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ON THE COVER John deJong

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SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER DENNIS HINKAMP Box food revolution.

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CHRIS ISAAK JERRY RAPIER A rough sketch.

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ENVIRONEWS AMY BRUNVAND

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PETS GRETA DEJONG Fireworks.

PROSE GARDEN: “KEEPING TRACK” MIKE PLACE Travel by train is a journey in more ways than one.

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EDITORS NOTBOOK GRETA BELANGER DEJONG Writing awards.

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ON THE ROAD WITH PALEONTOLOGIST ALAN TITUS ANNA ZUMWALT An open letter to Secretary Zinke.

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REPORT FROM DARK MOUNTAIN AMY BRUNVAND An encounter with Paul Kingsnorth.

AN AWAKENING IN SL HEALTHCARE? ANNA ZUMWALT U of U opens new mindfulness center.

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SHARED ARTIFACTS ANNA ALBERTSEN Community-sourced art projuct employs archaeological perpective.

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METAPHORS SUZANNE WAGNER Awake and engaged will get you through the month (and beyond).

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THE ADVENTUROUS GARDENER JIM FRENCH Orach: Nutritious, attractive and easy to grow.

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SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER

Box food revolution

BY DENNIS HINKAMP

Look what I found in the mail box honey

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am never going to be a Foodie.

Maybe it is due to a linguistic bias. I have a visceral reaction to words that end that way; hoodie, goodies, veggies, panties and Denny are among them. I like food. I encourage its use and production. I just don’t love food in all caps with emojis; see, there’s another one with that ending.

Some of my lack of exuberance for food stems from growing up playing sports where litheness was not only desirable, but also required to perform well. Food was often both a siren and an enemy. I was never anorexic, but I do have empathy for those who are.

The other barrier to being a foodie is my experience with parents who exposed me to food pornography.

My parents watched food shows compulsively yet never tried to cook anything other than the basics, even in their retirement. Had they lived a little longer no doubt they would have spent their days on the Internet watching cooking videos and reading cooking blogs. They even bought the most expensive food porn toys; many of which they never took out their boxes.

Speaking of boxes, you can now get an entire set of uncooked meals delivered to you in a box. I guess it is also a form of food pornography because it gets delivered to your doorstep in a plain brown box and nobody has to see you shopping for celery root. Your neighbors can only guess what you are up to.

I’m trying these for my edification just like I look at Playboy for the arti-

cles and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue for the swimsuits. So far I have tried Sun Biscuit, Blue Capon and Home Chief (not their real names). They are the best of times and the worst of times. It’s like takeout food that you still have to cook and clean up after. It’s like the paintby-number kits that give you the illusion of being an artist. It’s like getting liposuction rather than exercising. It’s, like, 15 pounds of ice and three pounds of food grown locally 1,000 miles away. I have run out of analogies, but I next expect them to offer to ship me artisan ice packed in dry ice or perhaps an ice kit.

Clearly these were not designed for me, but I wholly endorse you trying at least the introductory offers.

For about the cost of a bag of burgers you can get a couple pre-portioned meals that will at least save you a trip the market if not a dishwasher cycle. If it turns out to be your kind of foodie fantasy, expect the price and guilt to go up precipitously as you collect a lot of ice bags and insulation material that have little second-use value.

Foodies are hard to escape. On the way home today I listened to an NPR foodie program where they discussed what various chefs and amateur foodologists were doing with marijuana now that it is legal in so many places. Is this really going to be a thing? Isn’t the main attribute of pot that it makes everything taste better without much effort? ◆ Dennis Hinkamp still loves food, he just doesn’t want to marry it.

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YOUR LAND, MY LAND

Bears Ears National Monument comment period extended

10 important facts you should know (don’t believe the political lies)

BY AMY BRUNVAND Ever since the 1800s, when all Indian people residing in the Bears Ears were forcibly removed, we have grieved and suffered great pain over the treatment of these ancestral lands.

– Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, Letter, 12/31/2015

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n April, President Trump issued an executive order calling for a “review” to downsize national monuments designated under the Antiquities Act since 1996 and specifically attacking Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah.

In May, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke took a four-day tour of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, and on June 10 he issued a brief memo recommending that Bears Ears be downsized. Notably, Zinke’s memo did not summarize or respond to any of the public comments. The public comment period was then reopened. As of this writing 165,610 comments had been received.

10 FACTS about Bears Ears that you can rely on 1.The idea is not new. President Franklin Roosevelt proposed an “Escalante National Monument” in the Bears Ears region back in 1936.

The contemporary Bears Ears plan was developed in 2010 by Utah Diné Bikéyah (pronounced di-NAY bi-Kay-uh), a Navajo nonprofit dedicated to protection of ancestral Native American lands. (The political lie: “Environmental groups wrote the plan.”)

2. Indian tribes support Bears Ears. The Bears

Ears Intertribal Coalition includes sovereign governments of five tribes with a cultural history in the Bears Ears region including Hopi, Navajo, Ute Mountain Utes, Ute Indian Tribe and Zuni Pueblo.

Some individuals oppose designation, but they speak for themselves. (The political lie: “Indian tribes don’t support a National Monument.”)

3. There was a public process. In 2013 Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT-1) began a Public Lands Initiative (PLI) for the State of Utah. The Bears Ears Intertribal Coalition initially engaged with the PLI process but withdrew due to “the extraordinary unfairness of the proceeding.”

After the PLI process failed, the tribes asked President Obama to use his power under the Antiquities Act to declare a National Monument. (The political lie: “President Obama made a unilateral decision without public input.”)

4. Local voices were heard. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 creates a public process to gather information from all public lands stakeholders. There is no law or regulation that gives special privileges to county government or to land owners with property adjacent to federal land, and no formal definition for who does or does not count as “local.” (The political lie: “A review was necessary in order to give local people a voice.”)

5. The 1906 Antiquities Act has protected some of America’s most beloved places. Thanks to the

Antiquities Act, Utah has Natural Bridges (1908), Zion (1909), Rainbow Bridge (1910), Dinosaur (1914), Timpanogas Cave (1922), Hovenweep (1923), Bryce Canyon (1923), Arches (1929), Cedar Breaks (1933), Capitol Reef (1937), Grand Staircase-Escalante (1996) and Bears Ears (2016). ( The political lie: “The Antiquities Act has been used in abusive ways to protect unworthy places.”)

6. Bears Ears National Monument belongs to We the People. Monument status does not change ownership, it only changes who gets to write the management plan [see #9]. Federal public land is managed for public use by gov-

ernment agencies like the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). (The political lie: “Bears Ears is a land-grab.”)

7. Boundaries designated by President Obama are smaller than the tribes’ proposal. In fact,

designated boundaries closely match those proposed in Rob Bishop’s PLI. (“The political lie: Bears Ears is too big.”)

8. Monument status won’t stop uranium mining.

Unfortunately, Bears Ears boundaries were specifically drawn to exclude existing uranium mining operations, so stopping the blight of uranium on the Colorado Plateau is a separate environmental battle. (The political lie: “Bears Ears endangers national security by blocking uranium mining.”)

9. The Bears Ears management plan has not yet been written. There are not yet any specific

rules about what activities will and will not be allowed. Writing a management plan will be a public process so that all stakeholders can weigh in. It is likely that many existing uses will be grandfathered into the final plan. (The political lie: “Monument designation will “lock out” traditional and historic land uses.”)

10. Zinke’s memo is not a final decision. Law-

suits to protect Bears Ears can’t begin until a decision is made or an action is taken. Neither President Trump nor Interior Secretary Zinke has the power to “undo” a National Monument designation. Only an Act of Congress can modify an existing National Monument. (The political lie: “Trump and/or Zinke can decide to rescind Bears Ears.”) ◆ Amy Brunvand, U of U sustainability librarian-in-residence, was recently elected to lead the American Library Association’s Sustainability Round Table. Congratulations!

Comment now! Here’s how

The public comment period has been extended to July 10, 2017. It’s not a done deal.

Send in your comments!

• Online—REGULATIONS.GOV: Enter “DOI-2017-0002” in the Search bar and click “Search.”

• By mail—Monument Review, MS-1530, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240.

ENVIRONEWS

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BY AMY BRUNVAND

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s part of this meditative work, we recycle, and we walk or take public transit, we don’t waste water, we don’t waste heat – we try to act responsibly, that is, responsively toward the other beings with whom we cohabit. But we don’t try to ‘fix’ the world. We adapt our desires to what respectful and thoughtful living allows, and in this find joy.

– Jan Zwicky

Seven Canyons Trust to daylight hidden water People who lived in Salt Lake City during the 1983 floods still remember that, despite the disaster, there was something magical about water flowing through the streets.

There are 21 miles of buried creeks underneath the pavement of the city. In 2014 the Seven Canyons Trust formed with a mission to uncover City, Red Butte, Parley’s, Emigration, Mill, Little Cottonwood and Big Cottonwood Creeks. In June the Trust received a $1.2 million grant to daylight 200 feet of waterway at a place near the Sorenson Multicultural Center where Red Butte, Emigration and Parley’s Creeks enter the Jordan River. Salt Lake City and the Jordan River Commission are partners in the project which is scheduled to begin in 2018. (See story, “Rivers Revisited,” Oct 2016) Three Creeks Confluence of Jordan River Reactivation & Riparian Restoration Project: SLCGOV.COM/OPEN-SPACE/THREECREEKS-CONFLUENCE-PROJECT

Utah Foundation to coal communities: Diversify President Trump says he will bring back coal, but a series of three reports on Utah’s coal counties from the Utah Foundation says that coal-dependent communities would make a big mistake to pin their future on that promise.

Coal-fueled electricity has been decreasing, replaced by cleaner energy sources. In Utah one coal-fuel power plant closed in 2015, and another is projected to close by 2025.

The peak workforce employed by coal happened in 1920. Since then technology has replaced workers.

The final report on “Coal Communities” released in June advises coal-reliant communities to prepare for the future by diversifying their economies, with agriculture, tech jobs, manufacturing and tourism as possible paths.

Utah Foundation Research Reports: UTAHFOUNDATION.ORG/RESEARCH-REPORTS

Bonanza Flat rescued in the nick of time The story of Bonanza Flat might have been grief for another lost place, but it turned out to be an affirming example of community coming together to save a place we love.

Local government, businesses, conservation groups and individuals raised enough money to purchase the 1,350-acre property at the top of Guardsman Pass in the Wasatch Mountains, one of those places that many people assumed was part of the National Forest but it was actually a private inholding.

The property narrowly escaped development as a high-end resort, but when the Talisker Corporation went bankrupt in 2016, a bank took over the property and wanted to sell. The catch was a $38 million asking price.

Utah Open Lands and the town of Park City led a massive fundraising effort, but by the deadline in March there was still a shortfall.

Luckily, the seller granted a three-month extension, and just two days before the dropdead date the Salt Lake County Council finally agreed to chip in, putting the effort over the top. Hurray for all of us working together!

White Mesa Uranium Mill Given the grief caused to Utah by uranium mining in the past, it is surprising that the Utah Commission for the Stewardship of Public Lands submitted comments to Trump’s Monument Review asserting that designation of Bears Ears National Monument will burden “the feeble – but essential – United States Uranium industry,“ never mind that President Obama specifically excluded uranium mining areas from the monument boundaries.

It turns out the White Mesa Uranium Mill, built in 1979 near Blanding and the Ute Mountain Ute town of White Mesa, has been storing toxic waste in giant tailings ponds above

groundwater aquifers. The Grand Canyon Trust says the facility has been accepting poor-quality ore for “processing” in order to store it onsite as radioactive waste.

Local residents are concerned about water contamination, dust and radon gas, and in May, members of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe carried banners reading “No Uranium Protect Sacred Land” and “Water is Life” to protest requests from the White Mesa mill to renew water discharge permits with the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.

Public comments on White Mesa Uranium Mill, due by July 31: Email: DWMRCPUBLIC@UTAH.GOV with the subject line: “Public Comment on White Mesa RML Renewal.” Mail: Scott Anderson, Director, Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control, P.O.B. 144880, SLC, UT 84114.

Grand Canyon Trust: GRANDCANYONTRUST.ORG/BLOG/AVOID-REPEATING-MISTAKES-PAST-WHITE-MESA

Cleaner cars, cleaner air Have you noticed those PZEV labels on new cars? That stands for “Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle” and it’s a big deal for Utah air quality.

After the 2017 model year, the automobile industry is planning to install PZEV technology in all new cars to comply with nationwide Tier 3 motor vehicle emissions and fuel standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Chevron and Tesoro refineries in Davis County are installing equipment to produce low-sulfur Tier 3 gasoline. The Utah Legislature has passed a law giving refineries a tax break to help make the change to Tier 3 fuels.

Tier 3 won’t help with CO2 emissions that cause climate change, but the rules could help us all breathe more easily.

UCAIR.ORG/HOT_TOPICS/WHAT-YOU-NEED-TO-KNOW-ABOUT-TIER-3

PETS

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Apocolypse?

Your dogs may think so; here are ways to calm their anxiety

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f you have a sound-sensitive beast, Fourth of July—heck, pretty much all of July—is a nighttime trial. Salt Lake County Animal Services reports an uptick in runaway pets this month. Advanced Veterinary Care, an emergency service in Salt Lake City, sees an increase in animals hit by cars.

July in Utah is an optimal time to test the efficacy of any anxietyreducing practice or product.

Phytocannabinoids (a hemp derivative) entered Utah’s pet store market last year with the Park City-

based Healthy Hemp Pet Company. Aspen Anderson, co-owner of Desert Raw Pet in Foothill Village says phytocannabinoids calm anxiety without side effects.

“My terrier, Baxter, was struggling as the next-door neighbors shot off round after round of sparks,” she says. “He tried to bury himself underneath me, whined, panted and showed other signs of distress. We gave him a hemp biscuit. Fifteen minutes later, he lay calm on the floor next to me—and unlike the popular Xanax option, he was not disoriented or uncom-

fortable. The fireworks continued, but his stress did not.” She shared that experience with her customers, who tried the hemp product and returned with their own stories. “We’ve become passionate advocates for phytocannabinoids for pets because the results speak for themselves,” Anderson says.

If you’re a believe in Bach flower remedies, you might want to try Rescue Remedy for Pets. Add two drops to the drinking water and see if it works for your animal. $18-23. You can get them at The Dog’s Meow pet stores (33rd South and in Draper).

They also carry ThunderShirts, which work by way of a gentle, steady compression. $40, small to extra-large.

If fireworks are going off in your neighborhood, Dr. Pam Nichols, DVM, of Bountiful’s Animal Care Center says to make especially sure any prey-driven dogs such as terriers and retrievers are kept inside, as they have an instinct to

chase after fire crackers.

When it comes to pharmaceuticals, Nichols puts no bets on Benedryl, in spite of the popular hype. “It just doesn’t work,” she says. And the benzodiazapines that some people give their pets can make the situation worse. She recommends Sileo (Dexmedetomidine), approved for noise-aversive dogs. “It’s a miracle drug,” she says. “There’s no grogginess. It makes the dog not care. I’ve seen it work even with really severe anxiety.”

If your pets have only mild concerns about the nighttime hullaballoo of these holidays, you may get by with more prosaic precautions: A common distracting sound, such as a radio or television, is helpful. Close drapes or pull shades if the flashes are nearby. Interact calmly, normally.

A solicitous manner in time of high anxiety for your pet does not provide the stability needed. ◆ — GRETA BELANGER DEJONG

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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK

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Congratulations!

ast month at the Society of Professional Journalists awards banquet, CATALYST took home 12 honors for stories we published in 2016. We competed against nondaily papers throughout Utah.

We received four first place awards, three second place awards, three third place awards and two honorable mentions.

Note that we garnered all awards

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controversy,”

OPINION COLUMN 1st Place, “Slightly Off Center: Inside the Locker Room,” Dennis Hinkamp Honorable Mention,“Don't Get Me Started: Making Way for the Next Big Thing”, John deJong

GENERAL FEATURE 1st Place, “Brazilians in Utah,” Katherine Pioli REVIEW / CRITICISM 2nd Place, “Memoirs of a Lucky Man: review of Jeff Metcalf’s Requiem for the Living,” Mike Place

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EDUCATION 3rd Place, “Dancing at School: Putting the arts in Utah's (underfunded) public education,” Amy Brunvand Top: Lori Mertz, Amy Brunvand, Greta deJong, Mike Place, Sophie Silverstone.

Middle: Katherine Pioli, Ben Bombard, Dennis Hinkamp. Front: John deJong.

in the Medical/Science category.

Here’s who won what:

MEDICAL / SCIENCE 1st Place, “Psychedelic Microdosing for Health,” Benjamin Bombard 2nd Place, “Something Strange: Great Salt Lake is a living laboratory and bohemian refuge,” Robert Lawrence 3rd Place,“Understanding Brain Injury: It's all in your head, & it may be for a long time,” Lori Mertz BUSINESS / CONSUMER 1st Place, “What's ‘Local’? We ask three area activists,” Carmen Taylor Honorable Mention, “The Kratom Chronicles: Traditional jungle

HUMOR / LIFESTYLE COLUMN 2nd Place, “Aging Gracefully: Skiing Over Fifty,” Debbie Leaman ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 3rd Place, “Change Agents: A Music Centric Community,” Katherine Pioli, Benjamin Bombard, Z. Smith & Sophie Silverstone Congratulations to all! Special thanks to art director Polly Mottonen who makes our stories look good, to my assistant editor Katherine Pioli who helps our writers shine, and to the rest of our staff whose efforts keep CATALYST worth reading.

You can find links to all the stories on our website. Enjoy them, and feel free to drop your favorite writers a note of congratulation! ◆ — Greta deJong, editor & publisher

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ROCK STAR

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On the road with BLM paleontologist Alan Titus An open letter to Secretary Zinke

BY ANNA ZUMWALT

Photos by Anna Zumwalt and courtesy of My Public Lands, Bureau of Land Management.

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or five hours I drove from Capitol Hill, in Salt Lake City, through the same famous redrock landscapes you flew over— Bryce Canyon, Kodachrome Basin…. At Grovsenor Arch I met up with monument paleontologist Dr Alan Titus.

Picture a young Sean Connery, in Raiders of the Lost Ark dust and three-day beard, using some weird sixth-sense ability to find dinosaur bones. Now give him a guitar and Indy’s passion for saving relics, and you have Dr. Alan Titus—a paleontologist at Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument since 2000.

In Titus’ BLM truck, we drove up and up and over the Cockscomb Ridge. Steep and rocky, high and narrow. On the other side, we emerged in a broad blue skyscape over rock outcroppings and budding shrubs. Even the main attraction for this stop was breathtaking—a coal seam.

President Clinton’s 1996 Presidential Proclamation designating Grand Staircase Escalante as a national monument came as a complete shock to everyone, including Titus, who was then teaching geology at Snow College. “I was just as upset and shocked as any body that this had happened because I had liked to take my students down here on field trips to collect fossils and stuff—so I thought ’Oh, there goes that.’”

I’m sure he told you, too. The rocks.

How coal is formed.

Who has tried to mine it.

Of course, then, the mining talk begs the question, what does national monument designation actually mean? All previous monuments, all the way back to Teddy Roosevelt, had been given to the Park Service.

Why did Babbitt and Clinton decide to give this one, the Grand Staircase-Escalante, to the BLM? You know the answer: Because of the BLM’s mandate of multiple uses.

This is a snapshot of what Earth was like up to the impact of the meteor, the extinction, and the chaos —and how life adapted.

“You can still target shoot over 98% of here.

You can hunt. You can ride your ATV. You can go horseback riding… You can do whatever you want, within reason, within the regular BLM rules and within our management frame-

work,” Titus e x plained.

“We still have thousands, about 10,000, cows grazing out there. We still have a producing oil field in upper valley. We had, until recently, producing alabaster mines and gravel quarries. They are all still out here.”

So what did the National Monument designation change?

“Well, we have supplemental rules now that closed a lot of areas to collectors. On normal BLM land you can pick up rocks, collect fossils, you can do all sorts of things. You can harvest vegetation. You can do …whatever. You can’t do that in a monument. It’s closed to collecting.

And the monument also brought together a framework of more intensive management … and funding to support more intensive research and things like that, that you would never see in a normal BLM field office. Like, for instance, the paleontology. This sort of research that we do here wouldn’t normally be supported by a normal field office.”

“So we can’t collect coal for our camp fire?” I asked.

“There are certain exceptions. You can harvest edibles for personal use. You can harvest firewood, as long as it’s dead and down.”

So, we can’t collect it, but companies can still mine?

“Hypothetically, yes. And hypothetically you don’t need to do away with the monument to have a coal mine, you just need to have Congress reopen it to leasing. Existing leases, grandfathered leases, are honored in perpetuity, as long as the leaseholder desired to do whatever it was they were doing, as long as they continued to do it. But as soon as they retire it then it would go away, if there was no new leasing.”

What would happen if this area became a mining site is hard to say. Big roads, big trucks…. And a lot of traffic.

The BLM was also tasked to maintain the undeveloped character of the land as well as the historic legacy and traditional uses, But, since coal and fossil areas aren’t always on top of each other, paleontology and mining can coexist without severely impacting each other, Titus believes, though they are occasionally found together.

Secretary Zinke, I heard you were surprised to learn that, when that happens, the coal always wins. The operations are so massive that finding a bone means nothing. Nothing gets in the way of mining. Nothing slows it down. The bones get pulverized. That’s just the way it is.

So, what’s so important about dinosaur bones? What’s so important about the fossiliferous regions of the Kaiparowits plateau, the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears areas?

This staircase, these rocks of the Kaiparowits

Plateau, are the texts of the story of survival.

They contain, in about 7,500 vertical feet, one of the most complete records of late Cretaceous terrestrial organisms and ecosystems on the planet. This is a snapshot of what Earth was like up to the big impact of the meteor, the extinction, and the chaos—and how life adapted.

It’s A Guide to Life After Catastrophe etched in the National Monuments.

Back in Titus’ truck, I got to ask my burning questions, as you did, too. Mine were, “Are we going to annihilate the world? Is there hope for us? …And how do you learn that from dinosaurs?”

Not that he isn’t worried about the future, but Titus’ answer about what the bones have taught us was oddly comforting. “There have been lots of extinctions. The dinosaur extinction wasn’t actually the worst that the planet has experienced. And life always finds a way. But it might be without us. There are always winners and losers in every extinction. Ravens and cockroaches always win. And then, from those, when you clear out an eco-space of all the inhabitants, of all the things that are niche specialized, then those generalists re-radiate and fill up those niches again with specialists. It’s beautiful, actually.”

As you know, Mr. Zinke, Titus has discovered amazing things. The big-nosed horned dinosaur is even named after him. And thanks to the monument designation, and funding, what he has learned is available for all to learn.

Even without the dino-discoveries, this whole area is rainbows and unicorns. It looks as if someone had come out and paved the narrow stretch of the top of a long, high, steep hill

The big-nosed horned Nasutoceratops titusi is named after our very own Alan Titus.

Thanks to the monument designation and funding, what he has learned is available to us all.

with round, smooth jewels. Bright red. Orange.

Purple. Black. Why was the top of a ridge covered with river stone? Titus said the stones had once been in a riverbed; later, those same stones protected the area from erosion as the land around washed away. They glitter around every pinion and juniper, the sagebrush, the budding cacti and flowering yucca, the cliff roses perfuming the air filled with bird-song serenade. It really is Heaven.

But it’s also a crime scene and if you disturb the evidence, then you don’t have any evidence; you can’t get the data. For the first time in the long life of my inner fourth-grader, I was happy not to take anything home.

Like you, I left the monument with no bones, no gem-like stones, no flowers. Just memories. I licked a lot of stones, to see if they were dinosaur bones, and I left them for you. I have nothing to show for the trip except the dozen or two nosee-um bites on my face and hands, allergytraumatized eyes and a sweet memory. I left everything of beauty for the next tourist, you.

There is a Navajo tradition called Beauty Way. I don’t know much about Navajo religion or tradition but, to me, beauty connotes intrinsic respect.

Respect and beauty may not be the voices, the votes, our leaders always listen to—as evidenced by what was in the news last month around your visit: You and others said you’re afraid of the monument’s restrictions. Hatch said they are too many to list, and that we should “take my word for it.” But while he has recently denied a man a lung transplant for smoking marijuana and is gunning for a lower legal alcohol limit, I cannot say I trust him and his fear of restrictions at all. You, Secretary Zinke, said having ’access limited’ is a problem.

But during your visit, it was you who who denied access to an important resource—your ears—in choosing not to meet with many key monument supporters.

What do those feeling threatened by the monument status really want?

Imagine our future, realizing that, like a bone not attached to a skeleton, we have not attached ourselves to a whole, to this planet and to each other. Fragmented and separated, we are no longer significant. I learned that from my dino-digging tour. Did you?

Dear Secretary Zinke, I hope you got to ask the same questions as you spent your day with Dr. Titus. I hope you were able to discover the same raptor knucklebone I found on Saturday.

I hope you listened to the 75-million-year-old voices that might give us a clue as to how to survive manmade and natural catastrophes and keep an open mind, curious to learn and enjoy the Monuments as they are. ◆ Anna Zumwalt, is a Zen Buddhist monk, certified hypnotherapist and meditation teacher and she is CATALYST’s Director of Attention.

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Report from Dark Mountain An encounter with Paul Kingsnorth

“Ecocide demands a response. That response is too important to be left to politicians, economists, conceptual thinkers, number crunchers; too all-pervasive to be left to activists or campaigners. Artists are needed.”

Uncivilisation: The Dark Mountain Manifesto

by Paul Kingsnorth

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or several years now I’ve been telling people that Paul Kingsnorth is my celebrity crush. This is kind of a personal joke because Kingsnorth is the anti-celebrity. He’s largely famous for writing The Wake (2014), a novel about the Norman Conquest written in a made-up dialect of Old English (It’s brilliant) and for coauthoring a pamphlet, Uncivilisation: The Dark Mountain Manifesto (spelled with an ‘s’ because he’s British).

The manifesto hit a nerve with people like me who wake up in the dead of night fretting that our globalized, consumer-oriented, resource-intensive, technological way of living is leading us right over a cliff. Enough people read it so that it evolved into something called the Dark Mountain Project, an artistic response to an age of ecological collapse and social unravelling.

I know Kingsnorth sounds like a bit of a downer but when I first encountered his writing in the pages of Orion Magazine it wasn’t his overt pessimism that struck me but his unshaken idealism, his willingness to stare straight into the maw of future dystopia and still live with integrity, asking “what, at this mo-

ment in history, would not be a waste of my time?”

When I found out that Kingsnorth, who lives in rural Ireland, was going to be in North America giving a workshop called “Stories from the Cliff’s Edge” at a Unitarian-run camp in rural Massachusetts—well, what I actually said to myself was, it’s too bad that’s happening 2,000 miles away. But then I bought a plane ticket and rented a car to head out into the dark green deciduous forests of the mysterious East. Chalk it up to what Unitarians call “a free and responsible search for truth and meaning.”

What was I looking for? Probably not responsibility for 1,300 pounds of CO2 generated by my flight; or the scenic highway I drove on named “The Mohawk Trail” in honor of historical cultural genocide; or the trailhead warnings in Massachusetts forests about a plague of tick-borne Lyme disease that is a consequence of warming climate. All around me, reminders that Kingsnorth is not kidding when

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he says, “This is not a problem to be solved. It’s a problem to be lived with.”

At camp, our first workshop was scheduled for after dinner. We earnestly joined hands in a circle before our meal to sing, “‘Tis a Gift to be simple, ‘tis a gift to be free… “ I spotted Kingsnorth, slim, bearded and bespectacled with a pale English complexion and a flop of dark hair. He had his arms folded across his chest and he was not singing. I pegged him for a shy intellectual.

After dessert (apple crisp!) about 30 of us sat in a circle and Kingsnorth began by reading the poem “Rearmament” by Robinson Jeffers, from which the Dark Mountain Project takes its name : …The beauty of modern Man is not in the persons but in the Disastrous rhythm, the heavy and mobile masses, the dance of the Dream-led masses down the dark mountain.

Then he recited a litany of human impacts on the Earth—climate change, deforestation, ocean acidification, soil erosion, extinction:“In 250 years we’ve wrecked everything,” he said, “Not because we are human, but because we

have catastrophically bad stories.

The central belief in the West is we will reach transcendence in this life if we can get it right technologically and politically. It doesn’t work.”

Then he summoned demons: “Let’s get Trump out of the way.

Where did this monster come from?”

After some discussion we formed small groups to talk about stories that don’t work, stories we no longer believe. This was surprisingly hard because we kept proposing fixes to make the stories work.

The next day after lunch Kingsnorth asked us to go hug a tree. Literally. He wanted us to try writing from a non-human perspective.

I raised my hand and asked if he actually hears plants speak

“What, at this moment in history, would not be a waste of my time?” and he turned pink and denied that he does, but one or two other people in the group kind of nodded. As for myself, I’m pretty sure I hear trees because what they say seems unlike anything I would say. I chose a rock for this experiment in inter-entity communication and it said, “I hold memories in crystals and structures. I feed trees my memories.”

At our next session Kingsnorth asked if it was okay to change the agenda. He had just been at the Great Mother and New Father Conference on the Mythopoetic Imagination and wanted to tell us a fairy tale. “I’ve never done this before,” he said apologetically. “I won’t be as good as a real storyteller,” and he told a story about a queen who wanted a child, but the magic she used caused her to give birth to fraternal twins; a perfect baby and a black snake. It reminded me of the Bears Ears rally in Salt Lake City last May where

the white activist speakers aimed to rile up the crowd while Native Americans structured their speeches around stories and songs.

By the third day we were finally getting to know one another and there was a lot more laughter. We went into the woods again, seeking an image for a story. I conjured an imaginary bear. Then I thought, “the forest wants a bear.” There wasn’t any bear, but I made my hands into claws and turned myself plump and fierce to dance a bear dance. I could hear the trees laughing, “That human doesn’t know anything. She thinks she’s a bear!” When I shared this adventure with the group they wanted to dance too, so we danced the forest together.

And finally, dancing, I knew why I wanted to meet Kingsnorth so badly. He’s the reason I started writing poetry again, because he reminded me that political activism can be part of the story that doesn’t work. In the face of climate change, Kingsnorth suggests paying close attention to non-human consciousness to inform a changed story. Not in the way scientists turn close attention into data, but uncivilized, turning communication with the nonhuman world into poetry, stories and songs; as the manifesto says: “Our words will be elemental. We write with dirt under our fingernails.”

This shift in perspective clarifies things. Here in Utah the fight for Bears Ears is a confrontation between a dysfunctional story that turns everything into money and a much older story about how the land has a voice.

Before we parted ways I gave Kingsnorth the book that I brought to read on the airplane, “Edge of Morning: Native Voices Speak for the Bears Ears.” It’s a nonfiction story about cultures surviving an apocalypse imposed by the false stories of civilization. I hope he likes it. ◆ Amy Brunvand is a librarian at the University of Utah and Catalyst’s dance and Environews writer

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An awakening in Salt Lake healthcare?

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University of Utah opens new mindfulness clinic

any mindfulness meditation centers are studying what seems to have become the great hope of alternative medicine. But here in Salt Lake City, we may now have not only the newest, but one of the most exciting research centers.

While mindfulness practices have likely been around since the dawn of humanity, western therapists have only been advocating mindfulness techniques since the 1970s. In 1979, Jon Kabat-Zinn founded the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, and brought the practice to mainstream acceptance.

Dr Eric Garland, Ph.D., Social Work, began his own mindfulness meditation practice 23 years ago. He began using meditation to help his patients in 2003-4 and, for the past decade, he’s been studying it as a scientist. Last month, with $17 million in federal research grants, he started the new Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development located in the University of Utah’s College of Social Work.

Garland says he saw a need to bring together the multiple researchers on campus to study mindfulness and integrative health interventions and to make training available to clinicians in behavioral health therapies. In addition to advancing a program of rigorous sci-

Mindfulness is a simple practice of awareness.

Here’s how to begin: 1. Notice how you are feeling. If you feel a slight breeze, go into the feeling. If you feel achy, notice every nuance of the ache, then notice something else.

2. Be curious. Judging traps us in discomfort. A curious attitude cures judgment.

3. Use your senses. Feel. Listen. Look.

Smell. Mindfulness is a practice of using your bodily senses…not your mind. Ironic, huh? And relaxing.

Enjoy your new mindfulness practice for peace of mind and physical health.

— Anna Zumwalt (Anna is an ordained Zen monk and certified clinical hypnotherapist. She’s been teaching meditation to children and adults for 25 years.)

BY ANNA ZUMWALT entific research, the clinic’s purpose is “to take what we learn and to train clinicians (social workers, psychologists, nurses and doctors) in the evidence-based practice of mindfulness and other integrative health interventions.”

“At some point we’ll expand to studying other integrative interventions.” Now, most of the initial focus is on Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement, or M.O.R.E., a therapy he’s developed which unites complementary aspects of mindfulness training, “third-wave” cognitive behavioral therapy and principals from positive psychology. In MORE, patients are taught mindfulness to improve self-control over automatic habits, reappraisal to reframe the meaning of stressful life events as a source of meaning, and savoring to increase positive emotions and the sense of reward from pleasant life experiences."

Four studies are currently being conducted, one of which provides mindfulness training in several doctors’ offices in the Salt

Lake Valley. Of all the projects, Garland thinks this one might make the biggest impact. “It’s really integrative medicine, providing mindfulness training in the place where patients are coming to get help for their chronic pain issue.”

Garland has found that the physicians are open to this work. They know their patients need some extra help to lead a more meaningful life and to function better in spite of their pain.

“The big picture is to help these modalities become part of standard medical care —move them out of the domain of alternative medicine and into the domain of standard health care practice to be delivered alongside traditional [allopathic] medical treatments.” ◆ Read more on M.O.R.E. and C-MIIND at HTTPS://DRERICGARLAND.COM photo by Dave Titensor.

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ARTIST INTERVIEW

Swooning over crooner Isaak A rough sketch

BY JERRY RAPIER

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I’ve been chatting up Chris Isaak fans. As much as they love his music or his teeth, his hair, or his overall crooner self, what they really want to talk about is his live shows. I asked him about that.

“I love to sing. I love to be onstage, talking to people. I like to go into the audience, try to get people onstage with me. Dressing up is part of it. I’m sure some people think, ‘Liberace must have left that jacket in the closet!’

“The piano catches fire in one number—you gotta put on a show. Even if you don’t know my music, we’re gonna give you a fun evening.

“We musicians are tender fellows. My band has been together for 30 years. We all get along and you see that onstage. After the show, we get on the bus— your bus is your mama! – and talk for two hours and make jokes. I travel around the world with my friends having a party. I have the job that when you’re in Jr. High, they tell you, ‘You’ll never make it, you might want to learn to hang doors.’”

He laughs easily. And I swoon a little bit. I ask if that’s really him onstage or a character he plays (which isn’t as crazy as it sounds, given ‘The Chris Isaak Show’ on Show-

time, in which he played a fictionalized version of himself ).

“I’m not that great of an actor – I couldn’t be pretending. If anyone in the crowd saw me mowing my lawn, they’d see the same person they saw onstage. I’d just have a much lighter-weight sequined suit.”

This ‘not much of an actor’ actor has worked with legendary directors David Lynch, Bernardo Bertolucci and Jonathan Demme. I ask about his film work.

“People think the weird stuff on the Showtime series was made up, but that’s the stuff that actually happened! I learned my place real quick on that show. The other characters would make a sandwich or go to the bathroom when it was a scene focused on me. I think I’m somewhere between journeyman actor and box office poison.

“My dream is to do a piece of film noir playing a washed-up singer or detective. I keep dreaming that someone calls from Europe and says, ‘I’m making a low-budget film noir. Will you star and write the soundtrack?’ and I say

‘Yes, I’m in!’”

I laugh, thinking that would actually be the perfect Chris Isaak film.

“You know, Jonathan Demme just passed away. We were friends for a long time, we got to work together a few times, but in the end the friendship is what mattered to us both.

Jonathan actually offered me Ray Liotta’s role in The Silence of the Lambs. I turned it down because I was making a record. I was an idiot!

“We get distracted a lot in this life. But what you really remember is your friends. Jonathan was such a nice guy. When I say that, I mean you could sit at lunch or go around town running errands with him. It hurts to lose people like that. There’s plenty of me, not enough of him.”

I had to ask about that mirror suit. Because mirrors. Suit. “‘I’ve had three or four, maybe more, over the years. One was even stolen. It was recovered thankfully. They take forever to make. And they are heavy— each one weights 35 pounds. People wanna know how we clean it. You have to Windex the whole thing and then air it out.’”

At this point I ask Chris (can I call him Chris now?) to tell me what he’s never asked about, but would like people to know.

“I do a lot of drawing. I’ve drawn album covers and illustrations. And t-shirts that we sell.

People don’t realize. I draw three to four hours a day. I’ve got tons of sketch books. I’d like to put together two books—one family-rated one and one with a lock on it.”

He’ll be in Layton the week after his 61st birthday. Is 60 the new 40?

“How did that happen? Last time I looked I was 23. The good thing is all my parts still work. Lately I’ve been crabbing as a workout. I paddle out on my surfboard, set my traps, go surf for a few hours and then come back to them.

“I’ve got all my hair and my teeth, so James Brown would be proud.” ◆ Jerry Rapier has written for CATALYST since 2002. His husband Kirt runs Davis Arts Council and his brother Ryan is a big Chris Isaak fan who is traveling from Arizona to sit front row center.

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PROSE GARDEN

Keeping Track Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

— E. M. Forster

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he thing about being a worried person is that you learn from early on to become suspicious of joy. Being made suddenly happy is like being quickly raised up very high over the ground and held there, where all you can see is the earth far below. The view is nice but the rope feels too thin and it’s an awfully long way down.

I am aboard the California Zephyr from Chicago to Salt Lake City, beating a retreat once again from the newly emboldened and quickly advancing front of unrequited love. I had fallen for a girl too deeply and too quickly for her to feel the same and the ground, as they say, was coming up fast.

As I sit, an old ex-school teacher with a Texas drawl, bargain-basement plastic glasses and sequins on her sweater, whom I have known for 20 minutes tops, pushes a cup of frozen yogurt in my face—raising her voice to counter my lamentations about lost affection: "You know what existential despair is?” she says, the peach yogurt coming dangerously close to my mustache.

“It's just extra despair for people who like to feel smart. It's more tragedy than you need and you hold on to all of this because you think you deserve the weight of the world for all the good it would do you but, good lord, the

world doesn't throw its weight around like that. Your sadness is the same sadness that hundreds of millions that came before you felt and millions will feel long after you're gone.”

She puts her hand on my hand. “I mean, come on now—go outside and look at a rainbow or something.” She sighs and puts the yogurt down.

“I mean, really. Honey, you seem nice but everything bad that happens isn't a contribution to your grand unifying

theory of the world's malevolence”. I nod and give a thin smile. She gets up and changes seats to leave me alone for a while.

I set out to Chicago a week before to meet a girl I’d fallen hard and fast for. I was returning home, having learned that the feeling wasn’t mutual.

Outside, we cross the Mississippi River that’s covered in huge chunks of ice heaves in the dazzling afternoon light and we both look up and acknowledge the change from Illinois into Iowa. There are twelve hundred and some-odd miles to go before Salt Lake City.

Travel by rail across the country is righteous in its simplicity.

There is nothing to do that you don’t do yourself, and if you don’t do anything, you can still have the portrait of America continuously repainted for you outside your picture window while you wait for something to happen—a wide, clear space for the melancholic, fighting against the mendacity of their own despair.

Nobody rides the train just to get where they’re going—not these days, at least. We’re all here, like me, to see how far we’ve come or how far we have yet to go. For lives that need a cairn made up of a few days to mark the way, a trip on the Zephyr from Chicago to the San Francisco Bay is—if nothing else—awfully cheap therapy.

Being on the train does not stop the world like I want it to, but it moves the world around me, in front of me and without any effort on my part. All the passengers become prepositional beings presented with the greatest of gifts for a life that’s sliding away from us—a controllable space in a difficult world.

We leave home to discover ourselves but we all must return home again to learn what the world has infused in us while we were away.

And, in truth, that’s the genius of rail travel in 21st century America. None of us, really, need to be there.

Rail is slow and it can be expensive.

Sometimes we have to sit for a while to wait for a freight train to pass because Amtrak has to pay for passage on Union Pacific lines and you don’t always know

BY MIKE PLACE when the line will be clear and things will start back up again and if you’re impossibly sad, sometimes feeling the world stop something other than you is a strange sort of comfort.

In Colorado, during a snowstorm, too much ice builds up underneath the engine. The engineer stops the train, gets out, slogs through the snow and underneath the wheels and bangs on it with a wrench while we all watch.

For a person looking for what’s next, rail travel is a frontispiece to the upcoming novel of their existence— the blank space ahead of possibility that must be present and turned through to begin again.

And in those times, there is literally nothing that anybody can do about the situation but make the best of it and nod to your neighbor and give them a look that says, “Well, what are you gonna do?” and offer a shrug.

The world, it occurs to me, has lost sight of what it means to share. Instead of searching for adulation from others, it is perhaps instead to suffer a bit with them, to know their burden and for them to know ours.

The engineer bangs on the undercarriage a few more times until all the ice is off and we watch the snow outside. Just like that, we’re off again. * * * It’s late when we come into Utah and it’s dark outside, with lights of the freeway far off in the distance and nothing but high desert everywhere else.

In the lounge car a woman with the most serene green eyes and long, impossibly elaborate braids trailing

down her back takes out a ukulele as we cross the Colorado Plateau.

Amid the dim lights of the car and the sway of the train, she begins to play, of all things, Leonard Cohen songs.

And when she plays Hallelujah, I finally break down.

Real tears come as I catch up to the reality of returning home without the dream I thought I had.

It was the trip we’ve all had, or will eventually.

In the beginning, I thought I had the most beautiful thing I could conceive of at the time. By the end, I knew it was all falling apart and I didn’t know why or how I could stop any of it from shattering.

Love is beautiful but it is strange. It suspends us above the earth and in times of disruption all we can do is look down at the ground so far below and then up into the stratosphere, where the blue turns to black and to reach up to the one we love and whisper with what strength we can find in our voice, “Please. Please. Don’t drop me.”

We all stare out the windows as she sings. People reading their books put them down. Everything goes silent in the train car except the steel wheels underneath; with her voice hanging in the air, we hum along, speeding through the desert night— some of us going home, others leaving it behind, all of us here—for now at least—together.

I did my best, it wasn’t much I couldn’t feel so I tried to touch I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you.

And even though it all went wrong

I’ll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

She plays the final note like a god making the last bit of a world and as the train makes the turn into Green River, as we all sit quietly, looking together out at the moon’s silhouette above the cliffs, with lives to be lived when we arrive—remade from our departure, through this moment, this quiet, and these stars serving as the precious and temporary space between.

The train whistle sounds; we pick up speed through the night toward Salt Lake City and we sit moving underneath the Utah moon. It is a long time before anybody speaks.

I touch the glass of the window, feeling that connection again with motion across the earth —back on the ground it seems, looking out at its broad expanse instead of down, upon it, from a point too high; feeling our movement even as the world outside goes dark except for the lights of a truck twinkling, far in the distance.

It is one small light in a huge empty and darkened desert and behind that light is somebody too, perhaps also going home again. And if that is all the light there is, then for now, it will have to do.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Two hundred miles to go. Hallelujah. ◆ Mike Place is the director of a Lehi-based opensource software company and an instigaor of nonprofit technolgies in Utah and abroad. He is also a hopeful romantic.

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GARDEN LIKE A BOSS You can do it

Making compost extracts One pound of compost becomes a feast for the whole garden

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ow! I have waaaaaaaay too much highgrade compost!” said no gardener ever.

Generating that much rich, dark garden goodness evades the majority of even the highest level soil celebrity.

Base-level compost has plenty of organic matter. However, the really good stuff has the humus plus a plethora of beneficial microorganisms: beneficial bacteria, fungi, protozoa and nematodes.

The difference between “top shelf” compost and “well” compost is entirely dependent on the populations and diversity of the microorganisms it contains. High-grade compost is precious.

I’m here to show you how to turn that little bit of compost into a huge boost to your entire garden.

The Boss Move when using compost is not only to add organic matter but to reinforce the levels of beneficial microorganisms in the soil.

Plants will go to great lengths to cover every root surface (rhizosphere) and stem and leaf surface (phyllosphere) with beneficial microorganisms, as a surface coated with allies is impenetrable to adversaries. By reinforcing the front lines with these “good guy” microbes, we protect our plants from disease and pests and help them become more resilient to environmental stressors.

I’m a huge advocate of compost tea. But making a high-quality compost tea is difficult and time-consuming. On a recent trip to the Caribbean to teach and learn from farmers

BY JAMES LOOMIS there, I faced a challenge: Many farms there didn't even have electricity. Without electricity, there was no tea brewing, as we couldn't use air pumps to force oxygen into the water. Searching for the solution, I pored over my notes from years of study and found the answer. I was smacked with the simple elegance of the solution: the compost extract. You simply cannot bungle a compost extract.

The levels of beneficial microorganisms in high-quality compost are up to 10 times higher than the levels in even the healthiest of soils.

How does this work? The levels of beneficial microorganisms in high-quality compost are up to 10 times higher than the levels in even the healthiest of soils. That means a small amount of compost can feed a much larger area than if it were used for topdressing (applying a thin layer of compost directly to the surface of a garden bed), and the application is much easier.

Rather than bending over and crawling around your garden spreading compost, you can stroll around with a watering can in one hand and a cocktail in the other, straight booshing your beds with microbial goodness. Boss Move again.

Step 1. Start with a five-gallon bucket of dechlorinated water. Think about it: Chlorine is added to municipal water to kill microorganisms, and we want to extract and preserve microorganisms; so let’s get that stuff out. Fill your bucket the night before and the chlorine will evaporate out. Or use the rainwater you’ve harvested and stored, and give yourself a high five from me. Thanks for being a next-level human.

Step 2. Place 1/2 to 1 lb. of high-grade sifted compost* in a paint strainer bag (budget) or compost tea bag (baller; WWW. COMPOSTTEALAB. COM/STORE/; $24-40). Submerge bag in the bucket of dechlorinated water and massage for up to one minute. (The majority of the organic acids and microbes will release themselves from the compost and enter into suspension in the water; massaging past this point only expends energy without increasing results.) Boom, easy breezy. * The finished compost at the bottom of an old neglected compost pile will beat a bagged product any day, but making compost extract with any compost is better than not doing it at all. Even in commercial composts where a lot of the organisms are dead, the user will extract useful organic acids at a fraction of the cost of buying supplements. Regarding bagged composts, Miller's has been the best I've looked at under the microscope, most likely due to the fact they are local.

Step 3. Transfer from the bucket to your favorite watering can. You want to make sure your garden beds are pre-moistened, as inviting your microbes to a bone-dry environment makes you the worst of hosts. This also helps to remind you that you aren’t trying to water your plants, you are applying microbes to your soil. A heavy dose of compost extract looks like one gallon per 50 square feet, although you can push this to 200400 square feet, depending on the quality of your compost.

Apply at least three times a season; I know growers who water with compost extract, every time.

Curious about the quality of your compost?

I’m here for you, we are all in this together! If you are a contributor to CATALYST Magazine or Wasatch Community Gardens, bring a sample of your compost to the Green Team Farm and we’ll look at it under the microscope together. The address of the farm is 622 W. 100 South, in downtown SLC. Not a donor yet? Pehaps it’s time you made a Boss Move of community support. Visit our websites: WWW. CATALYST MAGAZINE.NET and WASATCHGARDENS.ORG. Step 4. You’re done. Seriously. It’s that easy.

Happy growing. See you next month. ◆ James Loomis is the Green Team farm manager for Wasatch Community Gardens.

John deJong

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801.484.9400, f 801.484.6623, 1180 S. 400 W., SLC. Utah’s first green body shop. Making customers happy since 1984! We are a friendly, full-service collision repair shop in SLC. Your satisfaction is our goal. We’ll act as your advocate with your insurance company to ensure proper repairs and give you a lifetime warranty.

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DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION Ann Larsen Residential Design DA 10/17

801.604.3721. Specializing in historically sensitive design solutions and adding charm to the ordinary. Consultation and design of new homes, additions, remodeling, decks and outdoor structures. Experienced, reasonable, references.

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GREEN PRODUCTS Underfoot Floors DA 11/17

801.467.6636, 1900 S. 300 W., SLC. We offer innovative & earth friendly floors including bamboo, cork, marmoleum, hardwoods, natural fiber carpets as well as sand and finishing hardwood.

Free in home estimates. Please visit our showroom.

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HOUSING Urban Utah Homes & Estates DA 9/17

801.595.8824, 380 West 200 South, #101, SLC. Founded in 2001 by Babs De Lay, Urban Utah Homes & Estates

is an independent real estate brokerage. Our experienced realtors have skill sets to help first time to last time buyers and sellers with residential sales, estate liquidations of homes & property, land sales, new construction and small business sales. WWW.URBANUTAH.COM

PETS Best Friends - Utah DA 9/17

801.574.2454, 2005 S. 1100 E., SLC. Utah is working collaboratively with animal rescue groups, city shelters and passionate individuals dedicated to making Utah a no-kill state. As part of this mission, Best Friends hosts adoption and fundraising events, runs the Best Friends Utah Adoption Center in Sugar House and leads the NKUT initiative. WWW.BESTFRIENDS.ORG

Desert Raw Holistic Pet 12/17

385.999.1330, 1330 Foothill Dr., SLC. Alternative pet store, feeding pets real food designed for their bodies. We provide healthy, organic dog, cat, and chicken food, including raw, dehydrated, and high-end kibble. We also sell high-quality supplements (including CBD), toys, pet supplies, and gift items. Regular community-outreach teaching about pet nutrition.

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DINING Café Solstice DA 3/18

801.487.0980, 673 E. Simpson Ave., SLC. (inside Dancing Cranes). Loose teas, specialty coffee drinks and

herbal smoothies in a relaxing atmosphere. Veggie wraps, sandwiches, salads, soups and more. Our dressings, spreads, salsa, hummus and baked goods are all made in house with love! Enjoy a refreshing violet mocha or mango & basil smoothie with your delicious homemade lunch.

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801.355.3425, 900 E. 900 S. and 254 S. Main, SLC. High-end espresso, delectable pastries & desserts. Great places to people watch. M-Thur 6a-11p; Fri 6a-12p, Sat 7a-12p, Sun 7a-11p. Wifi.

Cucina6/17

801.322.3055, 1026 2nd Ave., SLC. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Patio seating available. Dine in, carry out.

Chef Joey Ferran provides an exciting culinary experience! Fresh bread, desserts and pastries daily. Huge wine list and the best small plate menu in town (for dinner too!) Let us cater your next event. WWW.CUCINADELI.COM

Oasis Cafe DA 11/17

801.322.0404,151 S. 500 E., SLC. A refreshing retreat in the heart of the city, Oasis Cafe provides a true sanctuary of spectacular spaces: the beautiful flower-laden patio, the private covered breezeway or the casual style dining room. Authentic American cafe-style cuisine plus full bar, craft beers, wine list and more. WWW.OASISCAFESLC.COM

HEALTH & BODYWORK APOTHECARY Natural Law Apothecary 1/18

801.613.2128, 619 S. 600 W. Salt Lake's primier herbal medicine shop featuring 100+ organic/wild-harvested herbs available in any amount.

Specializing in custom, small batch tinctures, salves, green drink and teas.

Also features a knowledge center with books, classes & consultation on herbs, bees, massage/bodywork wellness and more! www.NATURALLAWAPOTHECARY.COM

ACUPUNCTURE Keith Stevens Acupuncture 3/18

801.255.7016, 209.617.7379 (c). Dr. Keith Stevens, OMD, 8728 S. 120 E. in old Sandy. Specializing in chronic pain treatment, stress-related insomnia, fatigue, headaches, sports medicine, traumatic injury and post-operative recovery. Board-certified for hep-c treatment. National Acupuncture Detox Association (NADA)-certified for treatment of addiction. Women’s health, menopausal syndromes. www.STEVENSACUCLINIC.COM

Master Lu’s Health Center

801.463.1101. 3220 S. State St. TyeHao Lu, L.Ac, MAOM. Are you struggling with addiction? If so we can help at Master Lu’s Health Center, utilizing acupuncture and Chinese medicine.

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with substance abuse and any other pain you may have. Call today to schedule an appointment! www.LUHEALTHCENTER.COM TYEHAO@LUHEALTHCENTER.COM 6/18

Retreats in the Pacific Northwest come meet the whales! 40+ years experience caring for the Soul. LUCIAWG ARDNER @ HOTMAIL . COM .

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SLC Qi Community Acupuncture 12/17

FELDENKRAIS Carol Lessinger, GCTP8/17--

801.521.3337, 177 E. 900 S., Ste. 101, SLC. Affordable Acupuncture! Sliding scale rates ($15-40). Open weekends.

Grab a recliner and relax in a safe, comfortable, and healing space. We help with pain, fertility, digestion, allergies, arthritis, sleep and stress disorders, cardiac/respiratory conditions, metabolism and more.

WWW.SLCQI.COM

CHIROPRACTIC Salt Lake Chiropractic 11/17

801.907.1894, Dr. Suzanne Cronin, 1088 S. 1100 E., SLC. Have you heard, Salt Lake Chiropractic is the least invasive way to increase your quality of life. Our gentle, efficient, affordable care can reduce pain & improve your body’s functionality. Call to schedule an appointment.

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ENERGY HEALING Amy Berens, OTR/L, MRT, Reiki Master

801.580.2107. Amy has 24 years of experience in Occupational Therapy and Reiki. Provides energetic healing with Reiki, chakra balancing, myofacial release, acupressure, and reflexology at A New Direction Recovery & Wellness. Out patient Occupational therapy for migraines, chronic injuries, fibromyalgia, and neuropathic diseases. AMYTBERENS@GMAIL.COM WWW.AN EW D IRECTION 4M E . COM 4/18

Kristen Dalzen, LMT 12/17

801.661.3896, Turiya’s, 1569 S. 1100 E., SLC. IGNITE YOUR DIVINE SPARK! Traditional Usui Reiki Master Teacher practicing in SLC since 1996. Offering a dynamic array of healing services and classes designed to create a balanced, expansive and vivacious life.

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Reveal, Jennifer A. Beaumont M.F.A.

801-949-6048 Are you ready to Reveal your true potential? Let me help you interpret the messages your soul is sending. Intuitive guidance and energy work from an experienced healer in a professional environment. 1399 S 700 E JENNIFERABEAUMONT 76@ GMAIL . COM

SoulPathmaking with Lucia Gardner, LMT, BCC, PC 12/17

801.631.8915. Individual SessionsEnergetic Bodywork; Spiritual Counseling for losses and transitions; Emotional Expression with Paint. SoulCollage® Circle-1st and 3rd Mondays 5:30-8:30 pm. Womb Wellness Workshops for women.

801.580.9484, 1390 S. 1100 E., SLC. “Movement is Life, without Movement, Life is unthinkable,” Moshe Feldenkrais. Carol trained personally with Dr. Feldenkrais and has over 30 years experience. When you work with her, you can expect your movement to be more comfortable, less painful and definitely more aware. Offering private sessions & classes.

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801.694.4086, Dan Schmidt, GCFP, LMT. 244 W. 700 S., SLC. WWW.OPENHANDSLC.COM

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Agua Alma Aquatic Bodywork 5/18 801.891.5695. Mary Cain, LMT, MA

Psychology. Compassionate experienced bodyworker: Transformational Neuromuscular Massage, Reiki, Agua Alma water massage likened to Watsu, massage paired with a yoga sequence addressing your needs, Yoga & Pranayama classes and private lessons, Yoga Teacher Training, Reorientation. www.FROMSOURCETOSOURCE.COM

Healing Mountain Massage School 11/17 801.355.6300, 363 S. 500 E., Ste. 210, SLC. (enter off 500 E.). All people seek balance in their lives…balance and meaningful expression. Massage is a compassionate art. It helps find healing & peace for both the giver and receiver. Whether you seek a new vocation or balm for your wounded soul, you can find it here. DA www.HEALINGMOUNTAINSPA.COM

Amazing Massage by Jennifer Rouse, LMT

801.808.1283, SLC. Your body needs this! Jennifer offers a massage personalized just for you. Her firm, focused approach will help you detox, release tension and maintain great health. 60, 90 or 120 minute sessions, $80/hour.

Call or text to discuss time and location.

M.D. PHYSICIANS Todd Mangum, MD, Web of Life Wellness Center 801.531.8340, 34 S. 500 E., #204,

SLC. Integrative Medicine Family Practitioner who utilizes functional medicine.

He specializes in the treatment of chronic fatigue, fibro-myalgia, digestive disorders, adrenal fatigue, menopause, hormone imbalances for men & women, weight loss, insulin resistance, type II diabetes, immune dysfunctions, thyroid disorders, insomnia, depression, anxiety and other

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health problems. Dr. Mangum designs personalized treatment plans using diet, vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, bioidentical hormones, Western and Chinese herbal therapies, acupuncture and conventional Western medicines. WWW.WEBOFLIFEWC.COM, THEPEOPLE@WEBOFLIFEWC.COM 2/18

MEDICAL COACHING Successful Surgery and HealingFOG 949.648.4436. Successful Surgery and Heal-

ing: A Practical Guide for Patients, Caregivers and Advocates by Lori Mertz is the “how to” for anyone preparing for or recovering from surgery! Full of insights, organization tips & tools, checklists and more. Available at University Pharmacy (1320 E. 200 S., SLC), W W W .L ORI M ER TZ . COM and WWW.AMAZON.COM. Lori is also available for oneon-one coaching. We all need support! Start here.

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NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS Cameron Wellness Center 11/17

801.486.4226. Dr. Todd Cameron & Dr. Jeannette Daneals, Naturopathic Physicians. 1945 S. 1100 E. #100.

When you visit the Cameron Wellness Center, you’ll have new allies in your health care efforts. You’ll know you’ve been heard. You’ll have a clear, individual plan for gaining health and wellness. Our practitioners will be with you through your journey to feeling good again—& staying well.

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Eastside Natural Health Clinic 3/18

801.474.3684. Uli Knorr, ND, 3350 S. High land Dr., SLC. Dr. Knorr will create a Natural Medi cine plan for you to optimize your health and live more vibrantly. He likes to educate his patients and offers comprehensive medical testing op tions. He focuses on hormonal balancing, including thyroid, adrenal, women’s hormones, blood sugar regulation, gastrointestinal disorders & food allergies.

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NUTRITION Sustainable Diets 8/17

801.831.6967. Teri Underwood, RD, MS, CD, IFMCP, Park City. Integrative and Functional Medicine Nutritionist.

After a functional nutrition assessment, Teri recommends a food-based individualized treatment approach that includes: a diet plan, functional foods, nutrition improvement, supplements and testing if needed, and lifestyle changes. She specializes in behavior change and guides/coaches you through making the lifestyle/ habit changes needed to lose weight,

change diet, reach optimal health.

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Planned Parenthood of Utah 5/16

1.800.230.PLAN, 801.532.1586.

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

MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES Center for Awakening 10/17

801.500.1856, 191 E. Greenwood Ave., Midvale. Center for Awakening is a 501C3 volunteer run organization offering community fundraising events for global causes. Be a part of the peaceful human rEvolution.

Monthly meditations, 1st Sunday of each month. WWW.C ENTER F OR AWAKEN ING . COM

ENTERTAINMENT The State Room DA 1/18

801.878.0530, 638 S. State Street, SLC. A 21 and over, 300 capacity live music venue, presenting nationally acclaimed musicians and the finest local acts. WWW.T HE S TATE R OOM . COM

Utah Film Center/Salt Lake Film Center

801.746.7000, 122 Main Street, SLC. A non-profit continually striving to bring community together through film. UFC curates and organizes three film festivals a year: Tumbleweeds for children & youth, the only festival of its kind in the Intermountain West; Damn These Heels, a forum exploring LGBT issues, ideas, hopes, dreams and art; and TiltShift, organized by and for teens just beginning to discover their artistic potential.

WWW.UTAHFILMCENTER.ORG DA11/17

LEGAL ASSISTANCE Schumann Law, Penniann J. Schumann, J.D., LL.M 3/18 DA 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.

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MEDIA CATALYST Magazine 801.363.1505, 140 S. McClelland St., SLC. Catalyst: Someone or something that causes an important event to happen.

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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

NON-PROFIT Local First 12/16 801.456.1456. 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 has over 2,700 locally owned and independent business partners. WWW.LOCALFIRST.ORG

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Healing Mountain Massage School

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 DA 11/17

SPACE FOR RENT Studio space available to share at Baile Dance Fitness Studio 5/17

801.718.9620, 2030 S. 900 E. Opportunity to share a beautiful studio in a desirable Sugarhouse location. Perfect for Yoga, Tai Chi, Qigong, dance classes, meet ups or pop-ups. 1300 sq. ft, with mirrored wall. Availability varies but can be flexible with a committed arrangement. Contact Joni. WWW.BAILESTUDIO.COM BAILESTUDIO.JONI@GMAIL.COM

Space available at Center for Transpersonal Therapy 3/18

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

TRAVEL Machu Picchu, Peru 6/18

801.721.2779. Group or individual spiritual journeys or tours with Shaman KUCHO. Accomodations available. Contact: Nick Stark, NICHOLASSTARK@COMCAST.NET, WWW.MACHUPICCHUTRAVELCENTER.COM

WEALTH MANAGEMENT Harrington Wealth Services DA 2/18

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.H AR RINGTON W EALTH S ERVICES . COM

MOVEMENT & MEDITATION, DANCE RDT Dance Center Community School

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+).

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MARTIAL ARTS Aikitaiji 8/17

Instruction offered in Aikitaiji, a twopoint perspective on soft martial art.

Since 1980 Jack Livingston has taught Tai Chi Push-hands, enhanced with Aikido techniques, the classic forms and functional applications (following biomechanical principles) and ki triggers to cue the flow state on demand..

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Red Lotus School of Movement 12/17

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.

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MEDITATION PRACTICES Meditation SLC 10/17

801.913.0880. 2240 E. 3300 S. Apt. 10.

We offer meditation classes and gatherings in an environment that is fun, relaxing, and comfortable. Learn an

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With Diane Musho Hamilton Sensei

Sundays at Artspace Zendo 10-11:30am

Day of Zen With Michael Mugaku Zimmerman Sensei

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Securities & financial planning offered through LPL Financial, a registered investment advisor, member FINRA/SIPC

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Gulp, Bonk, Stiff, Spook and Grunt The curious world of Mary Roach

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BY DIANE OLSON

f Mary Roach is the “bottom feeder of non-fiction,” then I am the parasite that feeds on the bottom feeder. The Kudoa septemlineata on her flounder; the Camallanus worm to her plecostomus.

She’s a bottom feeder, she says, because she writes about things that nobody else wants to: Cannibalism. Rectal feeding. (After his liver was pierced by an assassin’s bullet, President James Garfield was rectally fed a diet of minced beef, raw egg and whiskey. Clearly it didn’t end well.)

Human crash test dummies. Pig sex. Defecating in space. And she doesn’t just write about those topics; she also writes about the unsung heroes who study them: Scientists.

Around eight years ago I found: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. Complex facts were conveyed clearly and concisely. The tone was casual and conversational—even intimate—without being creepy, weird or condescending. You learned something in nearly every sentence. It was often incredibly gross.

And it was freaking hilarious.

Ye gads, who was this mad genius writer who could make me snort, giggle and gag, all at the same time, while teaching me so much?

Who could trigger both my inner eight-yearold’s potty-brained sense of DIANE OLSON

humor and my outer 50-something’s voracious-and-slightlywarped curiosity? Who was this who asked all the right (weird) questions and didn’t just helpfully translate scientific studies, but actually participated in them?

She is Mary Roach. In an event at the Salt Lake City Public Library last month sponsored by the library, the Salt Lake Tribune and Weller Works Books, she chatted with Tribune writer Ellen Fagg Weist before a full-capacity crowd.

I spoke with Roach on the phone a week prior.

A psychology major turned scribe, Roach started out writing PR pieces and advertising copy. Including—like Seinfeld’s Elaine Benes— adventure travel copy for a catalog. (It was for the much-loved, if short-lived, 1980s Banana Republic catalog, rather than J. Peterman.

I’m certain now it was Mary’s copy that compelled me to spend half my car payment on a Women’s 100% Cotton Expedition Shirt, and to suffer over my lack of money and height, both of which rendered me unable to purchase the 100% Egyptian Cotton Safari Skirt. “It was fun,” she says of her catalog-writing days. “I loved telling those little adventure stories in 50 to 100 words.”

They also apparently got under her skin, as she next became a freelance travel writer.

Then, quite unexpectedly, she found herself smitten with science. “It turned out the science stories I was assigned were meatier and more interesting than any of the others,” she says.

Though Bonk was my introduction to Mary’s world, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife came before it. Stiff had actually been in my peripheral vision since it appeared in a couple of episodes of Six Feet Under, my favorite-ever TV series, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to venture into that world.

As it turns out, I’ll go anywhere with Mary. To morgues, labs (an especially memorable one contained 40 severed heads in roasting pans), operating rooms and training facilities. Antarctica, Russia, India, Africa. Military bases, a Danish pig farm, on NASA’s C-9 Vomit Comet zero-gravity plane, and down the alimentary canal.

(Specifically, down Elvis’ alimentary canal.)

She allows us to marvel at the complex workings of the human body while sniggering at its gross emanations. She ushers us into arcane, disturbing and sometimes laughable areas of research, but never, ever demonizes or dehumanizes the people behind it. She pulls back the curtain on topics generally considered taboo and gently and humorously normalizes them.

Which, of course, naturally leads into a discussion of the things she’s willing to do in the name of research.

Most famously, she and her husband Ed had sex for an ultrasound coital imaging study while she was working on Bonk. (They were not, as is often reported, inside an MRI. No, they were in a lab on a bed with a doctor running an ultrasound wand over them.)

She’s also gone ghostbusting, watched cadavers get whacked with high-impact pistons, eaten raw narwhal skin, put her hand inside a cow’s stomach and undergone a colonoscopy without anesthesia (the last three for Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal).

Most recently, for her latest, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, she sniffed the world’s most disgusting scents; ran on a treadmill inside a superheated room while wearing a backpack full of sand and a rectal probe; watched a penis transplant on a corpse and a penis reconstruction on a live body; engaged in military training maneuvers; donated sweat and spent four days on a nuclear submarine.

She doesn’t choose her topics because they are gross—she does not, in fact, find them gross. She chooses them because, as she writes in the introduction to Stiff, “Like all journalists, I’m a voyeur. I write about what I find fascinating.”

I guess that makes me—and her many other devoted readers—voyeur voyeurs, as well as parasites on a bottom feeder. Where Mary Roach shines her light, the world becomes more fascinating. ◆ Diane Olson is a longtime CATALYST writer and former staffer. She is the author of A Nature Lover’s Almanac: Kinky Bugs, Stealthy Critters, Prosperous Plants and Celestial Wonders (Gibbs Smith, 2012).

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enjoyable yet potent meditation practice you can add to your everyday life, and explore the ever-relevant teachings of the yoga system. Always free! WWW.MEDITATIONSLC.COM

Anna Zumwalt: Sunday Sitting at Dancing Cranes ImportsFOG

801.647.8311. 673 E Simpson Ave. First Sunday of each month is a guided meditation. Other Sundays all styles welcomed for group meditation. Dogs, birds, children welcomed.

Visit our FB page or contact Anna by phone or text.

YOGA INSTRUCTORS Mindful Yoga: Charlotte Bell DA 1/18

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 students to discover their 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.

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YOGA STUDIOS Centered City Yoga 12/17

801.521.9642, 926 S. 900 E., SLC. Yoga for Every Body, we offer 75 classes a week as relaxing as meditation and yoga nidra, to yin yoga and restorative, along with plenty of classes to challenge you, such as anusara and power classes. InBody Academy 1,000-hour teacher trainings also offered. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM

Mountain Yoga—Sandy 3/18

801.501.YOGA [9642], 9343 S. 1300 E., SLC. Offering a variety of Hot and Not hot yoga classes to the Salt Lake Valley for the past 13 years. The Mountain Yoga System is comprised of 5 Elemental Classes EARTH-FIREWIND-FLOW-WATER varying in heat, duration, intensity and sequence.

The 5 classes work together and offer you a balanced and sustainable yoga practice. Whether you like it hot and intense, calm and restorative, or somewhere in-between, Mountain Yoga Sandy has a class for you.

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Mudita—Be Joy Yoga 3/18

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.

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PSYCHIC ARTS & INTUITIVE SCIENCES ASTROLOGY Transformational Astrology FOG

212.222.3232. Ralfee Finn. Catalyst’s astrology columnist for 20 years! Visit her website, WWW.AQUARIUMAGE.COM, RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM

Christopher Renstrom 11/17

Astrology Lovers: Looking for a class?

Christopher Renstrom, professional astrologer, teaches class three times a

Mindful Yoga Collective at Great Basin Chiropractic

month. Perfect for beginners or advanced students. $30 each or 8 classes for $200 prepaid. Come to an Astrology Slam and get a mini-reading, $15. Details: RULINGPLANETS1@GMAIL.COM, WWW.RULINGPLANETS.COM/PRIMETIME-ASTROLOGY

PSYCHIC/TAROT READINGS Carrie Held, Intuitive Empath 9/17

435.841.4022. A session with Carrie provides deep understanding, guidance, healing and direction. I connect with your Angels, Guides, and Ancestors to help you move into your highest potential. In person or long distance session by appointment only. www.MyAscensionCoaching.com CARRIEHELD@YAHOO.COM

Nick Stark 6/18

Cynthia Kimberlin-Flanders, LPC 10/17

801.721.2779. Ogden Canyon.

Shamanic energy healings/ clearings/ readings/offerings/transformative work. Over 20 years experience.

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Suzanne Wagner DA 1/18

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

801.231.5916. 1399 S. 700 E., Ste. 15, SLC. Feeling out of sorts? Tell your story in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Eighteen 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.

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THERAPY/COUNSELING Ascent Integrative Therapy, Heather Judd, LCMHC 10/17

801.906.0470, 3834 S. Main Street, SLC. Crone's Hollow offers intuitive/psychic consultations for questions on love, money, health & more. Our talented House Readers use Tarot, Pendulum, Palmistry, Stones, Pet Psychics, Crystal Ball and other oracles. $25 for 20 minutes. Afternoon and evening appointments available -Walk-ins welcome!

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9:15-10:45am: All Levels Hatha - Dana 5:30-7pm: Mindful Hatha - Charlotte

mindfulyogacollective.com

PSYCHOTHERAPY & PERSONAL GROWTH

801.440.9833. 684 E. Vine St, #4A, Murray. Holistic/transpersonal psychotherapy, combining traditional and alternative modalities to integrate body mind, and spirit. Trauma/ abuse, depression, anxiety, relationships, spirituality, sexuality, loss, lifetransitions, past lives. Offering EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Lifespan Integration, Rapid Eye Therapy, mindfulness, shamanic practices, light-body healing, TFT/EFT. WWW.ASCENTINTEGRATIVE THERAPY.COM

Crone’s Hollow 11/17

Monday

223 South 700 East

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

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Healing Pathways Therapy Center 11/17

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

Holly Lineback, CMHC11/17

801-259-7311. 1104 E. Ashton Ave, #103, SLC. Counseling and psychotherapy for stress, worry, anxiety, depression, relationships and other life problems causing emotional distress.

See website for further information.

WWW.HOLLYLINEBACK.COM

Jan Magdalen, LCSW 3/18

801.582.2705, 2071 Ashton Circle, SLC. Offering a transpersonal approach to the experiences and challenges of our life cycles, including: individuation-identity, sexuality and sexual orientation, partnership, work, parenting, divorce, aging, illness, death and other loss, meaning and spiritual awareness. Individuals, couples and groups. Clinical consultation and supervision.

Marianne Felt, CMHC, MT-BC 12/17

801.524.0560, ext. 2, 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C, SLC. Certified Mental Health Counselor, Board certified music therapist, certified Gestalt therapist, Mountain Lotus Counseling.

Transpersonal psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy, EMDR. Open gateways to change through experience of authentic contact. Integrate body, mind and spirit through creative exploration of losses, conflicts and relationships that challenge & inspire our lives. WWW.M OUNTAIN LOTUS COUNSELING . COM

Mountain Lotus Counseling 4/17 DA

801.524.0560. Theresa Holleran, LCSW, Marianne Felt, CMHC, & Sean Patrick McPeak, CSW. Learn yourself. Transform.

Depth psychotherapy and transformational services for individuals, relationships, groups and communities.

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Natalie Herndon, PhD, CMHC 7/17

801.657.3330. 1151 E. 3900 S, Suite B175, SLC. 15+ years experience specializing in Jungian, Analytical, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Are you seeking to more deeply understand yourself, your relationships, and why you struggle with certain thoughts and feelings? Call today for an appointment and let's begin.

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Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 10/17

801.631.8426. Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302, SLC. Steve is a seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. He sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy and meditation with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem behavior. Steve specializes in treat-

ing identity crises, LGBTQ issues and bipolar disorders. SPROSKAUER@COMCAST.NET 10/16

Sunny Strasburg, LMFT3/18

1399 S. 700 E., SLC. Sunny is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in Jungian Psychology, Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy and EMDR. Sunny meets clients in person at her office in Salt Lake City. For questions, or to schedule an appointment, please email Sunny at: SUNNYS@JPS.NET.

SHAMANIC PRACTICE Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW 3/18

801.531.8051. ssifers514@aol.com.

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

Naomi Silverstone, DSW, LCSW FOG

801.209.1095, 508 E. So. Temple, #102, SLC. Psychotherapy and Shamanic practice. Holistic practice integrates traditional and nontraditional approaches to health, healing and balance or “ayni.” Access new perceptual lenses as you reanimate your relationship with nature. Shamanic practice in the Inka tradition.

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RETAIL line goes here APPAREL, GIFTS & TREASURES Blue Boutique 10/17 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.

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Dancing Cranes Imports DA8/17

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.DANCING C RANES I M PORTS . COM

Golden Braid Books DA 11/17

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.G OLDEN B RAID B OOKS . COM

Lotus DA 11/17

801.333.3777. 12896 Pony Express Rd., #200, Draper. For rocks and crystals. Everything from Angels to Zen. WWW.ILOVELOTUS.COM

Why list in Catalyst?

Everyone Else is Doing It (Your competition is here) A Catalyst Magazine Community Resource Directory listing keeps you relevant. Your industry peers are listed in the Community Resource Directory. You should be, too.

The Most Important Place to Be People read the Community Resource Directory.

It is often the first section people flip to when opening Catalyst magazine.

Low Cost A $2,950 ad in a magazine that has 30,000 readers costs less than 10 cents per reader. A Catalyst Magazine Community Resource Directory listing gives you a presence every month of the year for as low as $420.

Long Term Direct mail, radio and TV ads generate instant or no response but Catalyst magazines are kept for months and sometimes years.

Sections you can participate include but may not be limited to:

Target Your Audience When people seek local services in SLC they pick up the Catalyst magazine. Our Community Resource Directory is the “go to” directory of Salt Lake City and beyond.

Abode • Dining • Health & Body Works • Miscellaneous • Movement & Meditation • Psychic Arts & Intuitive Sciences • Psychotherapy & Personal Growth • Retail • Spiritual Practice

Healing Mountain Crystals DA

801.808.6442, 363 S. 500 E., #210 (east entrance), SLC. A welcoming crystal shop located one block from the “Trolley” Trax station. Offering: crystals, jewelry, essential oils, $2 sage, 50 cent tumbled stones, Tibetan singing bowls, spa products, books, chakra healing supplies, gifts and more. We are known for our low prices. WWW.H EALING M OUNTAIN C RYS TALS . COM

iconoCLAD—We Sell Your Previously Rocked Stuff & You Keep 50% 2/18

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. ICONO CLAD. COM

Turiya’s Gifts8/17 DA

801.531.7823, 1569 S. 1100 E., SLC. M-F 11a-7p, Sat 11a-6p, 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.

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Urban Renewal Boutique Consignment

435.640.2636, 2015 Sidewinder Drive No. 109, PC. A curated collection of women’s new & previously enjoyed designer, trendy, & aspiring brands at discounted prices. Featuring

KOKUN NYC cashmere 50% off retail.

Earn money while you up-cycle your closet. 40/60 split. Track inventory, sales, & payout online. Mention this ad, receive 10% off first purchase!

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5/18 HEALTH & WELLNESS Dave’s Health & Nutrition 7/17

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.DAVESH EALTH .COM

SPIRITUAL PRACTICE line goes here ORGANIZATIONS Inner Light Center Spiritual Community

801.919.4742, 4408 S. 500 E., SLC. An interspiritual sanctuary that goes beyond religion into mystical realms. Access inner wisdom, deepen divine connection, enjoy an accepting, friendly community.

Events & classes. Sunday Celebration: 10a; WWW.T HE I NNER L IGHTC ENTER . ORG

The Church of the Sacred Circle 11/17

801.330.6666, 3464 W. 3800 S., WVC. We are a local independent church of non-denominational earth-based

spirituality. We welcome all those who follow Paganism, Wicca, Witchcraft, Asatru, Druid, Shamanic, Eclectic and other traditions. We hold public full moon and new moon circles, monthly events, psychic faires and are family friendly. www.S A CRED C IRCLE C HURCH . COM , INFO @ SA CREDCIRCLECHURCH . COM

Unity Spiritual Community 8/17

801.281.2400. Garden Center in Sugar House Park, 1602 E. 2100 S., SLC. Unity principles celebrate the Universal Christ Consciousness by practicing the teachings of Jesus.

We honor the many paths to God knowing that all people are created with sacred worth. Unity offers love, encouragement and acceptance to support you in discovering and living your spiritual purpose. WWW.U NI TYOF S ALT L AKE . ORG , CONTACT @U NITYO F S ALT L AKE.ORG

Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple

801.328.4629, 740 S. 300 W., SLC. Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa offers an open environment for the study, contemplation, and practice of Tibetan Buddhist teachings. The community is welcome to our Sunday service (puja), group practices, meditation classes and introductory courses.

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Utah Eckankar 12/17

801.542.8070, 8105 S. 700 E., Sandy.

Eckankar teaches you to be more aware of your own natural relationship with Divine Spirit. Many have had spiritual experiences and want to learn more about them. You will meet people with similar experi-

ences who also wish to share how these improve our daily lives.

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INSTRUCTION The Diamond Approach 8/17

801.839.6418, 1399 S. 700 E., SLC. Diamond Approach, the work of A. H. Almaas, is a journey of uncovering the deepest truth of who we are beneath all the layers of social conditioning and cultural expectations. An ongoing group meets each Thursday.

Diamond Approach Workshop: May 16-19. Call for time and place.

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Two Arrows Zen Center 3/18DA

801.532.4975, ArtSpace, 230 S. 500 W., #155, SLC. Two Arrows Zen is a center for Zen study and practice in Utah with two location: SLC & Torrey.

The ArtSpace Zendo in SLC offers daily morning meditation and a morning service and evening sit on Thursday. TAZ also offers regular daylong intensives—Day of Zen—and telecourses.

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Downtown Farmers Market Historic Pioneer Park 300 S. 300 W., Salt Lake City Saturdays through Oct 21 8am–2pm The Sunnyvale Farmers Market Saturdays through October 14, 12-3 pm Sunnyvale Park (4013 S. 700 West) Sugar House Farmers Market Wednesdays through October

5-8pm Fairmont Park, 1040 E. Sugarmont Dr. Wasatch Front Farmers Market Wheeler Farm, 6351 S. 900 East Sundays through October 27 9am–2pm 9th West Peoples Market International Peace Gardens 1000 S. 900 West. Sundays through October, 9am–2pm Murray Park Farmers Market 296 E. Murray Park Way Fri. & Sat., July 28-October 28 9am–2pm Gardner Village Market Gardner Village Saturday, July 8-October 28 9am-1pm

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New Saturday Hours 10 am - 1 pm Specialists in the Installation of Earth Friendly Floors 1900 S. 300 W. www.underfootfloors.net 801.467.6636

Eat, Drink SLC July 6, 6:30pm-9:30pm. Tracy Aviary (589 E 1300 S). $90 Taste wines, craft cocktails and local beers from award-winning Utah craft brewers. 21+.

Must bring ID for entrance.

HTTP://EATDRINKSLC.COM Thirst Fursday Historic Pub Crawl July 6, 6-8pm. Various locations. Guided pub crawl/historic tour for 20 adventurers. Preregistration required. LIZ, 801.533.0858, EXT. 107.

Home, Hand & Harvest Market Fridays, July 7-Aug 25. @ 6-9pm Riverton City Park (1400 W 12800 S, Riverton 84065) Free Fresh produce, local crafts.

HTTP://WWW.RIVERTONCITY.COM Vegan BBQ Potluck July 9 @ 12pm-3pm Liberty Park (700 E 1300 S, SLC). Free

Bring dish to share. Hosted by Factory Farming Awareness Coalition. (Details on Facebook )

Progressive Food & Spirits Walk July 10 @ 6:30pm (15th and 15th neighborhood). $75 Enjoy a three-course meal from Trestlewood Tavern, Mazza and Caputo’s, with cocktails from local distilleries. Palm & tarot readers on hand to match your spirits with spirits. SALTLAKEFOODANDWINEFEST.COM/ Progressive Food & Wine Walk July 11 @ 6:30pm. 3rd & 3rd Hosted by Stanza, Current and Gourmandise. Walk, drink and dine at each participating restaurant. $100. SALTLAKEFOODANDWINEFEST.COM/ Farm Ice Cream Social July 15 @ 6:30-8pm. Urban Farm & Feed (8767 S 700 E). up to $10 Support local ice cream! (Aggie’s, made in Logan.) Tasting passes: $10/six scoops, $5/three scoops.

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Residential Design Experienced, reasonable, references CONSULTATION AND DESIGN OF Remodeling • Additions • New Homes Decks and outdoor Structures Specializing in historically sensitive design solutions and adding charm to the ordinary houseworks4@yahoo.com

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Andrea Heidinger’s Shared Artifacts

Community-sourced art project employs archaeological perspective

BY ANNA ALBERTSEN

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ndrea Henkels Heidinger has been creating art with post-consumer waste—or, as she calls it, “post-consumer artifacts” for two decades now.

Heidinger titled her mid ’90s MFA thesis Manifesto of a Post-Consumer Artifactist Artist. She realized that, as an artist, she did not want to add to the mass of postconsumer artifacts; she wanted to create with and reinvent the unused objects of her world. These no longer used consumer objects are what Heidinger calls “artifacts,” and she uses them to artistically express the deep connection between nature and humans.

Heidinger, a ceramics teacher at Granger High School since 2011, has presented at a wide variety of exhibits both locally and nationally since 1996.

She works mostly from home in a quiet basement studio or in her backyard. Ten years ago she and her husband started the Eat Local Challenge with the notion of increasing community involvement in the local food economy. Andrea has other sustainably minded habits like gardening, composting, and recycling the things she can’t put into her art.

“Just as a scientist finds a piece of ancient pottery to identify aspects of a past culture, the things we leave

behind as a society are equally as illuminating and will later define us,” she says.

All people share one thing in common, says Heidinger: waste. She conceived of her latest project, “Shared Artifacts,” to bring people together to talk about waste in a different way. Andrea has put out a call for post-consumer artifacts with which she can create a collaborative art piece illuminating the differences and similarities within our community’s consumption habits.

With her experience in post-consumer artifactist art that juxtaposes cityscape and landscape with post-consumer artifacts, Andrea believes she can portray our community in an innovative way while engaging with it and the pertinent environmental issues we all face together.

If you can identify with that pair of beloved sunglasses that are too scuffed to wear but are reluctant to toss, this is the project for you. Their legacy will continue within a conscious art piece of repurposed post-consumer artifacts.

Our abandoned stuff has stories. A coat tag holds memories of a well-worn coat handed down from a great-aunt; mints from a memorable road trip; a button

from a great Burning Man performance; the remains of a Hallowe’en costume; a broken leg from a favorite doll; the prettiest part of a danced-out shoe. What artifacts can you share, and what are their stories? Bring them to one of these sites: Artifact drop off locations: • Marmalade Library: 280 W. 500 N. • Andrea’s house: 1902 E. Sycamore Ln • CATALYST office, see box on front porch: 140 S. McClelland St. (1040 E.) Artifact contributions will be accepted through July 18.

Andrea Heidinger may be reached at AHHILLUSTRATOR@GMAIL.COM.

Andrea’s guidelines for artifacts “Please send only one cleaned item that you would normally throw away, don’t know how to recycle, or that is emblematic of your lifestyle, NOT items that could be donated, re-used or composted.

In other words, no old clothes, yogurt containers or banana peels.”

• Selected items must be smaller than the volume of a soda can.

• Include up to five sentences about what this artifact meant to you and how you used it or why you kept it.

Examples knick knack • pen/pencil • toy • hardware fake flower • jewelry

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Awake and engaged

will get you through the month (and beyond)

BY SUZANNE SUZANNE WAGNER WAGNER BY

Osho Zen Tarot: Experiencing, Morality, Guidance Medicine Cards: Lynx, Otter Mayan Oracle: Portal of Transcendence, Hologram Ancient Egyptian Tarot: Strength, Queen of Disks, Four of Wands Aleister Crowley Deck: Prince of Swords, Knight of Swords, Gain Healing Earth Tarot: Man of Crystals, Nine of Rainbows, Woman of Shields Words of Truth: Opportunity, Withholding, Humor

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wareness is the key to finding your core morality. Feigned morality is just a thin layer of ego and projection that can be destroyed by others.

Morality comes out of awareness. Repeating certain behaviors, mantra, traditions or prayers does not make you a moral person.

When your morality comes from awakened consciousness, you cannot in good consciousness do things that cause harm or are destructive.

But you must be willing to act upon those values. You must be awake to notice others’ suffering and then to do something about it.

Ask yourself, “What have I done recently for others from a place of unconditional love, car-

ing, and a desire to help someone who is suffering?”

The end goal is always to serve others in some way.

We are in a time when the “keeper of secrets,” the Lynx, is attempting to teach you about hidden truths. Clarity comes from a playful openness, such as the Otter has. Otter energy is alert and aware. That awareness gives it the ability to play even in intense situations. Even danger can be a doorway for playful exchange because when you know who you are and you are completely awake, there is less to be afraid of.

It’s time to concede that you’re not going to be “all-knowing” in this life. But what you can be is fully awake and engaged in this constantly changing kaleidoscope. And that should be enough to bring you the enlightenment that you seek.

When you live only in the mind and not also in the body, you are not fully experiencing what is being so generously offered each and every moment.

As we move in the direction of the Four of Wands, we finally begin to feel that the rule of law, order and government is beginning to work as it was designed to. It has been a lengthy battle for all of us. Holding a position

that is morally, ethically and energetically aligned with the greater good is hard to do when so much distortion is going on.

What you’ve been holding back now has an opportunity to be released. Standing up and (possibly) alone was necessary for you to find your center. A calmness is emerging along with the feeling of some stability. This is only a temporary breather in a much bigger pattern and we still have a long way to go. But enjoy this pause while it is offered and move in the direction of more joy and connection with family during this very astrologically engaged month.

You cannot go from a beginner to a master without being tested. Can you handle the power that comes only from experience and the learning of truth and who you are? Expansion is exhausting. Healing and letting go of toxic energy is also momentarily exhausting.

Empty yourself from all that you have previously known in order to become something bigger. Let go of the lessons that got you here so you can be propelled by their energy into a new dimension. Some tools are only the fuel to get you to the next plane of existence; they cannot follow you there. But they were necessary to help you become who you are.

Venus is in talkative Gemini most of this month and it brings a much needed quick wit back into the mix. Take time to meet new people and get to know them. Attend lectures or classes that resonate with who you wish to become.

Know that the week of the Full Moon on July 8th (which includes the 4th of July) is going to be challenging. Pluto, the planet of transformation and change, is engaged with impatient Mars (which wants its way right now). Use this energy to get in touch with your deeper and more hidden emotions. Allow your inner vulnerability to soften the armor you may still be wearing.

We are building up to the long-anticipated eclipse month. Have fun and use the energy of Mars moving into Leo at the end of the month as a way to shed the emotional intensity of the past year and allow for something new to be born in August. ◆

Even danger can be a doorway for playful exchange because when you know who you are and you are completely awake, there is less to be afraid of.

Suzanne Wagner is the author of books and CDs on the tarot and creator of the Wild Women app. She lives in California, but visits Utah frequently. SUZWAGNER.COM

THE ADVENTUROUS GARDENER

Orach

Nutritious, attractive and easy to grow!

BY JIM FRENCH

T

he scene was the annual seed swap at the Sorenson Center about eight years ago. This guy had a large bag of reddish seeds that resembled parsnip seeds, only they weren’t.

“They came from Southern Utah. Taste like spinach,” he said.

Always on the lookout for drought-tolerant plants, I thought, “Why not give them a try?”

So I took them home and settled them in a planter box, covered with about a quarter-inch of great soil. I watered them. They grew a piddling three inches tall that year, but made some seeds, which happened to fall onto small stones on top of a weed cloth. I forgot about this failed experiment with this silly plant that supposedly tasted like spinach.

The next year, those forgotten seeds germinated and resulted in five-ft. tall super-productive plants with leaves that tasted like spinach!

Orach, a member of the amaranth family, has many names: saltbush, mountain spinach, French spinach, giant lambsquarters. It was once a popular edible before spinach came onto the scene. But it has a lot more going

for it than spinach.

Orach comes in stunning purple, rich green and all shades in between. It is wildly nutritious, being high in vitamin C, iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese, potassium and protein.

Just broadcast the seeds any time of the year and when they are ready, they will germinate, just like a weed. (It is considered a weed by some because it reproduces aggressively if allowed to go to seed.) The orach specimen in the picture grew from seedstossed on a bare hillside at the Salt Lake City Krishna Temple in late February of this year.

The two big advantages that edible “weeds” like orach and common lambsquarter have over cultivated spinach and lettuce, in my opinion, are that they are viable food in the spring through early fall, and they don’t get bitter even as they are producing seeds.

They also will grow in any type of soil, require very little water and just laugh at the idea of fertilizer.

Anyone can grow orach! ◆ Orach seed will be available this fall at the Krishna Temple food forest. Stay tuned for details.

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July, 2017

A monthly compendium of random wisdom for the home, garden & natural world

by Diane Olson, Anna Zumwalt and Greta deJong July 8 Full Moon: July 8 @ 10:06pm. Full Buck Moon.

July 1 Dawn breaks at 3:55am. Sun rises at 6:00 A.M., sets at 9:02 P.M. July 2 World UFO Day. The Utah UFO Festival, run by the Anomaly Conservatory, was held last month near Cedar City. Note for 2018: UTAHUFOFEST.ORG July 3 The dog days of summer begin (through August 11), historically named after Sirius, associated with mad dogs and bad luck. Nowadays it refers to the

hottest part of the year in the northern hemisphere. We are now halfway through the year.

July 4 Independence Day. Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on a “laptop,” a kind of writing desk that could fit on one's lap.

July 5 There’s still time to plant beans (and beets, carrots, chard, Chinese cabbage, collards, cukes, kale and radishes). In the CATALYST garden, we’re planting the bush bean Castandel, the “weekend bean”

(Renee’s Garden).

July 6 Want to try planting by the moon? Plant your late crop of above-ground veggies before July 9.

July 7 The average high in SLC is 90ºF, and low is 69º. Average precipitation is .59 in.

July 8 Full Moon: July 8 @ 10:06pm.

Full Buck Moon. At this time, a buck’s antlers are in full growth mode.

July 9 The larkspur, July’s signifying flower, grows like a weed throughout northern Utah. The drought-tolerant self-seeding annual is tall and attractive, though toxic to horses and cattle.

July 10 Just like humans, goats, bats and whales are known to adjust their vocal sound in response to a social environment. In other words, they can learn accents.

July 11 Conserve moisture, suppress weeds, protect your soil. Mulch your garden! Easy option: the compost accumulating in your pile or bin. Or buy a bale of straw from IFA for a few bucks. (Or hay—more nutritious for your soil, and/but it will turn a lovely green as the alfalfa seeds sprout.) Or bags of mulch from any garden store (look for organic).

July 12 About a third of landfill space is taken up with yard and kitchen waste. Start (or take care of) a compost pile: WWW.COMPOSTGUIDE.COM July 13 Americans eat an average 20 quarts of

ice cream a year. Vanilla is the most popular flavor, with chocolate coming in a distant second.

July 14 Culinary legend has it that the Caesar salad was invented in Mexico in July of 1924. It’s a great summer salad that classicaly contains raw eggs and anchovies. Only one in 20,000 eggs may carry Salmonella, not a fatal affliction. But you can assure safety by pasturizing: Carefully submerge eggs into 140º water. Remove after three minutes.

Cool before using. They keep in fridge 6-8 weeks.

July 15 Summer is by far the busiest time at movie theaters. The top 10 most famous summer blockbusters are 1) Jaws, 2) Star Wars, 3) Jurassic Park, 4) The Dark Knight, 5) Raiders of the Lost Ark, 6) E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, 7) Forrest Gump, 8) Ghostbusters, 9) Animal House, and 10) Terminator 2: Judgment Day. July 16 Looking for a drought-tolerant, cold-tolerant fastgrowing rose bush?

Consider Meidiland roses. We have two that are 20 years old. While the

URGYEN SAMTEN LING GONPA tiny, abundant blooms are not big on fragrance, they flower six to eight months of the year and require only deadheading.

July 17 If you can see your footprints in your lawn, it needs more water.

July 18 Pay attention: Birds always stop singing just before a thunderstorm.

July 19 Hang an overripe banana from the stem of tomato plants to encourage ripening. It’ll also distract slugs and snails, attract butterflies and mystify your friends and neighbors.

July 20 Bug zappers are useless against mosquitoes. The devices attract and kill beneficial or harmless insects, like moths, and have no effect on the overall mosquito population. Bats and purple martins, once thought to be big mosquito eaters, are equally ineffective. What does work: gambusia fish in a pond; dragonflies; and mosquito traps (the Mega-Catch brand was used successfully in a large study). As for repellents: Recently the NIH reported that lemon-eucalyptus oil could be as effective as DEET. Wear light-colored clothing and avoid scents.

July 21 A hammock suspension system ($15-35) makes your hammock more useful by enabling you to hang it easily in a lot more places— on the porch, in the park or take it camping.

finally allowed in bar windows (instead of just “Cold Ones”). Restaurant servers could ask, for the first time, “Would you like to see a drink menu?” and bottles came out from hiding for all to see. CATALYST (along with Junior’s Tavern) was a plaintif in that case.

July 25 Feed potted veggies and ornamentals with liquid fertilizer every two weeks, as frequent watering leaches out needed nutrients. A good local product: Turboganic My Garden (available at the Downtown Farmers Market).

July 26 Start planting fall crops of broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, lettuce, spinach and peas now.

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July 27 Float citrus peels in bird baths and other water features to discourage mosquitos from laying their eggs in there.

July 28 Cover crops, such as oats and clover, planted now beneath and between veggies, will retain moisture, staunch weeds and feed the soil, and can be left in place until next spring. Find them at Mountain Valley Seed Co. July 29 Each year about 150 Americans contract leprosy, the same skin-disease that is mentioned in the Bible. In the United States, the source of leprosy is usually armadillos.

July 30 Meteor shower (Delta Aquarid): Look to July 22 Glory in the beauty of native the south at wildflowers at the Wasatch Wildpredawn for best flower Festival at Brighton (July 22, viewing. Expect to Sat), Solitude (July 23, Sun), Alta see 10 per hour.

(July 29, Sat) and Larkspur Snowbird (July 30, July 31 Summer is Sun). the time when one sheds one's tenJuly 23 New Moon @ sions with one's 3:45 am. What new thing clothes, and the could you start right kind of day is today? Set an intenjeweled balm for tion, initiate a relathe battered spirit. A tionship. Start few of those days fresh. and you can beJuly 24 On come drunk this date with the bein 2001, lief that all's Denver’s right with 10th Circuit the world.

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