Existential Roads The right-of-way for the construction of highways across public lands not otherwise reserved for public purposes is hereby granted — Revised Statute 2477, 1866 Mining Act. When you construct a road does it have to go anywhere? Is…
It’s late July and the Rufous Hummers are back. Feisty little devils, they are. Ready to pick a fight, just to have something to do. I sit on my porch swing in the early evening and watch the aerobatics, the…
EXTRATERRESTRIAL BEINGS FROM BEYOND? For decades, I was convinced I’d found an alien landing site. More 20 years ago, I wrote this: ‘Alien visitations? The proof is here, on an isolated ridge in the northern part of Grand County.…
Note: This article first appeared in the June/July 2010 Zephyr. It’s almost looking like Spring at Pack Creek Ranch. The lawns are greening up. The horses are looking like they’re feeling their oats after a long hard winter. Splashes of…
Herb’s parents, Joseph and Sadie Ringer, Mojave Desert. 1944 Herb in the Snow A prospector near Death Valley, California and his burro. Early 50s Shorty Yarberry at the South Rim. (Read more about Shorty HERE.) 1950 Herb, Playing Cowboy. Sherm…
Editor’s 1993 Note: Mr Flocko, at last report, was vacationing in Scotland, and on the verge of a nervous breakdown. This office received a scratchy trans-Atlantic phone call from our hapless food editor, who was having a difficult time of…
Drought Drains Lake Mead to Lowest Level as Nevada Senator Calls for Government Audit As the largest reservoir in the U.S. falls to its lowest water level in history, Nevada State Sen. Tick Segerblom introduced a bill title and issued a press…