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Crescent Junction Memories: a tribute to Dad…by Colleen Wimmer, illustration...

Crescent Junction Postcard. c. 1960. A glow of light creeps over the eastern horizon. Its intensity heightens until the air is heavy with heat. Dust devils swirl along sheep trails that traverse the...

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More Poets, Fewer Lawyers…Poetry by Amy Brunvand

Cedar Mesa  WHEREAS, Utah favors protecting the remarkably scenic, recreational, and sensitive  areas of the San Rafael Swell and Cedar Mesa areas, however the highest and best use of vast tracts of...

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CHARLIE STEEN COULD THROW A PARTY…by Maxine Newell

The clock on the mantle was set at 5:05, and the bar was always open. Charles relished the role of party-giver, M.L.’s role was hostess. She played it graciously and sometimes enjoyed it. Once, in...

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Charlie Steen’s Mi Vida & Boom Town Moab… by Maxine Newell

Uranium fever became a national affliction when Steen announced his strike. Go-for-broke prospectors poured into the little town of Moab by the thousands, lured by the $100 million bait. The town was...

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Vlachos’ Views: Temporary Neighbors…Photos and Text by Paul Vlachos

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… I normally like to sleep in my van at a truck stop...

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THE RICH ‘GREEN’ BENEFACTOR DEBATE, RE-VISITED: Part 1…by Jim Stiles

RE: David Bonderman…Facts or ‘Fluff?’   You Decide… About 15 years ago, I became aware that some of the world’s wealthiest bankers, financiers, and industrialists were throwing huge amounts of money at...

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Moab: ‘ Ground Zero’…Whose Fault is it Anyways?…by Kara Dohrenwend

I locked myself out of my house the other day.  I stood there for a minute, and then walked the front door and then to the side door.  All locked.  Kinda funny really.  We lived for over 10 years in a...

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Sowing Clover: “Sorry. The Computer says No.”…by Tonya Stiles

I’ve always liked to think that I have pretty decent luck. But it turns out that everyone has good luck until, suddenly, they don’t. On April 17th, I was on a camping trip with my husband, Jim, when I...

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Take it or Leave it: ON THE FACTS, DARCEY BROWN & MOAB ‘THEN & NOW’…by Jim...

I’ve been a devoted reader of the ‘Letters to the Editor’ page in the weekly Moab  Times-Independent for almost 40 years. Some of my fondest Moab memories are sitting in publisher Sam Taylor’s office...

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The June/July Issue of the Zephyr!

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT…Jim Stiles ON THE FACTS, DARCEY BROWN & MOAB ‘THEN & NOW’ SOWING CLOVER  By Tonya Stiles “SORRY. THE COMPUTER SAYS ‘NO.’” BEFORE & AFTER…Moab, Utah…then and now Dewey...

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In Coast Range and Desert: What Rings True…by Scott Thompson

“Although it is generally said that mountains belong to the countryside, they belong to those who love them.” – Zen Master Dogen, 13th century Seventy miles north of San Francisco Bay. Even on a bright...

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