by Kathleene Parker
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Drought, Climate Change & Sick Forests Fuel Super Fires The Summer of 2011 in the American Southwest…..Surrealistic & Devastating By Kathleene Parker EDITOR’S NOTE: Kathleene Parker’s story reflects burn damage as of July 8. Subsequent fire damage will no…
August/September 2011
The Speech President Obama Should Give…(but never will) #1
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The Speech President Obama Should Give… (but never will…..#1) —channeled by Jim Stiles–– Good evening, It’s been more than two years since that remarkable frosty evening in November 2008 when you bestowed upon me the great honor and…
August/September 2011
Two Years In the Kingdom of Morocco, Part 6…by Charlie Kolb
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Gaining Perspective…Volume 6 Two Years in the Kingdom of Morocco By Charlie Kolb It’s midsummer in the High Atlas and the air is heavy with heat and light. Temperatures climb often into the 90s during the day, but stay in…
August/September 2011
Excerpt: Southern Paiute: A Portrait
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An excerpt from a new book from Utah State University Press SOUTHERN PAIUTE: A PORTRAIT William Logan Hebner photographs by Michael L. Plyler In 1990 the Kaibab Paiute turned down hundreds of millions of dollars by refusing to…
August/September 2011
HERB RINGER’S AMERICAN WEST
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HERB RINGER came West from his home in New Jersey in 1939. Camera in hand, Herb captured the American West, from the Canadian Border to the Rio Grande and from the Big Sur coast to the High Plains. We…
August/September 2011
THE BULLETIN BOARD OF DOOM
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THE BULLETIN BOARD of DOOM From Mudd, Stiles & The Heath Monitor Files About 90 percent of the aquifers underneath major cities in China are polluted. More than 300 million Chinese lack access to safe drinking water, according to…
August/September 2011
Losing Solitude: The State of Nature,Part 1… by Martin Murie
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The State of Nature…pt 1 The golden eagle was hunting, coasting near the ground. Seen from the edge of an ancient glacial cirque the eagle was a tiny brown motion at the bottom of a monstrous half-enclosed space. I…
August/September 2011
Why I Stopped Reading Newspapers (Including the Zephyr)… by K Hancock
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POINTBLANK Why I Stopped Reading Newspapers (Including the Zephyr) By K Hancock EDITOR’S NOTE: A few months ago, I sent out an email appeal to my readers, not just for more financial support, but for more readers. I had become…