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Mother Descent

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am devoted to the pursuit of impermanent

erned by forces larger than me: the sun, the

beauty and how that can become nourish-

wind, the rain, the traveling creatures, the sea-

ment for life to continue.

As an artist, my eye is often

drawn toward the fallen and

son, the unexpected and unpredictable.

It is an honest dialogue between the human and non-human

my hands yearn to resurrect

world and an ever-changing

and redeem that which is

conversation with moving

considered valueless. This

pieces.

has evolved into a daily rit-

In today’s overly virtual

ual of foraging local ob-

landscape, I want my view-

jects that the wild world has discarded to the earth — feathers, leaves, flowers, bones — and how, just for a moment, the

ers to be enchanted by each altar's capacity to awaken their imagination, their awe, their nuanced eye and deep love and connec-

resurgence of these objects, colors and textures,

tion with the magic and mystery of our earth. I

shapes into a collaboration of proximity can

long to have my audiences linger on that

bring forth new forms of beauty and memory.

ephemeral edge where death and rebirth bring

The practice of building my art is a practice

forth an ancient remembering and a new im-

of obeying the place and time I am in. Every ob-

permanent beauty. ◆

ject I use is discovered in or around the place I

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build it. Every altar I create is informed and gov-

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Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got ’til it's gone —Joni Mitchell (Big Yellow Taxi)

Earthquake preparedness Now is a good time to update your family disaster plan. The 5.7 earthquake that shook Magna and surrounding areas on March 18 (followed by 1,370 aftershocks as of April 17) was not quite the Big One, but it was plenty scary.

The Utah Seismic Safety Commission has an excellent free downloadable handbook called Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country (2008) which includes helpful disaster planning information and an emergency supply checklist.

BY AMY BRUNVAND in damage to government buildings and schools alone—that’s not counting damage to homes and businesses. The Salt Lake International Airport was evacuated; 73,000 people lost

Be Ready Utah: WWW.UTAH.GOV/BEREADY/EARTHQUAKEPREPAREDNESS.HTML. University of Utah Seismograph Stations: www.QUAKE.UTAH.EDU

Earthquake epicenter is under Inland Port The area slated for Inland Port development overlies the epicenter of earthquakes that rattled Salt Lake City for several weeks in March and April. What could go wrong? The fault that slipped was not the famous Wasatch Fault; it was a virtually unknown fault near the Oquirrh Mountains. After the quake, geologists scrambled to install geophones so they can learn more how it might be connected to the Wasatch Fault system.

All things considered, this was a fairly minor earthquake, though it knocked the trumpet from the hand of the statue of angel Moroni that used to stand atop the Salt Lake City LDS Temple.

Salt Lake County estimates that the earthquake caused $48.5 million

power; shelving for the State’s art collection collapsed in the Rio Grande Building; brick chimneys crumbled. TRAX rail lines were shut down to assess damage.

The Inland Port development area is already known to be in an earthquake “liquifaction zone” where the ground is composed of unconsolidated sediments that create particularly hazardous conditions.

To date, the Inland Port has still had no environmental planning.

Now that earthquake hazards no longer seem so theoretical, it’s one more compelling reason to stop the polluting port.

Stop the Polluting Port: WWW.STOPTHEPOLLUTINGPORT.ORG

ENVIRONEWS

Utah’s public lands close down After the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic on March 11, Utahns had to endure spring break with no ski lifts, no national or state parks and no Easter camping trips on federal public lands.

At first, tourism boosters, Utah newspapers and the Department of the Interior trumpeted outdoor recreation as a safe haven from the disease.

Then on March 14 Aspen, Colorado shut down due to a coronavirus outbreak. It became obvious that it was a bad idea to bring together a lot of people traveling from far-flung places, and Utah’s ski areas soon shut down as well.

Public lands were next. On March 16, the Director of Moab Regional Hospital sent a letter to Utah Governor Gary Herbert pointing out that, “although the desert around Moab is vast, the town itself is small… cruise ship small… with similar isolation and limitations in resources.”

On March 16, the Southeastern Utah Heath Department closed hotels in Carbon, Emery and Grand counties. Even as gateway communities begged tourists to stay home, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt encouraged National Park visitation by offering free entry to “recreate, embrace nature, and implement some social distancing.”

On March 27, Utah Governor Gary Herbert issued a “Stay Safe, Stay Home” directive that included a mandate: “Do not go to or engage in activities at a state park located outside the county in which you reside.”

Arches and Canyonlands national parks closed to visitors on March 28, and the rest of Utah’s “Mighty Five” soon followed suit.

Park closures sent hoards of outdoor recreationists to more undeveloped places like the San Rafael Swell until county health departments issued more general “no camping” orders for BLM public lands.

These wild places might not miss us, but we certainly miss them. It’s a good time to reflect on what these places are worth to us, and why we need to protect them.

Too much energy leasing in Southern Utah Even though the price of oil futures plummeted to less than zero during the pandemic (meaning energy production was so much greater than demand that there was no place to store the excess), the Trump Administration is nonetheless set to unleash a tsunami of new oil and gas leasing on the Moab area.

The Bureau of Land Management September 2020 lease sale includes 250 parcels that cover more than 150,000 acres, including proposed wilderness lands near Arches and Canyonlands national parks, Bears Ears, and Deadhorse Point.

The sheer density of leases could completely change the character of popular recreation areas to resemble fossil fuel sacrifice zones in the Uinta Basin.

A 2016 “Moab Master Leasing

Plan” was supposed to prevent conflicts between leasing and recreation. However, the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance says that the Trump Administration has “weaponized that plan and is now promoting leasing in a magnitude and scope that was never intended.”

ter Plan in order to inventory trails and fill the gaps. Salt Lake City also has active planning for trails and natural lands.

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: WWW.SUWA.ORG

Kane County withdraws from Lake Powell Pipeline

Three cheers for trails!

Salt Lake County Regional Trails Master Plan: WWW.SLCO.ORG/PARKS -RECREATION/PLANNING/PROJECTS/REGIONAL-TRAILS-MASTER-PLANNING/ Salt Lake City Trails: WWW.SLC.GOV/PARKS/TRAILS-NATURAL-LANDS

The Kane County Water District, led by former Utah legislator Mike Noel, has withdrawn support for the Lake Powell Pipeline project. Now Washington County is the only county still supporting an unnecessary, environmentally damaging and astronomically expensive project meant to carry water 140 miles from Lake Powell to southwest Utah.

Kane County has never needed Lake Powell water. A Utah Division of Water Resources analysis found that the existing water supply will accommodate projected growth until at least 2060.

However, Mike Noel happens to own property in Kane County that would have become significantly more valuable if the pipeline were built. In 2018, The Utah Rivers Council asked Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes to Salt Lake County’s extensive system investigate an apparent conflict of of bike lanes. interest regarding Noel’s official adTrails are a source of community vocacy of a public project that resilience, essential exercise and would provide him significant permental equilibrium. The trails are sonal benefit. here now because of visionary peoThe federal Bureau of Reclamation ple who imagined them and public is currently preparing a Draft Envisupport to build them. ronmental Impact Statement for the Salt Lake County Parks & Recre- Lake Powell Pipeline that is due for ation is in the process of updating release in June 2020. the countywide Regional Trails Mas- Utah Rivers Council: UTAHRIVERS.ORG ◆ With travel shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, people along the Wasatch Front got a chance to rediscover our local urban trail system including gems like Bonneville Shoreline Trail, the Jordan River Trail, Parley’s Trail, the Legacy Parkway Trail and Corner Canyon Trails.

Spring weather also drew a noticeable increase of bicycles onto

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MAKING THE MAGAZINE

CCATTALYST Welcome to our second all-digital issue!

CA R E S O U R C E S F O R C R E AT I V E L I V I N G

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BY GRETA BELANGER DEJONG

Mother Descent

by Day Schildkret of Morning Altars www.morningaltars.com @morningaltars on Instagram / Facebook

was introduced to the mandalalike ”impermanent earth art” of Day Schildkret several years ago

by Ron Johnson, one of our board members . We’re happy to finally feature Day’s work on our cover. He’s the pro; but anyone can try to create their own mandala—just go for a walk with a basket! Here’s a good interview with him, from ArtMotif: HTTPS://ARTMOTIFMAG.ORG/DAYSCHILDKRET-MORNING-ALTARS-EARTH-ARTIST/ It’s been a quiet month for the Environment, but not without news.

Amy Brunvand brings us up to speed. p. 6 Myron Willson, recently retired head of the U of U’s Sustainability Office, shares a new initiative called Sweet Streets. He says it’s time to get real about planning for a more human-centered, less carcentric culture. p. 10 The fourth installment in Todd Mangum, MD’s chakra series is the heart chakra, which governs immunity. He discusses nutrition, herbs and lifestyle habits that build a healthy immune system. p. 12 Julie Davis, Emily Spacek and I wrote three pieces that collectively could be called “Feral Felines and the Women Who Love Them.” The stories are about caring for ferals, also known as “community cats,” and feature Julie as well as Monica Dixon. They are crazy cat ladies in the best possible way. pp. 16, 20, 22 In “Spring Fishing for Food and Fun (except the killing and cleaning

part)” pro fisherman Dan Potts tells us how to fill our freezers with Utah Lake’s white bass. p. 26 Polly Mottonen, our art director and my niece, wrote “First and Last Responders: One family’s experience working the pandemic.” I hope all these hardworking relatives get a good break soon! p. 28 Brinley Froelich reviews the Sundance documentary Time, “an impressionistic portrait of love and waiting,” which will soon be released on Amazon. p. 30 Wondering when to plant what, and how? The CATALYST Planting Guide is here to help! p. 32 In “Poetry Needed Now More Than Ever,” Ellen Weist interviews literary and performance poet Glenis Redmond, who visits SLC virtually on Thursday, May 7. p. 34 Kim Angeli tells us about Barbarella Roller and the birth of “The Neighborhood Resiliency Initiative,” helping connect people and resources for neighbor-centric food gardening. p. 36 We invited our bookkeeper to write a story this month. But know that Carolynn Bottino is no ordinary bookkeeper. See, money talks to her. What she’s hearing: “Stay calm.

Be of service. Now, more than ever, look for the value that is coming to you. The rest will fall into place.” p. 38 In “Project apART,” Jeffrey Wang tells us about an online community art project where anyone, of any age or level of sophistication, can

participate by creating something from a weekly prompt. All submissions are posted. Media can range from fine art and illustration to recipes and Lego sculptures. p. 40 Charlotte Bell takes us to a Zoom Yoga class, where we can “Maintain Community in Quarantine”—cats and dogs welcome! p. 42 Dennis Hinkamp, in Slightly Off Center, sends in his views from northern Utah, where people argue over whether visits to nearby Idaho towns for booze and lottery tickets are “essential." p. 48 Suzanne Wagner picks up on the “Together” theme in this month’s “Metaphors” column. She advises that we accept help from others now and build inner strength to withstand storms on the horizon. p. 52 In Urban Almanac, I invite you to make your own ketchup (I did and it’s delicious!), sketch the dead bugs you find in your light fixtures, revive wool dryer balls, grow nasturtiums, learn the Chicken Dance, tell a butterfly from a moth—one idea for each day of the month. p. 54 We sing songs of gratitude to those advertisers who were able to hang in there with us this month.

Clicking on the ads takes you to their websites. Same for entries in our Community Resource Directory.

Please visit them; “virtually” counts.

I hope you enjoy this issue. It was particularly fun to put together! ◆ Greta Belanger deJong is the founder and editor of CATALYST Magazine. GRETCHEN@CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET

OVERHEARD* May is Bike Month There may not be any special biketo-work or bike-to-school days this year, but it’s still a great time to get your bike tuned and hit the road— for errands, commuting or just for fun. Enjoy the good air quality and peace from fewer cars.

Thinking about getting a bike?

Maybe this is the year to invest in an electric bicycle!

Downtown Farmers Market to open June 13 An unprecedented interest in local food makes farmers markets more critical now than ever. Utah farmers are already in the midst of the growing season. Markets are the critical link, connecting these growers with their customers.

With challenges to national and international supply chains, “It’s taken a global pandemic to get the message across that local really is better—for the community and for the growers,” Alison Einerson, executive director of the nonprofit Urban Food Coalition, which runs the Downtown Farmers Market at Pioneer Park, said on KRCL-Radio’s RadioActive program recently.

While it will look quite different from past years, the market will go on.

Einerson says says protocols for the stripped down pandemic version will likely include: locating all booths in the interior of the park, spaced 10 feet apart; handwashing stations on every corner and throughout the market; and one shopper per household.

Pets must stay at home. There will also be no arts & crafts aisles. The point is to get food directly from the sellers to the buyers.

The much appreciated social aspect of the farmers market must be left for later in the season...or another year.

Due to lack of revenue from the non-farm-related booths, as well as costs for added precautions and the Winter Market closing early (its home, the Rio Grande Station, was deemed uninhabitable after the March 18 earthquake), a fundraising campaign is underway to ensure the market continues.

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Plants to the people: WCG’s 2020 plant sale a success Five weeks before Wasatch Community Gardens’ plant sale, which kicks off the gardening season for many SLC gardeners, Third Sun stepped in and created a shopping platform to move the sale online.

On April 30, 1,500 people rushed online. Within 14 hours, 1,500 orders were placed for 250 varieties of vegetables, fruits and flowers, selling out their stock of 20,000 plants, as other shoppers were turned away.

Congratulations to the team at Wasatch Community Gardens for surmounting the curious odds and pulling off another great plant sale!

See WASATCHGARDENS.ORG for upcoming online gardening classes and webinars.

Red Butte Garden off limits for now Red Butte Garden, caught between executive directors as COVID-19 hit, canceled their equally anticipated plant sale. “The timing of the pandemic could not have been worse to impact every one of the Garden’s revenue streams simultaneously—admissions, spring plant sale, weddings, summer camps, and concerts,” writes

Jimmy Turner, R B G ’s new E.D. who arrived at the garden March 30 from Sydney, Australia where he was Director of Horticulture for the Royal Botanic Garden.

Many memberships renew in May, due to the garden sale and concert series. If yours is expiring, renew now, even if you won’t be buying concert tickets any time soon. Some day again we will stroll through the lilies in the Oak Tunnel, attend a workshop, and make new musical memories as we dance in the dark on the lawn.

HTTPS://WWW.REDBUTTEGARDEN.ORG/WAYS-TO-GIVE/

And now a word from our dairy farmers....

About 50% of cheese and 60% of butter made from the milk of Utah’s dairy cows go to the food service industry—restaurants, hotels and schools—and exports. With those outlets temporarily gone, Utah and Idaho dairy farmers have devised a program to put their excess cows’ milk to good use instead of dumping it, as is happening elsewhere in the country: Curds of Kindness.

The surplus milk is matched with processing plants that have spare capacity and can package product in sizes that make sense for personal consumption. The cheese and butter they are making will be showing up this month throughout Utah and Idaho at food banks and other feeding sites for people who are hungry now.

HTTPS://UNBOTTLED.COM/STORIES/CURDS-AND-KINDNESS-GETSNUTRIENT-RICH-DAIRY-FOODS-TO-THOSE-IN-NEED

*Thanks to Lara Jones and Aldine Strychnine of KRCL’s RadioActive/Punk Rock Farmer where some of these interviews took place. Tune in for RadioActive daily and for the Punk Rock Farmer segment every Friday at 6pm.

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URBAN PLANNING

Sweet Streets

What you get when you design and construct safe alternatives to driving cars

BY MYRON WILLSON

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ities along the Wasatch Front are growing and evolving.

People are moving to the area as they discover the many benefits of our region, including livable and vibrant neighborhoods.

While the new neighbors bring new cultural experiences and exciting job opportunities, one downside to this growth is increased car traffic and busy streets, along with increased air pollution from vehicle emissions. The car traffic problem also impacts safety because our big blocks and wide streets accommodate freewaysized roads and encourage folks to drive at unsafe speeds.

At the same time that streets are perilous for walking or biking, technology is supporting more sustainable transport with all sorts of e-riding options, including e-scooters and e-bikes. I know that in my neighborhood, the number of parents and others who were taking kids to school in freight e-bikes or headed to the grocery or home center for provisions was increasing tremendously. E-bike sales are up across the country and bike shop dealers report similar trends locally.

E-bikes negate the hills and allow folks to arrive at work without sweat, which, though second to safety, is one of the major barriers to more people cycling. If we are to take full advantage of the new technology, we are going to need safe routes to schools, parks, shopping and jobs.

As much as we love the outdoor lifestyle that Utah provides, we are often forced to walk and recreate exclusively in the canyons and mountains outside of town because we’re afraid a simple walk or bike to the park might be fatal when crossing large collector streets or sharing roads without safe and protected bike lanes.

In addition, commuting by something other than a car can be unsafe or inconvenient. GREENbikes and escooters are great for the final mile after transit, but the streets and sidewalks are often unsafe or inadequate for anything other than cars.

That’s why we’ve decided to do something about it.

E-Bikes negate the hills.

Many Utah cities, counties and even the state Department of Transportation have lofty goals about supporting pedestrian and bicycle safety, transit equity and barrier-free design for all ability levels. Safe, multi-modal transportation is a goal in almost every master plan I’ve ever read.

Proposed changes to streets that accommodate multiple modes of transportation are often opposed

by individuals who fear a reduction of street parking or reduced number of cartravel lanes. However, in most cases, the car capacity of streets is far beyond what is needed 90% of the time and can support the addition of new pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. If we don’t design and construct safe alternatives for cars, most people will continue to drive.

Designing solely for the automobile is also an equity issue. Many people who do not own a car rely on public transportation or walking and bicycles to get around. Kids under 16 and elderly folks are trapped at home along with those who would like the freedom to bike, walk or take the bus or light rail without worrying about getting hit by a car.

Those of us who would like to see safer streets and mobility choice need to learn from the air quality and environmental movements. Organizations such as Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, HEAL Utah, Utah Moms for Clean Air and many others are advocating for change to improve the quality of life here in Utah. Without their wide networks and committed individuals willing to comment at hearings or send letters and emails, politi-

cians would have only the polluters, lobbyists and NIMBYs to guide their votes. Decision-makers need the larger public to advocate for positive change to help balance the short-term concerns of parking or faster streets.

Enter the Sweet Streets Initiative Within that context, a few of us have come together under a belief that streets built for all users are essential to a more equitable, sustainIf you are interested in Sweet Streets, please take our survey ( WWW.SURVEYMONKEY.COM/R/MW2Z9F D). You can find us on Facebook and Twitter under Sweet Streets Initiative and @SWEETSTREETSSLC.

able society that pollutes less and supports safer, more prosperous communities.

The idea of Sweet Streets is to enhance the design of streets and adjacent public spaces for all people in SLC and Utah. By accommodating all potential users, we will improve the environment, grow the economy, connect society and neighborhoods, and provide increased access and freedom of movement and assembly. We are a political advocacy group seeking to influence the planning, budgeting, implementation and operation of city streets and public spaces.

We know that individual advocacy groups are already working on areas such as bicycles and transit. We see the Sweet Streets Initiative as the missing piece that brings together and prioritizes mobility for pedestrians, transit riders, the disabled community, skateboarders, bicyclists and e-riders so people of all mobility levels can move about efficiently.

While cars are necessary for many individuals and families, mobility choice and personal safety need to be prioritized so that public streets can be shared. ◆ Myron Willson has been commuting to work by walking, taking transit and biking for over 40 years. He is the former director of the Sustainability Office at the University of Utah and a founding member of Sweet Streets along with Luke Garrott and Taylor Anderson.

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CHAKRA SERIES

Anahata: the heart chakra The key to immunity

BY TODD MANGUM, MD

Editor’s note: The Chakra Series, by Todd Mangum, MD, first appeared in CATALYST in 1995 and was repeated in 2009 and 2013. These stories remain among the most read in our online library. In 2020 we are bringing you an updated version, which began with January’s Introduction to the Chakras.

CHAKRA FOUR

Location: in the center of the chest.

Governs: immunity.

Main issue: involves the ability to feel self-acceptance and unconditional love Externalizes: as the thymus gland.

Element: air.

When balanced: we feel compassionate.

Color: a harmonic of GREEN. Key words: healing, ecstasy, serenity, intimacy, nurturing, forgiveness, joy, grief, oxygen and balance.

Influences: the heart, blood vessels, lungs, diaphragm, thoracic spine, ribs, breasts, arms and hands.

Deficiencies: manifest as feelings of isolation, loneliness, low self esteem, jealousy and anxiety. Shallow respiration with an inability to take a deep breath or feelings of pressure in the chest are also indicators.

Excesses: manifest in codependent relationships where we give ourselves away and loose our center.

Imbalances: manifest physically as asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, emphysema, lung cancer, hypertension, heart attacks, palpitations and immune dysfunction including allergies, immune deficiencies and autoimmune diseases.

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he energy of the fourth chakra can be easily felt. Unfortunately for many this only becomes obvious after experiencing the breakup of a desired relationship or the loss of a dream. The emotional pain is often physically felt in the center of the chest—hence the phrase “a broken heart.”

It is our false belief in the scarcity of love that generates these feelings and our resultant defensive and offensive behaviors. When the heart center is fully open, these feelings and behaviors fade away because we realize that a shortage of love is impossible. Love is our natural state of being and the more we give away, the more we get back.

Through the crown or seventh chakra we connect with the Cosmos, the home of the Divine masculine. Through the base or first chakra we connect with the Earth, the home of the Divine feminine. It is only through the heart chakra, however, the center point of the seven chakras, that we can fully manifest the totality of our divine energy. The heart, not the head, is the portal through which we can both return to and become Source once again. Through the heart we experience ecstasy.

Meet your amazing immune system The endocrine gland which interfaces with the fourth chakra is the thymus gland, located behind the sternum. This master regulator of the immune system, it secretes hormones which include thymosin and thymopoetin. These hormones stimulate certain white blood cells, the immune system’s living defense network, to migrate to the thymus where they mature and develop the ability to protect against and resolve infections and cancers.

The immune system is incredibly complex and intelligent. Included in this system, in addition to the thymus, are the lymph nodes, the spleen and the bone marrow.

Lymph nodes are found throughout the body and act as filters for detecting and removing potentially harmful substances from the lymphatic system. The spleen acts as a giant lymph node which filters blood instead of lymph fluid. The bone marrow is the origin of both red blood cells and white blood cells.

White blood cells, also called leukocytes, consist of a vast array of different cell types. A routine blood

respond to specific foreign substances called antigens. These cells are responsible for the intense reaction that occurs when we become sensitized to substances like poison ivy. Helper T cells also called T4 or CD4 cells are responsible for producing chemical messengers like interferon which tell other immune Lymphocytes are the cells what to do. T4 cells decline dramatically in AIDS. white blood cells which B cells produce antibodies which retain the memory of are also called immunoglobulins. are proteins which tarwhat we’ve been exposed getAntibodies or flag antigens for elimination. to in the past and confer Immunoglobulins are further diinto subsets which include immunity against certain vided IgG and IgE. IgE is what causes the immediate allergic, and sometimes illnesses in the future. life-threatening, reaction people sion and is a common finding in HIV may have to certain foods, and subinfection, AIDS and chronic fatigue stances such as bee venom. It is also and immune deficiency syndrome. the cause of hay fever. IgE causes Some white blood cells, called the release of histamines— that is monocytes, develop into cells that why we use antihistamines to comact like PacMans and roam the body bat allergies. It is routinely measengulfing unwanted visitors and ured in the skin prick allergies tests.

A much less commonly done alcleaning up after other immune lergy test involves testing the blood cells have neutralized the danger.

Another type, neutrophils, are es- for IgG sensitivities. IgG can cause pecially important in the defense immediate reactions but more often these reactions are delayed against bacteria.

Lymphocytes, perhaps the most for hours, sometimes even days. interesting of all white blood cells, Most food allergies are mediated are particularly important in our de- through IgG. The skin prick allergy test will not pick these allergies up. fense against viruses.

Lymphocytes are the cells which Many people who have this skin retain the memory of what we’ve test done will be told they are not been exposed to in the past. They allergic to certain foods when in are the cells that confer immunity fact they are.

A simple blood test is available against illnesses like the measles and chicken pox once we have which measures both IgG and IgE had the illness or hopefully after reactions to over 100 different foods and spices. It is a good test to do for we have been immunized.

Lymphocytes are further divided chronic problems like digestive disinto T cells and B cells. T stands for turbances, skin rashes, fatigue states thymus which is where these cells and sinus problems. mature. T cells are predisposed to Continued on next page test called a CBC measures the total number of white blood cells which is an indictor of immune function.

A high number usually indicates an acute infection but can also be a marker for certain cancers such as leukemia. A low number often indicates some sort of immune suppres-

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Interestingly, many people who suffer repeated infections also are the ones who often develop numerous allergic reactions. It is as if a chronically stimulated immune system exhausts its ability to effectively defend against infections, yet in its attempt to do so, overcompensates by attacking everything else including its own body. The end results can include worsening food and environmental allergies, eczema, and autoimmune conditions and lingering infections. All of these skirmishes require enormous energy and often leave the person exhausted.

Strengthening the immune system Fortunately the herbal and nutritional world has solutions to address this perplexing set of

CHAKRA SERIES

Breath is the key to opening the heart chakra, energizing the body, clearing our emotions, increasing mental clarity and accessing expanded states of consciousness. circumstances. The celebrated Chinese tonic herb astragalus and the tonic mushrooms Ganoderma, grifola, polyporous and tremella are frequently used to treat chaotic immune systems.

Pharmacological evaluation has shown they contain polysaccharides which have immune regulat-

ing properties. Polysaccharides are long chain sugars which exert an activating and normalizing influence upon both the T cell and B cell regulated immunity. In addition to their ability to enhance resistance to viruses, bacteria, yeast and parasites they have anti-inflammatory, anti-allergy and anti-carcinogenic properties.

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CAT AVENGERS

Community cats

Stories of caring for the feral felines among us

BY JULIE DAVIS

Editor’s note: In cartoons and children’s literature, it’s usually the stray cats and dogs that seem to have the most fun—the charming, freedom-loving, rulebreaking misfits whose lives are one grand adventure.

In real life, however, that is rarely the case. Cats, with their quiet ability to hide and slink away, may turn feral. One pair of unfixed felines can set off a population bomb if left unattended, producing (along with their offspring) as many as 420,000 kittens in just seven years.

We invited Salt Lake City’s feral cat expert Julie Davis (see page 22) to tell us more about these elusive animals and how humans are helping them.

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feral cat is an unsocialized cat. It tends to be fearful of people and keep a distance. Ferals are most often found living out-

doors in groups known as colonies. The cats in a colony share a common food source and territory and may include not only ferals, but also strays—former pets who were recently lost or abandoned and are still tame. Most feral colonies originate from unneutered stray cats. Ferals, as well as strays, are increasingly referred to as "community cats" or "freeroaming cats."

Feral cat colonies, in my experience, are most prevalent in neighborhoods where there are high densities of people who are low-income. Apartment complexes and mobile home parks where residents can’t afford to or don’t prioritize fixing their pets are classic out-of-control areas.

Cat hoarders, people who feed cats inside and/or outside their home, can live anywhere. Once they have 10 or so, the cats may spill into the surrounding areas and form colonies if space allows, such as in rustic areas near creeks, streams and rivers.

You would likely be surprised where there are colonies. At least it still surprises me. But as a general rule, colonies are far less common in neighborhoods where people can afford pet care.

While they live outside human homes and exhibit wild behavior, feral cats are not wildlife. The vast

Most feral colonies originate from unneutered stray cats.

majority rely on some form of human-based food source for their sustenance, whether it's a caretaker who feeds them daily, a dumpster behind a supermarket or scraps left at a construction site.

Very few subsist on hunting alone.

taken indoors, socialized and adopted out as a friendly pet. Or an adult cat may be a gregarious pet for years, then become lost and, after a few months of living on his own, start to act unsocialized. Different cats will be feral to different degrees.

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“After a community cat is spayed or neutered, the tip of their left ear is removed while they are still under anesthesia. This has become the universal signal to easily show that a cat has been fixed.�

"Feral" is a behavioral characteristic, not a biological one. As a result, the same cat can be feral and not feral at different points in her life.

An outdoor kitten may be born feral, then be

However a cat finds itself living outside is mostly irrelevant. What happens to the cat and how it impacts the community around it is the key to its survival.

Continued on page 19

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CAT AVENGERS

Julie Davis

Meet the Cat Avenger

the county and later for Best nicating on Facebook and fielding phone calls.

Friends.

“Thankfully there are about a “It didn't take long for me to ask ‘Where are all these kittens dozen young trappers, under 60 years old, that I do my best to coach coming from?’”

That led to her first experience and mentor.”

In addition, Julie has her own trapping community cats with a housebound revolvfriend in Sandy. “I ulie Davis has helped trap started studying coming-door colony, curcolonies from Nephi to Wen- munity cat care and rently at 14, which dover to Snowville to Logan to learning to trap and I she refers to as her Wallsburg and many areas in never looked back.”

“Misfit Rescue.” One between. is recovering from an Julie is always "on Four years ago she took the town call." If there is an urinjury—”she would of Nephi under her wing and in that gent post on social make the perfect pet time has facilitated the trap, neuter media or from one of for a cat-lover who is and return of over 1,000 community the caregivers she studying physical cats. She helps maintain and pro- works with, she will therapy.” Two are vide food for 40 colonies in that respond. toothless, one is old. small town alone.

The others are too I asked how many I asked how many feral cat hours a day, on avershy to "show well" at colonies she knows of in Utah. Be- age, she spends as a typical adoption lieve it or not, she says, that’s a diffi- cat avenger. Perhaps I events. cult question to answer.

They all started as should have asked “There are 255 caregivers in my how many hours was “It didn't take long community cats that phone contacts who I could call, she not wearing her were either removed for me to ask ‘Where from dangerous locaasking for help with trapping or get- superpower cape. ting a sick or injured cat medical “My incredible husare all these kittens tions or were young help,” she says. “So...hundreds of band, Sam, says enough to be adoptcoming from?’” colonies. I have one colony of 17 I spend 16 to 18 hours able. cats that I am the sole caregiver for. a day helping cats “Some will be candiI feed and maintain three colonies with their people problems,” she dates for the service I manage that several days a week as part of a care- says. “Before the pandemic I was places working cats. Several would giver team.” trapping an average of four be great indoor-outdoor cats. I'm Julie entered the cagey world of evenings a week—sometimes two very selective about where the cats cat rescue the summer of 2013 or three colonies in the same area.” go from here but would love to enwhile volunteering at the kitten In addition to late nights, there tertain inquiries. If I don't have the nursery in a trailer behind the Salt are early morning runs to the vet- right cat now, I sure might in a Lake County Animal Control build- erinary office, multiple hours month.” ◆ ing. She started fostering kittens for weekly if not daily texting, commu— Greta Belanger deJong

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COMMUNITY CATS continued from page 17

Suzanne Wagner

PSYCHIC, AUTHOR, SPEAKER, TEACHER

“An example of a typical humane cat trap. Organizations like Best Friends of Utah lend out humane cat traps for up to two weeks.”

Contained and uncontained Two types of community cat colonies are generally found: those that are “contained” and those that are not.

A contained colony has only cats that are not reproducing, have been vaccinated and generally share a territory and food source.

Most of these cats have the tip of their left ear removed so they can be more easily identified and having been fixed. Colony containment and maintenance (getting any newcomers trapped, neutered and returned) is the end goal.

Once a colony is contained, the cats can live out their lives as working cats and will be an

asset to the farm, busi- Community cat ness, neighborhood or advocacy

industrial area that need vermin control.

On the other hand, an uncontained colony can cause problems. Breeding behaviors are often referred to as nuisance behaviors. Caterwauling, fighting, spraying and having litters of kittens continuously creates stress for both the humans and the cats in the area. Cats’ quality of life and overall community peace are greatly enhanced by spaying or neutering. Vaccinated cats lead healthier lives and share their antibodies with unfixed cats they may encounter, as well.

Community cat heroes are people who are tuned into the cats that live all around us.

They take on a wide variety of roles and come from every corner of our diverse communities. Most feed cats as a daily pilgrimage, ensuring that they have food, water and shelter from the weather. But not all caregivers understand that at times their good intentions can cause problems for the cats.

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and causing a mess. Nocturnal foragers such as skunks and raccoons are hungry, too, and are happy to eat cat food if it’s being provided. There are ways to feed cats and not these unwanted guests.

Feeding in the morning

ing out of the bushes to visit a runner on a Jorden River bike path in early March. This kindhearted runner goes home and posts on the Utah Lost and Found Pets Facebook page about this longhaired stray.

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COMMUNITY CATS

ing and producing kittens. The greater Salt Lake area is blessed with skilled trappers of these feral and semi-feral cats. Once trapped, they are loved and handled with the utmost care. So the word went out that trapping

This tale is just one example of how individuals advocating for our free-roaming cats can start a chain reaction of care. so the food is gone by dusk is helpful. The cats need a secluded place to eat during daylight hours and caregivers need to pick up after themselves.

Here’s a story showing that Community Cat advocacy is alive and well in the greater Salt Lake City area: A skinny black-andwhite cat comes bounc-

An experienced community cat activist visiting the area discovers a colony of cats that in fact has a dedicated team of daily caregivers that take care of these cats on a daily basis.

As sometimes happens, the colony is fed but hasn’t been actively maintained. So it’s growing, with unfixed cats breed-

help was needed.

Two women sprang into action, trapping 13 cats in two days. These cats were then brought into the Best Friends clinic in Orem where they were spayed/neutered, vaccinated, ear-tipped and treated for any wounds on them at no charge. Thank you, Best Friends. After a day to re-

cover, the cats were set free in the exact place they were trapped. This process is called trapNeuter-Return (TNR).

While the cats were away at the vet, other volunteers cleaned up the site, dismantling some of the shelters and replacing the flea-infested bedding.

Yes, fleas. Someone, no doubt with good intentions, had provided carpet remnants for bedding, which creates a warm, moist environment for bugs. Straw is the preferred bedding to use as it dries quickly.

So back to our friendly, skinny, black and white long-haired cat who alerted us to his colony.

He and his best buddy were seniors (10+ years old) with respiratory infections and badly infected mouths. This was the real reason he was thin. Three local organizations conspired to help these handsome old boys. Both are now up for adoption through yet another organization that specializes in finding compassionate homes for senior cats.

Discovery of this first colony led, as so often happens, to more cats in the general area that needed help. Monica Dixon (see story, page 22) connected with the trapper and jumped at the opportunity

to learn to trap the ferals that had been frequenting her neighborhood.

Prior to the Covid19 outbreak she worked closely with her local West Valley City Animal shelter staff to take the trapped cats into the shelter. They, in turn, got the cats fixed, ear-tipped and vaccinated and then returned them to where they’d been captured, with Monica as their caregiver.

It was a wonderful partnership.

This tale is just one example of how individuals advocating for our free-roaming cats can start a chain reaction of care.

There’s a multitude of ways to help, from small acts of kindness like leaving fresh water out in a shady corner to becoming passionate about ensuring that every cat in your path has the support it needs to thrive.

Please take a closer look. There is a small army of Community Cat Heroes ready to help you help these cats. ◆ Julie Davis can be found on Facebook.

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CAT AVENGERS

Monica’s story

One cat leads to another

BY EMILY SPACEK

feeding her. Then I noticed that she was nursing. Sure enough, she brought me her three kittens about a month later. One by one she brought them in her mouth and put them right up under my front porch.”

The mother cat turned out to be friendly. Monica was able to socialize the kittens and found homes for each one, including the mother.

Mama cat #2 Then last year, Monica noticed a new cat hunting in her neighborhood. This cat did not look well at all, with its severed tail and frantic behavior. By March, this cat, too, was visibly pregnant.

“I put food out for 10 days and during that time I prepped an area in my garage where she could have the kittens. I got everything she would need: a scratching post, a heated cat house, cases of food, a big litter box. I even made a birthing box. I didn’t even know for sure if I’d catch her. I just had to be prepared because time was of the essence.”

Monica was able to trap her and a week later, the mama cat birthed five kittens in the box Monica had prepared.

The mother was depleted from having so many kittens through the years—she appeared to be about

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hat mostly keeps community cat advocates and volunteers involved in their work is that helping one cat naturally leads to helping another.

Now that you know what to do, you can’t ignore a cat in need.

Over the last few years, Monica Dixon, a Salt Lake City therapist who lives on a small farm in the Chesterfield area of West Valley City, has emerged as her neighborhood’s own community cat advocate.

“It all started when this female cat began coming around and I started

the road and into someone’s yard.

She knocked on the door and asked if they needed help with their pregnant cat and, she says, they asked, which pregnant cat? “They said, ‘Well, we’ve got 20 cats here.

We just feed them and then more come, and we don’t know what to

eight years old—and being on her own without consistent food and shelter. Over the next nine weeks Monica discovered that this mother cat was also friendly and had clearly

“First I see the kittens… then I see other cats… and then I see more cats and I’m thinking ‘what in the world is happening over here!’ By now I realize I’m outnumbered.” belonged to someone. It took $2,000 and several trips to the vet to get the mother well again. After finding loving homes for all the kittens, Monica decided to keep the mom.

Helping these two mother cats, two summers in a row, had exposed Monica to a whole new world.

Mama cat #3 Her eyes couldn’t stop seeing what she might have previously overlooked. This March, Monica caught yet another pregnant female cat behind her house. She was able to assess that this one would also be easily adoptable.

After a kitty abortion—“They are very pro-choice down there [at the West Valley Animal Shelter], because being born into homelessness is so hard on the kittens”—and a vigorous social media campaign, Monica’s third rescue was settling into a new loving, permanent home.

But Monica now noticed that the cat’s previous litter was also lurking

A word about spaying a pregnant cat

in her neighborhood.

She set additional traps borrowed from Best Friends.

Cats and kittens everywhere “First I see the kittens… and then I see other cats… and then I see more cats and I’m thinking ‘what in the world is happening over here!’

By now I realize I’m outnumbered.”

Through a neighbor, Monica was introduced to none other than the cat avenger herself, Julie Davis (see previous story). Julie came to Monica’s house the very next day, taught her how best to set her traps and recommended she borrow even more.

Monica caught seven cats in two days and got them all fixed, vaccinated and returned through West Valley Animal Shelter’s feral cat trapneuter-return program. She committed to Julie that she would feed and water these cats every day, year-round.

Not long after, just two blocks from her house, Monica saw yet another pregnant cat waddle across

Those in the frontlines of cat rescue and trap-neuter-return ultimately have few qualms about spaying pregnant cats. Of course, the earlier, the better. A female kitten is capable of becoming pregnant at 16 weeks of age, and in a feral colony, she likely will.

Each unfixed female can bear at least three litters a year. The average is three to five per litter, but that can vary from one to more than 10 kittens.

Says Monica: “A feral mother cat is often unable to find a safe, dry location to raise kittens and her babies get eaten by foxes, raccoons and hawks, or they freeze to death. Finding enough food for herself and her babies is also a challenge.

“Spaying her is the kindest thing you can do. The whole uterus is removed in one piece, just like in a normal spay surgery.

The contents of the uterus quickly fade away.

“If you think about kittens being aborted and you feel very sad, visit your local shelters and choose one of the hundreds of cats who spend years living in small cages alone and adopt one.

Then you will feel better.”

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CAT AVENGERS guys, who get along well together, she says, are adoptable and need a permanent home. Monica hopes that perhaps, through this story, she will find one for them.

These two will need to be kept indoors. Monica suggests that an ideal caretaker would also be hearing impaired “or at least willing to tolerate a parrot in their house.” Krishna cannot hear himself so he vocalizes loudly, she says.

do.’” The elderly couple did not know about the trap-neuter-return program for cats who are too wild to be adopted. It is provided at no cost to the public.

In three days, Monica caught 12 more cats—nine of whom were pregnant, interrupting about 45 baby cats being born into homelessness over the next two months.

No free fix for ferals during pandemic Then the clinic suddenly shut down. Due to the coronavirus, they were no longer accepting feral cats for free fixes. That day, Monica had just caught a young Siamese.

She took him home and in several hours noticed a few peculiarities. He would respond to changes in light but seemed to stare blankly in the wrong direction even if she waved her hands about near his face. He was practically blind.

Unable to hunt, he probably would have died. She paid for the spay-neuter herself. Before she could decide what to do next with this new blind kitten, whom she’d named Rama, Monica noticed a flash of white near her hen house.

Within 10 minutes of setting out a

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ecause it is spring and fewer spay-neuter facilities are currently open, more kittens will inevitably appear throughout May. The good news? Best Friends reports an increase in people interested in becoming fosters for sheltered animals. They are also still adopting out cats and dogs, virtually.

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Krishna & Rama This pair of hearing and vision impaired young cats are up for adoption! Krishna is pure white with blue eyes and is deaf. Rama is Siamese and vision impaired. Both are less than a year old.

Please contact Monica Dixon at MONARCH.MONICA@GMAIL.COM if you or someone you know is interested in more information about the two young cats leading to possible adoption.

In the last three years, Monica has so far found homes for 14 cats.

“I don’t know where the end of this project is, I’m just trying to keep my head above water,” she says.

“I’ve always been tuned into animals, taking care of them and intervening on their behalf.” Before college, she worked in grooming and daycare. In addition to cats, she has rescued chickens and even goats.

“But as far as working with feral cats, the difference right now is that after having done it and especially after meeting Julie Davis and having her show me the ropes, I feel so empowered by knowing what to do and what to tell others.” ◆ Emily Spacek is a staff writer at CATALYST Magazine.

trap, she caught another small male cat, white with bright baby blue eyes. He was filthy and had hair missing from his tail, but Monica says his friendliness shone from that very first day.

Observing him, Monica realized this cat was “deaf as a post.” She named him Krishna.

Monica is now fostering these two disabled young male cats. While Covid-19 has not made it easy, they are both dewormed, neutered and vaccinated. These loving young

TNR resources

• Best Friends offers humane traps and education about their use. They can be picked up by appointment at the Sugar House Lifesaving Center and from trap-trading posts in several locations within the greater Salt Lake area. WWW.UTAH.BESTFRIENDS.ORG/ 801574-2454 • Contact the animal shelter in your city. Ask if they support trap-neuterreturn. If they do, you should be able to work with them to borrow traps and get cats fixed and returned free of charge. You will likely have to do the actual trapping, so educate yourself prior to picking traps up. If they don’t support TNR, do not take feral cats there!

Low-cost clinics that will work with ferals:

• Best Fiends has a clinic in Orem that usually accepts 10 ferals daily, Monday-Saturday. Contact them directly to confirm availability.

WWW.UTAH.BESTFRIENDS.ORG • Orchard Animal Clinic offers affordable spay and neuter for feral cats as well as providing medical care for ferals’ most common issues. Their Facebook page and website are the best sources of information. www.ORCHARDANIMALOUTREACH.ORG or Orchard Animal Clinic on Facebook.

• Salt Lake Spay and Neuter offers affordable spay and neuter for feral cats as well as providing medical care for ferals’ most common issues. Call them to schedule an appointment 801-262-6414 or visit www.SPAYANDNEUTEROFSLC.COM

Interested in fostering?

Fostering cats is a great way to help keep cats safe while the right adopter is found. Kittens also need fosters who can diligently care for them as they grow and are socialized in preparation for adoption.

D A N C E C L A S S E S F O R A D U LT S Many city animal shelters and most animal rescue groups have well developed foster programs. In most cases the organizations supply everything needed. Here is a partial list of rescue groups that can always use more qualified fosters.

• CAWS Community Animal Welfare Society • Whiskers—Utah • Best Friends—Utah • Celestial Zoo—Utah County • Nuzzles and Co.— Summit County • Perfect Pawprints—Tooele County

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All of these same shelters and rescue groups have cats available for adoption. Kitten season has begun and many people jump at the chance to get kittens. Please also consider adopting a more mature cat.

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Having a few cats around your yard, office, barn or warehouse comes with great benefits. Several organizations will work with you to match cats for your space.

They will bring in a relocation cage for a two- to four-week acclimation period.

They will coach you on proper care and sheltering for your cats. Once the cats are set free, they become your responsibility to care for.

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Rescue If you come across a friendly stray cat,

kittens or ferals that don’t seem to have an ear-tip, please reach out for help.

Many of the sources above can help guide your efforts. Several Facebook groups are also very active and can help you help cats.

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SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Spring fishing for food and fun* Fill your freezer with Utah Lake’s white bass. Here’s how!

BY DAN POTTS

*Except the killing and cleaning part

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sinker with a hook molded into it. For an easy, non-messy and inexpensive bait, thread a small soft plastic body of any color onto the jig.

You should be able to find these items now at hardware stores for a few dollars.

You can catch these fish over May is typically when Utah Lake’s loose rock by simply swinging a jig white bass move into rocky shore- slowly back and forth in the water lines for their annual spawning only a rod’s distance out. If you event. The mostly aggressive males clamp a small floating red-andcan be caught literally at will by any- white bobber one to two feet up body who can hold a fishing rod. the line, that should prevent the poUnlike most of Utah’s sport fishes, tential problem of “snagging” on white bass are found only in Utah the bottom.

Lake and its outlet, the Jordan River.

White bass seek out rocky shoreWhite bass overpopulate these wa- lines to reproduce. The various mariters, so there is no imposed harvest nas around the lake, including the limit on this tasty species. Therefore, Utah Lake State Park, Lindon, Amercatch-and-release fishing of white ican Fork, Saratoga Springs and Linbass is discouraged. coln Beach, all provide this kind of Any fishing rod—even a long spawning habitat and fishing opstick!—will work. These eight- to 12- portunity. Other edible fishes that inch fish come in so close to shore also reproduce in these rocky mathat there’s no need to cast. You can rina areas include walleye (April), use a variety of artificial lures. But black bullhead (June) and channel you can also merely tie a small catfish (July).

(1/16 to 1/8 ounce) jig on the The best time of end of the line and fish day to fish is earlier in it very close to the morning shore. A jig is when they bass a lead tend to flood into the shorelines.

During calm weather, more bass can be harvested in a short time than can easily be consumed.

Avoid rough weather. fter years of drought, many of Utah’s lakes and their fish have suffered from low water levels. Utah Lake, one of Utah’s most productive lakes, is finally full again and producing some great fishing. Plus, everyone is getting pretty tired of being cooped up due to this new virus and we’re craving some sun and wind. It’s time to go fishing!

You may also catch a largemouth bass or walleye, because these larger fish often follow the orgy to eat the smaller white bass. If you do, know that the limit on walleye is 10, with only one over two feet long, and six largemouth bass with only one over 12 inches.

All fishermen in Utah are required to purchase a fishing license, except children under 12. Kids 12 to 13 years old can purchase an annual resident license for only $5; 14 to 17year-olds at $16, and those over 65, only $25. Everyone else pays $34, although a combination fishing/hunting license costs only $38. A temporary three-day license costs $16. There may be an access fee at

So you caught some fish.

Now what?

“No one should complain about putting healthier, noncommercial protein on the table,” says Dan. However, cleaning and filleting fish can be a daunting task for a first-timer. If you know someone who can show you firsthand, ask for assistance.

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each marina, but anglers can usually fish and/or walk in for free.

The Utah Lake white bass fishing opportunity is especially great for children and other beginning anglers. The rocky dikes of the lake’s marinas do present a risk for less agile anglers. However, there are safe shoreline spots where they can catch bunches of these tasty fish.

Like other basses, white bass do have sharp dorsal and ventral spines, but by grasping them by the head most people, even children,

can quickly learn how to safely unhook them. Have a cooler with ice handy to insure they arrive home in good condition.

Also like other basses, white bass do have larger scales, and are usually filleted before cooking. We typically fillet the larger fish and bury the smaller ones as fertilizer in the vegetable garden.

You can easily find instructional online videos on how to fillet panfish like white bass. Their meat is very lean, so there are few limits on how to prepare them for the table. Virtually any recipe for panfish such as bluegill, crappie and yellow perch will work. My favorite preparation is to make a ceviche using lime

juice to “cook” them instead of using heat. My wife likes to cook them in cornmeal.

Got a freezer?

Package fillets in meal-size portions in vacuum-sealed bags. You can also collect coated milk cartons, pack them with fish, cover with water and freeze quickly at your freezer’s coldest temperature. ◆ Like many anglers, Dan learned to fish from his father.

He has a BS in sport fisheries management and a MS in ichthyology. Since 1985 he has dedicated himself to promote fishing, gardening and foraging for wild foods to help people to eat better quality foods.

Details re. where to fish on Utah Lake: HTTP://UTAHLAKECOMMISSION.ORG/ACCESS-POINTS/

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First & Last responders One family’s experience working the pandemic

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BY POLLY PLUMMER MOTTONEN

atching my 21-year-old getting ready to go off to work at an area hospital emergency department as the pandemic reached Utah, I was struck by the contrasting emotions of pride and fear. So many years of keeping him safe, only now to send him into a workplace requiring so much protection and so many precautions worried me. Then I thought of how many of my immediate family members were not part of the “safer at home” set but, rather, were donning masks to care for those affected one way or another by what’s out there. Here is a little scrapbook of what’s up in the Plummer/Mottonen family in these days of Pandemonium.

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ust starting his medical career, my son Miles began working in an area hospital emergency department.

He began just in time to learn all about being fitted for various COVIDready gear. Much scrubbing before and after, the shoes stay out of the house and he showers before and after work with a fresh set of clothes to change into before he comes home. Keeping the high risk members of our family safe is of utmost importance to him.

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Miles’ ongoing work with Skaggs Physical therapy at the U of U has changed as the entire population of clients there is considered high risk and all care is now being done over the phone, just checking in to see what help the clients with neurological disabilities might need.

This work combined with his time volunteering at the two area free clinics will serve Miles well in his future. He applies to PA schools this summer.

y sister Elizabeth is a funeral director in Ohio. She is quite literally a “last responder” in this crisis. She is well known for her beautiful family tributes and glorious send offs. The pandemic has greatly modified her work as public assembly is no longer possible. “Normally I would be

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y niece Maria and her husband Andre are reporting from a major New York hospital where they both serve as operating room techs. “In the midst of this pandemic our lives have been turned upside down... Maria, has been ‘redeployed’ from the operating rooms to working from home, helping field the 1,000s of daily phone calls to the hospital’s Covid hotline, while Andre is working countless hours overnight continuing to assist in emergency surgeries.

With a baby due in a couple short months we’re doing our best to help our patients while also protecting our growing family.” meeting with families at this table but the way it is now, we do our meetings via Microsoft Teams so I just sit at my computer. I never dreamed I’d be making arrangements in this way.” Drive-by services with sufficient distancing between vehicles graveside are allowed.

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n the livelier side of care, my sister Linda is a medical assistant at a private OB/GYN clinic consisting of six female physicians in Waukesha, Wisconsin. I asked her how her work has changed.

“We are only seeing our prenatal patients. You can’t stop those babies from coming! Annual routine exams have all been delayed until further notice.

“Instead of asking the patients about feeling their baby move or having contractions, my first questions are if they have a cough, fever, or trouble breathing.”

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y husband Mark’s work as a clinical social worker for the U has changed in that all patient sessions are now done over the phone. I know he really misses meeting with his patients face-toface but it is safer and more convenient to employ tele-med technology for now. Addressing emerging mental health issues will be a critical part of our recovery from both the health and economic injuries suffered. Removing obstacles to care, like transportation, helps.

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s for me, in addition to making CATALYST each month, I am part of the preanalytics team processing Covid samples for antibody testing at ARUP Laboratories.

This week marks the initial start up of a large-scale testing for antibodies as part of ongoing strategizing for care, treatment, research and planning.

We are the first clinical lab in Utah and one of the first in the nation to offer COVID-19 antibody assays to test for exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Community hospitals, large health systems, academic medical centers and other healthcare organizations in Utah and nationwide are sending their antibody testing to us as they work to develop plans to safely get people back to work. ARUP expects it will soon be able to perform more than 30,000 antibody tests daily. (That’s me in the way back center.)

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Heading out to work offers a sense of contributing and normalcy that the rest of the population is hungry for. I know it must be harder to stay home, suffering losses physical, social and economic. May we find ourselves back in merry company soon. ◆ Polly Plummer Mottonen has been Art Director of CATALYST for longer than some of the people in this story have been alive. She would like to congratulate her son Max Patrick on his high school graduation.

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FILM

May 2020

Time steeped in time

twins, and has been out of jail for a week and a half, since May 24.

Other timelines emerge and blur: They met at age 16; Robert is sentenced in 1999; in March 2013 they move to Louisiana; they are

BY BRINLEY FROELICH allowed two visits a month for two hours at a time; their children Sibil Fox Richardson (aka Fox Rich), grow from babies to teenagers to whose home-video diary brings the adults. Twenty-one years are covstory to life. The documentary ered in an 80-minute film, but the blends black and white footage timeline doesn’t follow the norms from the archive of Rich’s VHS tapes of the way we experience time. with new black and white footage Over the course of the film, the for the film, blurring the lines be- idea of time, in general, begins to tween what Bradley directed and feel obsolete. what her subject directed. Paired Time moves from the present, with a soundtrack from Ethiopian where Bradley leads filming, and nun Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guè- the past, with the use of Fox’s brou, a rich piano score underlines home footage, to the hope of the the spiritual flavor of Time. future, where Robert is released.

The film follows Rich, a mother of Soon, the only way to tell which moment they’re in is through the visual cues in the body: wrinkles in the face, the shift of a jawline, the growth of a child.

On the phone with a case manager, the film focuses on Rich’s hair, nails, face. In these scenes, Rich hears the same messages over and over: There is no update on her husband’s case. It is clear that dealing with the six sons and wife to Robert, who was prison bureaucracy eats her up insentenced to prison for 60 years in side. “Thank you for your time,” she the ’90s over a bank robbery. While repeats to them using her nice-girl the couple both participated in the voice, seemingly phony to all but same robbery, Fox took a plea deal the receiver on the other end. and served only three years.

Using sarcasm in this way seems to The story begins with footage be the only way she can express from Fox, where she marks the first her frustration at a cruel justice sysday her husband was sentenced. tem without letting her anger afInstantly, timelines are introduced: fect Robert’s chance at release.

Rich is 22 weeks pregnant with

An impressionistic portrait of love and waiting

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t the time of my writing this review, January’s Sundance Film Festival is likely all but forgotten by most people.

Writers, directors, actors, and PR folks have moved on.

In light of our current confrontation with time, however, it feels appropriate to allow distance between my viewing and writing about the film Time, directed by Garrett Bradley, who won the Sundance documentary directing prize for her efforts.

The film has since had many hours

to marinate in my mind. Much like a medicinal tea, the longer the images have had to steep, the more potent the flavor and healing properties have become.

Bradley, whose previous work won a Sundance jury award and was shortlisted for an Academy Award, offers with Time a more impressionistic release than her previous work, thanks to her collaboration with

as a loss for her children. Her kids don’t have a father at home, and her own work and personal life is a juggling act, raising six children as a single mother, on top of managing her husband’s case and fighting for his release. In one scene, Rich admits she doesn’t want to wait anymore; and in another, that she is an abolitionist and does not believe that prisons should exist at all.

Film can be a powerful tool to evoke sympathy or empathy, and facing the violent shadows of our prison industrial complex is important; but it can begin to feel sensationalized as shows and movies toe the line between trauma porn and sincere storytelling.

Time tells a story of incarceration without relying on the cheap tricks that a lot of media around prisons seem eager to execute. Time feels more like

The time lines blur. Soon, the only way to tell which moment they’re in is through the visual cues in the body: wrinkles in the face, the shift of a jawline, the growth of a child. poetry in motion, or a memory held in the body. It is less concerned about the details of the case than it is about the moods it leaves behind.

I left the theatre in a dream-like state, feeling fuzzy about what my heart was telling my mind, but knowing it was writing down an impression. Over time, the messages of the film have sprouted into new thoughts and feelings: Time spent in prison is time spent stagnant, not only for the

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person incarcerated, but for their family and friends who have lost a loved one. It is a grief different from death, but the loss is still impactful in the way it stunts the growth of a beloved family and community.

“Desperate people do desperate things,” Rich says as she talks to a congregation about their robbery. “It’s as simple as that.” Spending time behind bars for a robbery did little to address the circumstances that led the couple to commit the crime in the first place.

It also did not do anything to restore the lost assets.

As the film demonstrates, Rich was justified in her fight to free Robert. Ultimately, her perseverance paid off.

Amazon acquired Time in late February. ◆ Brinley Froelich is a writer, yoga instructor and embroidery artist. She is the co-founder of Decarcerate Utah.

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May 2020

POETRY

Literary and performance poet Glenis Redmond’s virtual visit on Thursday, May 7

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ay what you want about poetry. Complain that it’s deceptively complicated. Complain about the teacher who made you think you couldn’t correctly interpret a poem’s themes, let alone write one. Or complain about your fear that somebody, everybody, will hate your words, no matter what you write.

There’s even a term for that: metrophobia.

For Glenis Redmond, who has been a poetry road warrior for 27 years, the truth is more like this: Poetry is immediate. Poetry is accessible.

Poetry is healing.

“I find it one of the most valuable things on earth,” says the poet and teacher. “It’s like air, it’s like breath— we need it.”

“Everyone has a piece of paper and something to write with and heart,” Redmond says. “Sure, you have to work on craft. But with rhythm and imagery and concentration —you can turn sorrow or pain or something you are reflecting on into a thing of beauty.”

Redmond, a literary and performance poet also billed as “an imagination activist,” is a Kennedy Center Teaching Artist. She will offer a virtual keynote address at 1pm. May 7, which was the original date of the Mountain West Arts Conference; the rest of the annual regional arts gathering has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Poetry, Inspiration and Em-

BY ELLEN FAGG WEIST powerment Needed: Lifelines Now More Than Ever” is the title of her speech. The online event is free, thanks to a grant from the Sam and Diane Stewart Family Foundation.

“Especially in 2020, we have to stay replenished,” Redmond says. It’s an artist’s job “to inspire and uplift, and I think our jobs are not done

What if we had writing practice in our schools the way we have soccer or basketball practice? yet. There are so many histories that have not been told. No matter whether you’ve been in the arts for 20 or 40 years, there’s just so much work to be done.”

As a teacher, Redmond says she doesn’t understand why arts programs are often the first to be cut out of school budgets. Just imagine how successful our schools would be, she says, if we prioritized the arts the way we prioritize athletic programs.

She asks: What if we had writing practice in our schools the way we have soccer or basketball practice?

Redmond last visited Utah in 2016,

when she met with students in Logan, Ogden and Salt Lake City and led professional development workshops for more than 60 teachers. One of those teachers recently told Jean Tokuda Irwin, arts education program manager for the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, how Redmond’s workshop dramatically changed her teaching.

Another significant gift of her Utah visit, Redmond says, was the creative inspiration of eating at Salt Lake City’s Frida Bistro (now renamed Rico Cocina y Tequila Bar).

The North Carolina-based writer has since finished a poem that features Frida Kahlo, the colorful Mexican folk artist known for working through great pain, as her personal coach.

“It would not come until I took on her voice, as a self-help coach talking to me directly,” says

Redmond of the five years she worked on the poem. “I’d never met Frida, so how do I know what she would say, but it’s what I think she would say to me.”

Redmond was the first member of her family to graduate from college, and then worked as a counselor before she enrolled in a doctoral program. That’s when she decided to shift gears and become a poet.

She draws upon her counseling skills of empathy, including the tool of “deep, deep listening,” in her workshops, which she teaches to audiences ranging from kindergarteners to at-risk teens, from police officers to CEOs. Deep listening is a theme in Redmond’s current manuscript-inprogress, “The Listening Skin,” which includes poems about growing up poor with a parent with mental illness and, as an adult, enduring the pain of fibromyalgia. Then last summer Redmond was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer.

“I thought I was finished with the book, and now I have to go back and write the cancer part,” she says.

In April, her work was scheduled to be honored at the Asheville, N. C., Wordfest, a festival she cofounded. The festival was canceled this year, and the publication of Give Me My Flowers While I’m Living, a collection of

poems, letters and essays honoring her work, was rescheduled for 2021.

About that title? Redmond laughs on the phone. “That’s what my mother would say and pretty much every black elder in the South.” She hopes the collection will inspire teachers, in conjunction with a book she is writing about leading poetry circles.

As she undergoes cancer treatment, Redmond is focusing on poetry and the arts as a way to push aside physical pain. “It’s not an easy walk, but at the same time, it is my walk,” Redmond says. “I’m so happy that I have some tools and skills to be able to deal with this. It really gives me something to get up and live for.” ◆ An earlier version of this story originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of MUSE, a bi-annual publication of the Utah Department of Heritage & Arts, where Ellen Fagg Weist is editor-in-chief.

Virtual keynote address “Poetry, Inspiration and Empowerment Needed: Lifelines Now More Than Ever”

Thursday, May 7, 1pm.

Glenis Redmond was scheduled to present the kenote for Utah’s Mountain West Arts Conference.

The rest of the annual regional arts gathering has been canceled.

However, Redmond will deliver her speech online. Attendance is free.

Please register in advance at HTTPS://BIT.LY/2SLIJU4 For information about Redmond’s address, and to download her poetry writing lesson plans, visit: ARTSANDMUSEUMS.UTAH.GOV/MWAC More about Glenis Remond: WWW.GLENISREDMOND.COM/

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May 2020

IN THE GARDEN

The Neighborhood Resiliency Initiative As gardening interest booms, neighbors find a way to help each other

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ith the COIVD-19 pandemic exposing the vulnerabilities of our global supply systems —trade corridors shutting down, migrant

BY KIM ANGELI workers stuck at borders, large scale farms tilling crops back into the soil and dumping milk—more people are finding the need for greater food resilience. As bread became hard to find, flour began

disappearing from grocery shelves. When yeast disappeared, those with flour (or grain and a grinder) began growing sourdough starters.

Now people are finding out how to access locally

COVID has been a wake-up call that rearranges our values, placing health, family and food at the top of the list. grown and produced food and learning to grow food for themselves.

No question: COVID has been a wake-up call that rearranges our values, placing health, family and food at the top of the list.

Collectively the human consciousness seems to be asking: Where does our food come from?

Where to start?

One swipe at your favorite web search engine can deliver a deluge of information to support gardening efforts.

But

farming skills have been handed down through generations from the dawn of civilization. A mentor for guidance or inspiration can make all the difference.

So if you know Barbarella Roller, you just give her a call.

Barbarella spent much of her life farming in California. She now lives in Rose Park, building the biggest art projects and working on an urban homestead.

As spring emerged and the community hunkered down, the calls began. “If someone reaches out to me, I feel compelled to help,” Barbarella says.

With the amount of interest on the rise, Barbarella set about creating a structure for neighborhood networks much like the one she has with her family in Rose Park.

Perhaps an elderly neighbor has the land and knowledge but needs labor support. Another neighbor has tools that need repair. Down the street, a family has no gardening knowledge, but plenty of hands to dig in the soil.

Resilience: “the ability to prevent disasters and crises as well as to anticipate, absorb, accommodate or recover from them in a timely, efficient and sustainable manner.”

— U.N. Food & Agricultural Organization

What has emerged is the Neighborhood Resiliency Initiative, an effort to increase the local fresh food supply by creating networks in neighborhoods that share the resources needed to grow food. The idea is that when someone takes the time to share their knowledge, follow-through and pride are often the result.

A steering committee was formed. With pandemic orders in place, many offered their extra time. Michael Cundick, Utah Permaculture Guild and Green Party candidate for Salt Lake County Mayor, joined the effort. Michael started a neighborhood network where he lives in Cottonwood Heights, installing gardens in yards near his home.

The steering committee created simple ways to encourage connections and soon after, their website was launched. In the first 24 hours, it had 600 visits. You can sign up as

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“By pooling resources and using land already available, imagine the amount of food that can be grown!” says Barbarella.

Planting a garden signals hope for the future. And yes, you can change the world with something as small as seed. Happy growing! ◆ Kim Angeli is a local foods enthusiast and a board member of Slow Food Utah.

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May 2020

MONEY TALKS

A conversation with Money And now a word from our bookkeeper

BY CAROLYNN BOTTINO Editor’s note: Carolynn Bottino became CATALYST’s bookkeeper in 2014. With a background in nonprofits, she helped guide us through our transition to nonprofit in 2016. She is now a beloved part of the CATALYST family. Carolynn is not your ordinary bookkeeper, as revealed in her 2019 book, The Land of Plenty: A soulpreneur’s guide to finding joy, possibility and abundance through money empowerment. In light of the strong energy of scarcity regarding money for so many of us since mid-March, we invited her to talk to us about our relationship with money.

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had my first breakdown on Wednesday afternoon, March 25. I was sitting at my desk and this overwhelming sadness hit me as I read a simple email from one of my favorite bookkeeping clients: “I have terminated everyone except our managers.”

The tears began to flow, and I couldn’t breathe. This sadness had been lingering just below the surface for about a week.

The breakdown wasn’t because of my own fear, although I did feel afraid. I felt a huge overwhelming wave of sadness for those around me, clients I have worked with for years on the verge of losing everything, and grief knowing what once was will never be the same again.

I have a confession to make. While I might be a bookkeeper on the surface, my intimate relationship with my clients and their money goes much, much deeper.

I am a money healer. I hold space for people and their money. I care for their businesses and their money as if it

were my own, sharing in their successes and helping them strategize and overcome obstacles as they arise. Being an empath, I feel everything around me. Not just for myself, but for the people in my life and even the world around me. I feel the energy of my clients’ money.

I am now watching some of the most epic and horrific plot twists unfold within my clients’ businesses.

It is safe to say I am on the frontline of the fear around money.

As I watch, I try to keep my own fear in check so I don’t get swept away. I feel the fear creeping up as I watch my clients make impossible

Ask yourself, “What else is possible that I’ve never imagined before?”

decisions. Thoughts fly at me in a million directions all at once. If their businesses get swallowed up by the virus, the trickle-down effect will swallow mine up as well.

STOP. Breathe.

It’s all going to be ok.

How do I know this?

I have another confession to make: Money talks to me. Some of you might read this, roll your eyes, and think I’m crazy. And that’s ok. I am probably not for you. But for those of you who are intrigued, please keep reading because I have some very important messages about money to share.

As I was writing The Land of Plenty, a book about money empowerment, I would hike in the hills through my neighborhood each morning and listen to what the Universe had to say to me about money, and what should go into the book. About a week after my book was published, I came across Love Money, Money Loves You,

by Sarah McCrum. The author asked money if it had anything to tell her, and apparently it did. She wrote

69 chapters channeling what money had to say.

As I read the first few pages, my jaw dropped. There was a very familiar voice. It was the voice of money.

The same voice that had been talking to me as I wrote my book.

As the past weeks’ events have unfolded, money has been talking to me. A lot. And part of what it said to me is that I can’t stay quiet. I no longer can hide this gift, worried what people might think. So, consider this my coming out announcement.

What money is saying to me, really loudly, is that lots of people are suffering from fear and scarcity and they need to hear these messages now.

What money is saying to me

Now more than ever, look for the value that is coming to you. know right now?”

Stay calm, breathe.

Be of service.

The rest will fall into place.

Don’t be afraid.

Breathe.

The traditional way of making money may be coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make money or will never have money again. It is ending the cycle to begin anew.

Focus on compassion and love and service.

Now is the time to reflect on what it means to be human. Be human.

Be part of humanity. Humanity is good, and beautiful and full of love.

Now more than ever, look for the value that is coming to you. While actual money exchanging hands may be less, value will become more. You can’t contain what wants to be exchanged and grown and regenerated—you can’t contain nature. It will just look different and that’s ok.

Well, quite a bit, but let’s start with a few highlights: Now is the time for healing. This is the change we have been asking for.

All that is untrue will fall away.

Greed comes from fear, fear comes from greed. It is time to stop this pattern. This was the quickest way to do so.

This is a time that will show people’s compassion. Compassion is what opens people’s hearts to see the light. There is nothing to fear around money. Compassion helps to regenerate money. The more you give, the more there is to spend, the more people are able to thrive.

What can you do right now?

Get silent and still and ask yourOne of the most powerful quesself, “How can I be of service?” tions you can ask right now, for you Money is the result of service. and your money, is “how can I be of service?” This means both paid and “Money, what does the not paid. person reading this need to In the stillness, ask yourself where

you can contribute to creating what will be the new normal.

If you have the resources, contribute funds to help small businesses struggling to keep their doors open—every little bit helps.

Order takeout from restaurants. Support your cherished local businesses and arts groups [and free media!].

Be kind and compassionate to others. Be kind and compassionate to yourself.

Let yourself experience the rollercoaster of emotions. If you start to feel shame and guilt around your money, cut yourself some slack; guilt and shame only create more fear.

Work on your money mindset— understand where the emotions you feel are coming from. Especially in times of crisis, some of these feelings might not even be yours. Are you feeling other people’s panic and fear?

Stories of compassion and people helping others can be a source of comfort and inspiration. Ask yourself, “What else is possible that I’ve never imagined before?”

Sometimes by giving up control and letting things fall apart, you can open space for what is new and build the 2.0 version.

Allowing yourself to be ok with not knowing what comes next may provide the most spectacular and profound moments. It can be uncomfortable, but if you allow yourself to sit in this space, you can see the beauty and possibility around you. ◆ Carolynn Bottino is the founder of the Money Empowerment Project and author of The Land of Plenty. Visit her at WWW.ALL-DETAILS.COM.

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May 2020

Constant Creation + Community =

PROJECT apART

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rom college students to office workers to medical professionals, social isolation has taken its toll. Everyday tasks and line items like commuting to work, cafes, and walking to class are now nostalgic memories for many.

The need for consistent creative outlets and community has never been more crucial to the human experience. During times of significant change, artistic movements have been a pivotal source of imag-

BY JEFFREY WANG

ination, innovation and community. Every pandemic throughout history has redefined the boundaries of artistic expression, such as Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron to employ storytelling during the 14th century’s Black Plague, and Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway to embrace togetherness after surviving the 1918 flu; COVID19 will likely do the same.

Despite our isolation, how do we collectively spark creativity in a time of fear and anxiety? What can

we do to feel less disconnected from ourselves and others? How can we spread light during these dark times?

One solution lies in collective creativity.

To tackle these issues, graphic designer Steph Shotorbani has launched a new creativity experiment derived from her personal experiences. In 2018, Steph challenged herself to create a new piece every day in the form of a design diary.

The process was to reflect and take inspiration from what she learned that day and translate those ideas into a visual form. By sharing those creations to her small creative community daily, she was able to create accountability and consistency.

A year later, Steph realized that this passion project had a tremendous impact on her happiness in life. Steph believes that the constant reflection and creation helped her look at life through a more artistic lens, sparking her creativity every day. However, the one thing missing was the magic of learning from others and connecting to something that was bigger than herself.

In 2019, Steph attended Erik Brandt’s artist talk at the University

Every pandemic throughout history has redefined the boundaries of artistic expression. of Utah. Brandt, a leader in the design community, shared his own passion project. He calls it: Ficciones Typografika. In short, this project was about connecting designers around the world by asking for submissions which he would then print

and wheatpaste to a mini billboard outside of his home in Minnesota.

From Brandt’s story, Steph learned the importance of connecting as a community and how impactful that process can be.

Combining her learned love for constant creation with connection to other makers, Steph created a unifying space to celebrate and connect all types of creatives around the world. Thus, PROJECT apART came to life.

PROJECT apART launched April

15. The new community-engaged artistic initiative celebrates human resiliency through an online artistic community, with an emphasis on connecting with vulnerable and underserved populations. It is powered by the Sorenson Impact Center at the University of Utah where Steph is employed as Senior Graphic Designer. Artists from all backgrounds and mediums contribute to this movement, with prompts being posted on Wednesdays. After each week’s submissions, a new visual prompt is posted, along with the street performers, everyone is invited to take part in this experiment.

"We're coming together and inspiring one another through creation, connection and collaboration," Steph says. "Even during our collective isolation, through the power of creativity together to make something larger than ourselves, we can make social impact. Join us. Go create!" ◆ View all submissions to PROJECT apART at: WWW.PROJECTAPART.ORG/EXPLORE and WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/PROJECTAPART/

“apARTist” of the week. The first week saw 40 participants.

Categories include film, design, fine art, illustration, textiles, culinary, dance, performance, written works, music & sound, three-dimensional, photography, storytelling, experience art, technology, and children (0-14). From Lego enthusiasts to

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Zoom Yoga

YOGA

Maintaining community in quarantine

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hese times of quarantine are challenging us all, one way or another. My yoga studio, Mindful Yoga Collective, has been closed since mid-March, and I’m not sure when we’ll feel safe to open again.

Enter Zoom yoga classes. I’m no tech expert, but fortunately, Zoom is pretty luddite-friendly. As with everything, there are upsides and downsides to teaching remotely.

Overall, online classes have provided a great opportunity to stay in touch with my yoga community.

First, the challenges • Teaching to a screen: Teaching

BY CHARLOTTE BELL yoga while looking at a computer screen is a bit strange. I miss the spontaneity of practicing in a shared space.

• Not seeing students: This is the biggest challenge. When you can’t scan a real-life room and see what students are doing, you can’t help them adjust their poses to avoid misalignment or injury. Fortunately, my students have been practicing long enough that I trust their body awareness.

• Lack of props: I don’t know what props students have in their homes. While most of my students own their own props, some don’t.

So I plan classes around props that people are likely to have or can improvise with throw pillows and blankets.

The advantages: • Consistency: Yoga practice benefits from consistency. Offering online classes at my regular teaching times has given us all the opportunity to stay the course. At a time when our normal lives have been upended, practicing on our regular schedule has provided grounding for my students and me.

• Community: While it’s not the same as sharing physical space, seeing each other on screen gives

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us an opportunity to maintain our connections.

Accessibility: Some of my students travel 10 to 20 miles to come to classes. Practicing at home eliminates travel time and traffic stress. I’ve also invited my sisters and a few friends from out of state to my online classes. Former longtime students who have moved away have been attending.

It’s been lovely to reconnect.

Happiness for homebodies: Some students have told me that they like practicing by themselves in the comfort of their own homes. While I strive to make my classes a non-competitive experience, many people still feel pressure to “perform” when they’re in a group. Zoom classes eliminate this pressure.

Yoga in your PJs: My classes are not known for their adherence to high yoga fashion. But it’s a fact that going out and being among people makes you think a bit more about what you’re wearing. Practicing at home frees you to practice in your jammies.

Animal companions: My cats regularly attend my Zoom classes, and I often see other people’s fourlegged friends walking past their screens. It’s fun for people to introduce fellow students to their animal friends.

All in all, I’m grateful to live in a time when teaching classes remotely is an option. While I miss seeing my students in person, connecting through Zoom is a worthy alternative. ◆ Charlotte Bell has been practicing yoga since 1982.

She is the author of several yoga-related books (most recently, Hip Healthy Asana) and founder of Mindful Yoga Collective in SLC. CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM/

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Psychotherapy and Personal Growth • Abode • Bodywork • Movement Sport • Intuitive Sciences • Health • Spiritual Practice • Psychic Arts ABODE AUTOMOTIVE

Schneider Auto Karosserie 8/20

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. WWW.SCHNEIDERAUTO.NET

DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, ORGANIZATION

Ann Larsen Residential Design

DA 10/20

GREEN PRODUCTS

801.467.6636, 1900 S 300 W, SLC. We offer innovative & earth friendly floors including bam-

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

HOUSING

HEALTH & BODYWORK

Urban Utah Homes & Estates DA 9/20

801.595.8824, 380 W 200 S, #101, SLC. Founded in 2001 by Babs De Lay. WWW.URBANUTAH.COM

DINING Coffee Garden DA

801.604.3721. Specializing in historically sensitive design solutions and adding charm to the ordinary.

WWW.HOUSEWORKS4@YAHOO.COM

Underfoot Floors DA 11/20

boo, 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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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.

Oasis Cafe DA 11/20

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-

ACUPUNCTURE

Alethea Healing Acupuncture5/20

801.988.5898, 2180 E 4500 S, Ste 210-L, Holladay. Relief from acute and chronic pain, stress, anxiety, depression and PTSD. Balance digestive, respiratory, hormonal and reproductive systems. Enhance focus, energy and concentration. Offering acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion and nutrition guidance.

Standard Process Provider. Enhance your winter performance!

Winter hours include weekends.

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Keith Stevens Acupuncture 4/21

801.255.7016, 209.617.7379 (c).

Dr. Keith Stevens, OMD, now located at 870 E 9400 S, Ste. 110 (South Park Medical Complex).

Specializing in chronic pain treatment, stress-related insomnia, fatigue, headaches, sports medicine, traumatic injury and post-operative recovery. Boardcertified for hep-c treatment. National Acupuncture Detox Association (NADA)-certified for treatment of addiction.

Women’s health, menopausal syndromes. WWW.STEVENSACUCLINIC.COM

SLC Qi Community Acupuncture 12/20

801.521.3337, 242 S 400 E Suite B, SLC. Affordable Acupuncture!

Sliding scale rates ($20-40). 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 & more.

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APOTHECARY

Natural Law Apothecary 12/20

801.613.2128. 619 S 600 W Salt Lake's premier 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

AYURVEDA

Maria Radloff, AWC, E-RYT5006/20 480.600.3765. SLC. Ayurveda is the art of longevity and health.

Maria specializes in ayurvedic healing using food choices, lifestyle & routines, herbs and yoga practices. She offers personal ayurvedic consults for preventive health and healing, corporate wellness packages, public workshops and educational events.

WWW.MARIYURVEDA.COM

ENERGY HEALING

Abi J. Bateman, Reiki Master/Teacher

801.859.2513. Body-mind-spiritconnection. Abi has over seven years experience helping her clients achieve deep relaxation, which taps into the body’s natural healing process. Trained in traditional Usui and Holy Fire Reiki, and the healing use of crystals and minerals. Reiki good for life!

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Cynthia Boshard, Reiki Master12/20

801.554.3053. Center for Enhanced Wellness, 2627 E Parleys Way. Calm, balance, relieve stress, and support your body’s natural abilities to heal. Cynthia has 12 years experience in Usui System of Natural Healing. Intuitive aura readings also offered—

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all to support improved health and well-being. WWW.REIKISLC.COM

801.355.6300, 363 S 500 E, Ste. 210, SLC. www.HEALINGMOUNTAINSPA.COM

M.D. PHYSICIANS

HERBAL MEDICINE

Natural Medicne Clinic of Utah10/20

801.448.9990. Utah Medical Cannabis Evaluations by Qualified Medical Providers in Lehi and SLC. Book your appointment today to reach our team of cannabis professionals. We welcome your questions and look forward to assisting anyone suffering from a qualified condition under the Utah medical cannabis program. info@naturalmedicineclinic ofutah.com WWW.NATURALMEDICINECLINICOFUTAH.COM

Todd Mangum, MD, Web of Life Wellness Center 801.531.8340,

770 E. South Temple, Suite #100, SLC. Integrative Family Practitioner utilizing functional medicine for treatment of conditions such as: fatigue, fibromyalgia, digestion, adrenals, hormones, and more. Dr. Mangum recommends diet, supplementation, HRT and other natural remedies in promoting a health-conscious lifestyle. WWW.WEBOFLIFEWC.COM, WWW.THEPEOPLE@WEBOFLIFEWC.COM 2/20

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MISCELLANEOUS ENTERTAINMENT 12/19 Utah Film Center

801.746.7000, 122 Main St, SLC.WWW.U TAH F ILM C ENTER . ORG

LEGAL ASSISTANCE

Schumann Law, Penniann J. Schumann, J.D., LL.M

3/20 DA

801.879.6924. 1555 E Stratford Ave, STE 400, SLC. Embodiment exercises, meditations and principles from Dr. Sue Morter’s book, The Energy Codes, #1 L.A. Times Bestseller. Awaken health potential—grounded in energy medicine, neurobiology, and quantum physics—through EC teachings & exercises. Classes & private sessions available. Community on Facebook at Energy Codes Utah. AFKB@MSN.COM

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 NUTRITION you with creating and impleTeri Underwood RD, MS, menting a plan to meet those CD, IFMCP8/20 goals. WWW.E STATE P LANNING F OR U801-831-6967. Registered DietiTAH . COM tian/Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner. Food-based, Laur Pennock, LPP Family Law3/21 individualized diet plans, high801.726.5447. Need assistance quality nutrition supplements, with your family law matter, but and counseling. Digestion, Diacant’ afford an attorney? A Libetes, Vegans, Cardio-Metabolic, censed Paralegal Practioner Autoimmune, Cancer, Cognitive (LPP) may be just what you are Decline, Food Intolerance, Falooking for. Expert advice and tigue, Weight Loss, Thyroid, personal service at a rate you can Chronic Health Problems, Preafford. Mention this ad for $10.00 ventive Health. off of you rinitial consultation..

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MASSAGE

STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION

801.891.5695. Mary Cain, LMT, YA

801.694.4086, Dan Schmidt, GCFP, LMT. 244 W 700 S, SLC. WWW.O PEN H AND SLC. COM

INSTRUCTION

“Energy Codes” Certified Master Trainer, Kathleen A. Bratcher, LMT

6/20

Agua Alma Aquatic Bodywork 5/20 500, MS Psychology. Relax in a warm pool supported by floats, explore the transformative balancing potential of water massage, likened to Watsu. Enjoy table massage using Transformational Neuromuscular technique, hot stones, Reiki and Yoga. We will find the right bodywork blend to meet your specific needs. Wellness coaching, excellent references. www.F ROM S OURCE TO S OURCE . COM

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YOGA THERAPY

Dana Levy, C-IAYT, M.A. 4/20

419.309.1190. A Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), Dana works through the body, supporting clients with a variety of issues to develop greater awareness of patterns, more effective coping skills, and improved health using not only tools of yoga and meditation, but also modern somatic and embodiment practices.

MEDIA

KRCL 90.9FM DA 801.363.1818, 1971 N Temple, SLC. WWW.KRCL.ORG

REAL ESTATE

Creighton Hart3/20 801.898.3011 Serving: buyers and sellers of agricultural and rural farm properties within Utah. Complete real estate services to guide you throughout the process and nuances of agricultural and rural lands.

Consulting: water rights/shares, perc. tests, soil quality, conservation easments, hemp regualtions and urban home.

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SPACE FOR RENT Space available at Center for Transpersonal Therapy

3/20

801.596.0147 x 41 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

MOVEMENT & MEDITATION MARTIAL ARTS

Red Lotus School of Movement

12/19

801.355.6375, 40 N 800 W, SLC. Established in 1994, Red Lotus School offers traditional-style training in the classical martial arts of T'ai Chi and Wing Chun Kung-fu. Located with Urgyen Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple.

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YOGA INSTRUCTORS

Mindful Yoga: Charlotte Bell DA 1/20

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. WWW.CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM

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

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very day is Groundhog Day for dogs. The same meal, the same treat, the same walk and the same complaining humans. The most amazing thing about dogs is that they tolerate us.

They will discuss this at dog parks as the era of human dystopia.

Like many other non-canines around town I have been spending a lot of time walking the dog, thinking and noticing.

I’m noticing that I hear numbers all day. We are currently obsessed with numbers. One fewer death than yesterday is somehow the light at the end of the tunnel.

In the absence of sports, we are breaking down the COVID-19 stats to into a bracket competition between countries, states and even counties. “Will Cache County make the top 10 best or worst?” I imagine unemployed sports journalists saying. “Stay at home, wash your hands and tune in tomorrow.”

On campus there is one cookie left in the vending machine and nobody is playing team sports.

I’ve been an internet junkie from early days of free AOL disks in the mail every other day. I pride myself in being able to sort through jillibytes of information. However, the noise level of everyone trying to help me out is making want to go back to Morse Code.

Everyone whom I have ever bought a paper clip from and who

BY DENNIS HIMKAMP has my email address is sending messages assuring me of their steadfastness during this time of COVID19 malaise. I truly appreciate the crafted mass mailing sentiment, but unless you want to send me free toilet paper, hand sanitizer or tequila, you are just adding to my stress. This goes double for anybody who wants me to attend their webinar on almost anything. I know you are trying to help, but I already have enough screen time. Just put it on YouTube and I will find it if I want to. Or, better yet, just send thoughts and prayers; they take up no bandwidth.

On campus there is one cookie left in the vending machine and nobody is playing team sports.

None of this can replace a hug and arguing politics in person over a lunch table, but thanks for trying.

Like everyone else, I’m a little on edge. I got in an argument over if lottery tickets in Franklin, Idaho were essential or not. I personally don’t have any more interest in lottery tickets than greyhound races, but I have been going to Franklin, 13 miles across the border, for alcoholic beverages on Sundays for 38 years.

Even though we have all these state boundary COVID-19 things going

on, Cache and Franklin counties have always had a symbiotic economic relationship. Crossing each other’s borders should be declared essential. I’m not sure what the consensus is on Wendover and Montello, but I also enjoy those neighbors as well.

When I escape from the indoor screens, I notice too many things.

The real-world stimulation is now almost too intoxicating.

My least-loved sport of golf now reminds me of normal life. I guess tennis and pickleball would be spacial distance-allowable so long as you don't play doubles and rush the net.

I look up at the sky and see nearly zero aircraft or contrails. I hear squirrels, birds and rustling strange things almost as well as our dog.

I notice a grim biker hunched over his handlebars every morning at the same time on the same route. Of course, I notice him because I am doing my same thing on the same route at the same time every morning. We seek comfort in routine.

My personal numbers: I have spent zero cash in the last six weeks.

Cash just seems suddenly dirty. The little dog rest stop I built at the end of our driveway is going through an epic number of poop bags. I will just assume they are all being used for dog poop, but in these curious times you never know. ◆ Dennis Hinkamp would like to remind you to embrace your inner introvert and continue to stay home.

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PSYCHIC/TAROT READINGS Suzanne Wagner DA

Cynthia Kimberlin-Flanders, LPC 10/20

PSYCHOTHERAPY & PERSONAL GROWTH

801.231.5916. 1399 S. 700 E., Ste. 15, SLC. Feeling out of sorts? Tell your story in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Over 21 years specializing in recovery from covert narcissistic abuse, 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.

HYPNOSIS

Healing Pathways Therapy Center 3/21

707.354.1019. An inspirational speaker and healer, she also teaches Numerology, Palmistry, Tarot and Channeling. WWW.S UZ WAG NER . COM

Rise Up Hypnosis 4/20

808.755.5224. SLC. Jennifer Van Gorp, QHHT. Past life hypnosis that is truly empowering.

Allows the client to realize that they hold the key to every lock they've carried with them and provides the clarity to unlock it.

One-on-one and group sessions available.

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THERAPY/COUNSELING

Big Heart Healing, Dr. Paul Thielking

801.413.8978. SLC. Helping people on the path of personal growth, healing, and selfdiscovery. Through workshops and retreats, Dr. Thielking utilizes what he has learned as a psychiatrist, Zen student, and Big Mind facilitator to help others to experience a deeper sense of meaning, fulfillment, and joy in life.

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435.248.2089. 4465 S. 900 E. Ste 150, Millcreek & 1881 N. 1120 W. Provo. Integrated counseling and neurofeedback 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, Neurofeedback, EFT, Mindfulness, and Feminist/Multicultural. Info@PathwaysUtah.COM WWW.HEALINGPATHWAYSTHERAPY.COM

Mountain Lotus Counseling4/20

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

Depth psychotherapy and transformational services for individuals, relation-ships, groups and communities. WWW.MOUNTAINLOTUSCOUNSELING.COM

Natalie Herndon, PhD, CMHC 7/20

801.657.3330. 9071 S 1300 W, Suite 100, West Jordan. 15+ years experience specializ-

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Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry

4/20 801.631.8426. 76 S. Main St., #6, Moab.

Seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. Sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy and meditation with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem behavior. Specializes in treating identity crises, and bipolar disorders. Sees patients in person in Provo and Moab. Taking phone appointments.

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SHAMANIC PRACTICE

Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW 3/ 20

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.

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APPAREL, GIFTS & TREASURES Blue Boutique 10/20DA

801.487.1807, 1383 S. 2100 E., SLC. Shopping Made Sexy since 1987.

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Dancing Cranes Imports DA8/20

801.486.1129, 673 E. Simpson Ave., SLC. Jewelry, clothing, incense, ethnic art, pottery, candles, chimes and much more!

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options you need to reach your optimum health. Certified professionals also offer private consultations.

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SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

Golden Braid Books DA 11/20

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

iconoCLAD—We Sell Your Previously Rocked Stuff & You Keep 50% 801.833.2272. 414 E

300 S, SLC. New and previously rocked (aka, consigned) men’s and women’s fashion, summer festival gear and locally made jewelry, clothing, crafts and decor. M-Sat 11a9p, Sun 1p-6p. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter @iconoCLAD to see new inventory before someone beats you to it! WWW.I CONO CLAD. COM 3/20

Turiya’s Gifts8/20 DA

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Accept help from others now; build inner strength to withstand storms on horizon

BY SUZANNE WAGNER Osho ZenTarot: Stress, We are the World, The Dream Medicine Cards: Spider, Hummingbird, Porcupine Mayan Oracle:Men, New Myth, Complex Stability Ancient EgyptianTarot: Prince of Wands, Justice, Ten of Cups Aleister Crowley Deck: Ruin, Futility, Ace of Wands Healing Earth Tarot: Four of Crystals, Grandmother of Rainbows, Death Words ofTruth: Disappointment, Inappropriate Relationship, Resolution

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he astrology will continue to intensify as we move into the summer. Things that were once familiar will feel as if they have died. We walk in an unfamiliar world where the old rules no longer apply and uncertainty is the dominant state of being.

The key is to know how to handle such stress: Understand now that you will not be able to do it alone.

You will need the help of others.

That is why all forms of healing are inclusive. It should seem obvious that to heal, you need more than just yourself.

Sometimes you might need the Divine to help. That is where insight to guides and angels is essential.

Other times your soul needs con-

nection and literal physical energy common good, there will be no in order to heal. That is where all stopping us. Deep inside each perhealers come into great demand. son is a good soul who is searching There are moments when you do for its own goodness and for ways to not have enough of your own life express that in the world.

We may not have the skills to do it force energy to heal and you need more energy than you presently well or with finesse. We may be compelled by something have in your body. within that believes what Then there are moLearn to feel we seek externally is what ments when you just need to be heard, to be into what it will fulfill us internally.

However, it’s really the witnessed and fully felt. means to other way around.

You need the heart conThis month realize that nection and under- co-exist with when you first seek within standing from someone who deeply loves and everyone and yourself, you will attract cares for you. everything in those people who want to create a similar manifestaThis month, notice this world. tion. You may have to let what type of healing is go of needing a “special” calling to you and then actively go in that direction. You do title. But realize that nothing of not have to do this alone. You have greatness was accomplished alone.

May begins a set of waves that inothers who understand and know what you are feeling. Learn to let dicate a huge storm is on the horiothers in. Learn to feel into what it zon. If you are perceptive, you may means to co-exist with everyone have seen this coming for a while.

The cards indicate that something and everything in this world. It could be something that saves you has been woven in time and space: a web of deception. We seek signs on many levels.

So this month is complicated— for the direction of resolution, but complex enough that you finally see nothing. No indications, no know you can’t do it alone. So be- signs, no clarity.

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May 1 Average temperatures today: high 67º, low 45º. Sunrise: 6:25am. Sunset: 8:24pm.

May 2 Stuck in the house with a well-stocked pantry but out of ketchup?

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May 4 S t a r Wars Day. Why today? In 2005

a German news TV channel mistranslated the famous “May the force be with you” quote as "We are with you on May 4th." Movie marathon, anyone? Or practice your laser sword moves.

May 5 Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower (pre-dawn; may also be visible yesterday and tomorrow). The Eta Aquarids is an above-average shower, with about 30 meteors per hour in the northern hemisphere, though tonight’s nearly full moon will be an impediment. The shower, produced by dust particles left behind by comet Halley, has been observed since ancient times. Meteors will radiate from the constellation Aquarius but can appear anywhere in the sky.

May 6 You are not alone; and the global iNaturalist citizen science project Never Home Alone: The Wild Life of Homes is

proving it. What’s in your house?

Look in light fixtures, cellars, attics, windowsills and potted plants. Draw a picture of the bugs you find; a magnifying glass or hand lens is handy. Or capture with a macro lens on your camera or phone. For the really obsessed: Get a 400x microscope and investigate your own face mites. HTTPS://BIT.LY/3CU20DX May 7 SUPERMOON | FULL MOON at 4:45am. May’s full moon was known by early Native American tribes as the Full Flower Moon because of spring flowers appearing in abundance. This is also the last of four supermoons for 2020. The Moon will be at its closest approach to Earth and may look slightly larger and brighter than usual.

May 8 Those wool dryer balls really do work, reducing drying time, wrinkles and static. They typically last two to five years. If they still look decent, you can revive their power by washing them in hot water on a gentle cycle, then drying on high heat. WWW.FRIENDSHEEPWOOL.COM May 9 Want to plant a better park strip? Improve your existing landscape, waterwise? Purchase a “smart controller” or upgrade your old toilet? UtahWaterSavers.com offers free consultations and rebates.

May 10 Nasturtiums are fast and easy to grow. If you like the peppery tang of its relative, watercress, you’ll want to eat these nutritious flowers and leaves as well. They come in bush, trailing and climbing varieties.

They like sun and water but can tolerate poor soil. Best to start them from seed.

HTTPS://BIT.LY/3AEGP5X May 11 The go-to pets for 1950s

kids were Sea-Monkeys, advertised as “instant life” in comic books. Really they were brine shrimp. The patented creature is similar to our Great Salt Lake Artemia but was created in a lab and does not exist in nature. HTTPS://BIT.LY/2YNFQXO May 12 Today is International Nurse's Day and the birthday of Florence Nightingale, born in Italy in 1820. A Brit who founded modern nursing, she was a social reformer and, by training, a statistician. She died in 1910.

May 13 Teach your children the Chicken Dance. Because someday, there will be wedding gatherings again, and they will need to know this. I viewed many tutorials on your behalf and judge this version, taught by two enthusiastic kids, the best. Complete with shelves of books in the background, you'd swear the 2013 video was made last week. HTTPS://BIT.LY/3AH8G0J

County's 22nd annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival, an event we look forward to each year, which was to have begun today.

May 15 Robins nest in trees. Swallows build their mud nests in eaves.

Babies are hatching now, and sometimes they fall out. If the baby is featherless and you can see and reach the nest, put it back. If you can’t, place it nearby, out of harm’s way if possible. The parents will find it. If it has feathers and is hopping around, leave it alone. The parents are probably still watching and feeding it. HTTPS://BIT.LY/3BMAING May 16 Take a hike on the Poetry Path. Look for excerpts of poems engraved on boulders along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail near the Natural History Museum of Utah.

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May 17 Who gardens? Everybody!

A 2019 National Gardening Survey May 14 “Imagine, shows that the number of Millennial for a moment, slamgardeners is the fastest-growming your face into a ing demographic, now equaling Gen Xers, Baby Boomers and brick beyond.

Altowall going 16 gether we miles per hour. This self-despent more structive (and foolish) act would rethan $52 quire you to exert about 1,200 g of b i l lion on force. Yet, a woodpecker exerts the our gardens in 2018. same force up to 20 times per sec- May 18 If the earthquake and its ond, and as many as 12,000 times tremors have you thinking more per day, pounding its head into about preparedness, check out the trees!” That’s a partial description of apps that allow you to text and talk a workshop by woodpecker special- without electricity or internet conist and Peterson Guide author Steve nection—essentially turning your Shunk titled "Tongues, Toes and Tales of Utah Woodpeckers” at Davis Continued on next page

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phone into a walkie-talkie within short range. Also useful at festivals, rallies and other mass gatherings, though no time soon: HTTPS://BIT.LY/2Y3FKLH May 19 Want to help the hummers? Make nectar!

I know this sounds counterintuitive but refined white sugar is the healthier option, at least in your hummingbird feeders.

(Planting hummer-friendly flowers is the healthiest.) According to Audubon Society, “Honey can promote dangerous fungal growth. Organic, natural and raw sugars contain levels of iron that could be harmful.” The plain white stuff closely mimics the chemical composition of flower nectar. Join a citizen science group to help learn more about hummingbirds and how to protect them: WWW.HUMMINGBIRDSATHOME.ORG/ May 20 Great news for anyone interested in family history: The US National Archives records are now available for free on Ancestry.

Could be something cool in there—it's quite the treasure hunt. (Courtesy of Lauren Singer Katz)

www.ancestry.com/cs/nara May 21 Hungry for music that your current online-sourced algorithm has not yet delivered? Check out New Sounds, a production of New York Public Radio. Right now I’m listening to episode #4356, “Broadcasting From Home”—music from

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the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Argentine singer-producer Juana Molina, Russian sound sculptor Kate NV, and fingerstyle guitar from Senegal by Tidiane T h i a m . www.NewSounds.org May 22 NEW MOON at 11:39am. What will you begin today?

May 23 Comfrey is a “dynamic accumulator”—the tap root pulls up nutrients from deep in the soil and enriches the leaves. The hardy perennial, available at most nurseries, grows enthusiastically in the SLC area. Its fuzzy foot-long leaves can be harvested throughout the growing season. Use in the garden as a compost activator, to improve compacted soil or to make liquid fertilizer. Leaves are loaded with allantoin, found in fancy wrinkle creams. For a cleansing oil and dry skin conditioner, pack as many comfrey leaves as possible into a jar containing a cup of almond oil; seal and steep in a warm place for a few weeks, shaking regularly; strain.

HTTPS://BIT.LY/3AGLMRY May 24 You’ll find the leaves and berries of sea buckthorn (aka sea berry) mostly in skincare products and now in the commercial food market as a healthy additive—it tastes tropical and has more vitamin C than citrus but comes from the forest. Best news: Sea berries can grow in Utah!

This vigorous salt/drought/cold-tolerant pest-free nitrogen-fixing shrub needs good drainage (slopes are great), full sun. One male serv-

ices up to eight female plants.

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May 25 “In every gardener there’s a child who believes in the Seed Fairy.” — Robert Brault May 26 “If all you did was just looked for things to appreciate, you would live a joyously spectacular life.” Esther (Abraham) Hicks May 27 How to tell a butterfly from a moth: If wings at rest are perpendicular to the ground, and the body is smooth and slender, it’s a butterfly. Horizontally positioned wings on a fat, fuzzy body? That’s a moth.

May 28 Drink your tea or coffee to enhance alertness, mood and concentration. But when it comes to creativity, don’t count on caffeine (www.ScienceDirect.com, March 2020). Better bets: meditation, sleep and fresh air.

May 29 Can you identify the herbs in your yard or neighborhood?

Common plants you might see: mints (including lemon balm and catnip), sage, feverfew, Jupiter’s beard, dandelion, dock, chicory, violets, comfrey, clover and, of course, lavender.

May 30 We’re all about planting lots of sweet alyssum—hardy in Utah’s hot sun and cool falls. Besides smelling heavenly, it attracts “good” bugs (the ones that eat the “bad” bugs).

May 31 Average temps today: high 77º, low 54º. Sunrise: 5:58am.

Sunset: 8:52pm. ◆ Greta Belanger deJong is editor and founder of CATALYST. Gretchen@CatalystMagazine.net

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