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Show THE ZEPHYR/DECEMBER Thoreau at Katadin met a certain version of nature’s sublime indifference toward humankind, but that was an individual discovery. And John Muir too had a similar moment of revelation when he stood on the edge of Yosemite valley facing nature’s awful might that built the glaciers that built the valley. David Brower and Bob Marshall and Aldo Leopold and the other wilderness stalwarts knew the dark side of nature, knew from their own experience that it was not a theme park, nota National Geographicset of benign pictograms, not a petting zoo. But they wrote of their experiences as individuals, and downplayed dangers, for the most part. After all, their job was to convince the public that wilderness was a good place and well worth the saving. But now, we grope for a collective knowledge of all of it, the whole shebang, good and bad, deep shadows, gulfs 2005-JANUARY 2006 JUDY POWERS SAREE "The Realtor who knows what's REALLY going on in Moab!" of powers far outside our dominion. After Katrina, after Tsunami, after subtle warming of the planet, after shifting of massive ocean currents, after Tigris and Euphrates, after drought and fire and glaciers melting, after volcanos with a mind of their own HOPING FOR ... it is time to admit we struggle for survival on a very active planet and that science can’t change that, nor can the Army Engineers. Let’s step down from the terribly dangerous lord and master pose and get to work. Now, while the waters of New Orleans lie deep and poisonous. So that we don’t forget. So that we can disagree with each other while standing firm on a shared agreement. From that collective wisdom, who knows what marvels might come to be? PEACE IN 2006 Using Nature's landscapes & inhabitants to establish a record is at the top of my list of futilities. The inwardness of it all!! Embarrassing. What good does it do in this world that needs good deeds done, everywhere and soon? HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU. Look, we are mammals tramping the surface The warmth we have is small and not lasting ARCHES REALTY “150 EAST CENTER ST. MOAB. UT 84532 BUS: 435.259.5693 800.634.0770 CELL: 260.9553 judy@moabproperties.com www.moabproperties.com Judith McCombs, Against Nature: Wilderness Poems. 1979. Dustbooks. (each office is independently owned and operated) Aids to memory, from a Fourth of July speech by former slave, Frederick Douglass. “Your national greatness, swelling vanity, your denunciation of Tyrants, brass-fronted impudence, your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy ... a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages.” Another aid, from a post-Katrina remark by our president. “The good news is ... and it’s hard for some to see it now ... that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic new Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out EXECUTIVE COACHING CHANGE MANAGEMENT CONFLICT MEDIATION MEETING/RETREAT FACILITATION TRAINING DESIGN AND MORE... ALISON KENNEDY, MA/ABS 435.259.9447 alisoniara@frontiernet.net of the rubble of Trent Lott’s house ... he’s lost his entire house ... there’s going to bea fantastic house. And I’m looking forward to sitting on the porch.” Non-profits Small Businesses Community & Grassroots Organizations Home Owners/Builders (1)Thoreau's Walking, was published by Atlantic Monthly in 1862, shortly after Thoreau’s death. Republished recently by Applewood Books. All Thoreau quotes above are from that essay. (2) My dictionary derives saunter from Middle English “sanire” to muse, to meditate; probably from Old French saint. te x Mcagile a= Synergy Company" www. thésynergycompany.com “£59-5366 GALLERY CONTEMPORARY 88 EAST CENTER MOAB hellina| fond basket @bres ani. het UTAH The Moab Tree Planting Partnership (MTPP)---a joint effort by The Synergy Co. & Moonflower Market that supports the planting, maintenance & protection of trees in Our Community MOAB ARTISTS 84532 STREET 435 259 - 7002 Purchase Synergy's organic & 100% natural whole-food nutritional supplements at Moonflower Market (at special ‘local-supergood-guy/gal' discount prices) & support MITPP's future. ‘OUTDOOR Outdoor Books & Gear Coffee 263 S. 100 East Kanab, UT 8474] 435.644.8884 oasis@kanab.net Synergy & Moonflower Market local folks dedicated to supporting the Moab community’’s health in many good ways! | PAGES www.willowcanyon.com |