CATALYST March 2010

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IN THIS ISSUE Volume 29 Number 3 • March 2010

FEATURES & OCCASIONALS

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JIM HIGHTOWER Selling political love to Wall Street and Big Pharma divorces Billy Tauzin.

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CHEF PROFILE: VASUVIO’S ORGANIC CAFE EMILY MOROZ For a downtown breakfast, lunch and weekend dinner.

14 RED AIR, FREE FARE? SHANE FARVER Both UTA and the Utah State Legislature could make free public transit on red-air days a reality —but so far, neither wants to pony up the dough.

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ENVIRO DIRECTORY KATHERINE PIOLI Do you love Utah’s natural gifts?

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RETURN TO HEALTH TODD MANGUM Western medicine’s 300-year-old mechanistic view of the body is due for a major upset as more people (and their caregivers) gravitate to a new model of wellness care that puts the person’s health, not the disease, at the center.

FIRST PERSON: WITHDRAWAL DAVID KRANES No pain can be too much of a good thing. The danger of “staying ahead of the pain” with Lortab, the “good heroin.”

IN THE GARDEN: HORTICULTURAL INSPIRATIONS GRETA BELANGER DEJONG Create a garden sanctuary. Plus, tomato and cool-weather planting guides.

HOLISTIC HEALTH: SEASONAL ALLERGIES PAX RASMUSSEN Alternative modalities are nothing to sneeze at. Here’s a natural guide to dealing with hay fever.

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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK GRETA BELANGER DEJONG

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DON’T GET ME STARTED JOHN DEJONG EnergySolutions: To big to fail?

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ENVIRONEWS AMY BRUNVAND Environmental news from around the state and the west.

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SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER: DENNIS HINKAMP iWorld 6.0—Out visioning the visionaries.

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YOGA POSE OF THE MONTH CHARLOTTE BELL March: The peaceful warrior. Spring cleaning for the brain.

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CATALYST CALENDAR OF EVENTS BENJAMIN R. BOMBARD Our favorites for the month, chosen from the online CATALYST calendar.

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GREEN BEAT PAX RASMUSSEN New ideas from near and far for a healthier, more sustainable future.

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THE WELL-TEMPERED BICYCLE COMMUTER STEVEN CHAMBERS Pimp your ride: How to turn any old bicycle into a commuter bike.

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THE ALCHEMICAL KITCHEN REBECCA BRENNER Preparing to plant: Use late winter’s time of waiting and ransition to prepare for the season ahead.

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TRANSFORM U AURETHA CALLISON Contagious self-confidence: Why look ouside for self-esteem?.

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BODY, MIND AND WELLNESS LUCY BEALE The click factor: Detoxing and decompressing from all the clicks in our daily lives.

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ASK THE ASTROLOGER CHRISTOPHER RENSTROM Opposites attract—But that’s not necessarily a good thing...

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COMINGS & GOINGS BENJAMIN R. BOMBARD What’s new around town.

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METAPHORS FOR THE MONTH SUZANNE WAGNER A time of transformation.

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R.I.P. Sarah Jessica Barker aka Lady Lazarus July 1994 - February 27, 2010 The Last of the Good Old Dogs

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Sarah and Phoebe strolling on Broadway, 2007.

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ast month this column contained a photo of Sarah in the CATALYST bicycle cart on a warm January day by the library. It was her last great adventure, excluding drives to Dr. Nan, her beloved acupuncturist. Dr. Nan is a cat doctor. Sarah was an honorary cat.

She would grin ear to ear for Dr. Nan. Sarah died as we were putting this issue

to bed. It was an odd decision to make, to call down death upon my last “child,” the sixth grown Dalmatian in my life. But when the day arrived, I knew it was right. We had a long goodbye, one that began last summer.

Goodbye, Lady Lazarus.I will forever hold you in my heart.u Greta is the editor and publisher of CATALYST.

Phoebe, Einstein and Matilda with Greta. Their mom, Elly, had recently passed away at 15.

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DON’T GET ME STARTED

catalystmagazine.net

Trouble at the nuke waste dump?

hen I think about Steve Creamer’s abrupt resignation as CEO of Energy Solutions in February, I imagine a Pat Bagley cartoon of Creamer in a cowboy hat and spurs, slowly edging away from a bubbling barrel of nuclear waste China-syndroming its way to Beijing. That’s not gonna happen. The Tribune would never print it.

But nobody knows what happens when a couple hundred thousand tons of depleted uranium stew for a couple of hundred years with the dog’s breakfast of other nuclear isotopes that JOHN DEJONG EnviroDon’tCare/Energy Pollutions (EDC/EP—names have been changed to eliminate any green washing effect) has buried at its Clive site in Tooele County since 1990.

If EDC/EP has its way, much of the hundreds of thousands of tons of depleted uranium produced in this country will be headed to Utah. The only problem is that the Clive facility is licensed for low-level nuclear waste, not nuclear waste with a half life of 4.468 billion years.

The Clive site will be a stew the next time the lake rises. It won’t happen in the next fiscal quarter and it probably won’t happen in sevgenerations, but it’s going to happen.

One has to wonder why Creamer resigned so abruptly. No reasons were given for his departure. Of course, reasons for resigning are usually not announced when doing so would hurt the stock price. EDC/EP did go to pains to say that no financial shenanigans were involved. If Creamer were quitting to be the CEO of some big nonprofit, they would have told us. Who knows, he may have just gotten bored. After all, running a monopoly is pretty monotonous.

Creamer is at the age where medical concerns can have a life-changing effect. Fronting so many dodgy ventures can’t be good for your heart. Or he may have gotten a whiff of one too many barrels of nuclear waste. Calvin Black, the legendary San Juan county commissioner who wore a piece of uranium ore on a necklace and who died of cancer at 61, comes to mind.

The blogosphere provided some added insight or at least food for thought. One blogger, “go capitalism,” congratulated Creamer and EDC/EP for their prominent place as capitalists. And they are capitalists, in the classic sense.

EDC/EP has a near monopoly on low-level nuclear waste in this country. Principals of EnergyDon’tCare played a pivotal role in laws and regulations that make sure that EDC/EP has

The abrupt departure of Steve Creamer, CEO of EnviroDon’tCare/Energy Pollutions (names have been changed to eliminate any greenwashing effect) prompts the question: Why? BY

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the only permit to bury low-level nuclear waste in Utah and one of only three in the nation. While environmentalists were pleased, Utah might have come out ahead on nuclear waste if it had authorized a competitor. That way Utah would be in a much stronger position to negotiate the financial terms of low-level nuclear waste disposal licenses. We could even sell the rights to the highest bidder instead of awarding it to the lowest/only bidder, the way it is now.

The highest and best form of capitalism is monopoly. Having one really big machine punching out all the widgets in the world and another really big machine producing all the framitzs, one low-level nuclear waste dump and so on, truly is the best use of capital—unless you want to figure in externalities. Then it gets fuzzy. What is the cost benefit analysis of sending Italian nuclear waste to Utah? The transportation costs must be astronomical. Those Italians must be really anxious to get rid of that nuclear waste.

It might be that Creamer is edging away from a financial train wreck. EnviroDon’tCare/Energy Pollutions (EDC/EP) stock has been “underperforming”—falling 18% on the news of Creamer’s retirement, down nearly 40% from the year’s high.

Principals of EnergyDon’tCare played a pivotal role in laws and regulations that make sure that EDC/EP has the only permit to bury low-level nuclear waste in Utah (and one of only three in the nation).

Net revenues were down 10%, gross revenues down nearly 15%. The profit per share did rise 10%, however. EDC/EP is relying on relatively low-margin government waste cleanup contracts to keep going until it wins the fights on disposal of depleted uranium and foreign waste at its Clive facility.

It’s interesting to note that the asset side of EDC/EP’s 2009 balance sheet carries $518 million of “good will.” Almost a third of net assets. Damn!

It looks like those big media buys are getting a return on investment of about 100 to one, if the ad campaigns cost a mere $5 million. But wait, there’s more! “Other intangible assets” amount to another $310 million.

What are “other intangible assets”? In the late ’90s the price-tag of many corporate acquisitions and mergers was so far above any real or apparent value that upon completion of the deal, the resulting corporate balance sheet (assets balanced against liabilities) was so far out of balance that it was embarrassing. Embarrassing because balance sheets are supposed to balance. The solution was to inflate “goodwill” and “other intangible assets” to the point where the sheet balanced.

INTUITIVE JOURNEYS Goodwill can be such things as a public educated to the advantages of nuclear waste storage in their back yard. Or a legislature beholden to you because of your generous campaign contributions. And its value is anybody’s guess. “Other intangible assets” in EDC/EP’s case may be their license to bury nuclear waste and their near monopoly position as the low-level nuclear waste “stick-it-where-the-sun-don’tshine” option of only resort.

Taken together, more than half of EDC/EP’s value is intangibles ($828 million of a total $1,511 million).

That wouldn’t be so bad but EDC/EP has $505 million in longterm debt. At the current rate it will take EDC/EP 25 years to pay off that debt.

The bald truth may now be apparent that Creamer and his coinvestors were taken to the cleaners

by EnviroDon’tCare’s founder: Khosrow Semnani probably walked away from the deal with a couple of hundred million dollars. EDC/EP’s value was caught in the irrational exuberance of the ’00s. As with other bubbles of the ’00s, the pain of deflation will not be borne by those who inflated and profited from the bubble.

Is it possible for EDC/EP to go bankrupt? Could EDC/EP strip off the non-Utah based parts of itself, pick up its carpet bags and leave?

I’m sure EDC/EP’s lawyers and our state legislature have made sure that the state of Utah has no viable claim on the assets of EDC/EP. But as a monopoly and Utah’s legislature’s best friend (thanks to generous campaign contributions), EDC/EP is not in danger of going under.

Maybe EDC/EP should be nationalized or rather “stateized”—taken over by the state and run by a private contractor. That way the benefit, as well as the risk of disposing of nuclear waste, could accrue to the citizens of Utah rather than a few favored stock holders. While Steve Creamer only made $500,000 in salary last year (that’s about $250 an hour) he still owns a good piece of the company, somewhere around 3 million shares.

A good question is whether we owe the distant future anything.

Steve Creamer and his ilk seem to believe they owe it nothing past the next quarterly financial statement. u John deJong is associate publisher of CATALYST.

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DeChristopher trial draws attention to climate justice The trial of climate-change activist Tim DeChristopher has been postponed indefinitely in order to allow the judge to hold a hearing on whether DeChristopher is being selectively prosecuted. The hearing will take place on March 15 (the previously scheduled trial date), and after that a new trial date will be set. Although U.S. attorneys hoped to thwart what they called DeChristopher’s “intention to turn the trial…into

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Small-scale agriculture on the rise Wasatch Front population growth keeps eating up Utah’s working landscape, but nonetheless a University of Utah research report found that the

will be held in Berkeley, California, April 8–11.

The conference will bring together grassroots activists to build on the success of the 2009 Omnibus Public Land Management Act and launch the next round of western wilderness campaigns. Terri Martin from the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance will be there leading a panel on engaging faith communities and on the Utah wilderness campaign. Other familiar faces include Jim Catlin from the Wild Utah Project and Susan Tixier, founder of Great Old Broads for Wilderness and other tireless Utah wilderness champions you may have never heard of such as Mike Painter (Californians for Western Wilderness), Clayton Daughenbaugh (SUWA’s Midwest regional organizer), and Chris Arthur (former chief policy advisor to U.S. Congressman Maurice Hinchey, sponsor of America’s Redrock Wilderness Act).

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Coal plant “Post-it note” review inadequate The Utah Supreme Court yanked an air quality permit for NEVCO, LLC to build a new pollutionspewing coal-fired power plant near Sigurd, Utah.

The Court decided that a yellow Post-it note does not constitute an adequate environmental review, and so the pollution permit must be sent back to the Utah Division of Air Quality to be redone properly.

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Mayor orders ecology review of Jordan River sports complex San Rafael Swell (above) and the Cedar Mesa region (Mule Canyons “House on Fire” pictured left) as nationally significant landscapes worthy of inclusion in the National Landscape Conservation System.

a contest of perspectives on “climate justice,” the postponement came shortly after a widely distributed letter invited climate activists to gather in Utah in order to hold protests outside the courthouse. The letter, co-written by Terry Tempest Williams, Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben and Dr. James Hansen (the respected climatologist, not the former Utah congressman) says, “We don’t want Tim on Trial—we want global warming on the stand.” DeChristopher’s action has already resulted in a review of federal leasing regulations and many of the protested leases have been withdrawn by the federal government.

Ironically, U.S. District Judge Dee Benson rejected DeChristopher’s original “necessity defense” in part because his action was supposedly not grand enough to have a large effect on the climate change crisis, as the November 2009

number of farms in Utah increased to 16,500 in 2008, since bottoming out in 1975. In Utah’s urban areas most of the farms are very small, and the renewed interest in farming is attributed to consumer shifts to more sustainable food production: “Organic and locally produced foods have grown in popularity in recent years, both at restaurants and on grocery store shelves.

Farmers’ markets too have grown in number and attendance. And with the economic downturn home gardens have gained popularity as a source of food. All of this has brought more attention to the role of agriculture.” The report also says that Community Supported Agriculture programs where consumers pay a lump sum for a share of farm produce have helped provide income security for local farmers.

Utah’s urban farmers: BEBR.UTAH.EDU/DOCUMENTS/UEBR/UEBR2009/UEBR2009NO3.PDF

Wilderness activists to gather in Berkeley A conference for Western wilderness activists

On February 11 Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker responded to public criticism of the Jordan River Sports Complex plan, announcing that a draft restoration plan will be developed for the site in order to invite public comment. The proposed sports complex location is the last piece of undeveloped bottomland along the Jordan River, and the plan conflicts with the 2008 Blueprint Jordan River plan which recommends preserving the site as open space and wildlife habitat.

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New Utah monuments?

Utah congressional Republicans and Governor Gary Herbert were quick to launch into the usual anti-conservation rhetoric after the Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT-1) leaked a document from the U.S. Department of the Interior that lists the San Rafael Swell and the Cedar Mesa region as nationally significant landscapes worthy of inclusion in the National Landscape Conservation System. The out-of-context list is an appendix to an unpublished document, so who knows what it really means, but it raises the possibility that President Obama could use the Antiquities Act to preserve these areas, as President Clinton did for the Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument in 1996.

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iWorld 6.0 Out-visioning the visionaries D Salinger dies and the iPad is born on the same day; coincidence? The famous reclusive writer and the famous exclusive Apple product confluence heralds in something; I’m just not sure what. Salinger was famous for not wanting to publish anything in the 45 years since “Catcher in the Rye,” and now fewer people will be able to publish anything not designed for some sort of eReader.

How will this all play out? It’s hard to say, but things are changing so rapidly that I’m starting to feel nostalgic about things that were invented and disappeared barely two years ago. You know something is about to die when the mainstream starts hawking seminars on social media and Web 2.0 webinars. I can imagine my grandparents getting a ground mail invitation for a seminar on “How to Understand Rock and Roll and Use it in Your Business.”

Social media is expanding so rapidly that it is no longer cool.

Viral videos really aren’t viral if there are a bunch of people in a room trying to think up a viral video. YouTube is becoming the internet version of World’s Funniest Home Videos featuring children, pets and inebriated adults doing dangerous things.

In response, I’m going skip the Web 2.0 nonsense and jump straight to iWorld 6.0 for no particular reason other than to outvision the visionaries.

Do you want to really expand your network beyond the global economy? How about Spacebook?

It will allow you to share ideas, jokes and funny videos with real or imagined aliens. Of course even at the speed of light it will take six years to get a reply to some of your messages, which is still a quicker response than the federal government.

Apple, listen to me. You can only make so much money selling to gadget-loving propeller heads. You are going to have to expand your line of products to the other 90% of

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the population. Start with a line of iGuy gadgets, such as a camouflage iPad that has a bottle opener and makes grilled cheese sandwiches at tail gate parties. If you really want to expand your market, your iThings need to open. Right now you can’t even change the battery on any of your phones, computers or music players. Trust me, guys like to look under the hood.

Cloners and bioengineers, I have

There is plenty of meat protein in the world; it’s just that much of it is too cute. some work for you that will help feed the world without the fear of extreme genetic modification. All you need to do is develop uglier, meaner domesticated meat animals. There is plenty of meat protein in the world; it’s just that much of it is too cute. Even most of the people who get backyard chickens can’t eat them when their egg laying days are over because they are too cute. We already have enough cute things, and you are just adding to the problem by making ultra cute dogs like labradoodles and Cocker-poos.

Animal geneticists need to develop rabbits, chickens, goats, cows, sheep and pigs that are ugly and snarl at you. You don’t want them to actually bite people, mind you, because that would make them too difficult to raise on the ranch. We just need animals so unpleasant that even vegetarians would be glad to see then ground into sausage.

Don’t forget to sign up for my free iWorld 6.0 Webinars, hog my blog and eat my Tweets. Turn on, log in and drop out. u Dennis Hinkamp admits that President Obama may not be able to make all these improvements in his first term.

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ome marriages are made in heaven, some in hell. The matrimony of Billy Tauzin and Big Pharma was definitely hellish—especially for us innocent bystanders.

Tauzin, who was a longtime Louisiana congresss critter, is a wheeler-dealer of the old school, reminding me of a Texas politico who always skated on the thin ice of ethics, candidly explaining that, “I seen my chances, and I took ‘em.”

Elected to the U.S. House 30 years ago from Louisiana, Tauzin was a Democrat who rose to become chairman of a powerful committee, where he was a faithful servant to industry interests. However, in 1994 Republicans took over the House, and Billy’s star was about to fade. But, seeing his chances, he cut a deal with the GOP to switch parties in exchange for becoming chairman of the house committee that handles legislation affecting drug corporations.

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boondoggle in 2004 that gives the drug giants a fat subsidy costing taxpayers billions of dollars every year.

Big Pharma, grateful for the windfall profits, asked Billy that very year to get hitched. Seeing his chances, Tauzin became the drug industry’s chief lobbyist, drawing an annual paycheck of $2 million. Using his insider connections, he’s been effective at killing various proposals that would have stopped the ripoff prices that drug companies make us pay for our medicines.

Last year, however, Billy cut one deal too many. He agreed to support President Obama’s health care reform in a trade-off that really didn’t please anyone, especially his own industry leaders—so they have rather rudely dumped him.

Tauzin’s now out of work, but don’t forget him. Next time you’re gouged by the drug giants, remember—it wouldn’t happen without the work of self-serving hucksters like Billy.

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Wait—here comes a bank hugger! He’s John Boehner, the Republican leader of the U.S. House. And there’s Texas senator John Cornyn, the Republicans’ chief senatorial fundraiser, offering his soft shoulder for the Wall Street crowd to cry on. Yes, the entire Republican leadership of Congress is clucking and cooing at the Wall Streeters who crashed America’s economy, offering unconditional love to them.

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Sen. Cornyn says that he’s been visiting lower Manhattan about twice a month to collect love offerings from the reviled bankers, and Boehner recently had drinks at a Capitol Hill

watering hole with the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, offering banker love in exchange for more banker cash.

Aren’t these same Republicans also trying to take over the tea bag movement? I wonder if those anti-establishment madas-hellers have heard that Boehner, Cornyn, & Company are making their bed with Wall Street greedheads, not with the good folks on Main Street.

“Irked, Wall St. Hedges Its Bet On Democrats,” The New York Times, February 10, 2010.

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TRANSPORTATION

Red air, free fare?

Both UTA and the Utah State Legislature could make free public transit on red-air days a reality—but so far, neither wants to pony up the dough.

n red air days in the Wasatch Front this winter, the FrontRunner has chugged along through the smoggy haze from Ogden to Salt Lake—hopefully taking some cars off the road. Taking the train sure

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Free transit fare on red air days is an idea that floats around in the smog here, but never quite solidifies. can be good for the lungs, but it won’t necessarily be good for the wallet: Even on those days when the air is unhealthy and riding the rails could help alleviate it, riders could still pony up as much as $9 roundtrip to ride from Ogden to Salt Lake City.

Free transit fare on red air days is an idea that floats around in the

smog here, but never quite solidifies. During the 2008 legislative session, Rep. Wayne Harper, RWest Jordan, introduced a bill that would have reduced transit fare by 50% on yellow air days and made it free on red air days. The bill didn’t address FrontRunner because it wasn’t operational at the time.

However, it did affect buses and TRAX, Harper says.

But the bill never made it out of committee. Not surprisingly, one of the strongest opponents to it was the Utah Transit Authority, the folks who operate mass transit along the Wasatch Front.

“UTA absolutely freaked out,” Harper says of the opposition.

“They didn’t know what to do.”

It’s simply too costly to provide free rides on red air days, says Gerry Carpenter, spokesman for UTA. The bill, House Bill 298, estimated that UTA could expect to lose $1.4 million in revenue in the 2009 fiscal year and $1.5 million in 2010. That didn’t include FrontRunner, however, and Carpenter says UTA would stand to lose $100,000 per red air

day if they offered free fare for rides from Ogden and back.

“It rapidly climbs into the millions of dollars with lost revenue,” he says.

To make free mass transit on red air days a reality, Carpenter says, the UTA would need more financial backing from the Utah Legislature.

That’s not something Harper is keen on.

“They’re never content with what they have,” he says. “They always want to dig into UDOT’s pocket, or someone else’s pocket, and we’re not going to give it to them.”

But Carpenter maintains that without additional funding, the amount of money UTA would lose by providing free air days would result in cutting the services that would be free.

“If we had money to operate without cutting service, that (providing free red-air day service) would definitely be what we’d do,” he says.

In addition, UTA revenue has indeed suffered. Recession-battered UTA sales tax revenue is $38 million below 2010 projections.

A standstill exists between the Legislature and UTA in making free ridership on red air days a reality.

Thing is, both entities have the power to make it happen without

Red air driving When air quality is poor, signs above Interstate 15 proclaim that motorists should limit their driving. It turns out that at least some drivers pay attention.

In an analysis of four red air days in December 2009, the Utah Department of Transportation found that drivers passing a traffic sensor on I-15 near 4800 South in Murray made, on average, more than 8,000 fewer trips on red air days. That’s about a 4% reduction. ““It was consistently lower every time,” says Brad Lucas, traffic mobility engineer for UDOT. “Not a lot, but I was surprised that it was consistent.”

UDOT eliminated red air days close to holidays and focused on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays—days that Lucas says had the most consistent traffic patterns. He compared the four red air days to seven green and yellow air days.

“I’d be ecstatic if it were 30% or even 20%,” says Donna Kemp Spangler, Utah Department of Environmental Quality spokeswoman. “But where everyone in the valley is so vehicle dependent, if we can build on these strides, I think we’ll see a difference.”

UDOT partners with the Utah DEQ to put red air day alerts on signs above the freeway on red air days and the day prior to a red air day. Although those signs won’t cause people to stop their cars while on the freeway during red air days, Adan Carrillo, spokesman for UDOT, says it might influence daytime trips while at work.

“It will help me change my behavior so that I can perhaps carpool with somebody to eat lunch somewhere, or go to the deli across the street instead of a restaurant somewhere,” he says.

Beyond not driving, Cheryl Heying, director of the Utah Division of Air Quality, urges people to drive smarter by consolidating trips, carpooling, making sure their vehicle’s tires are properly inflated, and their vehicle is tuned.

the other’s consent. The Legislature could enact a law mandating it, or UTA’s board of directors could vote to allow it.

Free mass transit on days with dangerous air quality has become a reality in other cities and states. In Delaware, for instance, the Transportation Management Association of Delaware provides five free all-day bus passes to employees of businesses that sign up for the Air Quality Transit Partners Program.

Businesses can sign up for the program for free. During the summer months, when air quality is at its worst in that area, employees who participate in the program can request the free passes. They can use those tickets anytime, but are encouraged to use them on days with poor air quality.

Of the 23,242 free passes distributed last year, more than 87% were used.

“We’re thrilled with it, and each year we get more and more folks who join the program,” says Sharen Elcock, administrative assistant with TMA Delaware.

The program is paid for through federal grants, Elcock says.

New Jersey has offered an Ozone Pass to employees of businesses involved in their Air Quality

Partnership. The pass offers discount mass transit. San Francisco and Knoxville, Tenn. have also offered free mass transit rides on days with unhealthy air quality.

On February 12, UTA offered a free transit day, but proponents of the free-fare plan are doubtful one free day will accomplish more ridership.

The free fare day will hopefully encourage some people to ride the rails more often and pay for it, but that’s not the whole answer to cleaning up Utah’s air, Carpenter says.

“It’s really important to understand in order to clean our air, it’s going to take efforts on the part of everyone,” he says. “It’s not a UTA issue, it’s an everyone issue.”

Proponents want to see more forceful action from the Legislature to make mass transit cheaper, both on red air days and otherwise.

Cherise Udell, founder of Utah Moms for Clean Air, see the solution in the tax coffers.

Udell says that, while she doesn’t always see raising taxes as a solution, in this case, a gasoline tax makes sense.

“The only way we’re going to clean up our air is if the polluters are going to have to pay more and those that are doing the right thing

Roller coaster rails The fickle fate of FrontRunner ridership is tied to purse strings

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ike the first months of a romance, it started out full of giddiness and excitement. FrontRunner became operational in May 2008, and the public was enamored with the rails. Ridership topped out at 8,772 average weekday riders in August of 2008—nearly 3,000 more riders than original projections.

“Our ridership was very high when we first opened, but that was when gas prices were at their peak and Legacy [Parkway] hadn’t opened,” says Gerry Carpenter, Utah Transit Authority spokesman.

But Legacy Parkway opened in September 2008, and gas— $4.22 per gallon in July of 2008—once again became more affordable. With gasoline prices’ decline and Legacy Parkway’s opening went the love affair between the public and the FrontRunner.

are going to be rewarded,” she says.

She suggested a higher gas tax on red air days, but Harper says that’s difficult to enforce, and drivers would likely fill up on other days instead.

Harper says the legislature already levies a three-quarter cent sales tax for support and operations of transit, but he says he is unwilling to support additional taxpayer subsidies.

That’s not what Udell want to hear.

“I think it has to be subsidized,” Udell says. “Personally, for me one of the roles of government is to encourage people to make the right choices, and they do that through incentives.”

For her, the urgency lies in the adverse health effects air pollution causes. Automobiles are responsible for about half the pollution on days with poor air quality, says Cheryl Heying, director for Utah’s Division of Air Quality.

And bad air quality means bad health. For several days in January, Utah had the worst air in the nation, and with that comes a hefty health price.

Several studies have shown a relationship between air pollution and cardiovascular and respiratory disease. Among them was a study the

In May 2009, one year after it had become operational, FrontRunner ridership had reached a nadir of 4,000 average weekday riders.

Mass transit like FrontRunner, TRAX or the UTA buses only work as a form of air quality control if people use them. Otherwise, they are just more exhaust-spewing vehicles among the throng. But for many, particularly in a recession, the impetus behind action is money or convenience, not air quality.

Even with UTA reducing the base FrontRunner fare from $3 to $2 in November 2009, a rail trip from Ogden to Salt Lake City and back can still cost you $9. In comparison, the same trip with a vehicle that got 22 mpg and used regular unleaded gasoline in the beginning of February cost around $9.50. For cars with better mileage, frankly, it’s cheaper to drive. “[The FrontRunner is] too expensive,” says Cherise Udell,a founder of Utah Moms for Clean Air. “It’s ridiculously expensive.”

Carpenter says UTA doesn’t have any plans to reduce the fare again. However, they have begun offering a group pass, which is quite remarkable: For $12 up to four people can ride roundtrip. That’s $1.50 one way per person. Even if there’s only two of you, $6 round trip is undoubtedly cheaper than driving, even without wear-and-tear factored in.

Carpenter says when you consider car insurance and wear and tear, even at full fare FrontRunner costs less than driving. However, it’s likely most FrontRunner com-

Division of Health Assessment and Consultation conducted in Pocatello and Chubbuck, ID that found particulate air pollution had a relationship to respiratory disease hospital admissions and emergency room visits. It affected children and the elderly the most severely.

Particulate pollution is especially prevalent in Utah.

A study conducted by Arden Pope of Brigham Young University and two other scholars showed that a decrease in particulate air pollution increased life expectancy in study areas by as much as 15%. But providing free fare on red air days to help reduce air pollution here could be a long way off.

Harper says he hopes UTA’s board will approve free fare on red air days and discounted fare on yellow air days without intervention from the legislature. And UTA is unwilling to support free fare on red air days without more financial help from the government. Neither Harper nor Carpenter is hopeful that much will be done in the current economic climate.

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muters still own vehicles.

Carpenter acknowledged that there is also a tradeoff when it comes to convenience. It’s usually easier and quicker to get to a destination via a personal vehicle. But he noted that you have more free time to work while riding FrontRunner and using the Internet.

Whatever the issues, signs point to the notion that the

Grab three friends and jump onto FrontRunner for an evening in Ogden—$12 round trip for the lot of you. Last train home leaves at 11:46 p.m. relationship between the public and FrontRunner is turning around. In December 2009, 6,561 weekday riders took advantage of FrontRunner, which is again above original projections.

So maybe the public is back in love with FrontRunner.

Carpenter attributes the increase to UTA lowering its base fare and the price of the group pass. Until the Powers That Be get their act together and make free fare on red air days a reality, cheaper fare surely is better than nothing.

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Enviro Directory Do you love Utah’s natural gifts? Here are her champions. Lend them a hand.

BY KATHERINE PIOLI

Utah, the “reddest state in the nation,” has a surprising number of environmentally minded nonprofit organizations, each working enthusiastically every day to preserve the air, land and water of what is undeniably one of the most beautiful states in the nation.

Whether you’re interested in brushing up on what’s going down, or hoping to get involved yourself, our directory of Utah’s enviro orgs is a great first step!

FRIENDS OF GREAT SALT LAKE —Salt Lake City

Mission and History: Understanding the Great Salt Lake is key to protecting it. That’s why FRIENDS of the Great Salt Lake (FOGSL) works through education, research and advocacy to achieve sustainability of this hemispherically important ecosystem. By building partnerships this group promotes watershed health while focusing on threats such as industrial discharge, oil and gas development, expanded mineral extraction, and water diversions that threaten the lake’s ecology.

Programs and Campaigns: FOGSL’s educational outreach spans all levels

of learning. Through the Lakeside Learning program, FOGSL takes 4th grade students on field trips to the lake where they learn about the life in this unique ecosystem—its plant, brine shrimp, bird and human interactions.

FOGSL is developing a continuing program for middle school students. For students of higher learning, FOGSL gives a science research scholarship each year to university and graduate level students. These projects enhance the scientific firepower necessary to drive responsible management decisions and formulate sound policies for the lake.

Get Involved: Help preserve and protect the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem for generations to come: WWW.FOGSL.ORG for volunteer information.

Draper Fitzgerald House Planting: Tree being planted at Draper’s Historic Fitzgerald House, Spring, 2009 by Tree Utah

Save Our Canyons Havilah Martak (director of operations), Carl Fisher (executive director), Jennifer Kecor (issues coordinator) GRAND CANYON TRUST —Flagstaff, Arizona

HEAL UTAH—Salt Lake City

Mission and History:

The Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah) engages citizens in efforts to protect public health from nuclear and toxic waste and promote clean energy policies for our state. With the help of their members, they are working to create a world in which people, not polluters, determine Utah’s environmental and energy policies.

Founded in 1985, the Grand Canyon Trust is a highly effective regional conservation organization that advocates collaborative, common sense solutions to the significant problems affecting the area’s natural resources. Their mission is to protect and restore the Colorado Plateau—its landscapes, rivers, air and animal and plant diversity. Their work focuses primarily in the greater Grand Canyon region of northern Arizona and in the forests and slick rock country of central and southern Utah.

Programs and Campaigns: Ongoing work at the Trust in 2010 includes protecting lands adjacent to Grand Canyon from uranium mining, working with the U.S. Forest Service and others on sustainable management plans for Utah and Arizona national forests and using the 850,000-acre Kane and Two Mile ranch operation as a working scientific laboratory for finding best grazing practices for arid lands.

Get Involved: The Trust has an extensive volunteer program headed by Kate Watters in which participants participate in on-the-ground restoration projects as well as science-based research.

WWW.GRANDCANYONTRUST.ORG, KWATTERS@GRANDCANYONTRUST.ORG.

Mission and History:

Programs and Campaigns: HEAL Utah is putting pressure on Utah state senators to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. This international treaty would end the threat of any further testing of nuclear weapons at the Nevada test site thereby eliminating a major heath concern for Utahns as well as increase global security and bring us closer to the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons.

EnergySolutions, operators of the nation’s largest nuclear waste dump, has applied for a license to import 20,000 tons of radioactive waste from dismantled nuclear reactors in Italy for ultimate disposal in Utah’s West Desert. The vast majority of Utahns are opposed to this plan. HEAL Utah is supporting legislation co-sponsored by Reps. Matheson and Chaffetz that would ban the import of foreign nuclear waste.

Get Involved: Eric Spreng, Community Outreach Director.

WWW.HEALUTAH.ORG or 801-355-5055.

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HIGH UINTAS PRESERVATION COUNCIL—Hyrum

Mission and History: The people at the High Uintas Preservation Council like to define the Uinta Mountains by the creation of life, not the production of resources. For this group, the ecological processes and biodiversity of the alpine ecosystem really matters. This is why they believe in the preservation of wilderness in the Uinta Mountains. They strive to foster ecological literacy and activism, seek community-based solutions and work to maintain inherent biodiversity and natural processes.

Get Involved: Dick Carter: 435-245-6747. WWW.HUPC.ORG.

County to Scott’s Basin in the Deep Creek Mountains of Juab County to the shores of the Great Salt Lake.

Projects and Campaigns: Currently the Nature Conservancy is working on an unprecedented effort to protect the lands and waters of the entire Colorado River Basin, including key stretches of the Escalante and Virgin Rivers, and they have launched a climate change research initiative at the iconic Dugout Ranch near Canyonlands National Park.

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Get Involved: In 2008 Utah volunteers contributed 1062 hours of their time to the conservancy.

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RED ROCK FORESTS—Moab

Mission and History:

Formed in 1999, Red Rock Forest aims to protect the ecological and hydrological integrity of the La Sal and Abajo Mountains —the sole watersheds for southeastern Utah’s Greater Canyonlands Basin. Through local and regional citizen outreach they recruit traditional and non-traditional con-

The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. In Utah, the Conservancy has completed more than 170 land and conservation projects and protected 900,000 acres of public and private land—from Dugout Ranch in San Juan

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Wild Utah volunteers in a riparian assessment training class

stituencies, then work to enact lasting local and regional watershed and ecosystem protection policies as well as to achieve substantive, on-the-ground improvements for these high desert oases.

FORESTS.ORG, WWW.REDROCKFORESTS.ORG, 435259-5640

Programs and Campaigns:

Mission and History:

Red Rock Forests is monitoring the Manti-La Sal National Forest as it moves through a forest land management planning process, a revised Oil and Gas Environmental Impact Statement, statewide Wild and Scenic River designations, and anticipated travel planning in the La Sals. Red Rock Forests is actively appealing any proposal/project that specifically and significantly impacts the ecological fabric of either mountain range.

Round River Conservation Studies takes its name from an essay by American ecologist and forester Aldo Leopold. The organization adopted Leopold’s idea that ecological study enriches one’s personal land ethic and strengthens a community’s collective wisdom. Following this concept, this studentbased organization blends science and local engagement to build local constituency support for conservation projects.

Get Involved:

Projects and Campaigns:

The group organizes and runs trail restoration projects as well as other projects. Executive Director Terry Shepherd: 76 S. Main Street, Suite 20, Moab, UT 84532, TERRY@REDROCK-

Internationally, Round River gives instrumental assistance to indigenous tribes in British Columbia, Canada for conservation activities on over 60 million acres of boreal and coastal forest lands and is assisting the Namibian

ROUND RIVER CONSERVATION STUDIES—Salt Lake City

government in the design of a new national park. Here in Utah, Round River is working with Native American and rural communities to preserve the Colorado Plateau—an area that contains perhaps the largest contiguous unprotected wilderness remaining in the lower 48 states.

Get Involved: Gavin Noyes, Program Director: GAVIN@ROUNDRIVER.ORG, WWW.ROUNDRIVER.ORG 801-359-4250.

SAVE OUR CANYONS —Salt Lake City

Mission and History: In 1972, the Wasatch Mountains faced the threat of a new ski resort—Snowbird— swallowing up acres of mountain backcountry with plans for tramways accessing satellite villages throughout the Wasatch. This catalyzed a movement to protect the Wasatch Mountains and Save Our Canyons

(SOC) was born. For the nearly 40 years since that first campaign to save the Wasatch, SOC has been instrumental in the protection of our mountains.

Without this rugged organization, today the view from the valley below would be vastly different. SOC works for all valley residents to protect drinking water, the air we breathe and the exclusive recreation opportunities available in the Wasatch Mountains.

Projects and Campaigns: Save Our Canyons needs help with frequent mailings and tabling at events. They also currently have two huge campaigns that desperately need community help: Wasatch Wilderness and an update of the 1989 Salt Lake County Canyons Master Plan. SOC wants you to be informed and speak up about the uses of Utah’s most sacred and scenic places.

Get Involved:

801-363-SAVE, INFO@SAVEOURCANYONS.ORG WWW.SAVEOURCANYONS.ORG

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TREE UTAH—Salt Lake City SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE—Salt Lake City

Mission and History: The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) advocates preservation of the outstanding wilderness at the heart of the Colorado Plateau, and the management of these lands in their natural state for the benefit of all Americans. SUWA is the only organization currently working full-time to protect Utah’s roadless BLM lands from oil and gas development, off-road vehicle damage and other immediate threats.

Projects and Campaigns: SUWA mobilizes support for the protection of Utah’s Redrock country through legislative and administrative means. Essential to this effort is demonstrating that Utahns support the protection of Utah wilderness. Volunteers can participate in various ways, including Women Protecting Wilderness, a network of women who use their voices, stories and diverse life experiences to celebrate Utah’s wild lands and call for their stewardship.

Faith and the Land is a new initiative that is bringing people together across diverse faith traditions to call for the protective stewardship of Utah’s spectacular wild places.

Get Involved: SUWA welcomes new participants in either of these projects, and can always use volunteers to help with event tabling and office work, too. Contact Deeda Seed: 801-428397. WWW.SUWA.ORG.

SIERRA CLUB, Utah Chapter —statewide

Mission and History: It is the Sierra Club’s mission to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of earth’s ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out those objectives.

Projects and Campaigns: The Sierra Club groups in Utah have a regular program of outings such as group hikes.

Their conservation programs range from supporting wilderness and protecting public lands to promoting a renewable energy future for Utah and fighting new coal-fired power plants. Utah Chapters of the Club meet in Weber/Davis Counties, Salt Lake County and in southeastern Utah centered on Moab. The Utah Chapter Conservation Committee meets every other month to co-ordinate programs run by these groups.

Get Involved: New volunteers are welcome to help with conservation projects, outings and contacting legislative and political committees. See activity schedule, too.

WWW.UTAH.SIERRACLUB.ORG/GROUPS.ASP, WWW.UTAH.SIERRACLUB.ORG/JOIN_VOLUNTEER.ASP.

Mission and History: TreeUtah is dedicated to tree planting and education, inspiring and empowering our community to become more active, knowledgeable stewards of our natural environment. Since 1990, TreeUtah has planted over 320,000 trees throughout the state.

Programs and Campaigns: Through the Urban and Community Forestry program, TreeUtah encourages people to plant trees in their communities by offering funding opportunities and partnerships as well as educational programs that highlight the environmental, economic and social benefits that healthy tree communities provide.

Additionally, along with numerous partners, TreeUtah has been working to restore 120 acres of riparian songbird habitat on the east banks of the Jordan River in South Jordan City. In 2006, TreeUtah established the EcoGarden, an Edible Food Forest & Demonstration Garden directly adjacent to the Day-Riverside library in Rose Park, to facilitate education and skill building around the topic of permaculture and urban sustainability.

Get Involved: These programs are continuing and a few new projects are slated to start up this year.

As always, TreeUtah needs the help of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers to make all this possible. 801-364-2122, VOLUNTEER@TREEUTAH.ORG.

UTAH ASSOCIATION of CONSERVATION DISTRICTS —statewide

Mission and History: Responding to the ecological disaster of the “Dust Bowl” in the early 1930s, President Franklin D. Roosevelt motivated the creation of conservation districts. These districts, drawn along natural watershed boundaries or county lines, are to this day still responsible for local soil and water conservation programs.

Utah alone has 38 districts all grouped under the Utah Association of Conservation Districts (UACD).

The Association’s principal purpose is to educate and support the work of locally elected conservation district supervisors and their staff. Utah’s conservation districts focus on natural resource issues on private agricultural land.

Programs and Campaigns: Conservation districts help farmers, ranchers and other private landowners access state and federal voluntary natural resource conservation programs. Information available online directs interested landowners to programs such as the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program and the Colorado River Salinity Control Program.

In addition to on-the-ground conservation efforts, the districts focus on natural resource

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Staci Strenkert, Education Director: STACI.STRENKERT@UACD.ORG, WWW.UACD.ORG.

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UTAH ENVIRONMENTAL CONGRESS—Salt Lake City

UTAH OFFICE of WESTERN RESOURCE ADVOCATES —Salt Lake City

Mission and history: Reclaiming and acting upon our ancestral responsibility to the land, the Utah Environmental Congress (UEC) brings people together to engage in genuine protection of living forest systems that provide islands of refuge in Utah’s desert country.

The UEC is a grassroots organization working to protect and conserve the National Forests and native wildlife in Utah. Their Forest Monitoring Program covers all six National Forests in Utah, and monitors timber sales, oil and gas development, coal mining, livestock grazing and motorized recreation.

Programs and Campaigns:

Seedling planting at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort, August 13, 2009

education. They host outreach programs that focus on noxious weeds, water quality and conservation, soil erosion, agricultural land preservation and other related topics.

Utah Envirothon is a UACD-sponsored environmental science/natural resource competition for high school students.

Teams of five students prepare during the school year to compete in five study areas: aquatic ecology, forestry, soils/land use, wildlife and a current issue that changes each year. Each team develops a land management plan based on a real life scenario that they present to a panel of resource professionals who serve as judges for the oral competition. The winning team earns an all-expense paid trip to the Canon Envirothon in Calif., where they compete against over 50 teams from across the US and Canada.

Get Involved:

Mission and History: Western Resource Advocates, founded in 1989, runs offices in six states, including Utah. The WRA advocates on behalf of clients and works with partners to protect and restore public lands and watersheds and to advance clean and sustainable energy. Recent projects include a study exposing extensive water rights in Colorado held for the purpose of oil shale development, and a report on how to design an efficient and lowenvironmental impact transmission line grid for newly developing renewable energies.

As a membership organization UEC invites the public, who owns National Forest lands, to join in forest protection efforts.

Members receive a bi-monthly newsletterl, email action alerts and invitations to special events including field trips to National Forest lands.

Programs and Campaigns:

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Bob Brister: BOB@UEC-UTAH.ORG, 801-466-4055, WWW.UECUTAH.ORG.

Joro Walker, Utah Office Director: JWALKER@WESTERNRESOURCES.ORG, UTAH@WESTERNRESOURCES.ORG.

UTAH MOMS FOR CLEAN AIR —Salt Lake City

UTAH RIVERS COUNCIL —Salt Lake City

Mission and History:

Mission and History:

The Utah women and men that make up this organization are a diverse group of people—some have doctorates in biology, others in art history, and professions such as pediatricians and lawyers. Their common interest, however, lies in our children.

These Salt Lake mothers, fathers and grandparents are committed to addressing the root causes of air pollution along the Wasatch Front through public outreach and education as well as through support of legislative and regulatory measures.

Utah Rivers Council believes that the health of people and their communities are tightly intertwined with their local waters.

Thus, they work not only for clean and healthy water, but also for healthy communities through grassroots organizing, direct advocacy, research, education, community leadership and— when absolutely necessary—litigation on the behalf of rivers and people.

Programs and Campaigns: Utah Moms for Clean Air are actively involved in the Salt Lake City anti-idling campaign and the Clean Air Challenge. They continually strive to make their website more educational, responding effectively to clean air issues as they arise.

Get Involved: Erin Mendenhall, volunteer coordinator.

The Utah staff focuses on protecting Utah’s National Forests, the Great Salt Lake ecosystem and visibility and air quality in Utah’s National Parks, as well as promoting clean coal technology and combating global warming.

Campaigns and Projects: There are a whole slew of campaigns underway at the Utah Rivers Project. One concentrates on the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers designation, and is designed to protect and preserve our nations river system. Currently Utah has not one river or river segment listed under the Act and Utah Rivers Council thinks that should change. With help from concerned citizens the Council is working to include some of Utah’s water on this list.

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Get Involved:

Mission and History:

Gwen Springmeyer: GWEN@UTAHRIVERS.ORG.

Since 1996, the Wild Utah Project has been applying conservation biology to protect Utah (and surrounding states) wild places. The staff at Wild Utah Project is a group of scientists who bring to their conservation partners (including land managers) additional expertise, such as GIS or computer mapping, to ensure that the health of the land is an overarching goal in land use.

WESTERN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY—Salt Lake City

Mission and History: The predatory animals of the Rocky Mountain West—the gray wolves, Canada lynx and grizzly bear—are, in the eyes of the Western Wildlife Conservancy, essential and integral parts of the wildlife community and vital regulators of ecosystems. That’s why, beginning with its conception in 1996 (when it was known as the Predator Education Fund), the Western Wildlife Conservancy has worked to restore and protect native wildlife and wildlife habitat through research, education and advocacy.

Projects and Campaigns: The Western Wildlife Conservancy’s main work focuses on predator habitat in the “Uintas-to-Yellowstone Connection,” a wildlife corridor connecting the northern and southern Rockies. They are currently collaborating with state and federal agencies, as well as other NGOs, to ensure that the Western Governors Association’s Wildlife Corridors and Crucial Habitat Initiative is implemented effectively to protect wildlife from the onslaught of habitat fragmentation and climate change. This means building wildlife crossings on our highways; it means controlling some of the causes of habitat destruction, such as uncontrolled OHV and ATV activity; and it means educating the public about the roles of strongly interactive species in ecosystems and working toward restoration of some of these species, including the wolf and beaver, to parts of their historic range.

Get Involved: Kirk Robinson: LYNX@XMISSION.COM, 801-468-1535.

Projects and Campaigns: Projects currently underway at the Wild Utah Project focus on grazing issues, ORV management and preservation of riparian areas.

Their grazing program, for example, works with federal agency land managers such as the BLM and conservation groups using science and the law to create ecologically sensitive grazing policies and to monitor rangeland health.

Get Involved: The work undertaken by Wild Utah Project occurs in some of the best places in Utah, a bonus that this organization hopes will attract volunteers since they love help. Join Wild Utah Project in Logan Canyon, Wasatch Front canyons, Escalante Canyons as they conduct fieldwork.

Jim Catlin: 801-328-3550, JIM@WILDUTAHPROJECT.ORG, WWW.WILDUTAHPROJECT.ORG.

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Return to health Western medicine’s 300-year-old mechanistic view of the body is due for a major upset as more people (and their caregivers) gravitate to a new model of wellness care that puts the person’s health, not the disease, at the center.

erals and essential fatty acids, physicians rarely prescribe or even recommend using them for treatment and doubt nutritional supplements have any significant therapeutic value at all.

Since most medications treat the symptoms, not the source of a disease, once started they are needed for life. In addition, many side effects from the medications in turn need to be medicated.

Fanning the flames of the pharmaceutical frenzy virtually guarantees astronomical profits for the drug companies while failing to provide real solutions for the the patient’s original problems. This brilliant but diabolical scheme may be good capitalism but it’s bad medicine.

When medical specialists can’t see the organism for the organs, patients become fragmented. Once fragmented, each piece can be isolated and treated without the confounding and complicated relationships; interconnections that make us whole are no longer a concern.

In the West we have created a medical system based on a 300year-old mechanistic worldview, one that presumes the universe to be nothing more than collection of lifeless parts spinning meaninglessly through space. In the Eastern traditions, such as in Chinese medicine, the body is viewed as a microcosm mirroring the macrocosm of nature and the forces that created us. Instead, our medical model is based upon a comparison of our bodies to the inanimate machines we have created.

This mechanistic philosophy, which separates our minds from our bodies and our bodies from

BY TODD MANGUM, M.D. t’s no secret medical training is brutal. Beginning in the third year of medical school and continuing until the end of residency, doctors in training are required to work 24- to 36-hour shifts at least once every four days, often for months before getting a break. Every morning on hospital rounds the ritual of “pimping” takes place. Pimping involves superiors asking questions intended to make subordinates feel stupid and inferior. Both patient and peers are often witness to one’s failure. Then, later that day, lunch is provided by the good graces of a pharmaceutical company along with a thought-

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So what do sleep deprivation, humiliation and reprogramming amount to? Brainwashing. Through its massive funding of medical education and research and its astronomical advertising budgets, the pharmaceutical industry has convinced most physicians and a large part of our society that the ways of nature are inherently inferior to anything created by man.

Their message has been that natural remedies such as herbs and supplements are either completely benign (read “useless”), or they are poisonous and therefore deadly.

We’ve been convinced that, for a substance to be truly effective and safe, it must be a pharmaceutical.

Misguided by the media and our own doctors, we question the safety of herbs and supplements. We then accept the toxic chemicals that come with our food, bodycare products and building and cleaning supplies.

Consider this: Although a pharmaceutical exists to treat nearly every ailment and illness, not a single illness or ailment is due to a deficiency of even one pharmaceutical. Although numerous diseases and disorders are due to deficiencies of amino acids, vitamins, min-

Medicine has misplaced its focus on disabling the fire alarms while essentially ignoring the fires. If our fire department made a similar mistake, we’d soon have a colossal fire-care crisis.

community internet radio nature, fueled the creation of a medical system which no longer honors the partnership between practitioner and patient for the cultivation of health. We now wage war on disease in the battleground of our bodies, where the physician is the commander in chief who prefers strategic bombing over tactical effectiveness.

A life-affirming worldview puts the patient’s health, not the disease, at its center. Core to this philosophy is the idea that health is more than the absence of disease and that we can all potentially achieve our own optimal state of health and well-being.

Rather than creating a harmonious balance between ourselves and the natural world we inhabit, our current model has given us the false impression that we have both the right and the power to dominate and, if necessary, destroy all of nature—which includes our bodies until they conform to our will. Caught in the crossfire of this struggle for power, it is the patient who continues to suffer.

To its credit, Western medicine has developed an extremely skilled critical care system to diagnose and treat serious illnesses, handle emergencies and correct myriad structural problems. Over the last century, medical technology has advanced by leaps and bounds. Blinded by the brilliance of these medical marvels, we have failed to see that our medical philosophy itself has been kept unenlightened and is now antiquated.

We are trying to solve our nation’s heath care crisis with the same flawed logic that has caused it. Our efforts will be fruitless if we continue to snip and prune only the branches and refuse to address and resolve the root of the problem.

We’ve been bamboozled to accept that suppressing the symptoms of an illness is equivalent to curing it and hoodwinked to believe wellness is simply the absence of disease. In other words, medicine has misplaced its focus on disabling the fire alarms while essentially ignoring the fires.

If our fire department made a similar mistake we’d soon have a colossal fire care crisis. Blind to the problem, we’d be oblivious to the solution, and instead hire more firemen to silence an everincreasing number of screeching alarms needed by failing to put out the fires in the first place.

Our failure to provide adequate health care for every citizen is not because of insufficient funds, but because the foundations of our medical system are themselves fundamentally insufficient.

We will never fix our nation’s “health care crisis” until we realize the real problem: that we do not

have a health care system. Western allopathic medicine is a disease care system whose focus is the suppression of symptoms, not the restoration of health. Until we change the model, no amount of money will solve the problem.

The problems we face with our medical system are only reflections of a much larger problem. Our cultural paradigm itself is flawed.

What has happened to our health, our wholeness, our holiness is that we have lost the view of everything as sacred. We no longer realize we are part of a conscious, living universe. We can’t figure out what is the matter because we have forgotten that all matter is alive and all life matters. We have torn humanity from the fabric of life and the reverence for life from our hearts.

The love of power has replaced the power of love as our culture’s highest ideal, leaving within us a vast, empty void that we have been we have been voraciously trying to fill ever since. The cultural idea of happiness now lies in everincreasing production and consumption. To accommodate this need, we’ve allowed corporations to become irresponsible entities.

Growth for growth’s sake has become our motto. But growth for growth’s sake is also the ideology of a cancer cell—one cell which once lived cooperatively within the community of all other cells, who one day decides it has a right to all the resources available without regard to the problems it may cause others. It’s a cell, you might say, who suddenly thinks it’s the pinnacle of creation, divinely chosen to go forth and multiply.

The Hopi word koyaanisqatsi sums up our current state of affairs. It means “life out of balance” or “a state of life that calls for a new way of living.” A new way of living is needed locally and globally. How can we satisfy the needs of individuals and institutions as well as the needs of the planet? We need a model that puts life at the center.

It is time for a new model that treats the whole person, not just an isolated part or diseased organ.

Practitioners are already working to formulate a comprehensive and internally consistent worldview which is life-affirming and puts the patient’s health, not the disease, at its center.

Core to this philosophy is the idea that health is more than the absence of disease and that we can all potentially achieve our own optimal state of health and well-being.

Like our medical system today, tomorrow’s health care system will be made up of many specialties linked through a common philosophy. These practices will consist of a team of healers which may include surgeons, acupuncturists, homeopaths, medical intuitives, body workers, counselors, herbalists, midwives, internists, family practitioners, psychologists and others working together for personal and planetary health.

In the coming months in a series of articles we will explore just what a real health care system can look like. u Todd Mangum, M.D., is a physician in family practice at the Web of Life Wellness Center in Salt Lake City. WEBOFLIFEWC.COM. This is a bit of a manifesto that sets the stage for the practical, hands-on year-long series that begins next month.

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Owners Pete and Tiffany Huddleston had always dreamed of opening an all-organic café, offering fresh produce, free-range and nonGMO meat and dairy. Ogden native Pete used to be a heavy equipment operator and Tiffany, from Salt Lake, a restaurant server; both enjoy healthy, active lifestyles. At first they considered an organic food cart, in the same vein as the portables peppering Sugar House streets or the taco carts of State and 800 South. But the health code hurdles of operating a cart were surprisingly more difficult than leasing on Main. After some extreme remodeling of an old Standard Optical store, last October Vasuvio’s came to life.

Moments after three o’clock, the post-lunch crowd trickles in and the café is buzzing with activity. Tiffany greets everyone cheerfully, pressing tasty paninis, while Pete answers the phone, prepares a large catering order and begins a photo slideshow on the

large flat-screen monitor mounted on the wall—customers can use the computer as well as free WiFi. Call me crazy, but ’90s rocker Natalie Merchant crooning from the speakers definitely added to the ambience at Vasuvio’s. I ordered a customer favorite: half veggie panini sandwich. Stuffed with peppers, avocado, tomato, red onion—the list goes on—and house-made hummus, it was delicious, and I could’ve easily put away the other half. Instead I had a cup of the house veggie soup—heaven in a spicy tomato broth, completely vegan, and perfect for chilly almost-March air, topped off with a fresh-baked oatmeal chocolate chip cookie.

Pete and Tiffany choose to buy their food from companies committed to “best practices.” Ideally and where possible, these are local.

So what does it mean for a restaurant to be “green”? Immediately, Pete answers: “One hundred percent sustainable.” This means zero waste, biodegradable food containers (Denver’s Eco-Products), energy conservation, recycling and of course, composting. “We give our food waste to our friends’ compost piles,” says Pete. Is this more difficult or expensive? “Yes and no,” says Pete. “We pay a little more up front, but the long-term benefits of sustainable practice pay back tenfold.” Tiffany agrees: “It changes your perspective.

Once you’ve committed to [earthfriendly choices], it’s hard to do it any other way.”

The Vasuvio’s crew stockpiled as much produce from the downtown

Farmers Market as they could; their local onions and potatoes have lasted nearly all winter. Their all-organic breads come from American Fork bakery Flour Girls & Dough Boys. Salt Lake City’s ProBars and Nutty Guys nuts, Scentsy candles (Fruit Heights) and Nature’s Indulgence granola (Ogden) line their shelves; ionized and distilled H2O from Salt Lake’s own Water Wellness Center pour from a cooler up front. A lot of people ask Pete why he doesn‘t use a local coffee roasting company for Vasuvio’s espresso and coffee beverages. Pete checked out local options. He chose Illy, he says, because the Italian company is “phenomenal in all areas.” Illy purchases their beans directly from farmers, which guarantees them a profit, education and ethical treatment of their employees.

With three growing toddlers and a new café, Pete and Tiffany are committed to dishing healthy food daily.

Their prices aren’t through the roof.

With nothing on their menu over $9, and many $3-6 options, eating organic is no longer the overpriced monster it used to be. Vasuvio’s aims to help eaters make the connection between healthy eating and a healthy planet.

Long-term, they’re already talking about expanding out of Utah; when folks who are just passing through Salt Lake come in and say, “I wish I had this in my city!” Pete knows the need is definitely out there.

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March: The peaceful warrior Spring cleaning for the brain

BY CHARLOTTE BELL n the early Roman calendar, March was the first month of the year. For a civilization with empire ambitions, the start of a new year seems like an opportune time to start a military campaign—and so the Romans named March for Mars, the god of war.

March’s boisterous beginning earns the month its name. But by the end of the month, the warrior calms. March’s balance of bluster and peace make it the perfect metaphor for yoga asana, the physical practice described in the yoga sutras as being “steady and comfortable,“ or “firm and soft.” The foundation of the Eight Limbs of Yoga is ahimsa (nonviolence), or as Alistair Shearer translates it,

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“dynamic peacefulness.” So in yoga, the warrior is peaceful—dynamic, resolute and steady, with a core of calm.

So too, is this month’s pose, Warrior I, a perfect balance of dynamic grounding and buoyant ease. In Warrior I (also known as Virabhadrasana I in Sanskrit), the lower body roots strongly into the ground, while the upper body rises up to the sky.

This dynamic combination grounds and stabilizes as it generates an uprising energy that nourishes the spine and clears the mental “cobwebs.”

Begin by standing with your feet hip-width apart at one end of a nonskid mat with most of the mat extending back behind you.

Feel how your feet connect with the floor. Do you feel even weight across the feet— from

With its combination of grounded strength and lightness, Warrior I is the perfect pose to help you ease into change—the blustery, unpredictable days of March, or the inevitable, constant change that marks all our lives.

right to left, from inside to outside, from the balls of the feet to the heels? Assess your energy: What are you bringing to the pose? Do you feel heavy or light in the body? Do you feel an upward or downward flow of energy? Is your energy agitated or calm?

Step your right leg straight back about a leg’s length (three feet or so). Make sure your right foot is facing mostly forward, so that your toes are only slightly angled to the right. It’s okay if your right heel doesn’t reach the floor—let it lift, but keep the right knee straight and extend strongly back through the leg. Now let your kidneys soften back so that the bottom ribs move toward your expanding lower back.

As your lumbar area releases, extend your right heel down a bit more.

Hands on hips, press down into your hipbones, encouraging the legs to feed into the feet, and the feet to ground into the floor. Root strongly through the legs as you reach your arms up toward the sky, taking care not to jut your lower ribs forward as you raise your arms. Bend your left knee into a square, keeping the knee aligned over the lower leg so that it doesn’t roll either in or out.

Keep bending your knee until it is directly over your heel.

Make your lower body—from your pelvis to your feet—very heavy and grounded. From that grounding, let the upper body—from the waist up to the fingertips—rise up and reach for the sky. Take five to 10 deep, relaxed breaths. Then press the feet into the floor to straighten the left knee. Step your right leg forward and return to standing with your feet hip-width apart. As you stand, note what has changed in your body as a result of practicing the pose. Then repeat the process on the other side.

With its combination of grounded strength and lightness, Warrior I is the perfect pose to help you ease into change—the blustery, unpredictable days of March, or the inevitable, constant change that marks all our lives. Practice Warrior I when you feel tired, sluggish or nervous. And don’t forget to breathe slowly and deeply in the pose, so that the warrior you become in the pose is a peaceful one.u Charlotte Bell is a yoga teacher, writer and musician who has taught yoga and meditation along the Wasatch Front and beyond since 1986. She is the author of “Mindful Yoga, Mindful Life.” WWW.CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM.

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Withdrawal No pain can be too much of a good thing.

BY DAVID KRANES y wife, Carol, amuses herself sometimes by calling me a “druggie.” She’s noticed that on my rare headache days, I’ll take four or five aspirin. If I’m on antibiotics, I’ll take more than the suggested dosage and at shorter intervals.

My father was a doctor. I want to get to the other side of disease as fast as possible. Disease sucks.

Carol doesn’t take anything— even when she needs it. She languishes. Moans a little bit.

Suffers. She’s a Spartan in real life, so a little bit of suffering, in its own way, is possibly fun for her. The point: We medicate differently.

It’s been said that I seem a very restrained person. Actually I have two speeds, restraint and none-at-all. Restraint is me perhaps 85% of the time, and it’s been partnered, over my years, with a certain melancholy and loneliness. None-at-all takes up about 10% of my behavior. My speed is none-at-all when I’m writing, but sometimes I make the turn from the unimproved road of writing onto the highway of life and forget to shift, which means that, at times, the occasional heedlessness of none-atall gets partnered with deep regret. I realize I’ve left out 5%, but there’s always that gray area.

There’s no question that I’m obsessive. Anything I unequivocally say yes to, I’m obsessive about. I’ve been obsessive about teaching. I’ve been obsessive about writing. For 15 years I was obsessive about the stock market. I’ve been obsessive about gambling.

Last December I had a hip replacement. I’d been in undeniable bone-on-nerve-onbone pain for three years, but had taken a “live with it”

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approach. As long as you can live with it, people advise you, postpone any sort of surgery.

The operation was a success. I join the I-should-have-had-itsooner chorus of many hipreplacement patients. I woke up and the pain was gone—and my right foot now faced forward, rather than being splayed to the side. Even on crutches, I walked without a limp. It was a kind of miracle. Did I mention I was put on Lortab? “As much as you can—stay ahead of the pain,” I was advised.

“As much as you can” is a dangerous thing to say to an obsessively restrained person. I’m a Yogi who can do more than the average bear, and if the object is to stay ahead of the pain, I’m going to try to be four or five lengths ahead at the wire.

The dosage instructions on my prescription read “Up to 2 capsules every four hours.”

That’s clear: Stay ahead of the pain—which I hadn’t yet felt but was certain must be there.

Twelve Lortab a day. I like to sleep—which I understood meant that I’d be missing two of the two-Lortab intervals. So, again—doing the math—that meant that instead of two Lortab every four hours times six, I should take three Lortab every four hours times four.

I don’t mean to brag here, but—I have to tell you—I stayed ahead of the pain.

I’ve always had the gift of ferocious concentration, the ability to enter an imagined world and stay there without a break for four or five hours. But for three years before the surgery the pain had, increasingly, been bumping me out. Now, however—and what else could I attribute it to but Lortab?—now I was able to write without deflection. No pain, all gain. The ability to return to the kind of immersion in work which I loved was an aphrodisiac.

In the second month after the surgery, I cut the 12-a-day habit in half, and then, again, to a third in the third month. Though any refill I sought required the physician’s okay, all requests got accommodated; I brought the empty pill-vial in to my pharmacy, then returned for pick-up the next day, and there they were again! My little friends in the bottle!

About four months after I began the Lortab, Carol suggested that it might be wise to cut back further. I told her, “Hey—I’m staying ahead of the pain.” But there was something in the mixed plaintiveness and sternness of her tone. We’d been having long conversations and visits with a close friend in the throes of trying to set his future course with a severely alcoholic wife—lots of talk about addiction and treatment and codependency. It had snaked itself into my brain and coiled there; I was ready to consider the pos-

My Assassin is my absence of appetite in the world. He is the absence of hunger, of desire, of the passion to mentor, of the need to be productive and to create. sibility that too much of a good thing might be, in fact, too much of a good thing, and that reasons sometimes devolve into excuses.

So I decided to wean myself. I went from two Lortab a day to a single cap every second or third day. Anything that felt like slack, I filled in with Aleve. And, for good measure, I trimmed the edges with ibuprofen.

It seemed manageable—sort of. But at about the same time I started the weaning, I caught the flu. My usual energy sloughed away. My focus diffused. I had trouble sleeping and, when I finally fell asleep, I’d wake up with cramps and the sense that I was about to get a headache.

I wasn’t staying ahead of the pain anymore, but it didn’t seem to be getting ahead of me. I articulated a distinction: I didn’t have discomfort any more in my life; it was more distraction. I tried to work, but the work was fuzzy. A lot of the time, I felt like I’d been beaten up. I called my internist who—when she called back and after she’d heard my short-list of symptoms—told me there was a lot of gastroenteritis going around, and that might be what was slowing me down. She suggested I give the symptoms a week and, if there was no subsiding, call her back.

The symptoms grew more aggravated. When I took my Lortab prescription in for yet another refill, I discovered the number of tablets had been reduced by half, plus there was a two-day delay.

Perhaps my orthopedist was sending me a message. It was time to check in about my progress anyway.

Everything couldn’t be better. “You’re a poster child!” my surgeon said. He seemed in a good

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The Wheel of Emptiness to Excess: Get your Swagger on in March!

• Dennis/Rick aka “Fiddle About” play every Thursday night at Flanagan’s on Main St. Park City 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm • “The Young Dubliners” at The Depot with “Swagger” & “Potcheen” from Denver, March 6th. Buy tickets now, this show will sell out !

• March 12th & 20th Swagger @ Flanagan’s on Main st. 9:30-12:30 • March 13th. St. Patrick’s Parade down town SLC 9:00-11:00 am • March 13th. Swagger on main stage Gateway Plaza 11:00-12:00 pm • March 13th. Canyons Gruv Concert series Swagger 4:00-6:00 pm • March 13th. St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus benefit concert with Swagger, Heathen Highlanders & Crawford dancers 8:00 – 11:30 • March 17th. St. Patrick’s Day concert @ Piper Down with Swagger & Heathen Highlanders 6:00 pm – 1:00 am • March 26th. & 27th. Tram Bar Snowbird Resort 5:00 – 8:00 pm

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Healing Through Shamanism A workshop with

Amy Cortese, MS, CSC, LPCC

Many are finding themselves bewitched by an old myth and living in an endless cycle of emptiness to excess.

In this workshop participants will explore how this cycle manifests in their own lives. This is an advanced workshop in the practice of shamanism.

Dates: Sat.-Sun., May 1-2, 2010 Time: 10am-5pm both days Cost: $210 Contact: Wil Dredge at

801.949.0248 or wildredge@gmail.com

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IN THE GARDEN

catalystmagazine.net

Horticultural inspirations

BY GRETA DEJONG

Plant cool-weather flowers and vegetables NOW!

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ule of thumb is to begin planting four to six weeks before the last frost which, in Salt Lake City (zone 5) is April 26. So, weather permitting, you can plant as early at March 15. If you’re in surrounding canyons, your site is a wild card and you’re the best judge. At whatever elevation, the ground must be dry enough: Squeeze a handful of dirt into a ball and drop it from about three feet; if it falls apart, plant.

Seeds Flowers: alyssum, blue marguerites, godetia, larkspur, sweet peas, poppies. (For bet-

ter germination: Freeze poppy and larkspur seeds for two weeks before planting; soak sweet peas overnight.)

Vegetables: broccoli, cabbage, many lettuces, peas and spinach. (You can begin planting beets, carrots, chard, onion sets and radishes two to four weeks before last frost: approximately March 29-April 12.)

Seedlings/plants Flowers: bachelor buttons, calendula, columbines, dianthus, pansies, poppies, primrose, snapdragons, stocks, roses.

Vegetables: broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, chives, garlic, kale, parsley, potatoes.

Tomatoes!

A s recent as 20 years ago, a tiny yellow pear-shaped tomato was considered a novelty in the garden; a tomato was supposed to be round, and red, and while it may vary in size, the flavors were not all that different. We ate what was commercially available—from the grocery and from the nursery.

Thanks to heirloom seed savers and a reborn appreciation for variety, tomatoes of many colors, sizes, shapes and flavors that flourished long ago are again being grown.

Wasatch Front gardeners in the know go to Tanya Chatterton, whose acreage surrounding her Sugar House shopin-a-house, Traces, is a magic land of flowers and groundcovers, backed by a huge tomato-filled garden.

Talk about variety: Her offerings include early, mid- and late-season producers, and a range of colors (red, green, purple,

pink, yellow, orange, white, and combinations thereof). Some grow to two pounds or more, with an average diameter of five inches. Others are smaller than your thumb. Their names beat the well-worn Better Boy and Early Girl, too: Try Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge, Silvery Fir Tree, Thessaloniki, or maybe Japanese Black Trifele.

Chatterton has many varieties to choose from. She is taking orders now.

(Email her for complete list with descriptions, or view it on CATALYST’s website.)

Traces: 1432 S. 100 E. (across from Whispers). 801.467.9544. Email Tanya for list: TRACESSLC@HOTMAIL.COM or view here:

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anctuary” implies an enclosure: a hedge, trellis, natural wood or artistic metalwork will do. Arched entryways accentuate the transition between “inner” and “outer,” and can be made from vine-covered trellises, branches, wrought iron. If your arched entrance has a gate, consider hanging a sign on it, with a thoughtful quote or maybe a name for your garden. Inside the enclosure, consider focal points, lighting, pathways, a sitting area and possibly a water feature.

No earth of your own? Create seclusion with potted plants: a small tree, bamboo, quickgrowing castor beans. Or place a window box on the ground, string up a simple trellis and grow some peas or beans for a short-term (but tasty!) retreat.

No more Mr. Iceberg Easy to grow and good for your body, greens mean go for great flavor.

Most prefer cool wather, so plant early and harvest often.

Garden writer Rosalind Creasey divides the “fancy greens” into these categories. Try some of each!

• Mild, tender greens (lettuces, baby chard, mache) • Hearty greens (pak choi, kale, spinach) • Strong-flavored greens—use in moderation if you are not familiar with them (arugula, cresses, mustards, mizuna, other Oriental greens) • Bitter greens (radicchio, endive, dandelion) • Flowers (nasturtium blossoms and leaves, calendula, borage) • Herbs (basil, mint, sorrel, parsley, etc.)

• Weeds (purslane, lambsquarter)

For a fragrant garden, plant these: Shrubs: lilac, honysuckle, rose (always check the label regarding fragrance), Chinese wisteria (make sure you get a female plant) Flowers: sweet peas, sweet alyssum, sweet William, lily-of-the-valley, evening scented stock, marigolds, petunias, dianthus Herbs: lavender, sweet woodruff, thyme, rosemary, basil, sage, mints, more

Perennials in the food garden Fruit trees, berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries), rhubarb, grapes, asparagus. Moreso than with most perennials, pay attention to available light, proximity to structures and the ultimate size of the plant. You don’t want to have to transplant.

FIRST PERSON: WITHDRAWAL continued from p. 29 mood, so I sheepishly brought up the Lortab.

“You’re still taking that?” he said. “Well, sort of,” I said. “I’m cutting back, but—” He explained that Lortab was opium. “Good opium. Still—if you can stop taking it.... I would.” I agreed to.

The next day, I saw my internist to check out the gastroenteritis. As I listed my symptoms, her two penciled brows moved toward one another and a slightly quizzical look shaped itself on her face.

She said my symptoms were not exactly a gastro profile. Certain symptoms didn’t line up; perhaps I should have an ultrasound and some blood tests.

Just before I was about to head off for the tests, an impulse struck. “Oh—one other thing,” I said. “I’ve been taking Lortab for four months and, a couple of weeks ago, started to cut back.”

“For four months?” My internist drew a breath.

“Cut back from what? From what to what?” she asked. I told her , and she began to nod. “I think we can reasonably dispose of the tests,” she said.

“You’ve been having withdrawal—and you need to stop taking the Lortab altogether.” I told her I’d reached the same decision the day before.

“You’re going to have a rough month,” she said.

“Or maybe even five weeks. It won’t be fun.”

And it wasn’t. I said things like, “I’d rather drink lye,” or “I think I’d rather put an ice-pick through my head.” I had experienced mindless beatings by bullies in my life, but now the knocking down was much more merciless and random.

There were the cramps; there was the sense of being without purpose or direction. My words “restraint or none at all” came back to haunt me.

As a person of appetite, I lost all of mine. I wanted only to sleep but sleep wasn’t available. There were crying jags. There was the loss of light, the dark, the internal black-on-blackness such as I’d not felt for years. And The Assassin returned.

In my late teens, 20s and 30s, I’d had bouts of depression, replete with all the stock pathology.

But what wasn’t stock was The Assassin. He came right out of Pinter—very film noir. Cleverly mixing dream and reality, he would enter whatever bed-

room I was sleeping in, through the door precisely where the door was placed. He would hover over me in the dark and announce that he had come to eliminate me, worthless piece of dross that I was.

When I woke, usually screaming, his phantom image would linger in the bedroom’s dark for 10 or 15 seconds—he was that real.

He came unannounced and dug me into very dangerous and very black pits. I went into therapy, where I tried to understand all I could about my Assassin. The therapy helped; he came with less frequency. I got more therapy. And then, one night when he arrived to do his assassin’s work, I somehow managed to scream at him: “Get out! Get out of here! Go away! The last thing I need to do is send an Assassin to myself in my dreams! Fuck off!”

I remember his face collapsing, crumbling like the face of a child who’s been scolded. For an instant, I thought he would cry. And then he simply shrugged, turned and disappeared. It was amazing! It seemed he was gone. And, for the most part, he was. For the last 15 years, he’s only made guest appearances—cameos, sort of. He’s still scared me. I’ve still screamed.

But during my withdrawal, my Assassin sensed a rare moment of opportunity. He has to be old now; certainly I am—but he came back with youth and vigor. While he’d drawn blood a couple of times in my 20s and 30s, clearly he was back to finish the job, pull the black over my head with such dedication that no morning light would find me.

Now the worst is over. Most days are fully pro-

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ductive and unjarred. I wonder what precisely in me needed to stretch the intake of “good opium” to its prescription limit. I wonder why my orthopedist never added to his stay-ahead-of-the-pain advice the word “But—!” As the son of a doctor, I should know that pharmacology is never the answer.

Writing now from withdrawal’s far side (most days), I would say that my Assassin is my absence of appetite in the world. He is neither restraint nor is he none-at-all. He is the absence of hunger, of desire, of the passion to mentor, of the need to be productive and to create.

“It’s only when your writing gets dangerous that it’s possibly good,” I hear myself advising. “Drive a little faster. Drive closer to the median strip, to the edge of the road.” For writers, the advice is sound—though the state of mind it encourages may not be. And that is, possibly, the point—and the price. Restraint or none-at-all. Stay ahead of the pain or court it?

The next question is: Do you choose your pain or does your pain choose you? With The Assassin, after nearly a half-century still looking over my shoulder, I feel a bit more hunted than hunter. We do what we think we need to survive and to feel productive. I’ve withdrawn. I don’t want to withdraw again. I’ve lost time. The dark’s too close.

Give me a pen….and a gun….but don’t give this son-of-a-doctor another prescription. Please. u David Kranes is a novelist, playwright and ameritus professor of English at the University of Utah.

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catalystmagazine.net Art, Health, Spirit, Natural World, Music, Events/Festivals, Meetings, Exhibits, Education/Workshops.

See the full list of events and the ongoing calendar at www.catalystmagazine.net/events

CALENDAR

BY BENJAMIN R. BOMBARD

Stegner Symposium March 12 and 13.

The symposium will consider the many facets of sustainability—including what it adds to traditional environmental protection, and how refocusing on the challenge of sustainability can help us live in balance with the earth. The symposium opens with a keynote lecture by Pamela Matson, Dean of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University. She will address sustainability’s promise: how we can create a society that meets the needs of both people and the planet in the 21st century. Author, activist, and environmentalist Chip Ward will close the symposium with a keynote address on charting a path to a sustainable future.

Conferences, Films and Lectures The future of Africa The beauty and cultural richness of Africa has been radically undercut by a long history of government corruption, plundering, slavery, international debt, incredible violence, intense poverty and even genocide.

But what does Africa’s future hold? On March 8, Dr. George Ayittey, an economist in residence at American University, will present a lecture titled “Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa’s Future.” Dr. Ayittey is the founder of the Free Africa Foundation in Washington DC, which serves as a catalyst for reform in Africa.

Africa Unchained: The Blueprint for Africa’s Future, Mar 8, 7:30p, free, Westminster College, Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory, Vieve Gore Concert Hall, 1840 S 1300 E, 801-832-2682, BIT.LY/DC2RAT.

15th Annual Wallace Stegner Symposium, $100$150 for registration, March 12, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 332 S 1400 E, March 13, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W 300 S, 801-585-3440, WWW.LAW.UTAH.EDU/STEGNER.

The Urban Homestead Backyard chicks and eggs As anyone who has ever had a farm-fresh egg can tell you, there is a world of difference between those that come right from the hen and those that are “fresh” from the store.

Sounds good, but where there are eggs, there are chickens, and where there are chickens, there is responsibility. Find out how to do it right from start to finish in “Coops de Ville: How to Raise Backyard Chickens,” a class taught by Celia Bell as part of the Lifelong Learning program at the University of Utah. The class will cover breed selection, housing, food, and water; chickens and your garden, raising chicks, collecting and storing eggs and many more clucktacular topics.

Coops de Ville: How to Raise Backyard Chickens, March 10-17, 6:30-8:30p, $51, University of Utah, 801-587-5433, BIT.LY/COOPSDEVILLE.

“Waltz with Bashir” In this writer’s opinion, Ari Folman’s film “Waltz with Bashir” was unquestionably one of the best films of 2008. The film is Folman’s reflection on Israel’s war with Lebanon in the 1980s and, ultimately, his complicity in a three-day mas-

sacre of 3,500 Palestinian civilians and refugees. Told in visually arresting animation, “Waltz with Bashir” is as much a meditation on war as it is on the nature of memory. A review of the movie by this writer can be found at BIT.LY/97ZRUV. Waltz with Bashir, March 8, 7p, free, The Post Theatre, University of Utah, 245 S Fort Douglas Boulevard, Building 636, 801-746-7000, WWW.SLCFILMCENTER.ORG/?ID=549.

The challenge of sustainability Can we create a civilization that is both prosperous and environmentally healthy?

Scientists, economists, agriculturists, ecologists, architects, attorneys, and policy analysts will offer perspectives from industry, academia, and nonprofit organizations at the 15th Annual Wallace

Five women and the city that inspired them Though women artists abound, they are historically underrepresented in art galleries and museums. Five women artists—all of whom possess their own energy, drive and passion are profiled in the film “Our City Dreams.” These women’s lives span different decades and represent diverse cultures, but they have more in common that the arts: the city to which they have journeyed and now call home, New York. “Our City Dreams” intends to bring a unique cul-

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tural and artistic experience to viewers and provide a testimony to the need to preserve great art and artists, regardless of gender.

wind power and more, he shows how it is truly possible to become energy independent while making the world a better place.

Our City Dreams, March 12, 7p, free, Salt Lake Art Center, 20 S West Temple, WWW.SLCFILMCENTER.ORG/?ID=538.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., March 31, 7p-9p, $15-$30, University of Utah, Kingsbury Hall, 1395 Presidents Circle, 801-581-7100, BIT.LY/ASNI1O.

The largest environmental film festival in North America is coming to Park City. The Summit Land Conservancy hosts the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, presented by BACKCOUNTRY.COM on March 11 and 12. Live music and an Eco Fair will take place on the 11th.

Discussion with the filmmakers, a silent auction and social hour will be held on the 12th. The Festival is hosted by the Summit Land Conservancy.

Body Movin’

“One of the seven wonders of the artistic universe”

Yoga for Haiti GreenTREE Yoga and Life Centre Athletic Club are hosting Healing Hands for Haiti, a yoga event to raise funds for the earthquake-devastated nation, on March 6. Haiti won’t be out of the woods for a long time; the people there are still in urgent need of our support. Combine your goodwill with some good yoga at this charitable event.

Healing Hands for Haiti, March 6, 10a-12p, Western Garden Center, 9201 S 1300 E, 801-6567885, WWW.GREENTREEYOGA.ORG.

Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, March 11-12, doors at 6p, films from 7p-9:30p, for location information and more: WWW.SUMMITLANDCONSERVANCY.ORG.

— The Washington Post Miki Orihara in Martha Graham’s “Appalachian Spring” Photo by John Deane

Wild and scenic environmental film festival

Peter & Michelle Morgan John S. & Carol E. Morgan

April 17 | 7:30 pm Kingsbury Hall | Nancy Peery Marriott Auditorium Tickets: 801-581-7100 | www.kingtix.com Tickets starting at $29.50 | U of U Discounts Available

Humanities Happy Hour The University Utah College of the Humanities welcomes friends, faculty, alumni, and students to the Humanities Happy Hour on March 16 at Squatters Pub Brewery. Join Kevin Deluca, an associate professor of communications, as he presents an “intellectual hors d’oeuvre,” a 10-minute talk on a subject that is timely, timeless, and provocative.

Squatters graciously provides the more customary form of hors d’oeuvres, which are always delicious. The Humanities Happy Hour serves as a reminder that intellectual engagement is interesting, innovative, and downright fun.

Humanities Happy Hour, March 16, 5p-7p, Squatters Pub Brewery, 147 W Broadway; to become a member of the HHH, call 801-581-6214 or email BETH.SWANSON@UTAH.EDU, BIT.LY/B1CCUS.

The nature of natural resources What role do natural resources play in our work, our health, and our identity as Americans?

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will discuss these issues as part of the The Nature of Things Lecture Series on March 31.

Kennedy is more than an advocate for the environment, he is an architect and agent of change. From solar energy to

College of Science/College of Mines and Earth Sciences

Frontiers of Science Lecture Series

Belly dance your troubles away Need a fast getaway from winter?

Cold and snow giving you the blahs?

Spice up your life and join the festivities at the Eighth Annual Belly Dance Spring Fest, the largest belly dance festival in Utah on March 6. Immerse yourself in the scents and sights of a Turkish bazaar. If you don’t have the time and cash for a trip to the Middle East, you can still delight your senses with exotic music and exciting dancing. Many vendors will be onhand, selling costumes, clothing, jewelry, perfumes, silks, incense, and music from India, Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon and Afghanistan. Get a henna tattoo, a tarot reading, a relaxing massage or just drink in the delightful scents of oils and handmade soaps. And, of course, there will be incredible dancing, dancing, dancing! Dancers from across the state of Utah will definitely get you in a desert swoon.

Belly Dance Spring Fest, March 6, 10a-10p, $7, Promotory Building, Utah State Fair Grounds, 155 N 1000 W, 801-266-0473, WWW.BELLYDANCINGBYTHIA.COM/SPRINGFEST.

www.science.utah.edu • (801) 581-6958

The Search for Earth-like Planets Around Other Stars

Ronald Walsworth Senior Physicist Smithsonian Institute

The discovery of planets outside of our solar system is one of the hottest fields in astronomy. Some 300 exoplanets have been found, but small, rocky planets like Earth are extremely difficult to detect.

Walsworth has developed a new device, the astro-comb, that uses femto-second pulses of laser light linked to an atomic clock to provide a precise measure of a star’s wobble when a planet passes by.

The technique would allow detection of planets the size of Earth as they orbit other stars.

April 7 • 7:30 p.m.

Aline W. Skaggs Biology Bldg.

(U of U campus -- just west of University Bookstore)

Free and open to the public! Tickets are required.

Call (801) 581-6958 for tickets and info.

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GREEN BEAT

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News and ideas from near and far for a healthier, more sustainable future

BY PAX RASMUSSEN

Rapid rebates By now, most CATALYST readers are well aware of the possibility of getting rebates on new energy efficient windows, heaters and other appliances. Figuring out what to buy for the best rebates, though, can be a pain. Now it’s easier to figure out which hot water heater to buy to replace that rusting, natural-gas-guzzling hunk of junk in your basement.

The Coalition for Energy Star Water Heaters (a national awareness and education campaign run by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency of Boston) has launched a new Web tool that lets consumers to search for rebates from local utilities on water heaters quickly and easily. It also provides lots of information about heating and efficiency in the home.

WWW.ESWATERHEATERS.COM

Junk mail? Return to sender!

Remember the “Do Not Call” registry that Bush Jr. signed into law back on ’03? Well, now there’s something similar to stop folks sending

those pesky catalogs in the mail.

There’s no law backing this registry up, but more than 1,300 retailers have voluntarily agreed to honor requests to stop sending catalogs.

Just go to the website, find the catalogs you want to stop, and fill out the form.

WWW.CATALOGCHOICE.ORG

Money talks Turns out, Patrick Michaels, one of the tiny minority of scientists to question global warming and often called the “most credible climate skeptic,” isn’t so credible. In fact, there’s evidence he’s received hundreds of thousands of dollars from big polluters, including a number of energy and mining companies. Mother Jones magazine has a great article about this, here: WWW.TINYURL.COM/PATMICHAELSMONEY

Clean those stacks The Four Corners area of the southwestern U.S. has long been famous for some of the cleanest,

SLC gives the green light(s) to LEDs Last year, Salt Lake City burned 14 million kilowatt hours of electricity to power street lights, releasing 6,500 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. But don’t fret—technology to the rescue! Salt Lake City is now considering a project that will replace a “large portion” of its 15,000 streetlights with more efficient lamps. On the table are two technologies: induction lamps (similar to fluorescent lights, but better) and LEDs. SLC residents can express their preference for either lamp by taking the survey at the web address below. Street locations of the lamps are provided in the survey.

WWW.TINYURL.COM/LAMPSURVEY

Electric Light 1947, a Chicago lamplighter makes his rounds of the windy city’s few remaining gasoline lights, which were soon to be replaced by the latest in residential street lights—electric luminaires under a contract with the GE’s Lighting Division for 7,260 lamps.

clearest air in the country. Lately, though, places like the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, Arches, Canyonlands and other national parks have seen their share of haze.

Admittedly, a fair portion of this funk comes from tourists’ vehicles (especially in the Grand Canyon), but the fact that New Mexico’s dirtiest coal-fired power plant is within 200 miles of 16 national parks and wilderness area doesn’t help. That’s why last month, a coalition of eight conservation groups petitioned the Department of Interior and the Department of Agriculture to declare that the pollution from the Arizona Public Service Company’s Four Corners Power Plant on Navajo land in northwest New Mexico is violating the Clean Air Act by causing poor visibility in protected areas in Arizona, Utah, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO. WWW.TINYURL.COM/4CORNERCLEANUP

Green jobs gonna save our asses The results are in: Investing in green energy could bail out Utah by 2020.

According to a local study conducted by Utah Clean Energy (called “Building the Clean Energy Economy: A Study on Jobs and Economic Development of Clean Energy in Utah”), a 20%

increase in energy efficiency and switching to 20% of electricity sales from renewable energy development by 2020 would yield 7,000 new ongoing jobs, $310 million in new earnings and a $300 million increase in the state’s gross domestic product (GDP). Although that’s not a huge percentage of our state’s overall economy, it’s nothing to shake a stick at – and it’s renewable!

WWW.TINYURL.COM/GREENENERGYSTUDY

Albedo anxiety A reflective roof doesn’t just look cool, it’s good for the planet. Last month, scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center published a study claiming that a 25% increase in the reflectivity (albedo) of roofs (and a 15% of pavements) in urban areas could lead to an offset 57 billion tons of carbon dioxide. Reflective roofs keep solar radiation from converting to heat and warming the surface and atmosphere, plus it saves on cooling costs during the summer.

WWW.TINYURL.COM/ALBEDOSTUDY

Where’s the money going to come from?

From the EPA, that’s where. A little of it, anyway. It’s good that Utah Clean Energy has shown us how much we can save if we invest in green tech and jobs, but it’s hard to pony up the dough lately. Luckily, Salt Lake City last month was awarded $368,000 of a $7.8 million EPA grant to combat greenhouse gases.

The city will spend the money on a project called “Sustainable

Transportation for a Sustainable Future,” which is designed to “move our Clear the Air Challenge, Salt Lake Sustainable Schools and Travelwise programs to the next level,” says SLC’s Mayor Ralph Becker. Kennecott/ RioTinto, UDOT, Salt Lake County, Utah Clean Cities Coalition and Salt Lake Solutions are also contributing to the overall $552,000 cost of the project.

WWW.TINYURL.COM/SUSTAINABLETRANSPORTSLC

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WORLD PREMIERE

CHARM

By Kathleen Cahill

April 14- May 9, 2010 Directed by Meg Gibson Cheryl Gaysunas Carianne H. Jones Jayne Luke Brik Berkes

Listen to yourself, be a better athlete Runners, swimmers, bikers and avid athletes who pursue a combination of any of those pursuits can benefit from Carl Rabke and Erin Geesaman Rabke’s instructional courses on movement improvement. Improve the way you swim on March 6 by testing and exploring how different movements and patterns affect the qualities of ease and strength, find more ease and efficiency in your biking on March 13, and clarify the mechanics of your running stride by finding your internal compass on March 20.

As always, the medium for exploration with be Awareness Through Movement.

Margaret Fuller Anna/Sparkler Lydian

Improve the Way You Swim (March 6), Bike (March 13), and/or Run (March 20), 2p-5p, $40 prepaid $45 drop-in, Avenues Yoga, 68 K Street, 801-671-4533, WWW.BODYHAPPY.COM.

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Jay Perry Max Robinson

Food for the mind, body...and soul Yoga in action Put your yoga into action with Yoga In Action, a seven week program taught as part of Off the Mat, Into the World, which encourages people to take what they’ve learned in their yoga practice and bring it out into their communities.

The group will meet every Sunday from March 14 to May 9 to practice asanas, discuss yoga practice and discover the connections between the yogic path and the way of divine service. The course will be taught by Sunny Strasburg and Demi Langford.

Yoga in Action, March 14-May 9, 2p-5p, $395, Avenues Yoga, 68 K Street, 801-835-4064, BIT.LY/97Z1IO.

City Art poetry readings Former U.S. Poet Laureate Mark Strand highlights a stellar lineup of poetry readings hosted by City Art. Strand, the revered author of dozens of books of poetry and prose, will be reading at the Main Library on April 7. Utah poet Andy Hoffman and Michael Palmer, a recipient of the prestigious Wallace Stevens Award, will read on March 10. The husband and wife duo of Jay Holper—winner of the 2005 Yale Younger Poets Award, and Kimberly Johnson—a pro-

Robert Scott Smith

fessor of Renaissance Literature at BYU whose poetry has appeared in the New Yorker and the Iowa Review, will read on March 17.

Nicholas Wuehrmann

City Art Poetry Readings, March 10 & 17 and April 7 and March 10, 7p, free, Main Library, 210 E 400 S, SLCITYART.ORG.

Cultivating gratitude

George/Sam Brownson

The greater the darkness, the brighter the Light. The bitter makes the sweet moreso. In difficulty lies our potential to be truly human. The Rev. Jerry K. Hirano and Dr. Carmela Javellana Hirano will lead guests in the Japanese practice of Naikan self-reflection on March 20. Light lunch and snacks will be provided.

Donations to the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple are welcome, but more than that your presence and participation are appreciated.

Thoreau Emerson

For Tickets 801-363-7522 www.saltlakeactingcompany.org 168 W. 500 North, Salt Lake City 84103

Cultivating Gratitude During Difficult Times, March 20, 9a-5p, donations encouraged, Salt Lake Buddhist Temple, 211 W 100 S, 801-363-4742, WWW.SLBUDDHIST.ORG.

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bicycle makeover is a recycling project. You take an old bike and transform it into something useful —a commuter bike—while at the same time rescuing it from the landfill.

Any old bicycle is a candidate for a makeover. It could be a steel mountain bike from the ’80s; an ancient three-speed; or the ubiquitous symbol of campus life in the 1970s, a Schwinn Varsity 10-speed.

A rigid (no suspension) mountain bike might be your best choice, since they can take most anything you throw at them in stride. I’ve crashed on my hardtail mountain bike several times, occasionally hard enough to have trashed my road bike. Each time, my mountain bike just smiled and kept on going.

With a minimal investment of dollars and some time, you can transform that old clunker into a true commuter bike; one that is rideable any time, day or night, and able to carry a reasonable amount.

A great place to begin looking for a bicycle-makeover candidate is garage sales. You can often get deals

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on really good, hardly used bikes— especially this time of year, as people who thought they would take up cycling last spring decide it really isn’t for them and want to make room in the garage for a new snow blower. Check online at places such as Craigslist and KSL.COM. Stay away from used bikes owned by avid riders. Those tend not to be such a good deal because the chain rings often are worn down to stubs.

When checking out a potential makeover, look closely at the frame, especially the joints where the various tubes come together. If you see any cracks at all, move on.

Test ride the bicycle and feel how it shifts. Ragged shifting could be just a simple matter of adjusting the cables, or it could mean serious wear on the cogs or chain itself. If in doubt, take a knowledgeable friend with you. If the brakes slip, before you buy new pads, try sanding the old ones to remove the glaze of grit and wear.

Once you’ve chosen your bike, here are a few things to keep in mind as you do your makeover.

• If you bought a road bike with drop handlebars, switch them for more upright bars. Bending too far over makes it hard to see and contributes to a stiff neck.

• Look for a wider seat, one that will spread your weight over more area.

• A kickstand is a great addition, one that you won’t find on many bikes.

• Look at the tires. An old mountain bike probably has knobby tires, which are great for off-road riding, but not so good for commuting.

Knobbies are actually harder to pedal because they have more rolling resistance. They provide less traction on pavement than do street tires because there is less surface area in contact with the road at any given time. Knobbies also require more clearance if you install fenders, and tend to spray more water than slicks. Consider swapping knobby tires for a new set of street tires.

• Whether to put fenders on your bike is up to you. If you’re a fair weather cyclist, fenders probably aren’t necessary. Just know that if you do get caught in a rainstorm, you will end up with gunk on your shoes and chain, and a stripe of muddy water down your back. If you plan to commute fall and spring (and maybe winter), you need fenders, front and rear. You can go for fancy aluminum or chrome fenders that bolt on (and may need to be drilled and modified with new struts) or simple plastic fenders that snap on (though many cyclists consider those a waste of money). You can even buy beautiful wood fenders.

The “full wrap” fender is best.

• A rear rack makes carrying stuff a cinch and acts like a rear fender. A basket hose-clamped to the rack makes an easy carrier. Baskets come in wire, fabric and woven styles. Front racks and baskets are also available, and some people prefer them for easy access. Of course, you can have both.

• For illumination on riding after dark, refer to my August 2009 column, “Night Rider.”

So there you have it; a bicycle makeover in a nutshell. With some sleuthing and a little work, you can have a great commuter bike for less than the cost of a new department store bike. u Steve Chambers is a Salt Lake Valley bicycle commuter.

THE ALCHEMICAL KITCHEN

Preparing to plant Use late winter’s time of waiting and transition to prepare for the season ahead

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Freeze: Green beans Carrots Herbs Chicken stock Vegetable stock Pesto—arugula, spinach, and basil Peaches Nectarines Berries Broccoli Beets Chicken from farm share Beef from farm share Soups Pumpkin puree

Store in basement: Onions Garlic Potatoes Squash Pumpkin Squash seeds Pumpkin seeds Sunflower seeds Sauerkraut Cultured mixed vegetables

Dry:

arch is the month of new beginnings in the Alchemical Kitchen—especially this year.

The seed packets ordered in January have arrived, and I am just days away from beginning my makeshift “greenhouse” in the guest bedroom.

The wish-list of what I hope to preserve next fall has been written and posted in the cupboard next to the last of fall’s garlic stash. And I am waiting—sometimes patiently, most times anxiously—for the arrival of my first baby within the next month.

All of my yoga training has taught me less projection is best, but sometimes all a girl can do is mindfully plan and then lovingly lay it all down at Mother Nature’s feet. And so I’ve taken to writing lists. Lists of what I need to do for the upcoming season of preservation classes and harvest dinners at Copper Moose Farm. Lists of what I hope to make for our members of the new canning share offered this year at the farm. Lists of what will go into my own backyard garden this season.

Lists of what I hope to preserve from my garden, my CSA* box and the farmers’ market. Lists of what needs to be done before baby comes. Lists of what I hope to do once she’s here.

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I offer you, dear Alchemical Kitchen readers, one of these lists— what I hope to preserve at the end of the summer. This list helps me to know what to plant, what to save each week from my CSA share, and what to purchase at the farmers’ market. It’s a loose outline; I know that no matter how much I plan, each season brings unexpected goodies and challenges. But this may be what I love most about being in tune with local food sources: Even with all the plans, knowledge and recipes, the Alchemical Kitchen must always play with the shifting energies of the seasons. (I hear the same is true with raising children.)

My hope is that this list will serve as a springboard for your own imagination. May it get you thinking about planting your vegetable garden, joining your local CSA, and preserving some of this season’s bounty. I look forward to joining you next winter, baby on lap, at a table full of Utah’s own. u *If you would like to join a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), visit WWW.CSAUTAH.ORG. Rebecca Brenner, Ph.D., is a nutritionist and owner of Park City Holistic Health.

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Contagious self-confidence Why look outside for self-esteem?

BY AURETHA CALLISON n my journeys in this life, I’ve noticed a special energy that some people have, regardless of how they look or how much money they have. These people have an effervescent radiance that comes from inside. They continue feeling good, whether or not their joy is appreciated or reciprocated. They know that they are each somebody and they have something to give. Their offering may be a smile, a hug, directions, advice, love, a meal or a place to stay.

Especially apparent on a recent trip to Puerto Rico. We just couldn’t stop being blessed by everyone we met. It seemed everyone was having a good time doing absolutely nothing and we had to adjust. The whole island was “hanging out.”

Their self-esteem wasn’t hinging on what they were accomplishing.

one knows is inside. We’re not supposed to think we’re all that and a bag of chips, but let me tell, you, my friend, I am all that. I have barbequesmoked chips and they are Divine! Won’t you take some when I offer it? My advice is amazing and meant to help you love yourself. If your pits are stinky, I might avoid hugging you, but love you all the same. I’m not perfect or fully enlightened or built like Barbie, but I have confidence that I am full, and sharing that fullness with you may overflow and perhaps you will share some back with me. Maybe from my confidence you will share your confidence and change the whole world.

That’s where people get nervous. How dare we feel that good and communicate it?! Getting a big head, being an ego-maniac, arrogant, pompous—you know you might get called a name if you act too confident.

That’s what took us out in middle school. After that we decided to play small.

A confident self is someone who knows his strengths and weaknesses.

Efficiency Here in the good ol’ USA, we seem experts say that to get the message that the confifocusing on dence we want can be bought and Gorgeous, talented and fit at 95, cover artist Helenka improving a sold—or earned. “Here’s your fake (fillstrength is much Bimstein oozes contagious self-confidence. in-the-blank body part), face, hair, more efficient white teeth, knowledge. Now you are better (than than spending effort improving a weakness. A others) because you paid for it!” Or “You’ve put in confident person is developing his offering and the time, effort or paid your dues.” Seems we minimizing his mediocrities. My contribution to might rely on what we have or what we’ve done this planet may or may not be for you, but I’m to feel good about ourselves. gonna market the hell out of it and get it out I love the little old white-haired grandmas that there to the world. I may even make a living with have taught me the way of true beauty. Crinkled my contribution, but I’m bringing it, just the old people have stunned me with the fierceness same. Living Out Loud. Rockin’ the Kasbah. I of God in their eyes. Big-boned black women I know what is good inside of me. Do you? Are you didn’t even know have made me swelter in the “bringing it” to the world? Are you letting your heat of their unconditional love. (There’s nothing light shine? like being smothered by a Southern woman’s We may judge it or declare it inappropriate but hug.) Homeless folks have made me uncomfortwe need to bring the best of ourselves out to able with their gift of a compliment. share with the world. Be confident in who you The person with “nothing” or “nothing shiny” are and what you have to offer. Even if you think just might be the one who’s radiating a self-confiit’s just giving good directions. u dence that’s greater than yours.

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Garden Ventures 11/09 801-699-6970. Love your garden, not the work?

Garden Ventures offers quality garden maintenance, creative design, and consulting services.

We can provide a one-time clean-up or set up a regular maintenance schedule. Specializing in waterwise plants and landscapes. (Please, no lawn care.)

Green Redesign & Feng Shui 4/10 435-640-1206. Michelle Skally Doilney, U.S. Green Building Council member and Certified Feng Shui Consultant. Offering practical, budget-conscious and “green” Interior Redesign and Traditional Feng Shui consultations to homes and businesses in the Greater Park City and Salt Lake regions. Class schedule online.

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Providing vital home care services while you are away. Bonded and insured. Member, Pet Sitters International. Call for rates. WWW.HAPPYPAWSPETSITTINGPLUS.COM Poliform SLC 4/10 801-583-1516. Dream kitchens, remodels and additions, interior design. Design and project management services featuring Poliform Italian kitchens and furnishings. Become a fan and see our work on the Facebook Poliform SLC fan page.

Sugar House Plumbing 801-638-4705. Jeff Weight, Licensed and insured plumber. Do you need to replace an old water heater? $99 discount on water heater replacements. Is your toilet or shower wasting water? I can help you go low-flow. Call for a free estimate. I have 20 years experience. I am absolutely the best plumber you will ever have.

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Roommates wanted. Tours 4th Wed at 5p and 2nd Sat. at 1p.m. WWW.COHOUSING.ORG, WWW.ECON.UTAH.EDU/COHO DogMode FB 801-261-2665. 4010 S. 210 W., SLC. WWW.DOGMODE.COM Residential Design FB Ann Larson 801-322-5122.

ARTS, MUSIC & LANGUAGES instruction, galleries, for hire Alliance Francaise of Salt Lake City 5/10 801-571-0723. P.O. Box 26203, SLC UT 84126 International cultural organization conducts French language classes. Beginners through advanced levels taught by experienced native teachers. Three semesters, 10 sessions each.

Also offers Children's classes, Beginner and Intermediate levels. Monthly social gatherings.

In addition, we sponsor French related concerts and lectures. WWW.AFSLC.ORG Idlewild 10/10 801-268-4789, WWW.IDLEWILDRECORDINGS.COM. David and Carol Sharp. Duo up to six-piece ensemble. Celtic, European, World and Old

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BODYWORK massage, structural integration (SEE ALSO: Energy Work & Healing) Body Alive! 1/11 801-414-3812. Linda Watkins, BFA, MEd, LMT. Offering the very real possibility of release from chronic or acute pain resulting from injury, illness or the aging process. Specialized work in Deep Tissue Full Body sessions, Structural Integration (rolfing), Craniosacral therapy (Milne certified), Jin Shin Jyutsu. Each session tailored to meet your specific needs. “The pain of everyday life” does not have to be your reality! Visa, MC, AmEx. WWW.LINDA-WATKINS.COM. Body Balance Massage 3/10 801-597-4329. Shawna Niles, LMT. Specializing in deep tissue massage, specific trigger point therapy, back & neck pain, Reiki and craniosacral therapy. Rejuvenate your mind while relieving pain & stress in your body. Let me come to you (out-call massage): $60/60 minutes $80/90 minutes. Bring your body into balance today!

Deep Tissue & Structural Healing 3/10 Francisco Fernandez, LMT. 801-628-1705. 702 E. South Temple. Deep tissue massage promotes the release of trigger points to alleviate chronic or acute pain. Combined with extensive stretching and the use of heat on muscles, this meticulously performed technique will lead to optimum movement. Therapy for the regular Joe to the top-notch athlete. By appointment only. WWW.DEEPTISSUEHEALING.COM Emissary of Light Massage Therapy 801-604-2502, 1104 E. Ashton Ave. (2310 S.) #102 (across from 24-Hour Fitness). Master Massage Therapist Kimberly Blosser uses a combination of modalities, including Ashiatsu, Swedish, deep tissue, Cranial Sacral, sports, and reflexology all in one amazing massage experience. Private studio conveniently located in Sugarhouse. Call for an appointment.

Sports Massage Specialist 2/10 801-870-5809. Are you an over-40 athlete who is serious about your running, golf, tennis, cycling or skiing? Do you believe you can still improve? Perform/compete at a higher level, reduce the natural affects of aging on your body and recover from injuries more quickly and completely. To get the most out of your physical potential you need to do more than train. Sugar House area.

Sugarhouse Bodywork—Deep Healing Massage 9/10 Eddie Myers, LMT, 801-597-3499. Jan Olds, LMT, 801-856-1474. 1104 E Ashton Ave by appointment. Eddie offers an eclectic blend of deep tissue, Russian Sports and Swedish Massage from the heart. Jan offers her own unique blend of lymphatic massage and Structural Integration and is well known as a neck and shoulder expert. Combined experience of over 28 years.

Carl Rabke LMT, GCFP FOG 801-671-4533. Somatic Education and Bodywork. Feldenkrais®, Structural Integration and massage. Offering a unique blend of the 10 sessions with Awareness Through Movement® lessons. Discover the potential for learning and improvement at any age, as you come to inhabit your body with ease, vitality and integrity. WWW.BODYHAPPY.COM. Myofascial Release of Salt Lake 3/10 801-557-3030. Michael Sudbury, LMT. In chronic pain? Can’t resolve that one issue? Connective tissue restrictions distort the body’s proper functioning and balance, and can cause problems in every system. Releasing the restrictions allows the body to finally heal as it should.

WWW.MYOFASCIALRELEASEOFSALTLAKE.COM Rolfing® Structural Integration 5/10 Certified Rolfers Paul Wirth, 801-638-0021 and Mary Phillips, 801-809-2560. Rolfing improves movement, eases pain, and brings about lasting change in the body. Addressing structure together with patterns in movement and coordination, we help people find ease, resilience, efficiency and comfort. Free consultations.

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On-Going Offerings: Insight Meditation, Prayer Circle, The Way of Mastery, Reiki Circles, Kripalu Yoga, Oneness Deeksha Blessing, Creative Meditation, Spiritual Cinema Circle, Qigong, Dances of Universal Peace, Healing Circle, Readings of Rev. John Todd Ferrier New Offerings: The Magic of Living Your Dreams, Daylong Gaining and Maintaining an Insight/Mindfulness Meditation Retreat

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EDUCATION schools, vocational, continuing education A Voice-Over Workshop 10/10 801-359-1776. Scott Shurian. The Salt Lake City voice-over workshop teaches the art of voicing commercials and narrations for radio, TV, multi media and the World Wide Web. Personal coaching and demo production also available. WWW.VOSCOTT.COM Canyonlands Field Institute 6/10 1-800-860-5262. P.O. Box 68, Moab, UT 84532.

Authentic nature and culture. River and hiking trips and camps for schools, adults and families. WWW.CANYONLANDSFIELDINST.ORG

Sheryl Seliger, LCSW, 4/10 Counseling & Craniosacral Therapy 801-556-8760. 1104 E. Ashton Ave. (2310 S.) Email: SELIGERS@GMAIL.COM Powerful healing through dialogue & gentle-touch energy work.

Adults: Deep relaxation, stress reduction & spiritual renewal, chronic pain & illness, head & spinal injuries, anxiety, PTSD, relationship skills, life strategies. Infants and Children: colic, feeding & sleep issues, bonding, birth trauma. Birth preparation & prenatal CST. State of the Heart 2/10 801-572-3414.Janet Hudonjorgensen, B Msc. Quantum-Touch® instructor and practitioner.

Quantum-Touch energywork helps to maximize the body’s capacity to accelerate its own healing. When the root cause of disease is addressed, a space is created for mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual healing to occur.

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ENERGY WORK & HEALING energy balancing, Reiki (SEE ALSO: Bodywork) Buddha Maitreya Soultherapy Center FB 801-349-2639, see ad. Discover more vitality, happiness, peace and wellness. Private and group healing/meditation sessions. Soul Therapy retreats. For sale: Buddha Maitreya meditation and healing tools you can use to support your spiritual practice and to assist others in awakening the Soul and heal the personality. WWW.SOULTHERAPY.COM/SLC Lilli DeCair 10/10 801-533-2444 or 801-577-6119. Holistic health educator, certified Thought Pattern Management practitioner, coach, shamanic wisdom, Medicine Wheel journeys, intuitive consultant, mediator, minister. Usui Reiki Master/teacher offers all levels complete in 10 individual classes, certification & mentoring on request. Visit at Dancing Cranes Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons for psychic sessions. Cafe Alchemy and Mayan Astrology, nutritional nudges, stress relief hospital visits, fundraising. Send a psychic telegram. On the board of directors, Utah Mental Health Assn.

Familiar Frequencies 6/10 801-474-1724. Patty Shreve. Energetic Healing for Animals. Providing shamanic healing techniques to resolve behavioral and health issues and opening a conduit to connect with your animal’s perspective. WWW.FAMILIARFREQUENCIES.COM

HEALTH, WELLNESS & BODY CARE Ayurveda, beauty supply, birth services/ prenatal care, Chinese medicine/acupuncture, chiropractics, colon therapy, dentistry, health centers, health products, homeopathy, naturopaths, nutritionists, physical therapy, physicians, women’s healthcare A.I.M: Frequencies – Balance – Self-Healing DaNell 801-680-2853, Dixie-(Ogden) 801-4581970. Everything is energy, therefore everything has a frequency. Imbalances have a frequency that can be brought into balance and neutralized by applying a balancing energy 24/7.

Sanctuary, The Path to Consciousness, by Stephen Lewis tells of this technology – here now. Self-heal inherited predispositions, physical & mental illnesses & environmental toxicity–24/7 using this tool. Pets too. 8/10 WWW.INFINITECONSCIOUSNESS.COM.

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Colon Hydrotherapy—Massage 2/10 801-541-3064. Karen Schiff, PT. Licensed physical therapist, certified colon hydrotherapist, I-ACT member, FDA approved system. Clear out old toxins & create the environment within you to realize your health goals. Gently soothe, cleanse, hydrate & tone your body’s primary elimination channel. Enhanced results with nutritional guidance & abdominal massage. This ancient work is a gentle, external method to relieve digestive distress, PMS, menopause, infertility, more!

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Alexander Technique5/10 801-230-7661, Cathy Pollock. AmSAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, SLC. Learn to recognize and let go of unnecessary effort and tension. For performance, personal growth, relief from pain. Alexander Technique can be applied to any activity of life, from sitting, standing and walking to more complex activities such as music, dance or dressage. Change happens!

Todd Mangum, MD, Web of Life Wellness Center FB 801-531-8340. 989 E. 900 S., Ste. A1. Dr. Mangum is a family practice physician who uses acupuncture, massage, herbs & nutrition to treat a wide range of conditions including chronic fatigue, HIV infection, allergies, digestive disturbances and fibromyalgia. He also designs programs to maintain health & wellness.

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Alexander Technique of Salt Lake City 6/10 Jacque Lynn Bell, AmSAT Certified.

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Planned Parenthood provides affordable and confidential healthcare for men, women and teens. Services include birth control, emergency contraception (EC/PlanB/morning after pill), testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infection including HIV, vaccines including the HPV vaccine, pregnancy testing and referrals, condoms, education programs and more.

Belly Bliss Prenatal & Postpartum Massage 801-792-8893 Hooray for pregnancy, boo for backaches! If you are pregnant and ouchy, no worries, mama, we know just what you need.

Rebecca Overson LMT brings two pregnancies and 14 years experience to the table. New

Precision Physical Therapy 9/10 801-557-6733. Jane Glaser-Gormally, MS, PT. 4568 S. Highland Dr., Ste. 140. Licensed PT spe-

cializing in holistic integrated manual therapy (IMT). Safe, gentle, effective techniques for pain and tissue dysfunction. This unique form of therapy works to identify sources of pain and assists the body with self-corrective mechanisms to alleviate pain and restore mobility and function. BCBS and Medicare provider. Now expanding services into Park City and Heber.

Transcendental Meditation Program in Utah Natalie Hansen, 801-635 8721 or 801-4462999. The easiest and deepest meditation, automatically providing rest twice as deep as sleep, most researched and recommended by physicians, for improved IQ, enhanced memory, better coordination, normal blood pressure, and reversal of aging, TM greatly deepens happiness and calmness, and is the bullet train to enlightenment. WWW.TM.ORG 9/10 Wasatch Vision Clinic FB 801-328-2020. 849 E. 400 S. in Salt Lake across from the 9th East TRAX stop. Comprehensive eye care, eye disease, LASIK, contacts and glasses since 1984. We accept most insurance.

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Space Available 8/10 801-596-0147 Ext. 41, 989 E. 900 S. Center for Transpersonal Therapy. Large plush space.

Bright & comfortable atmosphere, available for workshops, classes, or ongoing groups. Pillows, yoga chairs, & regular chairs provided, kitchenette area. Available for hourly, full day or weekend use.

Volunteer Opportunity 4/10 801-474-0535. Adopt-A-Native-Elder is seeking office/warehouse volunteers in Salt Lake City every Tuesday and Friday 10:00 am - noon.

Come and join a wonderful group of people for a fascinating and gratifying experience. Contact Joyce or MAIL@ANELDER.ORG, WWW.ANELDER.ORG. Catalyst 801-363-1505. 140 McClelland, SLC. CONTACT@CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET. Wind Walker Guest Ranch and Intentional Eco-Community Spring City, Utah, 435-4620282. We invite you to Join Us for a day, a weekend, a week, or a lifetime. Family and Corporate Retreats, Horses, Spa services, Festivals, Workshops, Love in action! Limited space now available in the eco-village. Entice your spirit to soar. WWW.WINDWALKER.ORG 3 Blue Boutique. FB 801-982-1100. WWW.BLUEBOUTIQUE.COM/10

MOVEMENT & SPORT dance, fitness, martial arts, Pilates, yoga Antigravity Yoga® 1155 East 3300 South, SLC. 801-463-9067.

AntiGravity yoga is a fusion of yoga, Pilates, aerial arts and core conditioning. Stretch farther and hold poses longer using a hammock of flowing fabric. You'll learn simple suspension techniques to move into seemingly impossible inverted poses, relieving compressed joints and aligning the body from head to toe.

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Avenues Yoga 4/10 68 K Street, SLC. 801-410-4639. Avenues Yoga is a friendly, down-to-earth place where all are welcome. We offer classes for all body-types and ability levels, from Kids classes to Deep Relaxation and Restore, to Flow classes, Power, Pilates and now Yogalates! Free Intro to Yoga every Saturday at 11:30. Introductory Special: $39 one month unlimited. WWW.AVENUESYOGA.COM. Bikram Yoga—Salt Lake City 3/10 801-488-Hot1 (4681). 1140 Wilmington Ave (across from Whole Foods). Bikram certified instructors teach a series of 26 postures affecting every muscle, ligament, organ & all of the body, bringing it into balance. 39 classes each week. All ages & ability levels welcome to all classes. The room is warm by intention, so come prepared to work hard & sweat. Check for new classes in Catalyst calendar.

WWW.BIKRAMYOGASLC.COM Bikram Yoga—Sandy 801-501-YOGA (9642).

9343 South 1300 East. Local Introductory Offer-$29 for 30 Days Unlimited Yoga (Utah Residents Only). POWERED BY %100 WIND POWER. Our South Valley sanctuary, nestled below Little and Big Cottonwood canyons, provides a warm and inviting environment to discover and or deepen your yoga practice. All levels are encouraged, no reservations necessary. All teachers are certified. 31 classes offered, 7 days a week. Community Class-1st Saturday 10am class each month is Free To New Students. WWW.BIKRAMYOGASANDY.COM 12/10 Centered City Yoga 9/10 801-521-YOGA (9642). 918 E. 900 S. and 625 S. State St. Centered City Yoga is often likened to that famous TV “hangout” where everybody knows your name, sans Norm (and the beer, of course.) We offer more than 60 classes a week to keep Salt Lake City CENTERED and SANE. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM. Ecstatic Dance SLC Dance the way your body wants to, without choreography or judgment! Discover the innate body wisdom you possess. Ecstatic Dance is an authentic, spontaneous, expressive, meditative movement practice. First and third Saturdays, 10a12p. $10. Columbus Community Center, 2531 S 400 E, SLC. WWW.ECSTATICDANCESLC.BLOGSPOT.COM. Mindful Yoga FB 801-355-2617. Charlotte Bell, E-RYT-500 & Iyengar certified. Cultivate strength, vitality, serenity, wisdom and grace. Combining clear, well-informed instruction with ample quiet time, these classes encourage each student to dis-

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cover his/her own yoga. Classes include meditation, pranayama (breath awareness) and yoga nidra (yogic sleep) as well as physical practice of asana. Public & private classes, workshops in a supportive, non-competitive environment since 1986. WWW.CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM. Red Lotus School of Movement 8/10 740 S 300 W, SLC, UT, 84101. 801-355-6375.

Established in 1994 by Sifu Jerry Gardner and Jean LaSarre Gardner. Traditional-style training in the classical martial arts of T’ai Chi, Wing Chun Kung-Fu, and T’ai Chi Chih (qi gong exercises). Children’s classes in Wing Chun Kung-Fu. Located downstairs from Urgyen Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple. WWW.REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM, REDLOTUS@REDLOTUS.CNC. NET. THE SHOP Yoga Studio 10/10 435-649-9339. Featuring Anusara Yoga.

Inspired fun and opening in one of the most amazing studios in the country. Classes, Privates, and Therapeutics with certified and inspired Anusara instructors. Drop-ins welcome. 1167 Woodside Ave., P.O Box 681237, Park City, UT 84068. WWW.PARKCITYYOGA.COM Don Byer, Yoga Acharya RYT 500 6/10 801-263-3667. Three decades of Yoga studies and 14 years teaching. Learn to sit, stand and breathe for better health, peace of mind and higher state of awareness. No gimmicks, no hype. Good old-fashioned Yoga taught in Draper and Holladay. YOGADB@AOL.COM

The Yoga Center 4/10 801-277-9166. 4689 So. Holladay Blvd. Hathabased yoga classes 7 days a week, including vinyasa, slow flow, Anusara, prenatal, gentle and restorative. Workshops, corporate and private sessions available. All levels of experience welcome. WWW.YOGAUTAH.COM Erin Geesaman Rabke Somatic Educator.

801-898-0478. WWW.BODYHAPPY.COM FB RDT Community School. 801-534-1000. 138 W. Broadway. FB Streamline. 801-474-1156. 1948 S. 1100 E. WWW.STREAMLINEBODYWORKS.NET

PSYCHIC ARTS & INTUITIVE SCIENCES astrology, mediums, past life integration, psychics Candice Christiansen 6/10 480-274-5454. I have returned to Utah after a short hiatus to Arizona. I share my clairaudient, clairsentient, and clairvoyant abilities as I connect with divine source in answering questions about your past, present and future experiences. I communicate with those that have passed to the other side, offering the safety, love and support you deserve as you get in touch with your magnificence. Join me on your perfect journey to heal your soul and reconnect with your divinity.

Channeled Readings through Spiritual Medium 4/10 801-968-8875, 801-577-1348. Deloris, as

heard on the Mick & Allen Show (KBER Radio, 101.1), can help you with those who have crossed over and other paranormal activity.

She can help bring understanding regarding past lives, life purpose and relationships.

Available for parties and night clubs.

DELORISSPIRITUALMEDIUM.COM Lilli DeCair: Inspirational Mystical Entertainment 11/09 mc 801-533-2444 and 801-577-6119. European born professional psychic, holistic health educator, reiki master /teacher, life coach, Poet, singer, dancer, wedding planner/official, Shamanic 9 Day Medicine Wheel Journeys.

Margaret Ruth 801-575-7103. My psychic and tarot readings are a conversation with your guides. Enjoy MR’s blog at WWW.CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET & send me your ideas and suggestions.

WWW.MARGARETRUTH.COM Soul & Psyche 4/10 801-293-0484. Cynthia Hill, PhD. Experience the dynamic combination of Soul-centered astrology and ‘energetic psychology’. For me, one’s birth chart is a blueprint of the soul's intent and purpose, as well an exquisite map of one’s current and past-life cellular, vibrational, mind-body habits and patterns. In this way, one's astrology is one's psychology. We will explore personality strengths and challenges, relationship and family dynamics, and current and future cycles of personal and spiritual growth. The session creates inspiration, healing and empowerment through Self knowledge and understanding. 35 years experience.

Transformational Astrology FB Ralfee Finn. 800-915-5584. Catalyst’s astrology columnist for 10 years! Visit her website at WWW.AQUARIUMAGE.COM or e-mail her at RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM Intuitive Therapy FB Suzanne Wagner, 801-359-2225.

PSYCHOTHERAPY COUNSELING & PERSONAL GROWTH coaching, consulting, hypnosis, integrated awareness, psychology / therapy /counseling, shamanic, sound healing Avatar ?

801-244-8951. Avatar is a consciousness training course that teaches us to live deliberately. It gives us tools for experiencing compassion and true cooperation on our planet and opens doors unimaginable. Rebecca Hunt is a new Avatar Master. Call regarding a free introduction.

Jeff Bell, L.C.S.W. 4/10 801-364-5700, Ext. 2, 1399 S. 700 E. Ste. 1, SLC. Specializing in empowering relationships; cultivating hardiness and mindfulness; managing stress & compulsivity; alleviating depression/ anxiety/grief; healing PTSD & childhood

abuse/ neglect; addictions recovery; GLBT exploration as well as resolving disordered eating, body image & life transitions. Individual, couples, family, group therapy & EMDR. Center for Transpersonal Therapy 12/09 801-596-0147. 989 E. 900 S. Denise Boelens, PhD; Heidi Ford, MS, LCSW, Chris Robertson, LCSW; Lynda Steele, LCSW; Sherry Lynn Zemlick, PhD, Wil Dredge LCSW. The transpersonal approach to healing draws on the knowledge from traditional science & the spiritual wisdom of the east & west. Counseling orientation integrates body, mind, & spirit. Individuals, couples, groups, retreats, & classes.

Steven J. Chen, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist 801-718-1609. 150 S. 600 E. Healing techniques for depression, anxiety and relationship issues. Treatment of trauma, abuse and stress.

Career guidance. Sensitive and caring approach to create wellness, peace, happiness and contentment. WWW.STEVENJCHEN.COM. 9/09 Sue Connor, Ph.D. 3/10 1399 South 700 East #10. 801-583-7848.

Mindful psychotherapy strategies can provide for relief from anxiety, post traumatic stress, addiction, disordered eating, chronic pain/illness, depression. Improve your response to stress with effective self care strategies. Start feeling better now. Check out group schedule.

WWW.MINDFULSLC.COM Create Your Life Coaching 12/10 801-971-5039. Life Coach Terry Sidford— Balance. Vision. Purpose. Call for a FREE consultation today! WWW.CREATEYOURLIFECOACHING.NET Marianne Felt, MT-BC, LPC 9/10 801-524-0560, EXT. 3. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C. Licensed professional counselor, board certified music therapist, certified Gestalt therapist, Red Rock Counseling & Education. Transpersonal psychotherapy, music therapy, Gestalt therapy, EMDR. Open gateways to change through experience of authentic contact. Integrate body, mind, & spirit through creative exploration of losses, conflicts, & relationships that challenge & inspire our lives.

Robin Friedman, LCSW 10/10 801-599-1411 (Sugar House). Transformational psychotherapy for making lasting positive change. Discover effective ways of finding and expressing your deeper truth and authentic self.

Relationship work, trauma recovery, depression/anxiety, sexuality, addictions, creative explorations of life-purpose and self-awareness.

Individuals, couples, groups. Also trained in Expressive Arts Therapy. WWW.ROBINFRIEDMANTHERAPY.COM ROBIN@ROBINFRIEDMANTHERAPY.COM Teri Holleran, LCSW ?

Red Rock Counseling & Education, LLC 801524-0560. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C. Transformational therapy, consultation & facilitation. Discover how the investigation of loss, trauma, body symptoms, mood disturbances, relationship conflicts, environmental despair & the questions related to meaning & purpose initiate the transformational journey.

Candace Lowry, DSW, BCD, LCSW 801-561-2140. 1054 E. 900 S. Dr. Lowry has recently expanded her part-time outpatient practice to full time. Dr Lowry specializes in cognitive-behavioral treatments for mood disorders, anxiety disorders and stress-related medical conditions. She also consults to business and industry.

Jan Magdalen, LCSW 1/11 801-582-2705, 2071 Ashton Circle, SLC. Offering a transpersonal approach to the experiences and challenges of our life cycles, including: individuation-identity, sexuality and sexual orientation, partnership, work, parenting, divorce, aging, illness, death and other loss, meaning and spiritual awareness. Individuals, couples and groups. Clinical consultation and supervision.

Marilynne Moffitt, PhD 1/10 801-266-4551. 825 E. 4800 S. Murray 84107.

Offering interventions for psychological growth & healing. Assistance with behavioral & motivational changes, refocusing of life priorities, relationship issues, addiction & abuse issues, & issues regarding health. Certified clinical hypnotherapist, NLP master practitioner & EMDR practitioner.

Namaste Consulting, LLC 6/10 Candice Christiansen, LPC 480-274-5454.

Holistic therapy that provides individuals, couples, and families a safe space to expand their internal and external contexts and live with purpose and integrity. Specializing in relationship / sexual issues, addiction, sexual identity, parentchild / teen conflict, and disordered eating.

Sliding scale fee, in-home therapy for your comfort. NAMASTEADVICE@YAHOO.COM Linda Rhees L.C.S.W.—NeuroDynamix 3/10 801-209-2005. 150 S. 600 E. Suite 1A, SLC, Utah 84102. Unlock your brain's potential!

Train your brain to respond the way it is designed to respond. EEG biofeedback assists resolution of depression, anxiety, headaches, chronic pain, attentional disabilities, cognitive disabilities, trauma, and substance abuse, among other concerns. Function at your optimum best. Free consultation.

WWW.NEURODYNAMIX.ORG Sanctuary for Healing & Integration (SHIN) 801-268-0333. 860 E. 4500 So., Ste. 302, SLC. Mainstream psychiatry and psychotherapy with complementary and alternative healing (Buddhist psychology, Naikan, Morita, mindfulness training, energy healing, bodywork, shamanic and karmic healing, herbal and nutritional supplementation). Children, adolescents, adults, couples and families are welcome. Training workshops for professionals available.

WWW.SHININTEGRATION.COM 12/10 Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 8/10 801-631-8426. Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302. Steve is a seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. He sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy, meditation and soul work with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem behavior. Steve specializes in creative treatment of bipolar disorders. STEVE@KARMASHRINK.COM. Blog: WWW.KARMASHRINK.COM. Steve Seliger, LMFT 4/10 801-661-7697. 1104 E. Ashton Ave. (2310 S.) #203. Specializing in helping people develop healthy loving relationships, conflict resolution for couples, developing powerful communication skills, resolving parent-teen conflicts, depression, phobias, ending & recovering from abuse, conflicts & issues related to sexuality & libido in men & women, sexual orientation issues.

Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW 2/10 Shamanic Practitioner, Minister of the Circle of the Sacred Earth 801-531-8051. Shamanic Counseling. Shamanic

Healing. Mentoring for people called to the Shaman’s Path. Explore health or mental health issues using the ways of the shaman. Sarah’s extensive training includes shamanic extraction healing, soul retrieval healing, psychopomp work for death and dying, shamanic counseling and shamanic divination. Sarah has studied with Celtic, Brazilian, Tuvan, Mongolian, Tibetan and Nepali Shamans.

Naomi Silverstone, DSW, LCSW FB 801-209-1095. Psychotherapy and shamanic practice, 989 E. 900 S. #B5. Holistic practice integrates traditional and nontraditional approaches to health, healing, and balance or “ayni.” Access new perceptual lenses as you reanimate your relationship with nature.

Shamanic practice in the Inka tradition.

Develop your healing skills and enrich your personal and professional life!

“Basics of Energy Healing” March 27-28, 2010 Bozeman, Montana June 12-13, 2010 Salt Lake City, Utah In this class you will study and practice: • energy blockage and flow • hands-on-healing techniques • sensing the aura and chakras • accessing intuitive information • energy anatomy and physiology • identifying five basic energy types

Jake Shannon, Master Hypnotist ?

801-635-4488. To transform, first form a trance... Take a journey down the rabbit hole to a whole new world of hypnosis, meta-cognition, mnemonics, and more. Call right now for your appointment. www.ScientificMindControl.com SoulCollage® with Rose, Certified Facilitator 801-975-6545. Evoke your soul’s voice through visual imagery and intuition, accessing the mysterious world of your core essence. As you create your own deck of SoulCollage® cards, you deepen your understanding and appreciation of that rich, complex and beautiful soul that you are. Call for schedule. WWW.SOULSURKULS.COM Matt Stella, LCSW 1/11 Red Rock Counseling & Education, LLC 801524-0560 x1. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C. Psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families and groups. Specializing in relationship work, mens issues, depression, anxiety, addictive patterns, and life-meaning explorations.

Daniel Sternberg, PhD, Psychologist 12/09 801-364-2779. 150 South 600 East, Bldg. 4B. Fax: 801-364-3336. Sensitive use of rapid release methods and EMDR to free you from unwanted emotions to allow you more effective control and happiness in your life. Individuals, couples, families, groups and businesses.

Treatment of trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, tension, stress-related difficulties abuse and depression.

Jim Struve, LCSW 6/10 801-364-5700 Ext 1. 1399 S. 700 E., Ste. 2, SLC. Mindful presence in relationship-based psychotherapy. Specializing in life transitions, strengthening relationships, fostering resilience, healing from childhood trauma & neglect (including male survivors of sexual abuse), assisting partners of abuse survivors, addictions recovery, sexual identity, empowerment for GLBT individuals/ couples. Individual, couples, group therapy. Flexible times.

WWW.MINDFULPRESENCE.COM. The Infinite Within 9/10 John Knowlton. 801-263-3838.

WWW.THEINFINITEWITHIN.COM Patricia Toomey, ADTR, LPC 801-463-4646, 1390 S. 1100 E., Ste.202 The Dance of Life—Transformation within a psychotherapeutic process of healing and spiritual growth using somatic movement analysis, dreamwork, psychoneuroimmunology, guided imagery & EMDR to support the healing process with stress, depression, trauma, pain, eating disorders, grief, addictions & life transitions. Individuals (children, adults), couples, groups, consultation & facilitation.

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Brainwave Optimization with RTB (real time balancing) is based on many aspects of science in Biofeedback and Neurofeedback which historically have been used to assist people to overcome pathologies. It is based on a Quantum Physics vs a Newtonian Physics understanding of the individual, and this philosophical difference cannot be too heavily stressed.

Brainwave Optimization with RTB is oriented to solve problems having to do with the balance and harmony of the brain energy and is not based on comparison of the client with a normative data base. It is not based on a diagnosis or the symptoms which are presented. Brainwave Optimization is based on the degree of balance and harmony the brain contains and seeks to increase this balance and harmony.

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Marlena Tumlin, MS, CT 3/10 801-410-4951. Certified in thanatology: death, dying and bereavement. Help for people of all ages grieving lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s losses. Learn â&#x20AC;&#x153;good grievingâ&#x20AC;? techniques to emerge stronger and more able to cope with changes and transitions.

Group and individual sessions available. First evaluation session free.

Elizabeth Williams, RN, MSN 10/10 801-486-4036. 1399 S. 7th E. #12. Lic. psychiatric nurse specialist offering a safe environment to heal inner wounds & process personal & interpersonal issues. Specializing in relationship issues, loss & grief work, anxiety, depression & self-esteem. Adolescents & adults, individuals, couples & group therapy.

The Work of Byron Katie 7/10 801-842-4518. Kathy Melby, Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie. The Work is a simple way to access your own wisdom and lead a happier life. Specializing in developing loving relationships, relieving depression, and improving your outlook on life. Individuals, couples, families, groups and retreats.

WWW.THEWORK.COM Clarity Coaching FB 801-487-7621. WWW.KATHRYNDIXON.COM.

SolarSeries Retreat in the Sawtooth Mountains at the Sawtooth Lodge nestled in pristine Sawtooth Wilderness.

JUNE 2010 Shift Retreat June 2-6 Feeling a call to service? Time for a shift.

Peace Retreat June 9-13 Deepen your joy and recovery by removing blocks to peace. Contact Emmy at:

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SPIRITUAL PRACTICE meditation/study groups, churches/ministry, spiritual instruction, workshops Eckankar in Utah 801-542-8070. 8105 S 700 E, Sandy. Eckankar

is ancient wisdom for today. Explore past lives, dreams, and soul travel to see how to lead a happy, balanced and productive life, and put daily concerns into loving perspective. Worship Service and classes on Sundays at 10:30am.

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Goddess Circle 4/10 801-467-4977. Join us 2nd Monday of every month for Wiccan ritual. Free, open, women & men, beginners, experienced & curious all welcome. 7:30pm at SOuth Valley Unitarian Universalist Society (SVUUS), 6876 S Highland Dr, SLC. WWW.OOLS.ORG Inner Light Center Spiritual Community 801-268-1137. 4408 S. 500 E., SLC. An interspiritual sanctuary that goes beyond religion into mystical realms. Access inner wisdom, deepen divine connection, enjoy an accepting, friendly community. Events & classes. Sunday celebration & childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s church 10am. INNERLIGHTCENTER.NET 10/10 Kanzeon Zen Center International FB 801-328-8414 with Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel. 1268 E South Temple.

WWW.GENPO.ORG. Meditation group at â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Centerâ&#x20AC;? 8/10 801-915-6795. 1104 E. Ashton Ave. (2310 S.), #204. Facilitated by Clinton Brock, this organic contemplative meditation approach emphasizes relationship with the Divine through devotion, will, surrender, fluidity and Love. Call Clinton for more details. Weds meditation from 6-8:30 p.m WWW.THECENTERCONTEMPLATIVE.ORG Morning Star School of Meditation 801-607-2963. Meditation courses combining Christian contemplative practices with the best of Eastern traditions, both in Salt Lake and Utah County. Day-long retreats at Sundance. Reach new levels of consciousness, reduce stress, find joy. Directors: Dr. Pam Mayes and Colin Forbes, with 70 years combined meditation experience.

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Salt Lake Center for Spiritual Living 801-307-0481. New location: Wheeler Farm, 6351 S. 900 East, SLC.Elizabeth Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day, Minister. A home for your spirit. Join us every Sunday, 9:30 and 11am, Youth Services 11am. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Empowered people sharing in spiritual growth.â&#x20AC;? WWW.SPIRITUALLYFREE.ORG.6/10 Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple 8/10 801-328-4629. 740 S. 300 W. Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa offers an open environment for the study, contemplation, and practice of Tibetan Buddhist teachings. The community is welcome to our Sunday service (puja), group practices, meditation classes and introductory courses.

WWW.URGYENSAMTENLING.ORG Vedic Harmony 3/10 942-5876. Georgia Clark, certified Deepak Chopra Center educator. Ayurveda is the oldest continually practiced wellness enhancer in the world. Learn how it can help you harmonize your lifestyle and well being.

Primordial sound meditation, creating health workshops, Ayurvedic wellness counseling, Ayurvedic oils, teas and books, Jyotish (vedic astrology). Georgia has trained in the US and India. TARAJAGA@EARTHLINK.NEt Xuanfa Dharma Center of Utah 801-532-4833. Prema (Margaret Esterman), 161 M St. SLC branch of the Xuanfa Institute, a Buddhist Center founded by Ven. Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche. We welcome all to our Wednesday evening classes where we play the recorded dharma discourses of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. TINYURL.COM/YBBQSD7

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The click factor Detoxing and decompressing from all the clicks in our daily lives

BY LUCY BEALE

Activities to soothe your weary click muscles

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ave you ever counted how many clicks you make in a day? For most of us, it could be thousands.

Clicking. You need just one, claims AMAZON.COM, to purchase your books, but you’ll need many more clicks to do some research on Google, check your email, or send a text message. Beyond that, millions to develop a website, and millions more to maintain one.

Clicking is everywhere. It’s moved beyond the privacy of your home or seclusion of your office to the TRAX, ballgames, the lunch counter, the car, and, oh, yes, public restrooms. In our super high-speed information age, the click drives commerce, communications, relationships, parenting, and booking a ticket on the airlines.

Clicking is far more than keying, although keying is included. It’s using the “mouse” to navigate—around the world.

It’s become the sound of life, just like your heartbeat or breath.

After emailing in my manuscript in June to my editor in Indianapolis, I had click fatigue. I was weary of hearing clicks, of doing clicks, of all the sitting in front of a screen so I could click and click, and… click. No, I didn’t have the desire to revert to snail-mailing in “typed manuscripts”; I just wanted a week of no clicks, which I found is virtually impossible.

A week later on vacation in Paris, I found myself addicted to checking email and my iGoogle page. I didn’t want to leave my iPhone in the apartment because its Maps feature is superb for walking directions. But, the urge to “check in” a couple times a day was powerful. It was as if I had let clicking become part of my fun. It may have interfered a bit with my ability to experience the ambience of the food, the people, the cafés and the stunning views.

Back home, I decided to find ways to decompress and detox from all the clicks.

Don’t laugh—the following activities work to balance your body, mind and hunched shoulders from all those clicks. They work on the click muscles, posture, eyestrain, and even mental or brain fatigue.

• When working at the computer, look away every 15 minutes. Focus your eyes out the window or at something farther away than the screen, preferably soothing or interesting. This reduces eyestrain.

• Every half hour, take a stretch break.

Stand up, wiggle, touch your toes, do side bends, twist to look over one shoulder then the other. Shrug your shoulders to loosen tight shoulders.

• Do eye exercises. Circle your eyes several times in one direction, then in the other. Move your eyes far to the left, then the right. Focus on a close object, then one far away.

• Do aerobic exercise to balance all the sitting in front of the screen.

• Get outside. Go for a walk, eat lunch in the park, or hike. You can also do some gardening, or housework.

• Play games that are not computer games, such as bridge or poker. The WiiFit is on a computer, but you get to move and laugh as you and your friends compete on the giant slalom or bowling.

• Do other games, such as crosswords and Sudoku on real paper with a pencil, or a pen if you are daring.

• Read a book the old-fashioned way – one that’s printed on paper, where you physically turn the pages.

• Pick up the phone and call someone in lieu of responding by email.

• Take a drive on a country road or up the canyons. Better, ride a bike.

• Vacation where there’s no cell phone coverage. You can find many such places in Southern Utah at the fabulous National Parks. Many of the hotels offer free wireless, but you’ll seldom see someone texting as they take in the beauty of Zion National Park.

Notice I wrote this column by clicking.

Clicking is here to stay. But too much of it can interfere with your fun and wellness.

To stay in balance, manage your clicking so you get the most benefit with the least stress and optimal wellness. u Lucy Beale is a health and wellness writer. Her most recent books are “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Glycemic Index Weight Loss (version 2)” and “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Well on a Budget.” She lives in Sandy, Utah.

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With Spring coming and Easter “at bay”—beware the Lily.

Easter lilies, tiger lilies, day lilies, as well as other members of the lily family are highly toxic to cats.

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Seasonal allergies Alternative modalities are nothing to sneeze at

BY PAX RASMUSSEN

HOLISTIC HEALTH that suppresses this immune response does nothing for the underlying cause.

“Often patients complain about allergies and after a few tests, we find they have an overgrowth of Candida [a fungus],” he said. “Candida releases substances that cause an antibody response, tricking the immune system into thinking pollen is more of a threat than it is, leaving itself [the Candida] unbothered.” Treating the Candida infection often results in reduced seasonal allergies, he claimed.

For others, he recommended taking small amounts of local bee pollen every day (which contains pollen from just about every blooming thing around town), increasing the dose throughout the allergy season. He also suggested perilla seed extract—“it has the ability to tone down the antibody wing of the immune system”—a natural way of reducing the histamine reaction. I’ve found pollen extract formulas work quite well—the idea is to take a small dose of the allergen orally to desensitize your system. Commercial herbal blends help, notably a turmeric-catechu formula (containing other herb extracts as well), produced by Gaia Herbs (WWW.GAIAHERBS.COM) and a nettle/bayberry extract.

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or many Utahns, the first sign of spring is not hyacinths flooding the air with their sweet smell, but sneezes, sinus infections and itchy eyes. Yes, hay fever season is at hand.

Contrary to the flowery ads for allergy medication, hay fever is not caused by col-

From March through June, pollen from trees fills the air.

Come summer, it’s grass. And in the fall, weeds. orful garden bouquets; rather, it’s the less flamboyant but more insidious pollen from trees, weeds and grasses. The grains lodge in eyes, nose, lungs and skin, setting off an allergic reaction in many people. In Utah, tree pollen starts floating about this month and continues through June, when grasses begin blooming.

Years ago, my allergies were bad. I sounded like a robot, a stuffy nose kept me awake all night and swollen eyes sometimes prevented me from driving. My solution? Western medical science, of course! I

sat in the doctor’s office, for once wishing I could smell the sterile, rubbing alcoholscented exam room. The doctor took one look at me and wrote a prescription for Allegra. I popped those mental haze-inducing pills for years.

A difference in approach Pharmaceutical hay fever drugs work, but to work properly, they must be taken every day, all season long. A couple years ago I researched alternatives to these drugs.

In speaking with various alternative medicine practitioners across the valley, from herbalists to colon hydrotherapists, I discovered the most notable difference between them and my doctor was one of approach. My doctor’s response to my suffering was simple: Take a drug and stop the symptoms. Without fail, the reaction of the naturopaths and healers I spoke to was, “What’s causing the allergic reaction?”

Addressing the cause According to Todd Mangum, M.D., of Web of Life Wellness Center, seasonal allergies are caused by the body viewing pollen, mold and other organic substances in the air as a threat; in response, the immune system antibodies release histamines in far greater quantities than are necessary, causing the swelling, sneezing and breathing disorders. Taking a drug

All of the healers I spoke to stressed the importance of making sure the body is healthy and functioning properly in order to combat seasonal allergies. “Patients come to me with bowel problems and often I find they have sinus and allergy trouble as well,” said Karen Schiff, colon hydrotherapist. “The bowel is the body’s primary channel for eliminating toxins, and if that’s not working well, they build up.” Then the body is not only less able to deal with the stress of seasonal pollens and molds, but often incorrectly gauges the proper response to take. According to Schiff, the bowel plays a big part in the production of T-cells and other functions of the immune system, and when it’s not working well, the whole system ceases to work properly.

Schiff, like many other alternative healers, recommends more than one path of action.

She recommended exercise and improving one’s diet as well as cleaning the bowel.

For people with serious allergies and poor diet, she recommended a one-month gentle cleanse beginning with a 24-hour fast, improving the diet, getting more exercise and six colonics over the course of the month, though she tailors each person’s program individually.

On the subtler side Massage therapist Catherine Patillo suggested CranioSacral Therapy (CST). CST involves manipulating the flow of spinal fluid using extremely gentle touch along the back of the neck and spine. According to Patillo, this fluid is supposed to flow eas-

ily and rhythmically through the skull and spinal column. When this flow is blocked or inhibited, the body’s natural processes are impeded, causing immune system malfunctions, migraines, emotional problems, and more. “CST facilitates the body’s ability to correct itself,” Patillo told me.

Because the primary goal of CST is holistic, it can help alleviate allergy symptoms as well. “Helping the fluid flow aids the body’s immune system and can even allow sinuses to drain properly and release built up toxins. Open up these blockages and the body can take care of itself,” she said.

Clean your house Taking steps to ensure that your living space is conducive to overall well-being can’t hurt. I was surprised to find myself thoroughly cleaning my house, dusting on top of shelves, even rearranging furniture, after speaking with Mary Shurtleff, an interior design and feng shui consultant.

Shurtleff told me allergies are exacerbated by a body already overloaded with stressors, many of which can be eliminated through an examination of the home environment. “A home that’s free of clutter and dust helps to balance the body,” she said.

When the home is properly balanced, the immune system is less taxed and is able to respond better when assaulted by pollens and other allergens. “When the body becomes weakened and tired, it becomes a lot more susceptible, to everything.” I’m not sure if it’s helping my allergies or not, but it sure helps my mood not to trip over piles of clothing in the dark.

In the years since, I’ve incorporated much of this advice into my lifestyle, taking Schiff’s advice to examine my diet and get more exercise. My house smells like citrus instead of dirty socks. I’ve found the turmeric-catechu formula to work surprisingly well, and I’m eating local honey. Just these simple steps have made me feel a whole lot better. I’ve been Allegra-free now for years. u Pax Rasmussen is the managing editor at CATALYST, an Agent for Change and a lieutenant in the H.E.A.D. Revolution.

Resources Todd Mangum, MD, integrative medicine. Web of Life Wellness Center, 989 E. 900 S. 801-531-8340. Initial consultation—$300.

WWW.WEBOFLIFEWC.COM Karen Schiff, PT. colon hydrotherapy/abdominal massage. Health Wave, 150 S 600 E #1A, 801-541-3064. $70/session.

WWW.KARENSCHIFF.COM Catherine Patillo, LMT, CranioSacral Therapy/ hypnotherapy. Conscious Journey, 989 E. 900 S. 801-864-4545. $75/hr.

WWW.ACONSCIOUSJOURNEY.NET Mary Shurtleff, interior design & feng shui practitioner. Design Wisdom, 801-5734042.Consultation—$120/hr.

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Opposites attract But that’s not necessarily a good thing...

BY CHRISTOPHER RENSTROM For the past 15 years I have been involved in a sometimes passionate, other times difficult, now long-distance relationship. There is an age difference, which took awhile to overcome, but once accomplished, life was easy. I really feel there is a cosmic connection for this friendship/love affair. Each time we experience difficulties, I vow to let it go, but there is some inherent tie that doesn’t let me move on. I am very anxious to know if you see anything that prevents me from ending this, or if we are bound by some other entity. Me: January 14, 1949; Him: August 7, 1971.

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he most challenging (and dramatic) relationships in astrology are between people who are born in opposite times of year—that is, anyone whose birthday is six months away from yours. It’s true that opposites attract, but that doesn’t always mean that they will stay together. Opposite sign pairings often show up in extra-marital affairs (re: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie), love triangles, long-distance relationships and other “questionable” matches. There is always something vaguely scandalous or sensational about them, which is why they get a lot of press in astrology books. However, they don’t always translate comfortably into setting up house and home together.

Think of an opposite sign pairing as two people sitting on a seesaw. Whenever one of you is up, the other one is down, and vice-versa. For instance, you’re going to feel revitalized and strengthened during the time of year when the Sun is in Capricorn, because Capricorn is your birth sign. Winter is when you are “in season” and feel most empowered. Leos (your boyfriend’s sign), however, are “out of season” in winter.

Winter is when the Sun’s energy is weakest, so he’s apt to feel lost, insecure and overwhelmed. What this means is that during the time of year when you’re feeling up, he’s feeling down and when he’s feeling gung-ho (in the summer) you’re feeling the most out-of-sorts.

It’s an important thing to keep in mind, since opposite sign relationships experience these ups and downs like clockwork every six months.

Christopher Renstrom is the creator of RULINGPLANETS.COM—the first on-line, interactive astrology magazine. He writes the daily horoscope for the San Francisco Chronicle and SFGATE.COM. If you have a question you would like him to address, send the date and time of your birth to CHRISTOPHER@CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET. Christopher also answers questions every week on the CATALYST website.

There are several planetary factors that draw you to each other, but the most powerful one is that his Sun conjoins your Pluto in Leo. This can create an obsessive/compulsive dynamic between your horoscopes, which is why it’s been so hard for you to let go. This energy could be channeled into something more positive and transformative if Pluto were your ruling planet, but it’s not. Your ruling planet is Saturn, which means you want something more stable in your life. My feeling is that you’ve wanted to end the relationship for about a year but it’s a decision that you’ve felt unable to make. Thankfully, Mars comes out of retrograde on March 10, 2010 and will pass over the Sun and Pluto conjunction on May 9, thereby freeing you from this dynamic and allowing you to move on. Ultimately you’ll be happier settling down with someone who sits closer to you on the zodiacal wheel, so keep your eyes open for an Aquarius or a Sagittarius in June. u

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COMINGS AND GOINGS

What’s new around town

BY BENJAMIN R. BOMBARD Back by popular demand Cynthia Hill, Ph.D., a longtime Salt Lake City astrologer is now offering short-term (three to six sessions) psychotherapy in addition to her astrological readings. Hill practiced as a long-term Jungian depth psychologist for 25 years in both Cincinnati and Santa Fe. Since coming to Salt Lake City in 1996, she has practiced only astrology. The combination of Hill’s soul-centered astrology and her psychological expertise is a dynamic and alchemical combination that can help to reveal an individual’s deep psychological and spiritual issues quickly and insightfully. She is also available for medical astrology consultations, which work with mental and physical challenges from an energetic, cellular and spiritual perspective.

Cynthia Hill, Ph.D., psychotherapist and astrologer, 801-293-0484

New owner, same local flavor at Salt Lake Citizen Got some time this weekend? Stop on by the newly reopened Salt Lake Citizen shop inside the Main Library. They’ve

previously a tutor and managing director at the center.

Higher Ground features classes in urban art, study skills, ACT/SAT, and one-on-one tutoring in just about every subject. And, every third Friday of the month they have a free gallery-style event called Student Art Attacks where they showcase student artists and their work. By inspiring what they call the “activation of curiosity” and embracing the whole student, Higher Ground hopes to inspire students to learn and share knowledge.

Higher Ground Learning, 380 West Pierpont Ave, 801-524-0817, WWW.HIGHERGROUNDLEARNING.COM.

Freedom to make a mess: intuitive painting Bringing Bollywood style to SLC Located in the heart of Sugar House, in an intimate loft space above Tea Grotto, Sri Indya offers traditional and modern Indian clothing, shoes, exotic jewelry and other accessories for the entire family, as well as housewares, music and handicrafts. Select Bollywood-inspired earrings, bangles, rings and purses, or soft pashmina shawls to complement an existing ensemble. Or maybe an elaborate sari will be the purchase that makes your heart sing. Visit Sri Indya on Facebook to learn about instore specials, new merchandise, or where to find a Sri Indya open house/party near you. Mention this article for 10% off your next purchase.

After a long career as a Maya abdominal massage therapist, Lucia Gardner is reinventing herself as an intuitive painting instructor. Gardner explains that intuitive

Sri Indya, 2030 East South Temple, 201-649-4932, M-Sat: 12p-7p, Sun: 12p-5p Sun, WWW.SRIINDYA.COM.

made some big new changes, including products from new artists, new ideas, and a massive new look for their digs at Library Square. Meet new owner Lindsay Frendt and catch up on everything that’s popping and hopping at the shop, which features 100% locally designed clothing, shoes and gifts, reflecting the best of all things local.

Matt Monson, SLCitizen’s former owner, recently made the difficult decision to sell the shop to Frendt. Monson says he’s excited to see the store and the local artist community thrive. He plans to use his newfound free time to focus on his other jobs and his adorable three-year-old daughter.

Frendt has been a designer and artist since she was 16 years old. She’s also a community activist, an active member of the downtown community, and a brilliant new face for SLCitizen. Monson will stay on as a consultant and all-around helper.

“Believe me when I say that the future of

local-made retail is in good hands with Lindsay,” said Monson.

Salt Lake Citizen, 210 East 400 South, 801-3633619, M-Thu: 10a-7p, Fri, Sat: 10a-6p, Sun: 1p-5p, SALTLAKECITIZEN@GMAIL.COM.

Get to Know Higher Ground Higher Ground Learning has found itself a new executive director, Billy Thomas, and he’s looking to enhance the tutoring center’s profile in the community. Thomas says that even though Higher Ground has been around since 1996, it’s still relatively unknown. Higher Ground never turns a tutee away, and instead turns every tutee over to a crew of “young, cool tutors who relate with their students,” said Thomas, who was

painting doesn’t require any artistic experience. “You let the paints and the colors guide you,” she says. By manipulating paint on the canvas with your hands and feeling where the colors want to be and what they want to express, Gardner says people can access states and emotions often hidden.

She received intuitive painting training at the Wild Hearts Expressive Arts Teaching Training Program in Oakland, Calif. Gardner sees this career change as a natural extension of the deep healing work she did for 15 years as a body-worker and midwife.

She will be facilitating intuitive painting sessions in an intimate studio space on her home’s property. Upcoming courses will be held on March 20, April 3 and May 15, 1p-4p. Six week courses begin on April 21 and April 23, 5:30p-8:30p Lucia Gardner, Intuitive painting instructor, 801595-6335, LUCIAWGARDNER@HOTMAIL.COM.

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METAPHORS FOR THE MONTH

March 2010 A tarot reading for CATALYST readers

by Suzanne Wagner

When old patterns arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t working, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s often a good idea to become more playful to shift a stuck pattern. Remember that life is a grand adventure.

Arthurian Tarot: King Pellinore, Bedivere & Kay Mayan Oracle: Dreamer and Dreamed, Etznab, Complex Stability Aleister Crowley: Knight of Cups, Debauch, Luxury Medicine Cards: Owl, Rabbit Osho Zen Tarot: The Miser, Playfulness, The Dream Healing Earth Tarot: Seven of Feathers, Four of Pipes, Woman of Wands Ancient Egyptian Tarot: Three of Disks, Judgment, Three of Swords Words of Truth: Appropriate Place, Release, Joy he month of March has some wonderful aspects, but also some hints of warnings to powerful leaders in the world. Who is in danger is not specified in the cards, but there is a threat of an ambush that has the intent to kill a person of influence and power.

As we get closer to Uranus (the disrupter planet) coming into Aries (the God of War) in May, threats loom high for world change and conflicts erupting.

We are in a time of transformation. Transformation is not always comfortable or easy.

When humanity gets tired enough of situations, only then can change happen. The old

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structures break down, and something new emerges. Just remember how fast the Berlin Wall came down and the tremendous shift that ended Communism in Russia and the East Block. The entire year of

is best to not take a position of certainty. Remain flexible and open to the shifting tides and patterns as they unfold. We are all in this together. Consider all ideas and options before moving forward.

From this position, people can help co-create a new reality that has the potential to make them feel respected and creative in their approach to work and home.

I find when my old patterns arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t working, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good idea to become more playful. My inner child has the creative potential to make my life more fun and interesting. My brain loves to try new things. Even if they all do not work out, at least I have attempted to shift a stuck pattern. When I accomplish enough small shifts, my boat eventually breaks free of its moorings and I again expe-

When humanity gets tired enough of situations, only then can change happen.

The old structures break down, and something new emerges.

2010 is related to this ongoing shift in consciousness. Shifts will probably happen quickly when they happen. The fallout is the old patterns breaking down. This allows new structures to be implemented. But remember, rebuilding does take time; and patience is not an American strength.

So this month, which heralds the hints of spring and new growth, seems fraught with patterns of fear, constriction in relationship to money, and the desire to understand the huge shifts that continue to happen.

To maneuver through this complex maze of disappointment, uncertainty, and shifting patterns of perception, trust your intuitive insights..

It is a good idea to realize you are going to feel unprepared for the monumental tasks ahead. It

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rience the wind in my sails. I remember that my life is a grand adventure, full of wonder and magic.

Take a look at what you really want to build in your life this month. Is it an expansion of your consciousness? Inner peace and balance? More passion and excitement?

Regardless of what you are desiring and creating, it is time to own the fact that your external reality is reflecting your internal beliefs. With the right attitude, times of great challenge can be turned into moments of creative expression and gifts that have been hiding within you will have the chance to emerge. How you experience your life is up to you. u Suzanne Wagner is the author of numerous books and CDs on the tarot. She lives in Salt Lake City. SUZWAGNER.COM

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DAY B Y DAY IN THE HOME,GARDEN & SKY

BY DIANE OLSON drawings by Adele Flail MARCH 1 The Sun rises at 7 a.m. today and sets at 6:19 p.m. Average maximum temperature this month is 53 degrees; average minimum is 33 degrees. It typically snows 9.1 inches in the Salt Lake valley.

MARCH 2 The Dick Cheney of microorganisms: Bdelloid rotifers, a group of aquatic organisms, have lived for tens of millions of years without sex, can withstand blasts of gamma radiation and if their habitat dries up, they can survive for years in a desiccated state.

MARCH 3 This year, I’m going to build a waffle garden. Waffle gardens have sunken, two-square-foot planting areas surrounded by berms. The point? Each depression in the waffle catches rainfall and holds water close to the plants’ roots. And only the soil in the waffle needs to be amended.

MARCH 4 Got leftover seed from previous years?

Properly stored, most are viable for five or more years.

MARCH 5 Along with cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, squirrels,

lemurs, elephants and gorillas purr.

MARCH 6 Spreading black plastic mulch over garden beds warms the soil and gives plants a kick start. You can keep it in place when you plant (just cut Xs), but once it gets hot, it might cook your cool-season plants. It’s said to improve the yield of warm-weather crops, including cucumbers, squash, melons, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant, though, so you can leave it in those beds. Mulching with plastic works best with drip irrigation.

MARCH 7 LAST QUARTER MOON. You can prune fruit trees and summer-blooming shrubs until the buds start to swell, and separate and divide perennial flowers until they begin to show new growth.

MARCH 8 Some centipedes have as few as 30 legs; others have as many as 346.

MARCH 9 Look for Mars, up at dusk, outshining all the stars except Sirius.

MARCH 10 Who knew? Isaac Newton invented the cat flap door.

MARCH 11 White vinegar: It cleans everything, including pet puke, grease and sweat.

Stock up.

MARCH 12 This year’s Olson test garden experi-

ments: Black Kabouli Beans (garbanzo), Giant of Italy Parsley, Nikko Chinese Cabbage, Dark Star Zucchini, Purple Top White Globe Turnips and Turga Parsnips. All available from seedsofchange.com.

Also available locally at Traces, 1432 S 1100 E, 801-467-9544.

and fish emulsion.

MARCH 13 This is the month to feed lawns with slow-release, organic fertilizer or mulch. If clover and black medic are taking over your lawn, the soil needs more nitrogen.

MARCH 24 This is a good month to plant trees and shrubs. Yew pines, mulberry, bottlebrush and junipers produce prodigious amounts of pollen, so if you have allergies, don’t plant ‘em. And burning bushes really do burn; they produce enough volatile oil that lighting a match nearby can set it on fire. Don’t smoke around them, or put the barbeque nearby.

MARCH 14 If you haven’t already, trim out the old canes from berry bushes.

MARCH 15 NEW MOON. The first toothbrush was invented in China in 1498. It was made of Siberian pig hair bristles wired into cattle-bone handles.

MARCH 16 Time to start turning the compost pile again.

MARCH 17 Turkey vultures can detect a dead mouse under leaves from 200 feet up.

MARCH 18 Don’t uncover late spring bulbs and perennials yet.

MARCH 19 You can sow long- and short-season vegetables together to maximize space, and plant them close together because the short-term crop will be harvested by time the long-term one needs room. Good combos include: radishes and cabbage; Chinese cabbage and eggplant; lettuce and turnips; radishes and beans.

MARCH 20 VERNAL EQUINOX/FIRST DAY OF SPRING! Squeeze a lump of soil in your hand: If it falls apart, you can start planting carrots, chard, collards, leeks, lettuce, onions, parsley, parsnips, peas, potatoes and radishes. Amish Deer Tongue and Oak Leaf lettuce grow well here, as does Bright Lights Swiss chard. Plant half a dozen seeds every two weeks to extend the harvest.

MARCH 21 Time to plant spring cover crops—fava beans, field peas, oats and spring barley—in spent and unneeded beds. Saturn makes its closest approach to Earth tonight. It’s the brightest star in the east, rising at sunset and out all night.

MARCH 22 Time to start fertilizing house plants again. A small scoop of Epsom salts is said to do wonders, though I haven’t tried it yet. But my plants vouch for the efficacy of a stinky mix of apple cider vinegar

MARCH 23 FIRST QUARTER MOON. Raw or undercooked red kidney beans can cause severe nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and it only takes four of five beans to bring on the pain. If you cook them in a slow cooker, make sure they’re in there a good long time.

MARCH 25 If a jet flying overhead doesn’t leave a visible contrail, it probably won’t rain the next day.

MARCH 26 Rainbow and cutthroat trout are spawning, red-tailed hawks are mating, snowshoe hares and longtailed weasels are molting and green frogs are starting to sing.

MARCH 27 If the weather is cooperative, you can start planting beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, spinach and turnips now, Fresh broccoli is amazingly tasty. Plant lots, and keep harvesting to prevent flowering. Mine lasted most of last summer.

MARCH 28 Time to start nightshades—eggplant, peppers and tomatoes—under grow lights, in a sunny window, or in a cold frame.

MARCH 29 FULL SAP MOON. Look for Venus and Mercury, low in the western sky just after sunset.

MARCH 30 Turnips are easy to grow, and both the tops and the roots are tasty. Harvest the tops when they’re 4-6 inches tall; the roots when they reach a diameter of 2-3 inches. Turnips were the original jack-o-lanterns.

MARCH 31The Sun rises at 6:12 a.m. today and sets at 6:52 p.m.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

—Albert Einstein Diane Olson is a writer, gardener and bug hugger.

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