“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 day, from several miles inland…
NOTE: Some of the information in this story can be found in my book ‘Brave New West’ and in previous Zephyr articles, dating back to 1998…JS On the evening of October 31, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced a standing-room…
Sometimes a radical movement ignites a spark of passion that captures the public’s imagination. After awhile powerful people, assuming they have some foresight, come to recognize that in order to protect themselves the group must be granted a bona fide…
Klein, Naomi (2014-09-16). This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition. “[B]ottom line[:] our economic system and our planetary system are now at war. Or, more accurately, our economy is at war with many forms…
“What would be a normal planet would have a lot fewer people and lots more animals, and what we have now is an irregular, abnormal, and dangerous condition.” – Gary Snyder, 2010 In a way this story is painful…
The much anticipated Millennium came and went; Y2K didn’t happen; the world would not start to fall apart in earnest for another 20 months, and I saw The Zephyr, as an economically viable business, peak… and then start a slow…
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT…Jim Stiles BOOK CLIFFS HIGHWAY UPDATE & SOME THOUGHTS ON “PRODUCTION v CONSUMPTION SOWING CLOVER…Tonya Stiles HILLARY CLINTON in the MASTER’S HOUSE The Zephyr Chronicles…pt 3 The “Fork in the Wilderness Road’ & ‘Time to…
I always loved wild, open country, from the time I was a kid. I spent much of my youth on a canoe or lost in some forest. It’s why I came West. In 1982, I heard about a new grassroots…
On May 5, 2003, Erica Walz conducted a lengthy interview with Tori Woodard and Patrick Diehl at their home in Escalante, Utah. Both Woodard and Diehl are actively involved in Utah public lands issues and have been vocal opponents of…
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…