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…
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,…
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…
“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…
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.…
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…
“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,…
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. …
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…
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…