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IN THIS ISSUE 6

DON'T GET ME STARTED JOHN DEJONG Here comes the sun: We are on the verge of banishing the long, dark shadow of fossil fuels.

EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK GRETA DEJONG

ENVIRONEWS AMY BRUNVAND Environmental news from around the state: you need to know this.

SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER DENNIS HINKAMP The Age of Whatever: Applauding parents however they came to be. EAT LOCAL KATHERINE PIOLI Reasons to take up this month's Eat Local Challenge. WOLVES AT THE DOOR MAXIMILIAN WERNER A biocultural approach to balancing our ecosystems and our wildlife. MAXIN' THE FALL GARDEN JAMES LOOMIS Plant a garden now! THE JUST RIGHT, REAL TIGHT HOUSE JANE LYONSolar, top-quality windows, spray-foam insulation, double-offset studs, motion-sensored fans—and geothermal energy

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A MUSICAL, MEDITATIVE, CATALYST-CONCOCTED LOVE STORY SOPHIE SILVERSTONE Classical composer Phillip Bimstein writes a concerto for his partner, yoga teacher Charlotte Bell.

10 REASONS TO ATTEND PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS

IT'S MELON SEASON ALISON EINERSON Melon days, eat local challenge & recipes.

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DON’T GET ME STARTED

Here comes the sun

On the verge of banishing the long, dark shadow of fossil fuels

he future of renewable energy sources has never coal mining, and the happiness of the stockholders over been brighter. New developments in solar techfairness to their customers.” nology over the last three years have cut the cost Two deals that the Utah Governor’s Office of of solar arrays by 20% per year, while at the Planning and Budget recently announced point the way same time oil and gas extraction costs continue to rise. Anyone investing in fossil fuels these days looks like a fool. Solar electricity, unlike wind, is scalable in a good way. It works on projects both large and small. You can put a significant array of solar panels on just about any roof. Much of the reduction of the cost of solar electric arrays comes from the economies of scale in selling, permitting, financing and installation—what are called balanceof-system costs. The distribution of economically viable solar locations is much wider than for wind. In Germany, a not particularly sun-blessed clime, 1.5 million installations are producing 6.9% of all electricity. Many homes are net positive, meaning they produce more electricity than they consume. As with everything that affects the economy, solar electricity has become a political football. Hillary Clinton’s proposal to install 500 million solar panels in the United States before the end of photo by Casey Joyce her first term has been answered by $62 million in campaign contributions to Republican presidential candidates by billionaires connected to the fossil fuel industry. That’s about one out of every $8 donated to all presidential candidates so far in this campaign. Jobs are a big factor in the discussion. The fossil fuel to a new energy paradigm. The tax incentive deals industry would have us believe that a job in a coalmine, involve SolarCity and Vivint Solar, a division of that enslaves miners as well as customers, is the same as SunEdison. The deals promise 7,143 new jobs over the a job in the solar industry. In spite of what fossil fearnext 10 years. mongers would have us believe, solar will provide more This deal has a good news/less good news aspect. The jobs than coal. This year, the number of jobs in the good news is that SolarCity and Vivint Solar are big solar industry is predicted to surpass the number of players in the solar electric market and will have a large jobs in the coal industry—and that’s just the beginning. impact on the number of solar electric systems installed There aren’t any real obstacles to solar freedom but in the state. SolarCity is the top installer of solar electric the fossil fuel industry can make things difficult. systems in the U.S. with about 30% of the market. They Locally, Rocky Mountain Power (RMP) is trying to offer a solar leasing plan that allows homeowners to burden the owners of solar systems with the costs of enjoy the reduced cost of solar electricity without havtheir antique electric distribution system. Last year a ing to come up with the capital themselves. SolarCity is proposal to charge a net metering fee in the RMP servalso in the business of providing charging stations for ice area in Utah was defeated. electric vehicles. VivintSolar is a Lehi company recently But, as Utah Citizens Advocating Renewable Energy acquired by Solar Edison. They sell 20-year contracts (UCARE), a grassroots organization made up of condoor-to-door, locking in (for now) a lower rate for eleccerned Utah citizens who oppose Rocky Mountain tricity than what Rocky Mountain Power charges. Power’s intention to discourage private residential The not-so-good news is that the growth in solar ownership of renewable energy sources, puts it, “We electric systems will eventually drive down the price of conclude that RMP’s true purpose is to protect their electricity, leaving homeowners who have signed 20monopoly in electricity production, their investment in year contracts to pay more than market rates for the

BY JOHN DEJONG balance of their contracts. The plummeting cost of solar electric systems offers every homeowner the opportunity to be a micro-capitalist, rather than being beholden to someone who owns the panels on their roof. Electricity is one of those commodities that has been immune from market forces. Scarcity and abundance, forces that shape other markets, don’t work with the “regulated monopoly” that is our electricity industry. Most residences have antique electricity meters that, like the gas gauge in our cars, tell us only how much we’ve used, not when. Industry and big users of electricity enjoy the advantages of getting electricity more cheaply at offpeak hours. Time-of-day rates are not available to small consumers of electricity because of the costs of time-ofday meters. Being able to track their electricity usage would allow residential consumers to take advantage of time-of-day rates by altering their electricity usage patterns to take advantage of lower, off-peak rates. On the supplier side it might encourage people to orient their systems towards the west, so that they would produce more electricity during the late afternoon consumption peak. Electric cars aren’t poised to take off like rooftop solar, yet, but they are an important part of the mix. The key to getting the whole grid off the grid is convenient storage for the times the sun doesn’t shine – watching the late show and that early morning pot of coffee. The batteries of solar vehicles can be used to store electricity for those times. It will also be possible to use electric vehicle batteries as inhome electric storage when their storage capacity has declined to the point where they affect the performance of the vehicle and need to be replaced. Tesla Motors’ popular Powerwall is another solution, as well as increasing the size/scale of the large battery market. Freeing the market for electricity is probably the most important piece of the puzzle. As the number of electricity producers multiplies and the fossil fuel industry loses its monopoly, those monopolies will fight to the death. I have to wrap this column up so I can begin my annual pilgrimage to Burning Man. One of the main principles is radical self-reliance. For years, it has been my dream that everyone going to Burning Man unbolts a couple of solar panels from their roof and brings them out to Black Rock City to make it the first totally solar city in the solar system. The continued decline in the cost of solar electric systems makes that dream much more attainable. ◆

This year, the number of jobs in the solar industry is predicted to surpass the number of jobs in the coal industry—and that’s just the beginning.

John deJong is CATALYST’s associate publisher.

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK

Our family table

Food tastes better when you know where it came from BY GRETA BELANGER DEJONG

ating is a practical matter. We all need, in some fashion, to do it. Under the guise of family management, it also becomes culture. My mother arose to make me breakfast every morning of my grade school and high school career, we’re talking everything from cereal and milk to French toast (made with homemade bread), tomato soup and hamburgers. Dinner was planned at the lunch table. The shelves of the fruit cellar—that dark room in the basement that everyone else called the root cellar—were lined with bottled produce. There was a crock of fermenting saurkraut, and a slatted wooden bin for potatoes. If the Depression (what sounded to me like a long camping trip or a fun farm visit) came again, we would still be eating pretty well. Even in their later years when my parents were experiencing health problems and I came home to care for them, Mom rallied for the kitchen. Food, the making of it, was her thing. I did not inherit this proclivity in the obvious sense; don’t ask me to cook a burger. But I did learn how to can. And I will ferment practically anything. Ambrosia Tufts from Jack Stockwell’s clinic recently turned me on to fermented fish, and Natalie Clausen has gotten me going with sheep’s milk kefir. Green drinks are a no-brainer for anyone with a garden and a power blender—including me, thanks to a book Demi Langford gave me (Green for Life, by Victoria Boutenko) and a talk at Trace’s Nursery by the powerhouse herb lady, Rachel Kincaid: A stroll through my yard produces a basketful of basils, mints, oregano, borage, comfrey, fennel, lemon balm, lemon grass, parsley, French sorrel, pineapple sage and stevia: Blend with frozen fruit. Yum. This is not part of my mother’s culinary culture, but she would relate to the idea of using what you have at hand. This is all to say I’m not very good at dinner parties, unless held in tandem with a more foresightful chef such as Alice Toler, Pax Rasmussen or John deJong. But if you visit, there will be food of some sort. And we will probably eat it at the funky old round table, free of any artistic flourish, which I lugged to Utah in a UHaul from Wisconsin in 1993; at which I wrote my first fiction story the summer after third grade and made many a glitter-laden greeting card; where my parents had their wedding lunch in October of 1936; which lived in my grandparents’ house for decades before that; and which, rumor has it, came with their family from Germany back in the 1800s. This brings me to what I really wanted to tell you about: I’ve been meeting with my neighbor and old friend, Jude Rubadue, for coffee at our neighborhood hangout, Coffee Noir on Second South, and she has been telling me about Slow Food Jude Rubadue

Utah’s upcoming Feast of the Five Senses banquet, which she volunteer manages. Jude, who has been a chef at Alta’s Watson Lodge for decades, has orchestrated the food for many a CATALYST party throughout the years. Her kindness and grace coupled with immense knowledge and enthusiasm make her a bodhisattva of the kitchen, in my book. Slow Food Utah is a group of people who care about good food—not just the taste, but the experience of making and eating it, and its provenance. They like to put a face with their food, “especially meat and dairy,” says Jude. “Know your farmer.” She and her volunteer colleagues are in the midst of organizing this year’s feast, the 11th. I’ve attended four of them in the past and they are all gustatorial highlights of my life. The sitdown dinner, limited to 125 attendees, occurs at a restaurant, a reception center, a cooking school—once, even a farmer’s field. Each course is introduced by its maker, who describes the ingredients and their sources. A wine or beer matches each course. It has sold out every year. The chefs, from top-tier restaurants, contribute labor and ingredients. A sort of magic happens at these Feasts. A new burst of enlightenment occurs with each course (I will admit it may be vaguely connected to the fact that I am unused to consuming this much alcohol with my meals). One resolves to cook more consciously, shop more wisely, savor everything. Also, there are friends, new and old. Food makes comaraderie. The feast is a fund-raiser for a really cool cause: providing funds for micro-grants to Utahns who are engaged in growing or producing clean, fair food. The project, begun in 2008, is the brain child of Jen Colby. Through the years, CATALYST has written about many of the grant recipients, including New Roots Rising (refugee garden plots), Biocentric Brothers (mushroom growers), Oolite Creamery (sheepmilk cheese), and our own Katherine Pioli and Ben Bombard (heritage-breed poultry). Slow Food Utah President Gwen Crist estimates the group has funded upward of 100 projects, averaging with grants averaging $1,500 each. The Feast also funds the group’s upcoming Eat Local Week projects and the annual Honeybee Festival. Each Feast of the Five Senses has its own theme. One year it was Sharing Traditions from the Ark of Taste, which focused on “endangered” foods, to create demand for worthy but waning heirlom varieties and encourage growers to choose them. “This year’s theme is Our Family Table, focusing on foods your parents or grandparents may have eaten, though prepared other ways,” Jude says. The chef lineup so far includes Bowman Brown of Forage, Tyler Stokes of Provisions, Emily of Em’s, Romina Rasmussen of Les Madeleines, Wendy Robinson of Liberty Heights Fresh, Amber Billingsley Angelilli of 3 Cups, Elisabeth Lafond of Cafe Bon Appetit, Logen Crew of Current and Jen Gilroy of The Porch. ◆ Greta Belanger deJong is editor & publisher of CATALYST magazine.

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BY AMY BRUNVAND

Toxic mine spill points to need for regulation reform

Water Act would apply to mining pollution and mining companies would be required to reclaim mine sites to sustain pre-mining uses.

Utah politicians often gripe that mining is over-regulated, but we recently found out what happens when pollution from mining is under-regulated. On August 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was attempting to clean up an inactive gold mine near Silverton, Colorado when 3 million gallons of toxic waste spilled into the Animas River, sending a bright orange plume of acidic, heavy metal-contaminated water into Utah’s San Juan River and down to Lake Powell. Republican politicians have been trying to pin the blame for the spill on EPA, but EPA didn’t create the toxic waste. The toxic mine waste was residual from the General Mining Act of 1872 (still in effect 143 years later) which allows hardrock mining companies to operate on public lands without environmental protection or remediation requirements, exempt from the Clean Water Act, and without paying royalties or severance taxes to mitigate impacts. A consequence of this lack of environmental regulation is that over 40% of the headwaters of rivers in the Western U.S. are polluted by waste from hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines; and taxpayers—not mining companies—are responsible for the cleanup bill. Nonetheless, Utah legislators Margaret Dayton (R-Orem) and Mike Noel (R-Kanab) made outrageous accusations that the EPA might have spilled toxic waste on purpose in order to qualify for Superfund money. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes rushed to Colorado to “investigate,” and managed to find a few fellow conspiracy-theorists among the residents. Reyes is threatening lawsuits against EPA for causing the disaster. Zach Frankel of Utah Rivers Council points out that instead of spreading improbable conspiracy theories, it would be more helpful for Utah lawmakers to demand accountability from oil companies that frequently spill toxins into Utah’s rivers. Despite Republican attempts to divert public attention away from water quality issues, the spill is a wake-up call regarding the need for regulatory reform of hardrock mining. Arizona representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ-X) and Senator Heinrich (D-NM) have introduced the Hardrock Mining Reform and Reclamation Act of 2015 in order to change the rules so that the Clean

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Envision Utah gets it wrong The much-ballyhooed Envision Utah public visioning process appears to have been turned into a push-poll for water developers. Envision Utah conducted a statewide survey asking the public to evaluate various scenarios for Utah’s future. The survey result found that people are highly interested in locally grown food and “98% of Utahns want to increase food self-sufficiency from agriculture.” However, the survey leapt to conclusions saying that Utahns are willing to build large, expensive and environmentally destructive water projects in order to subsidize industrial agriculture. The survey results clearly point to a desire to protect the kind of pastoral working landscape and small farms described by writers like Wendell Berry. Big water projects in Utah mostly support subsidized alfalfa-growing, not the kind local food systems people thought they were supporting when they filled out the survey. The watershortage scenario described in Envision Utah’s water report contradicts a recent Legislative Audit of Utah’s water future which found that conservation and better water management are sufficient to provide for future needs. Envision Utah survey results: eNVISIONUTAH.ORG/PROJECTS/YOUR-UTAH-YOURFUTURE/ITEM/346-RESULTS

Don’t blame the coyotes; Mule deer and drilling don’t mix Turns out mule deer and drilling don’t get along. Researchers in Colorado found that mule deer shy away from active drill pads and roads so that more than half of their critical winter range is impacted in areas with oil and natural gas development. Utah’s Mule Deer Protection Act of 2012 offers a bounty on coyote pelts, supposedly to halt continued decline of Utah’s mule deer population from predation, but the evidence points to increased oil and gas development as the real culprit. Utah legislators are always talking about “environmentally sensitive energy and mineral development” and this research shows what that might actually look like; developers should avoid drilling during winter months when animals have a harder time finding food and they should be required to provide undeveloped refuge habitat where animals can hide.

Moab leasing plan The Utah Bureau of Land Management draft Moab Master Leasing Plan is open for public comment. This plan covers areas near Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, the places that led Tim DeChristopher to his act of civil disobedience protesting inappropriate leasing in 2008. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) sued to block oil and gas leases in this treasured landscape, and the new plan appears to be a step forward to keep energy development away from sensitive lands and popular recreational areas. However, SUWA says that unless BLM gets significant public pressure, places like Labyrinth Canyon and Indian Creek would still be open for leasing. Public comments are due by Thursday, November 19. Moab Master Leasing Plan (MLP): BLM.GOV/UT/ST/EN/FO/MOAB/MLP/DEIS.HTML Moab MLP Open House: October 6, SLC Public Library, 210 East 400 South 4-7pm Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: SUWA.ORG

SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER

The Age of Whatever

Applauding parents, however they came to be

BY DENNIS HINKAMP

he software is not yet coded to diagram the meandering and defoliated branches of my family tree. When I go into the church genealogy library, the “gone to lunch” or “server updating” signs go up. I may have actually driven some of them to start drinking coffee — the hard stuff, not decaf. That’s okay. The nuclear family is aptly named; a volatile mix always ready to blow up. And, to bludgeon the analogy, it’s the deterrent that some like to hang onto. My seldom seen stepsister died this week. If not for Facebook, I would have never known. For all its distracting ills, social media keeps us together in our nomadic lives. This is the new norm: My half-sister adopted my RIP stepsister’s grandchild which makes me?... I have no idea; something third twice removed who’s on first? Nobody really planned this; life happens and we should support and celebrate anyone who wants to commit to anyone. Have you ever done a Monday morning debriefing of the typical family reunion? It makes the rift between Israel and Iran seem solvable by someone as comical as Joe Biden or unelectable as John Kerry. “Hey, maybe if the leaders of your two countries could just rent a houseboat on Lake Powell for a week you could work things out?” I imagine them saying. No, I’m pretty sure this would be a prelude to the Biblical end times Revelations war. So y’all go on with your sanctity of the family and the end of life as we know it. Does it really matter if Adam and Steve or Eve and Yvette adopt a child? Or, if anyone of any gender unrelated twice removed procreates in a Petri dish? Have you thought this through? Hey, I have been around a lot of kids; parenting is the worst-paying job in the universe. I applaud and support anyone brave enough to voluntarily raise children. Now, let me comment on Utah’s recent same-sexmarriage birth certificate issue (BIT.LY/CAT1509BC): Birth certificates have not reflected reality for a long time. Mine says Ronald Hinkamp is my father, even though he had nothing to do with my conception and, in fact, was physically incapable of fathering children (mumps; note to the anti-vaccine folks). Legal adoptions often alter biological reality in favor of parental reality; it’s just paperwork. I knew who raised me and who to send the Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards to. On a sort of side note, but related to our village-toraise-a-child concept: What could possibly be gay about scarves and knee socks on boys? Thanks for finally coming to your senses, Boy Scouts of America. Utah, it’s your move. Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls. It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, Except for Lola. Lo lo lo lo Lola. —The Kinks ◆

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Eat Local

Reasons to take up this month’s Eat Local Challenge

tahns’ hearts are in the right place when it comes to local food. Last year of the 52,845 state residents who participated in the Envision Utah poll, answering questions about their ideal vision for the future of Utah on topics from schools to public lands to air quality, 98% said they would be willing to cut back on their own water usage, and would want to see less development on farmland, if it meant helping farmers raise more local food. Agriculture is an important business sector in Utah. Production agriculture – livestock, livestock products like milk, poultry, feed and nursery products – accounted for $3.8 billion (3.1%) of the state’s GDP in 2012. That same year, according to the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, 10% of Utah farmers sold directly to local consumers, who spent about $16 million on locally grown food products. Raising even more local food would be great. And Utahns are spot on when they say that protecting our water supply is a critical part of that process. Despite significant rainfall last May, water remains a concern across the state, particularly for farmers. A story last month in Utah Business magazine reported that Tooele, Salt Lake and Garfield counties are so dry they have been declared disaster areas. As a result, farmers are switching from grain production to cattle grazing to save water. But how much more water can we really give to agriculture? And would that water even be used to grow local food? Already agriculture in our state uses 82% of the state’s total developed water supply. Municipal and industrial water use combined is only 18%. Of all the water put towards agriculture, half of that is used for growing alfalfa hay for cattle, and some of that is shipped out of state. Another problem is that saving water and saving farmland don’t seem to go hand in hand, at least according to Utah’s Legislative Auditor General. In a 2015 report to the state legislature, the office of the Auditor General warns that by 2040, demand for water in Utah will exceed supply. One solution proposed is urban development of farmland. “If we assume,” the report concludes, “that 100% of the agriculture water will be

BY KATHERINE PIOLI

If all the 52,000 Envision Utah survey-takers started buying local today, that would be a pretty good start toward realizing their ideal future. converted in the Weber River Basin (where development is expected), an additional 52,000 acre-feet of water will be available by 2060.” When Utahns said they wanted to give more water to agriculture, they were likely envisioning more peach orchards and urban farms, not alfalfa. It’s worth considering how an increase in local food agriculture might be another solution to our water woes instead of pushing urban development. There are so many good reasons to produce and consume food locally. It’s good for the earth – fewer fossil fuels used in transportation. It’s good for our local economy – supporting businesses and farmers who live here. It’s good for our health – fresh food that is harvested and eaten at peak ripeness has more nutrients than food that ripens in transit. And food crops, even water-needy crops such as corn, almonds and grains, use less than half the water consumed by alfalfa. Tomatoes and potatoes use one tenth as much water as alfalfa! Encouraging land and water conservation through developing our local food agriculture isn’t as easy as it seems. We’re going to have to see a lot more than $16 million spent annually on local food products. We’re going to have to shop at farmers markets, buy CSA shares (Community-Supported Agriculture) and patronize grocery the rare store like Real Foods Market (and some day the member-owned Wasatch Cooperative Market) that carry local produce and products year round. If all the 52,000 Envision Utah survey-takers started buying local today, that would be a pretty good start toward realizing their ideal future.

The Eat Local Challenge, part of this month’s Eat Local Week, is a perfect time to start making local eating an every-day habit. A little group support always helps. For one week, you can pledge to participate at a level that you may find challenging but not taxing: be a hardcore locavore and eat only food grown, raised, produced or caught in Utah (e.g. no olive oil or coffee—or you may prefer to give yourself one or two free exceptions); the less ambitious may commit to purchasing produce from a local farmer, along with some local eggs and cheese; or maybe just try to eat at least one fully locally sourced meal a day. Of course, the definition of “local” is different for every person. Some may call local anything grown in the same state – even though for Salt Lakers, food from parts of Idaho or Wyoming probably travel less than food from St. George. Others like to designate local as anything produced within 100 or 250 miles. For an entire year, author Barbara Kingsolver and her family ate food almost exclusively grown on their farm in Kentucky (she wrote about her year as a locavore in her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle). When Andrea and Michael Heidinger started Utah’s Eat Local Week in 2007, along with a few friends and acquaintances, they decided to stick with food produced within 250 miles of their home. Not only were they able to find enough food to eat, they found great food they hadn’t known about, things like Morgan Valley Lamb and Beehive Cheese. Since then Eat Local Week, and the Eat Local Challenge, has grown into a statewide event held at just the right time for Utahns to enjoy the best of the regional harvest season. ◆ Katherine Pioli is CATALYST’s associate editor.

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hen wildlife biologists or other researchers are out in the field doing science and gathering data, they are trained not to project, emote, or intervene when, say, they see a malnourished fox sitting by a stream or a wolf pack take down and devour an elk calf. In fact, the quality and the value of their work depend on their ability to detach from their personal feelings. Although science is not immune to error, as far as we know it is more reliable than any other kind of knowledge, particularly when it comes to providing us with the information we need in order to make responsible decisions about wildlife and the environment that supports it. While some scientists may have fudged data in pursuit of their own selfish interests, the bigger problem is what happens to scientific information once it enters the public domain, assuming it gets that far. However hard-won, objective, factual and well-vetted

Our treatment of the wolf (and other maligned animals) usually reveals more about our own nature than it reveals about the nature of the wolf. information might be, a significant percentage of the general public is already suspicious of science, especially when it comes to certain issues, such as the reintroduction of wolves to the Yellowstone ecosystem. Many people therefore have no incentive to view science through anything other than their own subjective lenses. Clearly science’s usefulness and the life of facts depend on the audience; what is also true is that our treatment of the wolf (and other maligned animals) usually reveals more about our own nature than it reveals about the nature of the wolf. The questions each one of us needs to answer are what are the

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Wolves at the door A biocultural approach BY MAXIMILIAN WERNER

facts, what do they mean, and how do they situate us in a physical world? How we answer these questions will not only determine our conduct toward wolves and other forms of nonhuman nature, but also the degree to which we can contribute to a more accurate and complete understanding of ourselves and of the world we inhabit. We are cultural and biological beings, and it has taken hundreds of thousands of years to get us to our current state. Along the way we have developed various behavioral biases, including our curiosity about and interest in other animals. We share this curiosity with myriad species, even the wolf—a fact that necessarily links us through the process of convergent evolution whereby we, faced with similar challenges, evolved similar traits. That is, we evolved in an environment in which our survival depended on paying attention to other animals. How we interpret animal behavior, including our own, is informed by our cultural filters that impart greater or lesser understanding. Indeed, understanding nature and wildlife often requires a willingness to correct our own deepseated, long-held, and bad ideas, many of which are themselves irrational byproducts of our evolutionary past. The recent killing in Beaver, Utah of wolf 914F, aka Echo, by two cougar hunters who claimed they mistook her for a coyote, and the Federal Wildlife Services’ (FWS) decision not to file charges, illustrates not only the hold that evolution has on us when it comes to predators with whom we may compete, but also of how our irrational behavioral biases often lead to poor policy decisions as well— the Division of Natural Resources’ Predator Control Program still offers a $50 bounty for the “lower jaw and either the full pelt or the scalp (with both ears attached) from a coyote.” Although the FWS was eventually notified of 914f’s killing, the Salt Lake Tribune reported that the hunters first contact was “a high school acquaintance who happened to be a state conservation officer.” Only after he arrived were federal wildlife offi-

It’s almost impossible to conclude that this presumably experienced hunter mistook 914f (weighing in at 89 lbs., and with a sizeable radio collar around her neck) for a coyote (50 lbs. at best). And yet that is precisely the conclusion reached by the Federal Wildlife Service, an agency whose chief purpose is “to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend.” cials notified of the wolf's death. This hunters alike for his ethical failure to unfortunate event underscores the positively identify his target before extent of the hunters’ folly and, indeed, shooting. the folly of the FWS, for whom a dead In addition to the fact that the “coyote wolf, the rule of law, and the designation [sic] went behind a sagebrush” and was of endangered species appear to mean apparently obscured from view, we less than the hunters’ dubious explanaknow from the July 9, 2015 Tribune artition of the events that took place on cle that the shooter used a “.223-caliber December 28, 2014 near the Tushar hunting rifle with a 10-power scope” to Mountains of southwestern Utah. kill the wolf from about 120 yards away. In the absence of a thorough and Admittedly, 120 yards leaves a lot of detailed account of the killing—Michael Robinson of the Center for Biological Diversity requested the FWS’s investigation files through the Freedom of Information Act and “obtained 150 heavily redacted pages”—all we have to go on are the facts as they have been reported in newspapers throughout the West. This dearth of information may seem to prevent one from determining the plausiWolf 914F, aka Echo with her radio tag. bility of the hunters’ story, but the few facts we do know seriously undermine their version of room for error, but that 10-power scope what happened, which makes all the would have made the wolf appear as more troubling the FWS’s decision not close as 12 yards away. As one increduto imprison, fine, nor even revoke the lous commenter noted in response to shooter’s hunting license or permit. For the Tribune’s article, at that distance she not only did the shooter violate federal “could see a tic inside a jackrabbit’s ear.” law, he hadn’t registered for, nor had he Of course 914f’s killer wouldn’t have completed the training required to parto see anything as minute as a tic: All ticipate in Utah’s coyote bounty prohe’d have to see is the sizeable radio colgram. If this sounds like a big deal, it’s lar around the wolf’s neck. “The bullet not: There are no legal consequences for went through the canid's chest cavity,” failing to complete the required training so whether 914f was shot in profile or (it just means that a bounty hunter head-on, it’s hard to understand how won’t get paid), and nowhere is there the hunter wouldn’t have seen the collar any mention of the need to be sure of through his scope. Equally puzzling is one’s target. how the hunters failed to notice the conAlthough wolves are rarely sighted in siderably different appearance and size Utah, a lone four-year-old male wolf of the 914f who, at the time of her was spotted in late 2014 in the Uintah killing, weighed 89 pounds. A well-fed Mountains, and 914f was first spotted adult coyote is lucky to reach 50 pounds. almost three months before her In light of these facts, it’s almost December 2014 death. Given the possiimpossible to conclude that this prebility that hunters may encounter a wolf, sumably experienced hunter mistook one wonders why the Division of 914f for a coyote. And yet that is preNatural Resources didn’t provide inforcisely the conclusion reached by the mation that would alert hunters to that FWS, an agency whose chief purpose is possibility as well as to help them distin“to protect and recover imperiled guish coyotes from wolves. However, species and the ecosystems upon which the burden of proof does not lie with the they depend.” Wolves, coyotes and DNR; it lies with the hunter, and he has humans are very different animals, but been ridiculed by hunters and nonwe are all predators. The fact that our

own behavior as such is viewed any differently is not the result of humanity’s inherent uniqueness or superiority, but of accident, and we, as the benefactors of conditions and natural forces we personally had nothing to do with creating, get to say and do anything that we want to our fellow creatures and to the environment, no matter how unfounded, ridiculous and destructive. Of course, Utah isn’t the only state in the West that has a controversial attitude toward wolves. In August of 2013 I did a two week writer’s residency in Centennial Valley, Montana. While there, I observed many animals, and I was often reminded of the danger posed by the moose and bear in the area, especially near the willows along Odell Creek, or in the heavy timber and higher elevations of Big and Little Sheep Mountains. But very little was said about Montana’s most controversial animal, the wolf. One reason for this omission is that healthy wolves, contrary to their largely mythic reputation for being man hunters, rarely confront, attack, or kill humans. Another reason is that, except for occasional sightings of lone wolves or their tracks in the snow, there aren’t any wolves to talk about in Centennial Valley. Based on my off-the-record conversations with an official from Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, the Centennial pack had a good run, but in 2009 it was blamed for killing 120 sheep, most of them bucks, near the Blacktail area, south of Dillon, Montana, and that was the end of the Centennial wolf pack. The Sage Creek pack would meet a similar fate after being blamed for killing two dozen sheep at the mysterious USDA Sheep Experiment Station. According the Montana Standard, “federal trappers,” aka members of the embattled USDA Wildlife Services Predator Control Program, moved in and destroyed the entire Centennial pack including several pups. Although the Montana Standard reported that the pack was eliminated in a matter of days, the Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks website indicated that the pack was

destroyed between October 18 and late November of 2009. One-hundred-andtwenty (120) sheep. Somehow the words and the numbers don’t convey the reality. One hundred -and-twenty is this many: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. That’s a lot of animals, and it doesn’t take a wildlife expert to see that the wolves could not possibly eat even a quarter of these sheep over the course of single feeding. Although many of the sheep may have killed each other by trampling and suffocating one another, mass or “surplus” killings such as this often translate into the idea that wolves kill for the sake of killing, without reason, or simply for the fun of it. Losing sheep clearly affects a herder’s bottom line, but those of us who are unaware of or ignore the facts beyond the rancher’s bottom line probably are more disturbed by the apparent moral implications of the killings. They must wonder what kind of animal would take so much more than what it needs (and in turn leave fewer animals for us). But a quick review of world literature shows that people have throughout time devised all sorts of interesting, creative, and unrealistic ways of answering this question. While some people tend to revere the wolf, e.g., Native Americans, here in the United States the predominant story of the wolf has been the Judeo-Christian one. What kind of animal would kill so much more than what it needs? A hellsent animal, that’s what kind. Contrast that with how the sheep figures in the popular imagination: The sheep is white, cuddly, docile, defenseless, and—in a word—innocent; whereas the wolf is black, vicious, blood-thirsty, and—in a word—guilty (and we don’t usually count wolves to help us sleep). The novelist T.H. White deftly captured this duality in his book The Bestiary: “The eternal enemy of the lamb is of course the wolf, and the shift toward Christ the Lamb naturally led to the growing use of lupine imagery in satanic iconography.” But the problem isn’t just that the wolf kills, it’s what it kills and how much.

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Had those bucks been ewes or, even worse, lambs, people’s ire would have increased exponentially, despite the United States’ thriving, multi-billion dollar veal industry. Wolf attacks on humans are rare, but the attacks that have occurred over the past three or four hundred years offer some insight into the Blacktail and Sage Creek sheep killings. Interestingly, the vast majority of wolf attack victims (the total number of which is very small) have been women and children. In his worldwide 2002 survey The fear of wolves: A review of wolf attacks on humans, John Linnell et. al. noted that while men were the main victims of rabid wolf attacks, “the victims of predatory attacks by wolves are mainly (90%) children under the age of 18, and especially under the age of 10. In rare incidents where adult humans are killed, they are almost always women.” The wolf’s tendency to prey on women and children certainly reinforces its reputation for being an agent of the devil (compare how we punish people who prey on women and children). But an alternative, albeit more challenging perspective is that the wolf is demonstrating its resourcefulness by selecting prey—sheep, women, children—whose acquisition posed the least amount of energy expenditure and threat to its own well-being. The Blacktail sheep killings may appear to undermine this interpretation if only because the Centennial pack did not eat a fraction of the sheep it “killed.” One might ask, if wolves don’t eat what they kill, then why kill at all? This question could mean why morally or why biologically. Because the real wolf exists outside our concepts of morality, we can be assured that the moral answer to this question (i.e., that the wolf is a mindless killer) will have almost nothing to do with the actual animal and the reasons for its behavior. The biological answer is harder to come by, but it is unquestionably more reliable and useful in terms of increasing our understanding. Both the moral and biological perspectives have one very important commonality: Neither occurs in a vacuum. This is not to say that these perspectives check-and-balance each other, nor that they share equal footing. For even though wildlife managers and field biologists are often in the best position to interpret the data and explain the needs of animals and why they behave in the ways that they do, as we saw with the outcome of 914f, they are still under considerable pressure to present their findings in such a way that does not invite the often unfounded or irrational objections of their constituents. This is

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assuming they even get to the point where they have findings to present. Sometimes the moral outcry is so loud, all claims to the contrary, that all appeals for circumspection, measure and restraint, are drowned out by its thunderous roar. This is what appears to have happened with the Blacktail killings and, from I’ve gathered from my research, several other so-called “surplus” killings as well. Had the kill site of the Blacktail killings been treated with the thoroughness and care of a human crime scene, wolf biologists may have learned a lot more about the wolves, including whether or not they would, if left alone, return for later feedings. This knowledge would have added a whole new dimension to our understanding of surplus killing and in turn may have helped to debunk the ridiculous idea that wolves simply kill for the fun of it. But so fierce was the public outcry over the killing of these sheep, within hours of their discovery federal trappers were given the green light to begin exterminating the pack. Instead of waiting to see how the wolves would respond to the surplus, or examining the sheep to determine if they were in fact killed by wolves and not by each other and other animals, the Wildlife Services folks rushed in with traps, poison and guns a-blazing. The event could have been treated as an opportunity to improve our knowledge, but instead it became the unchecked justification for all-out war on the Centennial wolf pack. Despite the break-neck speed with which these events unfolded, wildlife biologists dispatched to the scene were still able to verify that two adult wolves were involved in the killings. Because these two wolves were the only animals to be implicated, initially they were the only animals to be destroyed. That the motive for this extermination had precious little to do with the facts became clear when a vocal segment of the public complained that killing only two wolves—when 120 sheep had been slaughtered—was not a fair and adequate response, at which point the killing resumed until every member of the Centennial pack was dead. As if doing good science weren’t difficult enough, local wildlife officials must also anticipate and contend with an uninformed and at times bewitched public, knowing that at any moment they themselves may be ridiculed, assailed or even ousted from their positions because of their findings. If the limited reporting in the Montana Standard and other local papers is any indication, there is much more to the wolf’s story, and I can’t help but wonder

The event could have been treated as an opportunity to improve our knowledge, but instead it became the unchecked justification for all-out war on the Centennial wolf pack. if the wolf narrative in general, and the concept of surplus killing in particular, aren’t just ploys designed to obscure that fact. If we look at the behavior of the human species, we will see there is no reason to assume that the only reason animals kill other animals is to eat them. Sport and trophy hunters exemplify this practice insofar as they kill selected animals not for their meat, but for their hides, skins, pelts, antlers, horns, heads, and other body parts, the significance of which has no obvious bearing on the hunters’ survival. When examined from a strictly biological point of view, sport or trophy hunting seems aberrant when compared to the so-called surplus killing by wolves. Although it’s true that a percentage of hunters are considered subsistence hunters, the majority of hunters

do not need to harvest animals for food. This is especially true in the case of trophy hunters, whose “canned” hunts can cost hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars. With that kind of money, a hunter could eat champagne, lobster and caviar for a year. Hell, he could hire someone to go out and hunt his food for him. Of course there are other reasons for why people hunt other than for food, including our need to exercise primal urges and for the preservation of culture and tradition, but generally speaking, most of these folks do not kill for food in order to survive. If one is tempted to draw the same conclusion with respect to the wolf, that killing multiple sheep is in excess of what they need to survive, one may need

to broaden one’s definitions of what it means to “need” and to “survive.” Humans are well known for stockpiling food, and fortunately many of us don’t have to worry about our next meal. But wolves are not us. They are a feast-orfamine animal. Thus, similar to how my mother has a couple months of canned food and water in

survive as well as the wolf? It takes an intelligent animal to see an opportunity and seize it, even if it means killing a lot of defenseless sheep. For those of us who do not distinguish between human morality and biological amorality, this view is unsatisfactory at best. Equally untenable for a vocal segment of the public, however, is the idea that the wolf is the devil’s accomplice and should be wiped from the face of the Earth. We seem to be at an impasse. The irony is that it has very little to do with the wolf and very much to do with our own limitations. We humans are the masters of the double-standard. When we load our freezers with meat, that’s just good planning, but when the wolf does the same thing, it is slaughter and deviltry of the most heinous kind. The fact is that wolves and other animals do not behave for the sake of behaving, or kill for the sake of killing, any more than we do. ◆

her pantry, surplus killing may just be the wolf’s way of ensuring a future food supply for both itself, its young and other pack members. In addition to ensuring a steady supply of food, wolf biologists have also hypothesized that young, inexperienced wolves may benefit from watching their parents and pack members kill. Talk about a teaching moment! In light of these explanations, the very notion of surplus killing flies in the face of what we know about animal behavior, including our own. For what is the likelihood that any animal could get away with risking and wasting so much and still

Maximilian Werner is the author of four books, including the natural history/memoir Evolved: Chronicles of a Pleistocene Mind and the memoir Gravity Hill. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric Studies at the University of Utah.

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Summer garden, I have a confession to make. I’m no longer in love with you. I can’t take it anymore. You’re just so demanding, always needing me to water you and weed you, all while it’s HOT outside and my friends are leaving for rafting trips and festivals. When we entered this relationship I was hungry for zucchini and tomatoes, but seriously, you’ve been smothering the sauce right out of me. I can’t take it anymore. I’m leaving you, summer garden. But I still wanna be friends. Fall can be one of the most productive times in the garden. Unfortunately most gardeners are too burned out to take advantage of this season. Don’t let this be you, my clever reader. On the other hand, maybe you missed the whole summer garden scene and are feeling some regret. No fear—there’s still time for a 2015 garden! This is the ideal time for planting cool weather crops, trees and perennials. Bonus: Trees and perennials are often on clearance at garden centers, now, too!

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Cool weather crops grown in the spring and fall are actually some of the easiest, consistently highest yielding plants a gardener can grow. Fall has a distinct advantage over spring in that many of our favorite cool weather crops prefer to grow in a transition from warm to cool (fall), over cool to warm (spring). Incredibly, these plants taste sweeter as the cool weather sets in. Lettuces, arugula, and all of your brassica (kale, collards, bok choi, mustard, broccoli, etc.) begin to take on luxurious new sweetness with the cold and will even tolerate light frosts and maintain great production. I’m willing to bet that most people who don’t like kale have only tasted nappy summer kale and not luscious November kale. If you have kale lingering from earlier in the season that look homely and tired, just prune them, feed them, and watch them explode with new vigor and flavor as things cool off.

If your garden is already teeming with tomatoes, cucumbers and squash, you’ve got to exercise a little ingenuity. Look closer. I’m sure you can find at least half a dozen planting locations to plug in some seeds. I call this the “hidden farm,” those little pockets of unused space amongst your other plants. Look even closer and I bet you’ll start to notice unproductive plants that are past their prime and ready to come out. Yank them and pop some seeds in the void they left behind. You can gain even more ground by getting some starts going (just like you did in spring), and then plugging them in after it’s a little more obvious what summer crops can come out. Notice the area beneath really tall plants, like those massive tomatoes you have trellised. Tackle some additional real estate and plant under there. That’s a prime place to tuck in some cover crops.

Technically speaking, a cover crop is any plant sown with the express purpose of benefitting your garden in a way that is not directly food for you. This reason can be to enhance the soil, provide food or shelter for beneficial insects, grow biomass, fix nitrogen, or some combination of any of the above. Nature abhors bare soil, and planting cover crops will take your growing up a notch. A challenge urban gardeners face when planting cover crops is when and where to squeeze them in amongst an already crowded small plot. That’s where our understory planting comes in. By seeding our cover crops in the understory of our larger trellised plants, they’ll get established early. Prune some of your lower leaves and branches on these crops and scatter in your cover crop seeds. Cover with a thin layer of compost, and off they grow! Once the frosts come in late October, you can remove the taller summer plants and, tada!, you have a huge head start on your cover cropping. A good stand of cover also prevents compaction by the winter snow and keeps the biology in your soil robust and thriving once all of your veggies are out. That’s maxin’ it like a boss. My favorite fall cover crops are hairy vetch, field peas and berseem clover. All of these are legumes and once their roots are incorporated into the soil after their life cycle they leave nitrogen for the following planting. Growing your own fertilizer, boss move again.

Plant garlic now No fall planting is complete without garlic! Garlic should go in now, and once it is established can be mulched heavily with straw and will thrive right thru the winter. In fact, garlic needs this overwintering to be successful. For the tastiest result, source a high quality seed garlic. Conventional garlic from the grocery store is often treated with anti-sprouting agents. Good organic garlic from the grocery store often produces just fine, but store garlic is often limited to varietals with a long shelf life. You can find premium seed garlic at many farmers markets this time of year, with much more variety to choose from.

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Beneficial insect habitat Before you plant every last space, however, consider this. In my garden designs I advise that 15-20% of the total growing area be dedicated to beneficial insect habitat. Plant the perennials now so that they’ll be productive and thriving next spring. When thinking about plants to attract our beneficial predator insects such as ladybugs, lacewings and syrphid flies, my rule of thumb is: big clusters of small flowers. Look for perennial alyssum, yarrow and anise hyssop as well as native clumping perennial grasses to provide cover. One other vital tip for sustaining your beneficial insects: don’t over-tidy your garden this fall with pre-winter cleanup. Our insect friends need places to overwinter and they’ll generally do this in our dormant perennials, mulches and leaf litter. While it can be quite rewarding to get in there and detail out every nook and cranny, you’ll be booting out your insect allies at the same time.

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he brains behind the eclectic structure going up on the site of the old T Street Market in the Avenues is ShruDeLi Ownbey, a woman so talented a teacher and harpist she twice received the Distinguished Teacher Award from the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. But music is not Ownbey’s only passion. So is having a net zero emissions home, a dream she and her husband Ray, a retired English professor, are slowly, painstakingly realizing on this small property in Salt Lake’s lower Avenues. Imagine completely tapping out of energy dependence on fossil fuels. A zero-energy, or net zero, building is really the only structure with a chance of

doing that. These structures are designed to be so super efficient that, with a renewable energy system like a rooftop solar array, they can run completely off the energy they create and draw nothing from the utility grid. Of course, it’s not easy, or cheap. For the Ownbeys it began by finding the right piece of land and then hiring an architect, Tom Francis Jakab, and a local contractor, Sausage Construction. “It’s a lean house, everything about it,” says Jakab. But the Ownbey house is also a thoroughly modern, somewhat complicated, scientific creation with all the necessary components for a successful net-zero home right down to the windows. To start with, solar panels on the roof of the house will provide all the

necessary electricity for the home. Secondly, the house is practically airtight, no cracks around windows or doors here. Double-paned argon, fiberglass windows make it easier to maintain the desired temperature inside, as does the home’s spray foam insulation. On top of all that, the walls of the home are specially designed with double offset studs that reduce thermal bridging, a common heat loss problem that occurs when framing materials inside the wall create a bridge for heat to escape through. All these controls help create a consistent temperature for the home. But because this house is so sealed, a fresh air duct system through out the home and motion sensored fans were installed to create a nice airflow (don’t mistake these with

air vents that just blow air into the home). But all this is still just the beginning. What really makes the Ownbey home stand out is its unique physical connection to the earth. While insulation and solar panels do a great deal to get a house to net-zero emissions, holding the home’s interior to a constant, moderate temperature means that less energy has to be utilized for heating and cooling. One way to do this, and the way the Ownbeys are going, is through geothermal energy. In October of 2014, before the Ownbeys began laying the foundation for their home, a massive well driller excavated three shafts 250 feet down into the Earth. Into those deep holes dropped three separate cables until their

ends reached a soil layer where the temperature maintains a fairly constant 55 degrees. As the house went up on the surface, the other end of those cables were placed coiled under the floorboards, back and forth down the whole length of the home. Even with no furnace and no air conditioning, the process of geothermal radiation created with those coils maintains a constant, livable temperature inside the home. “Geothermal and solar power together create this symbiotic relationship to provide energy,” explained Mark Haslam, Director of Operations for Sausage Construction. A geothermal system without solar energy to run it would just not be sustainable, efficient or effective.

Even with no furnace and no air conditioning, the process of geothermal radiation created with those coils maintains a constant, livable temperature inside the home.

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If it were not for the solar panels, it would be outrageously expensive to pay for the electricity that would run the geothermal system. For the Ownbeys, the best possible outcome would be to create a net positive home, one that produces more energy than it uses. Removing themselves from the world of polluters is an ambitious act. The geothermal and solar installations together, according to Sausage Construction, which has installed one other such unit in Holladay, run about $50,000. “We are definitely learning as we go,” says Haslam. “Right now it requires problem solving and teamwork, but we would like to help more people do it in the future.” As new technology innovates more efficient geothermal systems, the price of installation will fall. In 10 years, the Ownbeys might well have a geo-solar relic on their hands, like an old DOS computer or a gramophone antique. It will work fine, but not as well as the neighbors’ system. The Ownbeys don’t mind, as long as it means this clean energy technology makes its way into more homes throughout the Avenues and beyond. They will have been early adopters in a truly green revolution. ◆ Jane Lyon is a senior at the University of Utah, majoring in Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Geography. She is CATALYST magazine’s intern.

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A musical, meditative, CATALYST-concocted love story Classical composer Philip Bimstein gives his partner, yoga & meditation teacher Charlotte Bell, the birthday gift of a concerto on the Brahma Viharas

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usic was my first meditation,” says Charlotte Bell, as she serenely reflects on her youth, when she was first learning to play an instrument. “It was as if I was returning to something I was missing when I found [Buddhist] meditation later in life.” Bell, CATALYST’s yoga columnist, teacher at the Mindful Yoga Collective, and musician (oboe and English horn) for the Salt Lake Symphony since 1996,

BY SOPHIE SILVERSTONE will play the English horn solo, lovingly composed for her 60th birthday by her partner of 16 years, Philip Bimstein. Along with her column in CATALYST, Charlotte writes for many national yoga blogs, and has been published in Yoga Journal and Yoga International. She is also the author of two books: Mindful Yoga, Mindful Life and Yoga for Meditators. The concerto, The Brahma Viharas, which refers to the four ancient Buddhist/ yogic contemplative practices so near and

dear to Bell’s life practice, will premier on September 26 in Libby Gardner Hall. I had the joyful experience of hearing a preview, Bell on the English horn and Bimstein on the piano in Bell’s home, which is right next door to Bimstein’s house in the 9th&9th area. The music itself was beautiful, perhaps because there is such sweetness behind the notes. Behind the notes there is a story of CATALYST unintentionally playing a part in these two meeting, back in 1999.

At the time, Bell was writing an art column for CATALYST. Bimstein had a correction to make with something she wrote and, “Philip had sent me a letter to enlighten me about that,” said Bell with a half-grin. “It was a nice note,” says Bimstein. “We like to refer to it as the complaining letter, but it really wasn’t written like a complaining letter.” The letter led to Bell calling Bimstein, then to an interview on a project he was working on. Several months later they

started seeing each other. “We probably would have never met if I hadn’t read her CATALYST column,” he says. Behind the notes there is a love story of two people with a passionate discipline concerning the mind, the body, the spirit, and music. “Obviously music is a real grounding thing for our relationship,” says Bimstein. In the early 2000s, they started collaborating on a group called Blue Haiku, which later became the Emmy award-winning Red Rock Rondo. Since they began to date, Bimstein has also come to Bell’s yoga classes. “She is my teacher and my mentor. She’s had a big healthy influence in my life.”

“We probably would have never met if I hadn’t read her CATALYST column,” Bimstein says. Behind the notes, there is a lot of silence. A year into their relationship, in 2000, they attended a retreat that focused on the Brahma Viharas at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. Before Bimstein wrote the concerto, Charlotte suggested that he immerse himself in the principles, and he took himself on a silent retreat this past summer. In September, it will be Bell’s turn. She will be in silence for a week, focusing on the four principles, in preparation for the performance. Behind the notes, there are also the ancient Brahma Viharas, the four Buddhist virtues of loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity in the human heart, which are central to Charlotte’s life practice and intertwined in her relationship with Bimstein. “My intention is to generate each of those qualities as I play each movement so that I’m not just playing the notes, but so the music is coming from those principles. That kind of tamps down the fear of performing a little bit. Those qualities do take the edge off negative emotions and you can practice the Brahma Viharas to help you shift your experience of negativity. It’s not to push negativity away, but it can kind of soften your experience with them so you can be with them a little more fully with out wanting to push away,” says Bell. Behind the notes, there is a lot of humility. Bell’s response to finding out that Bimstein was writing a concerto for her was one of gratitude, knowing how much work it is to conceive of a concerto for an entire orchestra. However, she is not someone who likes to be in front of people. “There are a lot of talented

musicians in the orchestra, why me?” she recalls thinking. “She’s not an attention seeker,” says Bimstein. Bimstein, whose music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center and at London’s Royal Opera House and has been reviewed in The New York Times, Washington Post, Billboard and Wired, tells me that though the original idea was a concerto, they’ve decided to call it The Brahma Viharas – A Meditation for English Horn and Orchestra. “There are some meditative aspects to it. It’s a very Western classical piece. It’s got boisterous moments, it’s got dramatic moments, so it’s not some sort of calm, new age, meditative music; but it’s a meditation in a classical music sort of sense.” It’s also not a concerto because it’s not as virtuosic of a piece, with one instrument out front most of the time. The orchestra has a more equal role, with other brief solos by other instruments. “I’ve played in orchestras for years and in many concertos, the orchestra parts are kind of backgroundy and not very much fun to play. I’m really glad he’s given the orchestra such a big role, and given them things to play that are a lot more interesting than most concertos,” says Bell. “In a way, everyone is ‘commenting’ on the Brahma Viharas, but Charlotte is the main voice, the chief commentator on the four principles,” says Bimstein. Bimstein hopes more people will become aware of the Brahma Viharas through the presentation of this music. A pre-concert talk will be given by Bimstein and Jerry Gardner at 6:15pm. Gardner, who is a Tibetan Buddhist, and the Rinpoche at Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa, will talk about the four principles as a practice, and Bimstein will talk about how he turned them into music. Then the Salt Lake Symphony, conducted by Dr. Robert Baldwin, will premiere The Brahma Viharas, A Meditation for English Horn and Orchestra at 7:30pm. The program will also include Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite #1 and Richard Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration. The symphony will also perform the 27-minute piece for a second time on October 15 for the Parliament of World Religions’ 10,000 attendees, following the Dalai Lama’s talk. ◆ Sophie Silverstone is a CATALYST staffer.

The Brahma Viharas, A Meditation for English Horn and Orchestra Libby Gardner Hall, 1375 President’s Circle, University of Utah campus September 26, 7:30pm. (Pre-performance lecture at 6:15pm.) Tickets: 801.531.7501. $10/5 students & seniors. SALTLAKESYMPHONY.ORG

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4. To welcome the Parliament back to the United States. This will be the first time this international event has been held in the U.S. in more than 20 years. Past Parliament cities include Cape Town, South Africa; Barcelona, Spain; and Melbourne, Australia.

1. To experience diversity in Utah. This will undoubtedly be the most diversity-rich event this year in Utah, and possibly the world, with over 10,000 people from 80 countries, representing 50 faiths and spiritual traditions, present. 2. To make history. Attending the Inaugural Women’s Assembly. Here in Salt Lake, for the first time at the Parliament, women will share their sources of spiritual empowerment and create a vital space for serious conversations on religion, women’s rights, and human rights and dignity.

3. To hear the world’s greatest leaders in peace and social activism. Attendees have a rare chance to hear, and possibly mingle with, today’s most influential leaders from around the world. Speakers at this year’s Parliament include: Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet and Nobel Peace Prize recipient; professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford Dr. Tariq Ramadan; Rev. Jim Wallis, a political activist from the evangelical left; Oscar Arias Sanchez, former president of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace Prize recipient; Indian scholar, anti-

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5. To learn leadership skills and peace-building techniques. You can prepare for the Parliament in an intensive two-day leadership retreat, October 13-14, on the Art of Participatory Leadership.

6. For inspiration. You will hear from great thinkers, activists and teachers as they tackle significant global issues. This year, the Parliament will address youth leadership in the interfaith movement, lead commitmentbuilding sessions focused on the everincreasing dangers of climate change, speak to the widening wealth gap across the globe, and strategize ways to alleviate the tragic consequences of war, violence and hate speech. 7. To be part of a movement continuing the work for a more peaceful, just and sustainable world.

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It’s melon season!

BY ALISON EINERSON

y grandfather was a wonderful gardener. From melons to tomatoes to sky-high corn, he could grow it all beautifully. One of my earliest and best memories of summer at my grandparents’ home was picking a perfectly vine-ripe cantaloupe and bringing it in for Gram to slice. My grandpa was also, incidentally, a black pepper fanatic. I never knew people ate cantaloupe that wasn’t salt-and-peppered until I was in my 20s. To this day, it’s how I enjoy it. I guess that’s why cantaloupe is so fantastic when it’s wrapped with a razor thin, slightly salty, slice of prosciutto. Then again, what isn’t? September is truly melon season in Utah. Here you can find an incredible selection of melons including Crenshaw, Canary, cantaloupe, yellow watermelon, honeydew, Israeli and more. This is a fruit that brings people out in droves to the farmers markets, as locally grown fresh melon is nearly unbeatable! What to do with a partialy eaten watermelon that’s too large for fridge: Blend it! You can add mint or basil and a bit of salt. Leave plenty of headspace in the jars. While you’re eating your melons, consider this: The rind, too, is edible. In some recipes, you can substitute it for cucumbers. Watermelon rind contains a potent natural vasodilator which relaxes arteries and improves blood flow, and can lower blood pressure in people with prehypertension. Buying organic is always wise. However, watermelon is one of the “clean 15.” Unlike the “dirty dozen,” fruits and vegetables that easily absorb pesticides and chemicals, the “clean 15” have tough exteriors that prevent significant chemical contamination. ◆

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Green River Melon Days For those who want to truly appreciate the glory of the melon, head down to Green River, Utah for their Melon Days Festival. It’s held on September 18-19 this year and features an old-fashioned pancake breakfast, the Melon Days Parade, a softball tournament and, naturally, tons of fresh juicy watermelon to eat and let drip right down your shirt (don’t wear white!).

Eat Local Challenge prep While shopping at your local farmers market, make sure to stock up on locally grown produce, meats, cheeses and goods in preparation for Eat Local Week, September 12-19. It’s a fantastic way to challenge yourself to learn more about where our food comes from, who is growing and producing it and how we can all cut down on our “food miles.”

At markets and farm stands in September: Green beans • Beets • Broccoli • Cabbage • Carrots • Celery • Chard • Collard greens • Corn • Cucumbers • Eggplant • Fennel • Garlic • Herbs (fresh) • Kale •

Kohlrabi • Leeks • Microgreens • Onions • Peppers • New potatoes • Shallots • Spinach • Summer squash/zucchini • Tomatoes • Turnips • Berries • Blackberries • Blueberries • Early apples • Grapes • Melons • Nectarines • Peaches (white and yellow) • Plums • Raspberries

Markets around the Salt Lake Valley: Harvest Market at Pioneer Park Thanksgiving Point Farmers Market University of Utah Farmers Market Gardner Village Farmers Market Downtown Farmers Market at Pioneer Park (SLC) Sugar House Farmers Market 9th West Farmers Market Bountiful Farmers Market USU Botanical Center Market Park City Farmers Market Park Silly Sunday Market Benson Grist Mill Historic Market Wasatch Front Market at Wheeler Farm For locations, times, start dates and more locations, visit UTAHSOWN.ORG.

White gazpacho with watermelon rind

...and a tiny bit of prosciutto for garnish! 45 min.; 8-12 servings

Ingredients ¾ cup blanched, slivered almonds 1 cup loosely packed parsley or mint leaves, or a combination of the two 1 stalk celery, cut into chunks 1 dozen cherry tomatoes 1 clove garlic 1 ½ cups bread cubes, like ciabatta or sourdough, hard crusts removed 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 pounds cucumbers, preferably thin-skinned types like lemon or English 2 pounds cubed watermelon rind, pale pink and white parts, hard skin removed about 8 cups, from 1/2 watermelon 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar or rice wine vinegar, more as needed 1 tablespoon salt, more as needed

Preparation In a food processor, combine almonds, herbs, celery, tomatoes, garlic, bread and oil. Purée until smooth. Transfer mixture to a large bowl and return the used canister to the processor. If using thin-skinned cucumbers, cut in chunks. If using thick-skinned ones, like Kirbys, peel and seed, then cut in chunks. Working in batches if necessary, combine cucumbers, watermelon rind, vinegar and salt in the processor. Purée until smooth. Add to the other purée and whisk together well. Taste, adding salt and vinegar as needed. For a smoother texture, purée in a blender, in batches. Chill until very cold, at least 2 hours or overnight. Taste for salt again before serving. The total weight of cucumber and watermelon pieces should be 4 pounds, but it is not necessary to use precisely 2 pounds of each. — Julia Moskin, New York Times; adapted from Ronna Welsh, Purple Kale Kitchenworks: PURPLEKALE.COM

Alison’s Secret Family Melon Recipe 1 ripe cantaloupe (you’ll know it’s ripe if it smells like a cantaloupe! If it has no sweet melon aroma, it’s not ready) Smoked salt, or Real Salt if you don’t have smoked on hand Freshly ground pepper Slice melon to your liking. Sprinkle liberally with smoked salt and black pepper. Stuff that baby in your face, and don’t forget to heed the warning about white shirts and melon juice.

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Sept. 16: Real Food Rising Fall Celebration. 7-9p. Tasty bites, drinks, music and fun. Produce from Real Food Rising (a 1.25-acre farm run by SLC high school students who learn lessons in sustainability and community service through agriculture), youth speeches, a farm-themed photo booth, and farm tours. $35. Real Food Rising Farm, 1050 W 500 S. AUH.ORG Sept. 16: Noah Gundersen w/ Ivan & Alyosha. 8-11p. 25-year-old indie-folk singer from Seattle, WA. $16. The State Room, 638 S State St. THESTATEROOM.COM Sept. 17: Local Food & Art Show, 6-10 pm. Enjoy food contributed by local farmers and prepared by local chefs at this art evening. While munching and listening to live music, check out the gallery with paintings and sculpture for sale by local artists. All art sales go to benefit the mem-

Sept. 3: Crossing Over with John Edward. 8p. Psychic medium, John Edward will use his abilities to connect people with loved ones who have passed on. Marriott City Center, 220 S State St. $150. JOHNEDWARD.NET Sept. 4: T’ai Chi & Qigong Free Demonstration Class. 7-8p. An “internal” martial art style. Red Lotus School of Movement, 740 S 300 W. Free. REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM Sept. 10: The Nation 150th Anniversary Speaker Series: Katha Pollitt. 7p. Pollitt, The Nation’s “Subject to Debate” columnist, will talk about reproductive rights. Free, registration recommended. Main City Library (Auditorium) 210 E 400 S. SLCPL.ORG/THENATION Sept. 12: Avenues Street Fair. 9a-6p. 200 booths of local artists, food vendors & community organizations. Two stages of all-day, live entertainment. Free. 3rd Ave. between O & T Streets. Sept. 12: Wasatch Community Gardens Tomato Sandwich Party. 11a-2p. Sample varieties of heirloom tomatoes with live music and kids’ activities. Free. The Grateful Tomato Garden, 800 S 600 E. WASATCHGARDENS.ORG Sept. 14: Eat Local Week: On Her Own – A Documentary Film Screening. 6p. About family, loss and resilience. Free. Brewvies, 677 S 200 W. EATLOCALWEEK.ORG Sept. 15: Eat Local Week: Harvest Quickle (Quick Pickle). 5-7p. Learn how to make a batch of pickles, jars and supplies provided. Free. Pioneer Park, 350 S 300 W. EATLOCALWEEK.ORG Sept. 5: Joe Hill Centennial Celebration. Noon-10p. All-day music festival celebrating 100 years since the execution of musician, artist and labor activist. Features Judy Collins, Guy Davis, Mischief Brew, Rio Bravo Conjunto, David Rovics, Anne Feeney, Mark Ross and others. Bring a picnic and a blanket. Free. Sugarhouse Park, 1400 E 2100 S. JOEHILL2015.ORG Sept. 1: Tomatoes Redux. 6-9p. Learn the water bath technique for tomato sauces, salsas, and other delicious recipes. $25. Harmons City Creek Cooking School, 135 E 100 S. Register: WASATCHGARDENS.ORG Sept. 2-5: 9th Annual Spring City Studio Tour & Plein Air Competition. 10a-4p. Spring City Arts 79 S Main St, Spring City, “One of

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Sept. 15: Eat Local Cooking Class. 7:15p. Delicious recipes and cocktails that combine the bounty of summer and the best local ingredients. Food $45, alcohol pairing (optional) $15. Caputo’s Deli, 314 E 300 S. EATLOCALWEEK.ORG Sept. 16: Eat Local Week Cooking Class with New Roots Farm. 6-8:30p. New Roots Farm is run by refugees. $25. Spice Kitchen, 2180 S 300 W. EATLOCALWEEK.ORG

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We asked residential designer Ann Larsen to share with us the books that have most informed her work. Here, she tells us about her two favorites. BY ANN LARSEN

hen we walk into a new space, we usually get an immediate visceral impression. Depending on the light, views, scale and materials, we might feel drawn in or repelled, comfortable or ill at ease. Sometimes the cause of our response is obvious, but most of the time we may find it hard to identify. Good homes function on a practical level, but they also nourish us spiritually by providing a connection to the outside, by incorporating spaces that support meditation, and by giving us a general feeling of being “at home.” Two books have helped me design spaces that support good spiritual health for the people who live in them. One book is architect Sarah Susanka’s The Not So Big House (1998, updated 2008:

Taunton). The author found that many of her clients were seeking relief from their over-sized new McMansion homes. They just didn’t feel comfort-

Good homes nourish us spiritually by connecting us to the outside, by incorporating spaces that support meditation, and by giving us a general feeling of being “at home.” able with the enormous rooms or the double-height ceilings. Susanka’s book promotes the concept of quality over

nn Larsen came to her life’s work organically, initially without intention. A residential designer in Salt Lake for over 30 years, she says her earliest influence was her father, an architect, and the time spent as a teenager working at his office in the Bay Area of

quantity in a home – quality of materials, of scale, and of space. She has now written a series of Not So Big books, each with many helpful photos and drawings that illustrate ways to make a home spiritually enriching.

he second book, a design bible for me, is A Pattern Language. (1977: Oxford University Press). Almost 40 years after it was published, it remains an invaluable source for the principles of designing for the well-being of people. The book’s editors identified specific elements that create enriching spaces. They compiled over 200 of these into a massive volume. Important elements are marked with an asterisk, and even more important ones with two asterisks. The book begins by looking at the layout of an entire city, and then moves on to individual homes. Principle #159, for example, describes the desirability of having windows on at least two sides of a room. Principle #180 is about the attractiveness of seating that is close to the light. Many of the remodel designs I do in older Utah neighborhoods involve a request by the homeowners for more

California. In college, Larsen sought her own path, studying psychology, but when she joined a group of friends on a trip to Washington, D.C. to renovate old row houses on Capitol Hill, she felt her natural talent for design rise to the surface. “People began to ask me to design projects for them,” recalls Larsen. “I realized that I really enjoyed the work and, when my husband and I moved to Salt Lake, I decided to study for a degree in architecture.” Larsen began taking classes at the University of Utah. She had her first child (she now has three grown children) and continued her schooling, but family life and university structure collided. “I gave birth to my second child the afternoon after taking my final exam in History of Architecture (I got an A),” she recalls. Balancing a demanding graduate

open spaces. We no longer expect one person to be isolated in a hidden kitchen. We live more casually and prepare food more communally. We want walls gone, spaces open to each other, and French doors leading to an arbor-covered deck. As residents are exposed to more varieties of homes through the internet or travel, they bring home a desire to recreate those spaces and the feelings they engendered. Sites of spiritual experience are no longer limited to specific religious buildings or even to the great outdoors. New building methods allow for more light and views, more quiet spaces or more communal ones in our homes. For a house I recently designed in Midway, I widened a long hallway, installed bookcases and a window seat, and created one of the owners’ favorite areas in the home. What would have been just a passageway became an inviting destination. This feature employs the kind of spiritually enriching principles encouraged in The Not So Big House and in A Pattern Language. ◆ A Pattern Language is now available online as a PDF, all 1,200 pages.

program while dealing with a new baby and a toddler wasn’t working well. She decided to pursue her license by doing a more flexible apprenticeship program. For the next seven years Larsen honed her craft, working on actual projects in an architectural office. Ironically, before she could take the licensing exam the law changed and apprenticeships were no longer accepted as a route to licensing. “Only university-taught students were allowed to take the exam, but by that time I had a business of my own, focused on home design and I decided not to go back to school.” Unlicensed designers were allowed to work on home design, if a licensed engineer would approve the drawings. Larsen decided to make a go of her own business. Thirty years later, she’s still hard at work. “I’m something of a dinosaur now,” she says. “I still hand-draw all my plans and I

don’t have a website. My only advertising is the small ad I’ve had forever in CATALYST, and word of mouth from clients. Much of my work is with middle-income people who have never been involved in a construction project, so I do a lot of educating, along with the design work. I usually become good friends with my clients and, although I try to be professional, I think I come off as friendlier and less intimidating than some architects from larger firms.” For the last 20 years, Larsen, her husband and a handful of friends and family have been moving and rebuilding a century-old stone one-room school house on Larsen’s land in Spring City, Utah, “just because we felt such a connection to the structure and such joy in the project.” One of Larsen’s recent projects is designing a Zen Buddhist retreat in Torrey, Utah. ◆

Celebrate Native Art & Culture The area now known as Utah has long been a center for unique and influential art. From vividly colored pottery to exquisite weavings, the native peoples of the region made their mark on the cultural landscape. Today, the native peoples of Utah continue these artistic traditions, creating beautiful pieces using a wide variety of media. The Indian Art Market at the Natural History Museum of Utah is a showcase for native artists. If you’ve ever had any desire to own or add an original piece of native American artwork to your personal art collection, don’t miss this event.

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ven if you aren’t wealthy enough to be in Ballet West’s “Mr. C’s Club” (donors of $5,000-$19,000) you can still be a patron of the arts by buying season tickets. Being a season subscriber automatically makes you a member of the fan club that keeps arts organizations afloat. You’ll often get perks like invitations to special events, buying extra tickets at a discount or being able to exchange tickets for no

extra fee. But what I like most about season tickets is that they make an evening at the theater into a real social occasion—subscribe together with a friend and you’ll have an automatic date. Strike up a conversation with the people sitting next to you and chances are you’ll see them again next time. This could be the start of some beautiful friendships.

Speaking of kids, on September 12 aspiring young dancers will be auditioning for Ballet West’s annual Nutcracker. There are plenty of other Nutcrackers out there, but the Ballet West version is our very own Utah Nutcracker that has evolved over the years from the original choreography of Willam “Mr. C” Christensen. Prominent roles for children are part of what makes Mr. C’s version a unique community event; Mr. C’s version has a particularly luscious sugar plum fantasy world in the second act. For Valentine’s Day you can take your sweetheart to see Romeo and Juliet with its rich score by Sergei Prokofiev, and the annual children’s production, performed by the Ballet West II company in March/April promises fairytale magic with Beauty and the Beast.

BY AMY BRUNVAND The fall dance season begins Sept 1719 at Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company with a world premiere of Together Alone: Part 1 by the company’s new(ish) Artistic Director Daniel Charon (he’s doing a “Meet the Choreographer” program on December 10, in case you aren’t acquainted yet). The program also includes States Rendered, a collaboration between Doug Varone and University of Utah professor and screendance pioneer Ellen Bromberg. In January, I’m pleased

to see Ririe-Woodbury continuing their collaboration with Albert del Saz to preserve and revive the dances of Alwin Nikolais. These astonishing multi-media productions are full of smoke-and-mirrors illusions and they inspired current companies like Blue Man Group, Cirque du Soleil, Pilobolus and Momix. A family matinée is scheduled for January 30, so be sure to take the kids.

Happy 50th Anniversary to Repertory Dance Theatre! RDT is dedicated to “the creation, performance, perpetuation and appreciation of modern dance,” and their longtime presence in our community means Salt Lake City has one of the most well-educated and sophisticated dance audiences in the country. The RDT show in October is called Ritual with pieces related to ceremonial memory, but I’m particularly looking forward to November and the show called Revel, which includes a world premier of “Crippled Up Blues” created by Bill Evans and musician/folklorist Hal Cannon. Revel also features a tribute to Virginia Tanner with dancers from Children’s Dance Theatre and RDT alumni, many of whom got their start at the Tanner Dance studio. RDT also offers season tickets for kids with the Ring Around the Rose series that begins on September 12 with Creativity in Action. Ring Around the Rose is a “wiggle-friendly” series that gives kids a taste of dance, music and theater performed by various local companies. Tickets at the door are only $5; a season subscription package is just $3.50/ticket. If you like an eclectic mix of classical and contemporary dance you’ll be pleased to know that Odyssey Dance Theatre is offering season tickets this year, available through October 8. Super subscribers get a 20% discount on favorites like Thriller, ReduxNutCracker, Romeo+Juliet, Carmen and MJ (the music of Michael Jackson).

Sweet Beast Dance Circus (formerly known as SB Dance) is also selling season tickets, though the program is constantly under development so you never know exactly what you are going to see until you actually see it. Subscribing to Sweet Beast takes the same leap of faith you take when you subscribe to your Community Supported Agriculture box—you’re not exactly sure what you’ll get but it’s bound to be something yummy. The 2015-16 season includes All Saints Salon in October, WTF! (Wine Theater Food), and a mysteriously intriguing New Creation. You won’t need a ticket for the Mudson works-in-progress series from LoveDanceMore because the shows are free. The first Mudson of the fall season takes place September 15 at the Wasatch Presbyterian Church (1626 S. 1700 E., SLC) and features works by Temria Airmet, Michael Crotty, Sarah Longoria, Kat Martinez and Emma Wilson. It’s a chance to see cutting-edge dance and to hobnob with other dancers and dance fans.

For another economical way to see some great dance programs don’t forget to add the University of Utah departments of Modern Dance and Ballet to your dance calendar. Some of these students are destined to be the fresh new faces in local professional companies. You’ll be able to say you saw them perform back when they were just getting started. ◆ Amy Brunvand is a University of Utah librarian and a dance enthusiast. Ballet West: BALLETWEST.ORG LoveDanceMore: LOVEDANCEMORE.ORG Odyssey Dance Theatre: ODYSSEYDANCE.COM Repertory Dance Theatre: RDTUTAH.ORG Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company: RIRIEWOODBURY.COM Sweet Beast Dance Circus (SB Dance): SBDANCE.COM University of Utah Dept. of Modern Dance: DANCE.UTAH.EDU/CALENDAR/ University of Utah Dept. of Ballet: BALLET.UTAH.EDU/PERFORMANCE-CALENDAR

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MISCELLANEOUS CEREMONIALISTS Universal Heart Ministry 4/16 801.577.0542. We are a full service non-denominational ministry providing customized services honoring your uniquely spiritual, religious/non-religious beliefs: weddings, funerals, baby & pet blessings, pet funerals, end of life celebrations, funeral planning, home/business blessings, Super Hero Series, Wonderful Woman Workshops, whole life coaching & more. Welcoming all, with-out exception. WWW.UNIVERSALHEARTMINISTRY.COM, UNIVERSALHEARTMINISTRY@GMAIL.COM EDUCATION Salt Lake Arts Academy 10/15 801.531.1173, 844 S. 200 E., SLC. Applications for enrollment in Salt Lake Arts Academy for the 20162017 school year will be accepted after Oct 1st. Applications are accepted until the lottery deadline in February 2016 (usually the third Friday). Salt Lake Arts

Academy .... Building Creative Minds! SLARTS.ORG, KATHLEEN@SLARTS.ORG ENTERTAINMENT The State Room DA 801.878.0530, 638 S. State Street, SLC. WWW.THESTATEROOM.COM Utah Film Center/Salt Lake Film Center DA 801.746.7000, 122 Main Street, SLC. WWW.UTAHFILMCENTER.ORG LEGAL ASSISTANCE The Law Office of Jonathan G. Jemming DA 5/16 801.755.3903. Integrity. Experience. Compassion. Utah DUI and Human Rights attorney. J.JEMMING@GMAIL.COM Schumann Law, Penniann J. Schumann, J.D., LL.M 801.631.7811. Whether you are planning for your own future protection and management, or you are planning for your family, friends, or charitable causes, Penniann Schumann can assist you with creating and implementating a plan to meet those goals. WWW.ESTATEPLANNINGFORUTAH.COM DA MEDIA Catalyst Magazine 801.363.1505, 140 S. McClelland St., SLC. WWW.CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET, FACEBOOK.COM/CATALYSTMAGAZINE INSTAGRAM.COM/CATALYST_MAGAZINE, TWITTER.COM/CATALYSTMAG KRCL 90.9FM DA 801.363.1818, 1971 N. Temple, SLC. Northern Utah’s only non-profit, member-supported public radio station dedicated to broadcasting a well-curated contemporary eclectic mix of music and community information 24 hours a day. WWW.KRCL.ORG MUSICIANS FOR HIRE Idlewild 10/15 801.268.4789. David and Carol Sharp. Duo up to sixpiece ensemble. Celtic, European, World and Old Time American music. A variety of instruments. Storytelling and dance caller. CDs and downloads, traditional and original. WWW.IDLEWILDRECORDINGS.COM, IDLEWILD@IDLEWILDRECORDINGS.COM NON-PROFIT Local First 12/15 801.456.1456. We are a not-for-profit organization that seeks to strengthen communities and local economies by promoting, preserving and protecting local, independently owned businesses throughout Utah. Organized in 2005 by volunteer business owners and community-minded residents, Local First Utah today has over 2,700 locally owned and independent business partners. WWW.LOCALFIRST.ORG Red Butte Gardens 10/15 801.585.0556, 300 Wakara Way, SLC. Located on 100

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acres, Red Butte is the official state arboretum and largest botanical garden in the Intermountain West. The Garden is renowned for its numerous plant collections, display gardens, 450,000 springtime bulbs, world-class outdoor summer concert series and awardwinning horticulture-based educational programs. Our mission: To connect people with plants and the beauty of living landscapes. WWW.REDBUTTEGARDEN.ORG

SPACE FOR RENT Space available at Center for Transpersonal Therapy1/16 801.596.0147 x41, 5801 S. Fashion Blvd., Ste. 250, Murray. Two large plush spaces available for rent by the hour, day or for weekend use. Pillows, yoga chairs, regular chairs and kichenette area included. Size: 395 sq. ft./530 sq. ft. WWW.CTTSLC.COM, THECENTER@CTTSLC.COM

PERSONAL SERVICES Abyss Body Piercing 11/30/15 801.810.9247, 245 E. 300 S., SLC. Abyss is more than just a piercing studio. Abyss is about keeping piercings sacred. Being more of a holistic healing spa, Abyss also offers massage, Reiki and card reading, on top of the obvious: piercing, high quality body jewelry & locally made accessories. WWW.ABYSSPIERCING.COM, COURTNEY.PIERCING@GMAIL.COM

TRAVEL Machu Picchu, Peru 6/16 801.721.2779. Group or individual spiritual journeys or tours with Shaman KUCHO. Accomodations available. Contact: Nick Stark, NICHOLASSTARK@COMCAST.NET, WWW.MACHUPICCHUTRAVELCENTER.COM

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Healing Mountain Massage School DA SLC campus: 801.355.6300, 363 S. 500 E., Ste. 210, SLC. Cedar City campus: 435.586.8222, 297 N. Cove Dr., Cedar City. Morning & evening programs. Four start dates per year, 8-14 students to a class. Mentor with seasoned professionals. Practice with licensed therapists in a live day spa setting. Graduate in as little as 8 months. ABHES accredited. Financial aid available for those who qualify. WWW.HEALINGMOUNTAIN.EDU RETREAT CENTER Montana Ranch Retreats 11/30/15 406.682.4853. Our beautiful and stunning corner in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem hosts individual and group retreats with nourishing food, picturesque log cabins, healing horses, labryinth, swimming (salt water pool), jacuzzi, FIR sauna, fishing and hiking. Book your retreat or join one of ours. WWW.DIAMONDJRANCHRETREATS.COM, DJGUESTRANCH@GMAIL.COM

WEALTH MANAGEMENT Harrington Wealth Services DA 11/15 801.871.0840 (O), 801.673.1294, 8899 S. 700 E., Ste. 225, Sandy, UT 84070. Robert Harrington, Wealth Advisor. Client-centered retirement planning, wealth management, IRA rollovers, ROTH IRA’s, 401(k) plans, investing & life insurance. Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. ROBERT.HARRINGTON@LPL.COM; WWW.HARRINGTONWEALTHSERVICES.COM

MOVEMENT, MEDITATION DANCE RDT Dance Center Community School FOG 801.534.1000, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway, SLC. RDT’s Dance Center on Broadway offers a wide range of classes for adults (ages 16+) on evenings and weekends. Classes are “drop-in,” so no long-term commitment is required. Hip Hop, Modern, Ballet & Prime Movement (specifically designed for ages 40+). WWW.RDTUTAH.ORG

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RemedyWave: Dance your own dance, Shannon Simonelli, Ph.D., ATR 5/31/16 385.202.6477. No Tuesday dance in August. Join our NEW SPACE-WARMING kick-off event Fri., Aug.28, 7-9p with a potluck after. 300 West 403 North, SLC (enter from 300 West). Tuesdays 7-9p begin again in September. Come dance! WWW.REMEDYWAVE.ORG MARTIAL ARTS Red Lotus School of Movement 9/15 801.355.6375, 740 S. 300 W., SLC. 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 Qigong exercises). Located downstairs from Urgyen Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple. WWW.REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM, REDLOTUS@REDLOTUS.CNC.NET MEDITATION PRACTICES Rumi Teachings 6/16 Good poetry enriches our culture and nourishes our soul. Rumi Poetry Club (founded in 2007) celebrates spiritual poetry of Rumi and other masters as a form of meditation. Free meetings first Tuesday (7p) of month at Anderson-Foothill Library, 1135 S. 2100 E., SLC. WWW.RUMIPOETRYCLUB.COM YOGA INSTRUCTORS Mindful Yoga: Charlotte Bell DA 12/15 801.355.2617. 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 discover 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 YOGA STUDIOS Centered City Yoga 9/15 801.521.YOGA (9642), 926 E. 900 S., SLC and 955 W.

Promontory Road at Station Park, Farmington, 801.451.5443. City Centered Yoga offers more than 100 classes a week, 1,000 hour-teacher trainings, monthly retreats and workshops to keep Salt Lake City CENTERED & SANE. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM Full Circle Yoga and Therapy 8/16 385.528.2950. 1719 S. Main St., SLC. A unique therapy and yoga center providing treatment using the latest research-based interventions for dealing with a broad spectrum of mental health issues. Our mission is to create an inclusive and empowering community that fosters healing, restoration, and rejuvenation for the mind, body, and soul. WWW.FULLCIRCLEUT.COM Mountain Yoga—Sandy 3/16 801.501.YOGA [9642], 9343 S. 1300 E., SLC. Offering hot yoga classes to the Salt Lake Valley for the past 12 years. We now also offer Hot Vinyasa, Vinyasa Flow, Restorative yoga (classic and yin), Barre-Pilates, Hot Pilates, Qigong & Kids Yoga. Whether you like it hot and intense, calm and restorative, or somewhere inbetween, Mountain Yoga Sandy has a class for you. WWW.MOUNTAINYOGASANDY.COM Mudita—Be Joy Yoga 3/16 801.699.3627, 1550 E. 3300 S., SLC. Our studio is warm and spacious – a place for you to come home and experience yourself! Varied classes will have you move and sweat, open and lengthen, or chill and relax. Come just as you are, ease into your body and reconnect to your true essence. WWW.BEJOYYOGA.COM

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212.222.3232. Ralfee Finn. Catalyst’s astrology columnist for 20 years! Visit her website, WWW.AQUARIUMAGE.COM or e-mail her at RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM PSYCHIC/TAROT READINGS Crone’s Hollow 11/15 801.906.0470, 2470 S. Main St., SLC. Have life questions? We offer intuitive and personal psychic consultations: Tarot, Pendulum, Palmistry, Shamanic Balancing and other oracles. $25/20 minutes. Afternoon and evening appointments. Walk-ins welcome. We also make custom conjure/spell candles! WWW.CRONESHOLLOW.COM Vickie Parker, Intuitive Psychic Reader 6/16 801.560.3761. I offer in person and long distance readings. My readings are in depth and to the point. Get the answers you are seeking. Readings are by appointment only. To schedule, please call or email WINDSWEPT@XMISSION.COM. For more information, please visit: WWW.WINDSWEPTCENTER.NET Margaret Ruth FOG 801.575.7103. My psychic and tarot readings are a conversation with your guides. Enjoy my blog at WWW.CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET & send me your ideas and suggestions. WWW.MARGARETRUTH.COM Jeannette Smith, Psychic & Evidential Medium 435.513.7862. Bringing Heaven to Earth. Reconnect with your loved ones in Spirit. Psychic Readings. 30-minute, 60-minute, in-person, phone & small group readings available. Psychic & Evidential Mediumship classes. Located in Park City. For more info. please visit: WWW.PARKCITYPSYCHICMEDIUM.COM 2/16 Nick Stark 6/16 801.721.2779. Ogden Canyon. Shamanic energy healings/ clearings/readings/offerings/transformative work. Over

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Suzanne Wagner DA 12/15 707.354.1019. In a world of paradox and possibility, an intelligent psychic with a sense of humor might as well be listed with the family dentist in one's day planner. Suzanne's readings are sensitive, compassionate, humorous and insightful. An inspirational speaker and healer she also teaches Numerology, Palmistry, Tarot and Channeling. WWW.SUZWAGNER.COM FOG

PSYCHOTHERAPY & PERSONAL GROWTH COACHING Annette Shaw, Say YES Breakthrough 11/15 801.473.2976. Intuitive coaching supports you in getting unstuck, finding clarity and embracing the courage to act from that clarity. I integrate coaching, intuitive development practices and energy healing modalities, working with the body, mind & spirit, helping you step into the flow of life. WWW.SAYYESBREAKTHROUGH.COM, ANNETTERSHAW@GMAIL.COM Linda Radford, Clarity Catalyst 11/15 801.369.5406. Do you know and trust your inner guidance? Can you feel your purpose and personal power? Linda’s unique approach is the catalyst that guides you back to center, where clarity, truth and peace of mind are found. WWW.LINDARADFORD.COM,LINDA@LINDARADFORD.COM HYPNOSIS Holly Stokes, The Brain Trainer 6/16 801.810.9406, 1111 E. Brickyard Rd., Ste. 109, SLC. Do you

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RECOVERY LifeRing Utah 2/16 LifeRing Utah meetings offer abstinence-based, peerto-peer support for individuals seeking to live in recovery from addiction to alcohol or other drugs. Conversational meeting style with focus on personal growth and continued learning. Info.: WWW.L IFE R ING . ORG . Local meetings, please visit: WWW.L IFE R ING U TAH . ORG THERAPY/COUNSELING Cynthia Kimberlin-Flanders, LPC 10/15 801.231.5916, 1399 S. 700 E., Ste. 15, SLC. Feeling out of sorts? Tell your story in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Seventeen years specializing in depression, anxiety, life-transitions, anger management, relationships and "middle-aged crazy." Most insurances, sliding scale and medication management referrals. If you've been waiting to talk to someone, wait no more. Healing Pathways Therapy Center 3/16 435.248.2089. Clinical Director: Kristan Warnick, CMHC. 1174 E. Graystone Way (2760 S.), Ste. 8, Sugarhouse. Integrated counseling and medical services for anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship, life adjustment issues. Focusing on clients’ innate capacity to heal and resolve past and current obstacles, rather than just cope. Modalities include EMDR, EFT, mindfulness, feminist/multicultural. Individuals, couples, families. WWW.HEALINGPATHWAYSTHERAPY.COM

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RETAIL line goes here APPAREL, GIFTS & TREASURES Blue Boutique10/15 DA 801.487.1807, 1383 S. 2100 E., SLC. Shopping Made Sexy. Since 1987, Blue Boutique has expanded to four locations, offering the finest in a variety of sexy lingerie, sexy shoes and sexy adult merchandise to discriminating shoppers. We’ve created comfortable, inviting environments with salespeople ready to offer friendly and creative advice. WWW.BLUEBOUTIQUE.COM Dancing Cranes Imports DA 801.486.1129, 673 E. Simpson Ave., SLC. Jewelry, clothing, incense, ethnic art, pottery, candles, chimes and much more! Visit Café Solstice for lunch, too. WWW.DANCINGCRANESIMPORTS.COM Golden Braid Books DA 801.322.1162, 151 S. 500 E., SLC. A true sanctuary for conscious living in the city. Offerings include gifts and books to feed mind, body, spirit, soul and heart; luscious health care products to refresh and revive; and a Lifestyles department to lift the spirit. www.GOLDENBRAIDBOOKS.COM Healing Mountain Crystal Co. DA 800.811.0468, 363 S. 500 E., #210, SLC. WWW.HEALINGMOUNTAIN.ORG iconoCLAD—We Sell Your 2/16 Previously Rocked Stuff & You Keep 50% 801.833.2272. 414 E. 300 S., SLC. New and previously rocked (aka, consigned) men’s and women’s fashion, summer festival gear and locally made jewelry, clothing, crafts and decor. M-Sat 11a-9p, Sun 1p-6p. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter @iconoCLAD to see new inventory before someone beats you to it! WWW.ICONOCLAD.COM Lotus DA 801.333.3777. 12896 Pony Express Rd., #200, Draper.

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Turiya’s Gifts 2/16 DA 801.531.7823, 1569 S. 1100 E., SLC. M-F 11a-7p, Sat 11a6p, Sun 12-5p. Turiya’s is a metaphysical gift and crystal store. We have an exquisite array of crystals and minerals, jewelry, drums, sage and sweet grass, angels, fairies, greeting cards and meditation tools. Come in and let us help you create your sanctuary. WWW.TURIYAS.COM FARMERS MARKETS Downtown Alliance Farmers Market DA 5/16 Pioneer Park. Saturdays, 8a-2p, 6/13-10/24. The Downtown Alliance Farmers Market mission is to support sustainable, regional agriculture; build community; increase access to nutritious, local foods in urban areas; and educate consumers about shopping local. Vendors from over 100 farms and ranches. Also, handmade, locally-produced food and beverages, plus the Downtown Art and Craft Market. WWW.SLCFARMERSMARKET.ORG GROCERIES & SPECIALTY FOODS Liberty Heights Fresh 11/30/15 801.583.7374, 1290 S. 1100 E., SLC. We are good food grocers offering food that makes you smile. Certified organically grown and local fruits & vegetables, humanely raised meats, farmstead cheeses, hand-crafted charcuterie, traditional & innovative groceries, prepared specialties, soups, sandwiches, baked goodies & fresh flowers. M-Sat 8:30a-8p, Sun 10a-7p. www.LIBERTYHEIGHTSFRESH.COM HEALTH & WELLNESS Dave’s Health & Nutrition 7/16 SLC: 801.268.3000, 880 E. 3900 S. and W. Jordan: 801.446.0499, 1817 W. 9000 S. We focus on health & holistic living through education, empowerment and high-quality products. With supplements, homeopathics, herbs, stones, books and beauty care products, we provide you with the options you need to reach your optimum health. Certified professionals also offer private consultations. WWW.DAVESHEALTH.COM

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YOGA OF COMPASSION

Opening the door of compassion A response to the tragedy of Cecil

Cecil the lion at Hwange National Park

grew up in a mini menagerie. At various times my family shared our homestead with parakeets, a goat, a horse, chickens (pets named Sam and Henry), tropical fish, rabbits, turtles, mice and cats, always cats. For years, my dad shared his basement workshop with a tarantula that came inside from the cold. He saw no reason to kill a creature that was doing no harm. He even named it. Our parents taught us to love wild creatures, too. We delighted in sightings of squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks and many birds that we fed year round—out of reach of the cats, of course. So when Cecil the lion met his tragic end, I was heartsick. The pain reached deep into my cells. For the first day after the news broke, I abandoned Facebook, because I couldn’t stand to see his soulful face in so many of my friends’ posts. Over the next few days, I learned the horrifying details of his demise—gradually, in small doses. By the time I re-entered the world of social media, the predictable memes were showing up, scolding those of us who cared about Cecil’s suffering for supposedly not being as concerned about the plight of humans—as if caring about an animal precludes caring about humans. In fact, my sorrow for Cecil’s tragic end in no way diminishes my revulsion and sadness at the horrific acts of cruelty against humans—the hate-fueled shootings in South Carolina and Louisiana, the daily violence of ISIS, the continued suffering of the victims of wars. If anything, my deep sadness for Cecil laid open my heart so that the depth of human suffering is even more present and prescient. Compassion, the ability to empathize with and the motivation to relieve the suffering of others, is not a limited commod-

ity. Like the other brahma viharas (divine abodes)—kindness, empathetic joy and equanimity—compassion is boundless. Practicing compassion, opening to our own suffering and the suffering of others, increases our capacity for empathy and compassion for all beings. Compassion is described as the “quivering of the heart” in response to the suffering of others. To say that my heart quivered at Cecil’s plight is an understatement. In order not to be overtaken by sadness, I would back off when the pain was too much—an expression of compassion for myself.

We don’t always have the capacity to feel compassion for every single being, but we can practice. Compassion is not a reticent quality, however. Thich Nhat Hanh says, “Compassion is a verb.” Compassion motivates us to act to alleviate the suffering that surrounds us. And we all suffer at times. Opening to our own suffering is at the heart of practicing compassion. Knowing what it is to suffer—not just as a concept, but from direct experience—connects us with the suffering of others. When we can feel the suffering, deep down in our cells, we are moved to act. We do not have to gather up all suffering beings to practice compassion. Reaching out to a single being who’s in pain is enough. No act of kindness is ever wasted. We may work to rehome refugees, help an impoverished child receive an

BY CHARLOTTE BELL education, serve meals to the homeless in our community, reach out to veterans suffering from PTSD, adopt a shelter pet, or we can listen deeply to a friend who’s going through a hard time. Acts of compassion, no matter how seemingly small, and no matter to whom or what they are directed, have tremendous power in our world and in our own hearts. Joseph Goldstein, meditation teacher and cofounder of Insight Meditation Society says: “There’s no particular prescription for what we should do. There’s no hierarchy of compassionate action. We shouldn’t think that some actions are more compassionate than others. The field of compassion is limitless, because it is the field of suffering beings, and we each find our own path.” So please do not discount your own motivations and acts of compassion, no matter how small. And please don’t dismiss others who care deeply about the lives of any other being, even if those beings don’t especially touch your own heart. My lifelong history as a friend and caretaker of animals moves me to support causes that alleviate their suffering. What resonates deeply for another person may be entirely different, but I honor compassion in any form. Compassion connects us with others and allows us to see past our own, often selfish, desires. It is a tremendously positive force in our world. Without compassion, our world would be a harsh, narcissistic place. Thich Nhat Hanh’s powerful poem “Please Call Me By My True Names” asks us not only to connect with the suffering of victims of cruelty, but also to recognize the seeds of the perpetrators in ourselves so that our compassion can reach all beings. I’m still working on generating compassion for the Walter Palmers and Dylann Roofs of the world. Reviled as Palmer has become, I’m sure his life is not a happy one right now. Among the many emotions I feel when I think of him and others who take pleasure from killing other beings, compassion is not so close to the surface yet. Perhaps it will never be. This motivates me to keep practicing. We don’t always have the capacity to feel compassion for every single being, but we can practice. Compassion is, after all, a practice. Little by little, with enough practice, patience and humility, compassion can become our home. ◆ Charlotte Bell is a yoga teacher at Mindful Yoga Collective, an author of two books, and plays oboe with the Salt Lake Symphony and Red Rock Rondo.

Please Call Me By My True Names Do not say that I'll depart tomorrow because even today I still arrive. Look deeply: I arrive in every second to be a bud on a spring branch, to be a tiny bird, with wings still fragile, learning to sing in my new nest, to be a caterpillar in the heart of a flower, to be a jewel hiding itself in a stone. I still arrive, in order to laugh and to cry, in order to fear and to hope. The rhythm of my heart is the birth and death of all that are alive. I am the mayfly metamorphosing on the surface of the river, and I am the bird which, when spring comes, arrives in time to eat the mayfly. I am the frog swimming happily in the clear pond, and I am also the grass-snake who, approaching in silence, feeds itself on the frog. I am the child in Uganda, all skin and bones, my legs as thin as bamboo sticks, and I am the arms merchant, selling deadly weapons to Uganda. I am the twelve-year-old girl, refugee on a small boat, who throws herself into the ocean after being raped by a sea pirate, and I am the pirate, my heart not yet capable of seeing and loving. I am a member of the politburo, with plenty of power in my hands, and I am the man who has to pay his “debt of blood” to my people, dying slowly in a forced labor camp. My joy is like spring, so warm it makes flowers bloom in all walks of life. My pain is like a river of tears, so full it fills the four oceans. Please call me by my true names, so I can hear all my cries and laughs at once, so I can see that my joy and pain are one. Please call me by my true names, so I can wake up, and so the door of my heart can be left open, the door of compassion. — Thich Nhat Hanh, from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life (Bantam Books, 1991)

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BY SUZANNE WAGNER Osho Zen Tarot: Suppression, Healing, Sharing Medicine Cards: Swan, Turtle Mayan Oracle: Resolution of Duality, Organic Balance, Caban Ancient Egyptian Tarot: Nine of Cups, The Hanged Man, King of Cups Aleister Crowley Deck: Adjustment, Change, Gain Healing Earth Tarot: Master, Nine of Feathers, Five of Wands Words of Truth: Aggression, Continuum, Evolution he first of the month is intense and will bring up questions about relationships. But the question to ask is, “Am I seeing my relationships correctly?” Prepare to look carefully at the plans in your life and be willing to communicate clearly to your loved ones about what you want and what you intend to move toward. Everything is asking for you to explore your depth. When Venus goes direct on September 6, it is time to transform your communication into what will serve the highest good for all. Learn how to use words skillfully so you can clearly express the vision you have for the future. As the month progresses, the Jupiter/ Neptune opposition gets stronger and stronger, asking you to expand your reality in ways that allow the deepest part of yourself to be expressed. Believe in yourself, claim your own visionary potential and then find the practical steps to take so that you can manifest that vision. The Eclipse on September 12-13 will make you realize that attention to detail is essential for the upcoming year. We will soon enter Virgo, a time to get organized. Consider the question, “How does my work serve me and how do I serve my work?” There is an adjustment that needs to be made. Look at where you have been wounded in life. You will see that old wound has to be addressed in order to heal so you can move forward. Mercury goes retrograde on September 17 in Libra and it will be

in retrograde until the second week in October. Remember to back up the computers and be prepared to deal with legal issues that may come to the forefront of your awareness. Saturn also goes into Sagittarius for the long haul until December of 2017. Sagittarius is about truth. It is especially advisable at this time to not lie. Be honest and truthful about what is happening in your life. The truth will come out eventually so it is pointless to create layers of lies that you will eventually get caught in, anyway. You might notice where you judge others. Make decisions that serve the highest good for all rather than the few. Saturn wants you to get serious about what you want to learn. Saturn might make your life a bit difficult and force you to focus in a whole new way but you will be supported energetically in those decisions and there will be great movement if you are willing to do the work. This type of learning does not come quickly—we’re talking maybe two years, here. But at the end you will have something of great value. The equinox on September 23 is at 0 degrees of Libra and at 0 degrees of the North Node moving toward the center of the sun. This is about discovering the essence of your soul. It’s time to embrace what you came on the planet to give as your gift. Leave the past behind. Move toward what you came on the planet to do. Your old story is not longer interesting to others or even relevant. Mars going into Virgo also means it is time to get to take care of your body, health and your life work. You will want to create new daily rituals that allow you to find a new and more energetic balance between your life and your work. On September 27 we have the lunar eclipse in Aries. Some of you might feel a need to take a risk around relationships whether they are intimate or work-associated. Something will become illuminated about where you are to take a risk. And that risk is to bring your life

back into some form of balance, service and compassion. As you can see, it is a very full month with a lot of shifts happening. As always, the cards reflect a similar and yet slightly different angle of perception. Resolution is in the air as the old conflicts and aggressive patterns are no longer serving you. The conflict is felt and observed in a way that can be shocking and sickening when you see your own reflection in the distorted words that leak out of your mouth. Sometimes we need to be shocked in order to drastically change and the cards show that the old pattern is finally dead. Your soul is asking to be released from this painful manner so that a powerful healing can happen. The suppression of your authentic self is no longer acceptable. The only choice is to evolve the energy and bring it back into the place of love and appreciation. A force of Earth energy is aligning you with the crystalline core of this planet and it is realigning you into a new synchronicity. Listen to the information being transmitted through Earth into your very being. This is a month of coincidences and strong feelings that are guiding you to your larger purpose. As you vibrate, you will attract those with a similar vibration to you. Do not allow the mind to overinterpret or misinterpret the information. Allow the energy to have its own natural evolution. There is a perfect timing; all you have to do is allow it to unfold naturally. Looking at these cards, I can’t express enough how much it would help to be outside and in the flow of the weather so that you can become more conscious of the messages coming your way and in the stillness and silence to be able to interpret them from a calm center of peaceful acceptance. ◆ Suzanne Wagner is the author of numerous books and CDs on the tarot and creator of the Wild Women app. She now lives in California, but visits Utah for classes and readings frequently. SUZWAGNER.COM

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Golden Braid Books Staff Recommends for September All the Wild that Remains By David Gessner An important look at Utah’s eco writers and their impact on our appreciation for and need to protect this harsh yet fragile landscape — Abbey, Stegner, and today’s writers such as Terry Tempest Williams. You’ll remember this homage to the literary giants with love for the West. —Sarah

My Story By Elizabeth Smart Experience both heartache and joy as you go with Elizabeth down her long, nine month road of fear, sadness, and miraculous rescue from her captors. It will leave you breathless as you learn about her hope and faith in God and in being rescued. I recommend this book to anyone who is searching to find hope in a time of trial: it is proof that miracles still occur. —Josh

Practical Magic By Alice Hoffman This is the whimsical tale of the mysterious Owens women, a clan of alleged witches. While both girls attempt to separate themselves from the influence of their family and the superstitious townspeople, their journeys as adults teach them that you can’t escape your fate or your gifts. —Megan

Peter Pan By J.M. Barrie, Illustrated by Robert Sabuda A twist on a classic. Be it the Disney version or the original Peter and Wendy, the tale of the boy who didn’t grow up is a bedtime favorite of young and old alike. From the illustrations, to the intricate pop-up creations, Robert Sabuda’s adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s tale of adventure is a masterpiece. —Katie

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