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Show _ THEZEPHYR/ APRIL-MAY 2005 io ee Pee ob THE READERS RESPOND A REPLY TO BIANCA DUMAS’ POINT BLANK IN DECEMBER... Jim, I knew I shouldn't read it. Whatever the locals have to say to each other is none of my business,but we have some history in common. Nauvoo is in Illinois,;where the Mormons went after they were run out of Missouri. I live here because I like the way sycamore trees look in winter. Sounds silly doesn't it? Everybody has roots. You don't have to live on the same land as your grandparents. You can even have roots in the city. It's not an entitlement. Risk-aversion is not a virtue. If you want to preserve your traditions you better get to work. Don't expect any sympathy. We've got our own traditions to save. Thanks,Larry Lindenberger St.Louis.Mo. “SO YOU'RE JACK WILSON...” Colonel, "The Wizard of Oz"? Say what? The stories you're willing to tell about yourself! The movie lines story was a lot of fun. I used to do the Jack Wilson-Stonewall exchange at every opportunity. Anyone who wonders why I will always miss Marlon Brando has never seen "One-Eyed Jacks" (another great line from that one: "One day, you'll look out your window and see a jackass standin’ there. That'll be me’). I understand the reluctance of many tea-sippers to lead with caveats when discussing The Duke. I was proud of you, Colonel, for "The Shootist," but feel any such accounting that does not include this world's greatest western, "The Searchers," must be met by bona fide western lovers with a gimlet eye. And thanks, too, to Ken Sleight for letting me know about the passing of the estimable Ellen Meloy, a wonderful person whose talent was undeniable, as was, in even greater to say all the editorial columns routinely detail friday night alcoholic binges in our numerous college bars. Sometimes we get a break, and instead readers are treated to an engaging column about a writer's experiences potty training her very clever children. I do long for a “Zephyr South" being established here on the down side of the Colorado Plateau. Any future possibilities of expansion? Please? Unfortunately, though, I feel I must take you to task regarding your top 10 (or 8) Western movie list. Jim, Jim, Jim....how could you omit that western of westerns, “The Outlaw Josey ' Wales?” The movie that spoke to disillusioned and returning Vietnam veterans everywhere? ("...We all died a little in that damned war....") The movie that actually hired real Native Americans to play native American roles? Chief Dan George? Ten Bears? I saw this movie, in 1976, in Durango, Colorado, and still remember my delighted shock at realizing that the woman on the screen was actually a Navajo, speaking Navajo, and playing a Navajo woman! (My mind boggled.) How could you overlook the movie that possessed dialog exchanges like the one between Chief Dan George and Josey..."When I get to likin’ someone, they ain't around very long..."(Josey) "I notice when you get to dislikin' someone, they ain't around very long, either...(Chief). But Lagree with you 1000% about “Lonesome Dove.” You and I are at one with Duvall. Sincerely, Robyn Slayton Flagstaff ABBEY’S MEMORIAL SERVICE TOILETS Jim--- I'd have to say that the BLM was right in requiring a portable toilet for the Edward degree, her generosity. Power to the good people! Abbey memorial service, as mentioned in the Feb-March issue. I've never been anywhere with a hundred people, let alone a thousand, where folks Mike "Chief" Ritchey problem in 1989 (the drinks, not the car). Women didn't start looking for a toilet after an hour. A lot of the blame goes to those 64-ounce convenience store cups of sodas guzzled in the car, which may not have been such a usually seem the most in need. At the intermissions of classical music concerts I attend here in LV there are always 40 or 50 of Gunnison, Colorado them waiting on line, desperately in need after 45 minutes. These are people of culture, so the large sodas are probably not at fault here. MORE NOMINATIONS FOR THE TOP 10 WESTERNS.. Jim, Jay Bartos _ Las Vegas, NV her at Deadwood Creek, and traded her for a Hawkin gun!" Guess that leaves me out of the WHY STILES STAYS Stiles I knew we were kindred spirits! Jeremiah Johnson is my favorite too. My favorite line from the film is when Bear Claw tells JJ about his only monogamous relationship. "I lodge-poled Sensitive New Age Guy League. Since you left out 2 of the top ten, I'll cast my votes for "Geronimo" with Wes Studi and "The Missing” with Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones. Watch yer topknot, Jim Kearns WHAT ABOUT JOSIE WALES??? Dear Jim Stiles, It seems appropriate, after reading the latest issue of the Zephyr, to send you my biannual fan letter (Well--I think I wrote my last fan letter 5 years ago, but I've been busy). Anyway, my hat is off to the Zephyr, a true journalistic treasure. Down heah’ in Flagstaff, Arizona, all we get is a weekly, named...well, I won't embarrass the publishers, but suffice OFF BICYCLES... ... Could be your aversion to "lycra-itis" -- a medical condition first diagnosed about 20 years ago among elite bicycle riders. In a seminal study first published in the Grand Junction, Colorado, Mesa-Monument Strider newsletter, lycra-itis was described as an affliction affecting different people with a wide range of effects. Some people are hardly affected, while some undergo a profound personality change. Their noses go up, their vision narrows, they walk funny, and in the most severe cases, recognize only other lycra-wearers as ‘worthy’ of their affiliation and attention. — You probably have already guessed that I made this up -- but the true part is that I wrote a faux ‘article’ for the MMS STRIDER about Lycra-itis -- and why some people should NOT wear it as they undergo a debilitating personality change. You must be sensitive and/or psychic enough to know in advance how lycra will affect you, and wisely shun it. I'ma borderline case, and wear it sparingly and try to have the presence of mind to divest myself of such apparel soon after exercize and before I go into public and/or the store. An illustration: A few years back, I rode my bike down a neighborhood road one foggy chilly day dressed in sweat clothes. Two cyclists were coming the opposite direction. 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