If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it…
Canyon Kiddies …by Harvey Leake
Tag: nature
Sowing Clover: The Land of Dreams…by Tonya Morton
What is the story we can tell about ourselves, to ourselves? Lewis Mumford, the 20th century historian and philosopher, said, “Every culture lives within its dream.” Like dreamers, we can’t know how–or especially why–we came to be here. Like dreamers,…
Recollections…by Damon Falke
Note: December is here. As I write this, I’m watching snow blow over the sund,* and on the hill behind the house the powder’s already a half meter or more deep. I’m listening to Frank Sinatra sing “Have Yourself a…
The Roots of Social Discord …by Harvey Leake
“It is not by adaptation to environment, but by the creation of an artificial environment.” —John Wesley Powell, 1888 In defiance of the prevailing belief that modern insights and innovations are driving humanity down the path of enlightenment, social tensions…
THE WISDOM OF NATURE AND WHY HUMANS TRY SO HARD TO AVOID IT… by Harvey Leake
From the August 2008 Archives Readers of the Zephyr are not unfamiliar with the angst that its writers often express over the deteriorating state of our natural environment and the ineffectiveness of our best efforts to reverse the trend.…
Losing Solitude: The Importance Of Remembering Things Past…by Martin Murie
From the Zephyr Archives… Nostalgia, from Greek nostos, a return, and algos, pain or grief. Somewhere in its long journey through languages the word, at least in American English, acquired a shift that turned pain and grief to something like…
‘Instant Moab’ CLOUDS…Photos and Captions by Terry Knouff
“do,do,do, lookin’ out my back door” Anti-crepuscular rays over the La Sals Kelvin-Helmholtz wave cloud Moab monsoon clouds Color wedge on Slickrock Rainbow Rim Sunset from La Sal view Front-door sunset First light on Poison Spider Rim Mysterious v-shaped cloud,…
Drought, Up Close and Personal…by Toni McConnel
All photos by author unless otherwise noted. I moved to Dead Cat, Arizona, in the spring of 1995. Dead Cat occupies about one square mile of land completely enclosed by the Coconino National Forest at an altitude of 7000 feet. …
From Tom Till’s “Then & Now”… Glen Canyon and the Colorado River
The Zephyr is honored to present selected images from TOM TILL’s remarkable book, “Then & Now.” GLEN CANYON THE COLORADO RIVER Visit Tom Till’s Website. To see the PDF version of this page, click here. To…
The ART of RENNY RUSSELL
Painting Illustration Calligraphy To see all the available artwork, visit Renny’s website: http://www.rennyrussell.com Also, don’t forget to read the Introduction from Renny’s Rock Me on the Water, printed in this issue of the Zephyr. To see the PDF version of…