February/March 2018
Take it or Leave it: MORE BEARS EARS–IN REPLY TO JONATHAN THOMPSON & HIGH COUNTRY NEWS…by Jim Stiles
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In December, Jonathan Thompson, the roving contributor and former editor for ‘High Country News,’ offered his latest musings on the Bears Ears controversy from his home in Bulgaria. Responding to an op ed in ‘The Deseret News’ by Utah’s Governor…
Sowing Clover: The Worth of a Private Life…by Tonya Stiles
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What do we fear more—dying or being forgotten? My father, who was always a private man, died a little more than 7 years ago. I don’t know if he worried about being forgotten—that’s one of the many questions I never…
Take it or Leave it: UPDATE: THE FRIENDS OF CEDAR MESA LEAKED MEMO…by Jim Stiles
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In December, The Zephyr first reported on a leaked email of a draft memo from a Friends of Cedar Mesa board member. Here is an update…JS A SHORT HISTORY OF THE LEAKED MEMO The Friends of Cedar Mesa (FCM), a…
Vlachos’ Views: “DONUTS”…Photos and Captions by Paul Vlachos
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Paul Vlachos is a New Yorker who understands The West. And he is a New Yorker who understands New York. Wherever Paul goes, he finds signs of life… Please let me explain myself. Even though Saint Francis said “it’s better…
BRAVE NEW WEST (The Comic Strip)…by Jim Stiles
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Slim Woman of Kayenta…by Harvey Leake
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“The Navajos are just like other folks,” Slim Woman said to Clyde Kluckhohn, a budding anthropologist. Slim Woman was the name given by the Navajos to Louisa Wade Wetherill of Kayenta, Arizona—my great grandmother. She lived with the People…
The Ecology of Emotion…by Loch Wade
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There is a language to picking salmon out of a gillnet. During the summer of 2017, I spent 6 weeks on a fishing boat in Bristol Bay, Alaska, and learned a little bit of this language. It is an act…
Rivers Near and Far…by Damon Falke
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Note: In the essay that follows, I continue to write about my early days of learning to fly fish. Uncle Lloyd still lived in Dove Creek, and I was on the way west again with my family. We were moving…
BYGONES & OBSOLETE STORIES: Merchants & Farmers …by Clark Phelps
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My dad, like many people in 1911, was born at home in his parents apartment, without the assistance of medical professionals. My grandmother Phelps lived in that apartment above their store from the time it was built in 1906 until…