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arch can be a funny month in Jackson, there can be years when the weather feels like more like January, and years when it feels more like April. Or, we can go back and forth, week-to-week, from what feels like winter to what feels like spring. Average precipitation in March is just a little more than the average precipitation in February and April, with 1.23 inches.

Snowfall is usually a little less than February and more than April, with around 11 inches in town for the month of March.

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During this first week of March we typically don’t see too many days that get below zero anymore. Certainly not 30 below zero temperatures. However, back in the 1950’s and 1960’s, in particular, we set some record low temperatures that still stand today. The coldest temperature this week was 32-degrees below zero, set back on March 4th, 1966. The high temperature that afternoon only made it to 8-degrees above zero, which was also a record.

Oddly enough, the highest temperature ever recorded in Jackson during this week happened on the same date that the record low temperature occurred, but in a different year. On March 4th, 1994 the official thermometer reached 56-degrees in town. That actually tied the record high for this first week in March, it also reached 56-degrees on March 6th, back in 1934. Just as hot in Jackson in March 60 years earlier than it was in 1994.

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GUEST OPINION Erasing Divisive Lines While national politics are rife with displays of hate, Jackson Hole has an opportunity to be different.

BY CRAIG BENJAMIN

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ast week I did something profoundly disturbing.

Something that bothered me to the depths of my soul.

I thought it would be fun to write a piece showing what Donald Trump would say if he ran for Mayor of Jackson.

I spent a few hours breaking down his narrative structure and reading through his stump speeches. Then I put together a draft that mashed up Jackson issues into Trump-speak. I replaced President Obama with Mayor Flitner, Obamacare with the Budge Drive landslide, Benghazi with the Grove, illegal immigrants with people who can’t afford to live here, China with Teton Village, and Islamic terrorists with eco-terrorists.

It wasn't funny. It was horrifying. Trump’s story structure is frighteningly well crafted. It appeals to our most primal instincts; it's almost reptilian. It’s hate speech. I couldn’t stop thinking, is a demagogue really about to become the Presidential nominee from a major political party? Isn’t America better than this? And how on earth did we get to this point?

I realized that while people have sowed seeds of discord for decades, it’s arguable the tipping point occurred in 2008 when John McCain selected Sarah Palin as his running mate and she unleashed an explosion of hate-filled animosity.

Palin accused then-candidate for President Barack Obama of “palling around with terrorists” and called him a socialist.

She said that only certain parts of our country are “pro-America.” At her rallies she stoked the hate. Supporters wore T-shirts and carried signs calling Obama a communist and shouted things like “kill him” or “off with his head.” No one discouraged this disgraceful behavior.

To McCain’s credit, when a woman at a Town Hall meeting

in Minnesota called Obama an Arab (implying it as an insult), McCain said that wasn’t so, noting that he respected Obama and his accomplishments. The crowd booed, shouting “terrorist” and “liar.” The hate Palin had unleashed couldn’t be put back into its box.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” President Obama momentarily forgot this sage wisdom when speaking about the plight of folks in small-town Pennsylvania while campaigning.

Playing right into the boiling identity war, he said “...it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them...” This only fueled the hate fire.

Things got worse when Obama took office. While delivering a speech to a joint-session of Congress in 2009, President Obama was heckled by Congressman Joe Wilson, who shouted, “You lie!” While Wilson apologized for this outburst, he received a surge in campaign contributions and went on to handily win his next election. At a 2009 rally protesting Obamacare at the Capitol called by Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota, protesters called President Obama a traitor and shouted, “Nazis!

Nazis!” Instead of discouraging this deplorable behavior, Speaker of the House John Boehner joined in, calling President Obama the “greatest threat to freedom I have seen.”

Imagine a member of the Jackson Town Council yelling, “You lie!” while Mayor Flitner gave a speech. Consider if another councilor called her the “greatest threat to freedom I have seen.” Think about how we would stand up and discourage that type of divisive rhetoric. Wouldn’t we?

I could go on for pages with examples from people across the political spectrum, but once you unleash the hate monster, it’s nearly impossible to get it back in its cage.

All of this has led to this moment, where instead of this presidential election serving as an opportunity for a national conversation about how we can come together to address the big challenges we face, we have a xenophobic, misogynistic, bigoted demagogue poised to become the nominee from a major political party based on a campaign of bully tactics and name-calling. All of this should serve as a warning to us here in Jackson Hole.

Recently, a number of people in our community have been

planting seeds of hate that could grow into something awful.

A local resident called a government agency “a giant bag of shit” and called for the removal of the “two biggest blockheads” volunteering their time on the board of this agency.

At a meeting about downtown zoning, a former elected representative claimed the decision of the Town Council and Board of County Commissioners would “kill” and “strangle” town. Some people tried to discourage citizens from respectfully participating in our democracy by disparaging them with derogatory labels like “protesters” or calling their active participation a “boycott” (the opposite of participation). A local conservationist claimed proponents of legislation he opposes “seem to want to conquer everything like dogs running feral across the landscape.”

Let’s be clear—these examples are relatively tame compared to what’s happening in the national sphere, but they are the first steps on a slippery slope toward unleashing the hate monster. Where are the calls for civility? Why aren’t we standing up to these people and calling out their behavior? Aren’t we better than this?

Look, we’re going to have passionate disagreements about local issues because they matter greatly in shaping the future of our community. Here’s the thing: Wouldn’t it be better if instead of spending our time slicing up our community into different identity categories, we focused on bringing people together in support of a shared vision of a better future? Yes, we’re going to have disagreements about both our vision of a better future and the best way to achieve our desired vision, but we can agree to disagree in a civil manner and treat each other with respect.

The challenges we face are too big to waste time playing the politics of polarization.

Unlike snow and adolescence, this problem won’t go away if we ignore it. It’s time to take control of our civic discourse and uproot the seeds of hate. The next time you hear someone disparage your friend and neighbor, make inflammatory personal attacks, or discourage people from exercising their duty as an American to participate in our democracy—rise up and tell them you won’t stand for it. We are better than this, Jackson Hole. Let’s start acting like it. PJH Craig Benjamin is the executive director of the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance.

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“Why aren’t we standing up to these people and calling out their behaviors?”

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March has arrived and it feels more like shoulder season than it does winter. We’ve seen every kind of weather pattern possible— sun, snow, rain and that mixed rain/snow that we all love.

Up in the higher elevations it has been a different story, however. As we near spring, which brings steadily rising temperatures and longer days, the snowpack is becoming more stable while, unfortunately, the sun is slowly melting the snow depth.

On Saturday, for fear of not getting a parking spot at Coal Creek, we set out to ski Taylor maybe a little early. The skin up was dreadful and any open face was mostly icy with a few pockets of sun-affected-muck creating a slick skin track. On the way down, we skied ice the entire way with a few pockets of soft, spring-like snow in tree-sheltered areas. If we waited a few hours, the ski might have been more enjoyable, as the largest accumulation of snow fell during that day totaling

about seven inches. Sunday was much better, as the snow had time to settle but I did find that the new snow could easily slide on steeper slopes, while snow on low angle slopes held on.

Keep in mind that new snow has been falling with high moisture content or as grapple, making it less adhesive to the bed surface. This means the snow that is formed into pocketed wind slabs across the range may be easily triggered. Remain cognizant of what is above you, as you could be skiing under what many call “hang fire,” or snow that is formed as a cornice or snow sticking to a steep slope above you just waiting for a trigger. I would not suspect these pockets to be very deep but they could certainly knock you off your horse and take you for a ride. That said, be mindful of terrain traps—trees, rocks, cliffs, etc.—that you ski above as this hang fire could sweep you into those.

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f the 63rd Legislative Session is all about the budget then all eyes are on Governor Matt Mead’s desk, where the proposed 2017-18 budget bill was delivered Monday.

The agreement calls for deep cuts including $36 million slashed from K-12 education funding (down from $46 million originally proposed by the Joint Appropriations Committee).

Social services were also hard hit.

Lawmakers voted to defund the state’s $8.2 million tax rebate program for elderly or disabled residents and the $3.2 million Wyoming Family Literacy program. Another $2.2 million was trimmed from a program that assists low-income citizens with heating and energy bills.

The budget agreement was approved Monday on a 38-21 vote in the House. Reps.

Ruth Ann Petroff and Andy Schwartz voted to approve. Rep. Marti Halverson was on the nay side. The Senate moved the budget along with a 22-8 vote. Sen. Leland Christensen was with the majority vote.

Mead is expected to make his decisions before Friday so the Legislature will have time to react to any of his potential changes.

Mead can sign it as is, veto it, or line-item delete certain portions.

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Medicaid expansion continues to go nowhere in Wyoming. Despite the governor’s change of heart on accepting federal money and expanding Medicaid to an estimated

Back where it all began: Wyoming Legislature kicked off Dec. 7, 2015 with the governor’s presentation of the 2017-18 budget request to the Joint Appropriations Committee.

20,000 low-income citizens, lawmakers have stood in firm opposition. Accusations that legislators are using the politically charged issue to stump party lines have done little to affect voting.

A workaround bill (Senate File 86) died on the State House Monday. Sen. Charles Scott, R-Casper, proposed the state design its own form of Medicaid under the guidance of the Legislature’s Management Council (LMC).

The bill was problematic from the get-go with many lawmakers opposed to a provision that would bar the state from even considering ACA Medicaid for two years while the LMC worked things out.

Mead signed SF46 into law to begin this week. It was the first piece of legislation to make it across his desk successfully. Last year, Mead vetoed the civil assets forfeiture bill that would have reformed state rules that allow police to seize and auction cash, cars and other property of people suspected in drug crimes whether or not they were convicted or even charged in court.

The bill’s sponsor, former law enforcement officer Sen. Leland Christensen said last year he was stunned when the senate file was shot down by Mead. This session’s version was a compromise worked out after the Wyoming Attorney General’s office cooperated with the Judiciary Committee to come up with a bill that would still allow law enforcement agencies to use what they call an effective tool in taking the profits out of the drug trade. Mead has said all along he did not think the current law was abused in Wyoming.

Both sides called the reworked bill an example of “model legislation.”

Other high-profile bills The House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee endorsed a bill that would help Wyoming realize a financial return on state land held within Grand Teton National Park. SF88 sets terms for the sale of two 640-acre parcels for $92 million to the federal government. State and federal officials have bickered over differing land appraisals in recent years.

Currently, Wyoming earns a mere $1,800

a year in grazing fees from the parcels.

The bill passed the Senate, 30-0, and was passed to the House Floor on Monday by committee approval, 6-2, with Reps. Petroff and Schwartz leading the way on the Travel Committee vote.

Though the House was gung-ho on the right to carry arms into state or local government meetings, HB86 stalled in the Senate.

The bill to repeal restrictions on the state’s concealed carry laws failed to receive any interest from senators and was killed Friday.

A bill that would have made the possession of three ounces of edible marijuana a felony in Wyoming, SF 96, died in the Legislature Monday. Possession of a pot brownie, and other confections that weigh in at three ounces or less, remain a misdemeanor offense after the House Judiciary Committee stripped the bill of its felony provision.

The more obscure

Attempts to tinker with the K-12 statewide assessment program have been moving along. House Bill 19 would make some modifications including a mandate that no more than 1 percent of pupil-teacher contact time be spent on actually taking the test.

The bill passed the House, 45-13, with Reps.

Petroff and Schwartz for and Rep. Halverson opposed. It faces one more vote in the Senate.

Basketball legend Kenny Sailors will get his due. The Senate gave final approval Monday to a joint resolution recognizing the Wyoming b-baller’s contribution to the game. Sailors died January 30. He is credited by most with “inventing” the modern day jump shot while playing for UW. The House approved a bill Monday that would allow home brewers to bring their beer or wine to festivals and concerts. The Senate had already approved the measure but now must sign off on amendments made in the House.

After passing the Senate, the governor will now be asked to sign a bill that would waive lifetime small game hunting and fishing fees for Purple Heart recipients. PJH

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Cat Culture

NEWS OF THE

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Longtime National Symphony cellist David Teie announced in November that his crowdfunding project was hugely successful, freeing him to produce an album of music meaningful to cats. (Cats, for example, relax in response to the earliest sound of their mother’s purring, which Teie clocked at 23 harp notes a second.) Teie’s work, according to an October Washington Post feature, includes examining waveforms of real-time purrs and creating an organ sound to mimic the opening and closing of a cat’s vocal chords. His KickStarter pitch raised so much money that he might also try creating music for bored zoo elephants or stressed-out whales. In tests, cats responded well to Teie’s music, according to a 2015 journal article (but with less curiosity at the Washington cat cafe Crumbs & Whiskers).

Leading Economic Indicators

Amazon.com has riled up Buddhist temples in Japan, according to a January Associated Press dispatch, by offering traveling monks rentable online to conduct funerals and other rituals. The monk would go to a home, grave or funeral home, at fees and upgrades ranging from the equivalent of $300 to about $8,500.

(Many of Japan’s 75,000 Buddhist temples are struggling financially and destined to close. Complained a spokesman for the Japan Buddhist Association, what Amazon is facilitating “is allowed in no other country in the world.”) n In February, Gawker.com introduced the semi-serious Lube Crude Index as a poignant indicator of how far the price of oil has fallen. Comparing the world price of a standard 42-gallon barrel of crude (about $31) with that of a 55-gallon barrel of Passion Natural Water-Based Lubricant (retailing as, when packaged in smaller quantities, a sexual aid) shows that “sex lube” is more valuable than crude oil by a factor of 28—a barrel’s worth of the lube recently priced at $1,175 versus crude’s barrel-adjusted $41. As recently as June 2014, the Lube Crude Index was near 1. (Gawker reported that only two actual barrels of Passion Natural could be found and that the price would likely rise further if one of them were sold.)

Unclear on the Concept

Angel Rivera, 49, was arrested in December in Orlando, Fla., on allegations that he punched a child in the face because the boy was not getting dressed for church fast enough. (The boy was wearing an ankle brace, which slowed him down.) n Ryan Dailey, 28, was arrested in Las Cruces, N.M., in February on several charges after, police said, he beat his mother by pounding her with a Bible. His explanation, police said, was that when he asked her who her soul belonged to, she repeatedly declined to answer.

Who Knew?

The much-maligned pigeon was recently found by researchers to be as skilled as humans at distinguishing between slides of benign versus malignant human breast tissue. Writing in the journal PLOS ONE, specialists from the University of Iowa and University of California, Davis lauded the birds’ processing of color, contrast, brightness and image compression, marveling that pigeons see more wavelengths of light than humans, even though their brains are one-thousandth the size.

(Birds are already known to distinguish “hostile” humans in celebrated dive-pecking incidents.)

Police Report

A near-certain robbery of the PNC Bank in Zebulon, N.C., on Jan. 28 was prevented, with employees treated to an almost-slapstick scene in which the bank manager kept the suspect outside by winning a tug-of-war for

By CHUCK SHEPHERD control of the front door. The manager had grabbed the door after noticing an armed, masked man approaching from the parking lot just after the bank opened. (The frustrated perp fled empty-handed, but was at large.)

Awkward Moments Ahead in Lockup

Joel Sloan, 51, was booked into jail for DUI by a sheriff’s deputy in Birmingham, Ala., in February. Sloan was dressed head-to-toe as a clown. (No explanation was offered.) n Vaughn Tucker, 23, was booked into jail in Tulsa, Okla., in February on drug charges. He was wearing a T-shirt with large lettering on the front: “I Would Cuddle You So Hard.”

Didn’t Think It Through

The robbers of the electronics store Compucell in Springfield, Mass., in December came up empty, but are still at large. A man with a gun jumped the counter and demanded that the employee give him money from the locked cash register. The gunman moved to the back door to let in his accomplice, but that merely allowed the employee and two customers to run out the front door, and the accomplice fled, too, sensing that, with no one to unlock the register, the “robbery” was going nowhere.

Perspective

American hunters are so trophy-kill-obsessed that, in the decade ending in 2014 (according to Humane Society figures), they averaged nine imported carcasses a day among the “Big Five” African species (lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos and African buffalo)—most of which require special U.S. and foreign permits, with “conservation” conditions. Some countries endanger their own dwindling herds just to sell the lucrative permits, and South Africa even offers 150 captive lions a year to make trophy kills easier. (Total hunting imports of all animal trophies averaged 345 a day, mostly from Canada and Mexico.)

The Litigious Society (Foreign)

Chandan Kumar Singh told BBC News in February that his recent lawsuit against the Hindu god Ram was provoked by Ram’s mistreatment of his wife in spiritual lore. Said Singh, “(W)e cannot talk about respecting women in modern day India when we know that one of our most revered gods did not treat his own wife with respect.” Singh thus wants a court to tell the god to acknowledge he was wrong. n After news reports of a male Siberian tiger being playful with a male goat (ordinarily, a tiger’s meal) in a Russian safari park, lawyer Alexei Krestyanov pressured the local prosecutor in February to embargo further announcements, claiming that such coverage harmed children by provoking “interest in non-traditional sexual relations.”

People With Issues

Police in Austin, Texas, said in February they had received several complaints (KEYE-TV reported “dozens”) from women about a man who approaches them in public genially, but then turns aggressive and tries to stomp their feet (in one case, telling the woman it was “normal” behavior for him). (The suspect apparently has only little in common with the Arkansas recidivist who holds the record for multiple appearances in News of the Weird—who merely fondles and sucks women’s toes, although without their consent and sometimes after forcefully grabbing the foot.)

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May 17, 2015. The call came in early that Sunday morning: Avalanche.

Four skiers were caught in a wet slide on Mount Moran’s Sickle Couloir. It was bad. That’s all Ludwig and the crew knew when they lifted off the pad. Ludwig fought high winds and snow squalls just to get to the Jenny Lake Rescue

The long and short of an air rescue

Short hauling is the most dangerous operation a rescue team performs.

“Short haul is a nice tool to have but it is almost like our last resource because it is somewhat high risk,” Ludwig said.

The procedure involves a short hauler hooked to a 150foot line below the helicopter, attached via what hot shots refer to as a “God” ring. Some situations call for a 250-foot rope. With help from a spotter, who covers the pilot’s blind

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To the rescue

Cache in Lupine Meadows near the base of Teewinot Mountain. She set down there and waited for an update.

“We finally received word from dispatch: At least one critical. Time was a factor,” remembered Leigh who was flying spotter along with short hauler Jake Urban. “We had marginal flying conditions due to snow, sleet, squirrelly winds and low clouds. Our window of opportunity was tight, and we were looking at a 10-minute flight up to 9,500 feet.

IC (Incident Command) said it was our call.”

Everyone looked at Ludwig. When Leigh and Urban assured her they were OK with whatever she decided, Ludwig checked her fuel gauge, glanced at her watch, and peered out through the bubble window at a dropping ceiling of dark gray clouds. “Let’s go,” she said, “swoop and scoop.”

“Once on scene, Jake did a hot hookup with the patient,” Leigh said. “Nicole had to hold the hover within 1 or 2 feet for almost a minute. We bounced like a cork in the ocean but Jake never had more than a foot of slack in that line— dangling 150 feet below us! It was incredible precision flying considering the winds, flat light and low ceiling.”

Ludwig flew out the bodies of Luke Lynch and Stephen Adamson that day, returning to rescue Brook Yeomans and Zahan Billimoria minutes later.

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o rescue helicopters have a hover button?” asked Billy G., an online blogger in response to a scene in the action movie “San Andreas” where Dwayne Johnson puts his chopper in auto-hover and performs his own short haul rappel rescue.

Yes, Billy, there is a “hover button.” In the Bell 407, used

by Teton County Search and Rescue (SAR), it’s called the Nicole Ludwig. And she says don’t believe everything you see in Hollywood movies.

Ludwig, 45, is the heli pilot on contract with SAR for the past six winter seasons. If the search and rescue helicopter had a “hover button” SAR team members wouldn’t trust it.

Instead, they choose to put their confidence, their lives, in the skillful hands of the Swiss-born ace who can hold 3,000-pounds of aircraft in place at the edge of a cliff. In howling winds. In a whiteout. At 10,000 feet above sea level.

Imagine a crackerjack trucker who hauls a payload thousands of miles across crowded interstate highways and then must back an 18-wheeler into a tight loading dock.

Now multiply that by a hundred. One mistake up here and someone is not coming home to their family.

“I don’t fly on luck. In the Tetons, there is no playing around. You get one fatal mistake in your career,” Ludwig said. “Pilots in rescue operations always want to help but you have to weigh that with risking your life and the team’s lives. It’s happened where we’ve had to turn around and leave someone out for the night. I don’t like to do that. I don’t sleep well that night. I’ve also pushed the envelope to a degree, but I always have to be able to answer to myself: Can I bring everyone back home safely? I know I want to come home.”

Rescuers like Tim Ciocarlan, Chris Leigh, and Jenn Sparks have abiding faith in Ludwig. They use words like “precise,” “reliable,” and “devoted” when describing their top flyer. Ludwig’s calm demeanor instantly abates any uncertainty over a difficult or dangerous mission. As team members scramble at the hangar after receiving a distress call, they work through a “go/no-go” checklist. It’s organized chaos and they’re rolling heavy. Gear is assembled and loaded. Radios squawk. Ludwig makes a last minute check of the weather, studies satellite imagery of the terrain, and locks in GPS coordinates.

When lives are on the line, SAR members fall back on their countless hours of training. The urgency and adrenaline have to be managed. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. As the chopper warms up on the helipad, Ludwig will ask each member one question: “Good to go?”

But it’s her answer team members hang on. Can she do it?

“Yeah, let’s go,” Ludwig will say in her Swiss-German accent. Just about every time. “I don’t remember a time when I was on the pad with rotors spinning and decided not to go. I will always try,” Ludwig said. “But I check with everybody. Any member of the crew can say no to flying.

We are always looking at the big picture. How serious is the injury? How many people will we put in danger?”

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sides by sticking his head out a doorless frame in the back, Ludwig flies half on visual/instruments, half on gut instinct, listening to the short hauler’s radio communication as she lowers him into place.

With a downdraft blast of swirling, wind-blown snow obscuring visibility, the radio exchange is crucial. A short hauler keys his radio when he’s an estimated 50 feet from the ground. “Five-zero,” he reports.

“Copy, five-zero,” Ludwig responds, coolly.

“Four-zero…Three-zero…Two-zero…One-zero…

Secure.”

“Unhook,” Ludwig says.

When she gets the all clear, Ludwig can pull away and circle at a safe distance while members on the ground attend to injuries or package a patient for transport in a litter. She remains in a circular holding pattern, watching for hang fire, or heads back to a makeshift landing zone to pickup more gear or people. When time is short, like it was on the Sickle Couloir rescue, haulers stay “hot,” remaining tethered to the line while they administer to a victim’s injuries. It’s rarely done because it requires Ludwig to hold a steady hover while her team performs first aid in 60-mph winds created by the rotors’ downwash.

Conditions on the ground under the aircraft are hellacious.

“The wind is bad for the rescuers on the bottom,” Ludwig acknowledged. “Something like 60 mph. It can get interesting down there, even if I’m 150 feet above them.”

Things aren’t much calmer in the cockpit, either.

“It’s hard, it’s a difficult challenge,” Ludwig said of holding hover. “We have to pass a test: holding hover, keeping a load within 10 feet of a spot for three minutes. After three minutes of that I’m normally worn out.”

Law of gravity

A helicopter may be designed to hover but it doesn’t want to. Not without a lot of coaxing. It takes a flurry of activity to hold a ship still. Heli pilots operate a cyclic, which tilts the rotor discs to the sides, front and aft. In the other hand they clutch a collective—a two-piece thrust controller that lifts or lowers the whirlybird. Finally, a pilot’s feet are busy operating pedals that control the tail rotor, without which a helicopter will spin out of control from the torque of the main rotor.

Heli pilots don’t like hovering any more than their ships do.

Stationary aircraft, even helicopters, are accidents waiting to happen.

“We don’t like to hover. Hovering, you are in the dead man’s curve,” Ludwig said, referring to the manufacturer’s chart of suggested airspeed, elevation, and possibility of successful recover should the engine shut down for any reason. “Airspeed is your friend in an emergency. The helicopter needs some forward airspeed to increase the possibility of a successful set down in case of an engine failure. But either way, when the engine quits, you go down.

You might go slower or faster, but you are going down.”

Down at 1,500 feet per minute. Ludwig has never crashed a helicopter but she has torn up stuff. A rock hidden beneath snow bent a landing skid earlier this winter season. She also over-torqued a transmission early in her flying career.

There have been a few hard landings during her six years in the Tetons. “She might give an apologetic, ‘oops’ on the radio after a hard set down,” Leigh said.

“I might say, ‘Oh, shoot, that could have been smoother’ or ‘Sorry, that was sure a seven-point landing,’” Ludwig admitted.

Crewmembers are in the habit of giving Ludwig compliments after a gentle touch down. They don’t say anything on the rare occasion when she pummels the ship into the snow a bit too roughly.

The crash that killed SAR member Ray Shriver in 2012 highlights the potential danger of flying missions in mountainous terrain. Pilot Ken Johnson lost control of a rescue chopper while responding to a snowmobile heart attack victim in the Togwotee area. The aircraft went into a violent spin and crashed into trees. The tragedy sickened

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“As a pilot, you can force an aircraft into doing something it doesn’t want to do. That’s when accidents happen.”

Pilots have a short memory. They have to. And one word you don’t often catch them saying is “crash.” Ludwig refers to air mishaps as a “bad day.” As in, “If the helicopter has to peel off and you are still attached to the line, that would make for a really bad day.” Or “If I get my line caught in a tree or the rotor strikes a cliffside, that would be a really bad day.”

But a search and rescue callout to Ludwig is a bad day by definition. She flies when no one else will. Preparation is the key. Ludwig can find most any drainage on a map or from the air. She checks weather and avalanche activity every day with her morning coffee. When it comes time to lift off, Ludwig said she “flies by the seat of her pants.” But it’s not what you think.

The cockpit’s instrumentation panels are a dazzling lightshow read-out of fuel levels, GPS coordinates, engine temps, airspeed, RPMs, and a host of other vital information.

Audio warning systems screech in their automated voice— referred to affectionately by Ludwig and other pilots as “Bitchin’ Betty”—and a careful eye is always on the fuel gauge.

But when it comes to flying, Ludwig is all feel. It derives with experience, for sure, but much of the magic can’t be taught. You either have aeronautic guile or you don’t. For the best pilots, the aircraft becomes an extension of themselves.

It’s alive.

“The helicopter talks to you. It tells you what it wants to do and what it doesn’t like to do,” Ludwig said. “Through the seat or in the controls and pedals; it might be a shudder or something not normal. I listen to the wind in the rotors to hear how the engine is straining. Maybe it wants to push a little or the nose wants to come around 30 degrees, and you almost have to let these things happen rather than fight the ship.

As a pilot, you can force an aircraft into doing something it doesn’t want to do. That’s when accidents happen.”

Ludwig also talks about wind as if it were as seeable as water current. Windsocks, smoke flares, even tree branches help a pilot judge wind speed and direction, but Ludwig is usually keenly aware already of what gusts are blowing and why.

“I do believe that comes with experience,” Ludwig said.

“Wind flows pretty much like water. If you can imagine water flowing over the ridgeline, down the mountain, into bowls, that really helps.”

A smoother updraft is the general rule for west-facing slopes in eastern Idaho. A prevailing jet stream out of the southwest is the typical pattern. This wind bumps into mountain ranges, blows upward to the top, and spills over into a more volatile downdraft on the eastside slopes of the Tetons.

“There’s more turbulence on the leeside, the Jackson side of the Tetons where we do most of our rescues. It creates a ‘roller’ over the mountains that then rotates back to the slope of the mountain,” Ludwig said. “When it’s really windy in the Jackson area I have learned sometimes the air isn’t as bad very close to the mountains. There is a sweet spot.”

It’s this savvy sixth sense that separates good pilots from great ones. Team leader Tim Ciocarlan sees it in Ludwig.

“There are many good helicopter pilots out there, but not so many great helicopter pilots. Those who can work in mountainous terrain at high elevation, in poor weather and winds, perform deep snow landings, and work in urgent rescue situations,” Ciocarlan said. “[We] are fortunate to have such a pilot. Nicole is calm, thoughtful, prepared, and makes good decisions. She is also conservative. She usually finds a way to make even our most difficult missions successful.”

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TCSAR Rescuing Crew: Nicole Ludwig, Jessica King, Phil “Flip” Tucker and Mike Nelson

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ward final ascent to r e h rs e k a t m re her descen Bree Buckley fo e b s te u in m s, just 45 Hurricane Pas nt injury. and subseque on the slopes. As a child, Ludwig remembers seeing air rescues being performed in the backcountry and was fascinated by the skill and courage displayed by heli pilots.

“Since then, I’ve always wanted to fly,” Ludwig said.

While most onlookers wondered about the injury and gawked to get a better look at the victim, Ludwig studied the air ship’s maneuvering—the precision and team effort of first responders in caring for and extracting a patient.

“That’s what I’m going to do,” she thought. She earned her pilot’s license, flew one time in a fixed-wing plane and thought it boring. She wanted to float and hover and set a helicopter right in the middle of the action.

Ludwig said she has always battled a gender bias in the aviation world since she started flying in 1996, and later moved to the U.S. in 2002 from her native Switzerland.

While some female pilots are valued for their perceived conservatism in the face of overly macho male aces, whose risk-taking decisions might sometimes push the envelope too far, Ludwig said she hasn’t seen much of that.

In fact, she’s had to do everything twice as well as her male counterparts to receive half the recognition.

“I think it’s ingrained in people’s minds that a pilot should be a man,” she said.

Left behind

Rescuers aren’t always on time. Even when they are, it’s sometimes too late. Ludwig doesn’t enjoy bringing the deceased back in a Bauman bag. That was the case April 24, 2011, when she exhausted just about all of her 850 pounds of Jet A fuel searching for skiers Walker Kuhl and Gregory Seftick. More than 35 rescuers and four canine teams spent six days combing a massive debris field in Garnet Canyon Meadows where the pair was last seen

or me, one of the allures of backcountry skiing is feeling primitive and enjoying some distance from the everyday commotion of a ski resort. But on this day, it was my distance from modernization that created the chaos.

Our plan was set. We were going to traverse over the Teton Range by climbing up Avalanche Canyon and skiing out Teton Canyon. As a fledgling backcountry skier, I was facing an unquestionably challenging day. But the plan was seemingly straightforward enough—we intended to ski away from our Subaru in Wyoming and out a dirt road in Idaho, where a ride would be waiting to shuttle us home.

With synchronized steps into our ski bindings and a combination of over-caffeination and excitement, we three skiers initiated our procession across the frozen tundra into the abyss of the mountains.

Moving methodically, each step forward was a gentle glide across a crust of week-old snow and a deliberate movement uphill towards Avalanche Divide. As the angle of our ascent steepened, with it came my increasing sense of fatigue. Even with the frigid air, a layer of sweat coated my body as I huffed and puffed. Wind swirled the top layer of snow across the icy ground, covering our skin track, intensifying our sense of solidarity, and further distancing us from the now unseen parking lot. We were making progress, but the summit was still four sizable climbs away.

Upon our last climb to the summit, my sense of fun shifted to trepidation. Realizing we were nearly six hours into our tour, I pressured myself to summon more energy. I had to beat the low winter sun before it

camping. Ludwig made several trips hauling out the bodies and then rescue personnel.

It just eats at Ludwig when she has to leave someone behind. It doesn’t happen very often. But if night is falling and Ludwig doesn’t think she can make it back before dark, or if there is something about the LZ she just doesn’t feel comfortable with, she’s not going to risk it. At worst, she is usually able to fly by and drop a care package—food, water, sleeping bags, tent. Now and then, when she picks up an injured party, it’s a SAR member’s seat they take.

Ludwig remembered one time when she responded to a call in Sublette County.

“This person in Green River Lakes had something going on with his leg or knee. Tip Top couldn’t reach him by snowmobile so they called us in,” Ludwig recalled. “The problem was we topped off with fuel before we left (the helicopter normally leaves the pad with a half tank, enough for about 1.5 hours of flight time) because I didn’t know where we were going and thought we’d have to look around for him. Then, wouldn’t you know it, we find him right away.”

Ludwig did the calculations. With the added passenger she was borderline too heavy to take off. Someone had to stay behind.

“All the crew members have a 24-hour pack. They know there is a chance they won’t be coming out with us,” Ludwig said. Still, she felt bad. When the injured passenger thanked the rescue team for the lift, especially because he saw a mountain lion prowling around his camp all night, Ludwig was mortified.

“I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, I just left Flip [Phil Tucker] back there with a cougar.’ I just watched him getting smaller and smaller as I flew away.”

Ludwig said she flew as fast as she could for the next 15 minutes to get her patient to a staging area and a waiting ambulance. Then she bee-lined back for Tucker.

“Obviously nothing happened. He was fine,” Ludwig said. “But he never lets me forget it. That was two years ago and everybody knows the story now because he can’t stop telling it.”

Jenn Sparks, an 18-year veteran with TCSAR, is not the only one who appreciates Ludwig’s Euro-dry humor. At the hangar or en route to a backcountry mission, Ludwig keeps things light with amiable chatter.

One of my all-time favorite radio transactions was when Nicole yelled out to the team in her Swiss accent, “Where’s my friggin’ door and who left it in Rock Springs?”

But when it’s “go time,” Ludwig is all business.

“She is devoted, knowledgeable, and always willing to share her passion for flying,” Sparks shared. “Out of the ship, she can laugh with the best of them. But once she’s in ‘pilot mode,’ she’s serious, straightforward, and sets extremely high standards of conduct for her team.”

In addition to flying, Ludwig has to handle communications from her own team, law enforcement, park rangers, interagency dispatch, or the airport tower.

“There are moments when I’m thinking it would be nice if it were quiet right now,” Ludwig admitted. “I may not say it that nicely at the time because I’m really stressed out in the moment. I think they hear it in my voice. People always say I sound very, very relaxed. But when it gets tense and it’s a challenging situation and difficult to maneuver, that’s normally a cue for them to zip it.”

Valued asset

As a team leader, Ciocarlan chooses who flies a mission. In the back of his mind he knows there is a chance his short hauler or spotter might not come back, and that’ll be on him. But he said his decision is made easier knowing his crew is in Ludwig’s capable hands.

“Conversation between the short hauler, spotter and

set. But my body wasn’t yet adjusted for this type of endurance activity. Frustration quaked through my arms and legs as I struggled to traverse over a sickeningly steep and icy section of the skin track. “This is what ski crampons are for,” I thought to myself. Still attached to my skis, I sat down, trying to find inner motivation, calm my nerves, and work up enough balance to regain rhythm and continue without slipping.

Naturally speedy, inexhaustible and robotic, my ski partners anxiously awaited my arrival on top of the wind-blown field of rubble that is Hurricane Pass. With a quick change of clothing to conserve heat, we exchanged muffled celebratory high fives. We were confident in our plan and now it was go-time.

It was one of those days when you’re not expecting graceful powder turns. Call it survival skiing at its best. A day where you laugh deep belly laughs in celebration for each turn you successfully make on the hellacious snow. Heavy winds coupled with a lengthy dry spell resulted in snow that mimicked what I imagine the surface of the moon to be like. Crusty. Audible. Punchable.

I had become too carefree in my skiing, gained too much speed and disrespected the horrendous sheet of crust the snow gods had planted. Then my skis affixed to the snow’s crust. My body wrestled to fight my fall, resulting in the distinct, audible pop that no athlete wants to hear. And just like that, I had become a wounded soldier. There I was, with a torn ACL and meniscus, isolated in the depths of Grand Teton National Park without cell service. The temperature was about 10 degrees and it was just a few hours before sunset.

The silence of our isolation was quickly replaced by the anxiety of drastic decision-making, for we were pressed for time and left with limited options. As one ski partner hurried out of Teton Canyon in search of a signal to call for help, I waited in the snowy void of the mountains worrying about the logistics of a potential rescue.

All we could do was wait, and wait we did, until the last rays of the sun slipped behind the Western mountainside. My calm facade faded with the sun as reality set in: we were going to stay the night; unprepared, frozen, and injured.

To our luck, our prayers were answered just as our fear and uncomfortably low body temperatures began to mess with our minds. The sound of a helicopter reverberated throughout the gullies tucked between the mountains. Our lifeline, my saviors—Teton County Search and Rescue—had arrived.

Between night flying restrictions limiting my rescue window to a brief 10 minutes and the helicopter’s inability to find a clear zone to land, every minute mattered in

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pilot is pretty light. Maybe a witty comment or two just to break the tension a bit,” Ciocarlan said. “But as the helicopter approaches the scene it is ‘game on.’ Radio chatter is reduced to a minimum and we do what we have been trained to do.”

Ludwig said most of her skills come from experience.

“I think there’s a lot of younger pilots and people I fly with that get into a helicopter never thinking about anything bad happening to it,” she said. “As a pilot, I wouldn’t say I’m constantly thinking about it as I’m flying, but I am always taking steps to minimize any problem. Mechanical problems, weather, whatever; I am always looking for my ‘out,’ or a place to set down. You don’t want to have an incident within an incident.”

Ludwig is under contract to fly for TCSAR from Hillsboro Aviation, based out of Portland, Oregon, where she lives. When she is not rescuing cliffed-out skiers and lost snowmobilers in Jackson Hole, Ludwig is assigned to various wildfires in the western U.S. Choppers are versatile aerial tools for any wildland fire manager. They can perform a variety of tasks from dropping ‘ping-pong balls’ filled with fire starter on prescribed burns, to cargo hauls for strike camps, to water bucket suppression.

Ludwig has done it all.

In fact, Ludwig became the first pilot in North America to place an O’Bellx gas exploder via helicopter when she plopped one in place in the Hoback Canyon for WYDOT’s avalanche control efforts in December 2013.

Leigh, who has flown dozens of rescues with Ludwig, hanging hundreds of feet below her airship, sums it up best. “Teton County is very fortunate to have such a skilled, experienced pilot who is comfortable with high-altitude winter mountain flying conditions,” he said. “We have a very trusting and dedicated relationship. It’s an honor to fly with such a skilled professional.” PJH

the execution and completion of my rescue.

The slope of the terrain was too steep for a snowmobile rescue, making it too steep to welcome a helicopter landing as well. My own confusion and tension escalated as I watched the helicopter attempt to land, disappear back into the darkening sky, and tiptoe around the backcountry in search of any acceptable landing zone. The pilot decided to discard two rescuers hundreds of feet above my resting zone, fly 400 feet south and hover over a relatively flat area to await my admittance. One rescuer wrapped me in an oversized down jacket (knowing my body temperature was dropping), while the other tethered together ropes and make-shift splints to prepare me for my transfer. The rescuers soon had my legs supported by an inflatable brace, my body wrapped in a tarp, and a rope fixed around my waist.

Meanwhile, I could hear the pilot’s voice on the crew’s walkie talkie counting down how many minutes they had left to complete the rescue. Soon she would have to turn around and fly back due to night flying restrictions.

As the pilot counted down to two minutes, the recuers worked together to stabilize my leg and lower my helpless body to a location where the helicopter was able to hover low enough for me to grab the inside of the doorway and pull my way into it’s welcoming cavity.

Deep gratitude for my rescuers and relief washed over me as we soared through the kaleidoscopic skies and returned to safe ground just as day became night.

CREATIVE PEAKS Dimensional Dexterity Hladky’s paintings-cumsculptures pop to life with textures and layers.

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style. At the time, he used as little paint as possible, wiping away the paint with tissue paper to leave only blushes of color.

He started using the tip of his paintbrush to scratch out some of the paint. The scratches left marks and ridges. Gradually he started making the ridges higher and higher, and instead of taking away paint, he began to add.

Hladky worked from landscape photos taken by people he knew or scenes he saw in real life.

He fully developed his current process while working on his master’s degree at the Wimbledon School of Art and started incorporating commercial images into his work as well. “The imagery is all things I find personally significant,” Hladky explained.

He takes images from places like travel brochures and blends them with his own personal photographs to create composite landscapes with multiple horizons and sunsets. Once your eye finds one horizon, it sees another above it.

While in Jackson, Hladky hopes to finish a painting he’s already started. His paintings can take months to complete.

The current painting he’s working on is about 2.5 feet high and about 1.5 feet wide with a paint build-up of about six inches. He also hopes to start some new work, including sculptures. His sculptures are almost opposite of his paintings. At first glance, they appear one-dimensional, but as you walk around them you can see the materials and images emerge from the hollows and caves of the work. PJH View Andrew Hladky’s work at an open studio, scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m., March 25 at Teton Artlab.

Multiple views of Andrew Hladky’s ‘The Nite In The Nite And The Nite In The Daytime.’

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e are inundated with images.

Commercial images are increasingly creeping into our personal space, disguised to look like the pictures we take to document our own lives. More and more, personal photographs shared on social media are tailored to market a persona or advertise a person, rather than just record a moment.

Artist Andrew Hladky, Teton Artlab’s artist in residence for March, explores how personal and commercial imagery merge and impact our view and interaction with the world with his paintings and sculptures.

This is the second year Artlab will host a different artist working in Jackson each month, said Travis Walker, executive director of Teton Artlab. Artlab has been growing a residency program since 2009.

Artists apply from around the world.

Hladky’s sculptural-like paintings stood out from the other 250 applicants, Walker said. His use of paint to create texture and three-dimensional volume was something the selection panel hadn’t seen before.

Hladky uses toothpicks to scoop clumps

of pure oil paint he dabs on plywood. He also squeezes paint straight from the tube, leaving it thick and coiled. The build-up of paint is central to his work. The paintings become three-dimensional.

The multiple dimensions cause different experiences for the viewer, Hladky said. If you look at it from one viewpoint, you might see the landscape the painting inspired. If you move away and look at it from another angle, the overall pictures breaks apart and you get lost in the build-up of paint and wood, he said. The straight-on view and the side view are in conflict with one another.

The conflict mirrors the clash between commercial and personal images. The way commercials try to use images and make them appear part of your life, Hladky uses paint to create tension between the image you can see, but also the materials that form it. He wants viewers to see the materials to understand the process and the labor in the images’ intricate construction.

He also uses tiny dots in the painting, meant to reference digital reproduction as well as pointillism, which is used for optical illusions.

His color palette is mainly comprised of primary colors, and black and white. He doesn’t often mix colors but prefers to apply paint as it comes out of the tube, which is a reference to CMYK, a color model used in printing.

He works dark-to-light. In his work, light is reflecting of something and scenes are illuminated in the darkness.

Hladky gradually developed his process, starting while studying at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, where he worked in almost the reverse of his current

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WEDNESDAY MAR. 2

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n Boot Camp 7:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n KHOL Winter 2016 Membership Drive 8:00am, KHOL, 307-733-5465 n Pilates Mat Classes at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Toddler Gym 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $0.00 - $2.50, 307-739-9025 n Yoga 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Adult Cross Country Ski Tour 9:30am, Teton Recreation Center,$25.00, 307-739-9025 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Toddler Gym 10:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $0.00 - $2.50, 307-739-9025 n Tech Tutor 10:00am, Teton County Library, Free, 733-2164 ext. 218 n Story TIme 10:00am, Valley of the Tetons Library Victor, Free, 208-7872201 n Open Hockey 10:15am, Snow King Sports & Event Center, $10.00, 307-2011633 n Fables Feathers & Fur 10:30am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-733-5771 n Lap Sit 11:00am, Valley of the Tetons Library, Free, 208-787-2201 n Ladies Day Wednesdays 11:00am, Snow King Mountain, $49.00 - $59.00, 307-699-4227 n Conversations for Common Ground 11:30am, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Free, 307-733-2603 n Public Skating 12:00pm, Snow King Sports & Events Center, $6.00 - $8.00, 307-201-1633 n Total Fitness 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Ranger-led Snowshoe Hike 1:30pm, Grand Teton National Park, Free, 307-739-3399 n Freestyle Skating 3:00pm, Snow King Sports & Event Center, $10.00, 307-2011633

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MUSIC BOX Master Crafter John Hiatt makes good on cancelled show at the Center Theater.

BY AARON DAVIS @ScreenDoorPorch

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t may come as a surprise to see John Hiatt back on the Center for the Art’s concert calendar this winter after being scheduled last September—a bill that also featured Taj Mahal Trio. But in fact, Hiatt’s bus broke down en route to Jackson and the legendary songwriter was forced to cancel his set.

Hiatt’s latest release is 2014’s Terms of My Surrender, the title track of which was nominated for Song of the Year at last year’s Americana Music Association Honors and Awards. While he has leaned into the blues throughout his career, the album embodies the acoustic blue roots of the Deep South with Hiatt’s gruff voice as the focal point.

Astonishingly, this album is his 22nd studio release since his 1974 debut Hangin’ Around the Observatory, and is musically rooted in acoustic blues.

Hiatt is known as a satirical storyteller and master lyricist. Even Bob Dylan recorded one of his songs. Others that have tapped his songs for albums include Bonnie Raitt (a big hit with “Thing Called Love”), Delbert McClinton, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt, and Don Henley. It comes as a surprise that one of the industry’s greats has only been nominated for a Grammy but never won, and his sales have never quite matched his reputation.

Left: John Hiatt gets a chance for redemption on the Center’s stage Wednesday after a bus debacle forced him to cancel his set last year. Right: On their new album, The Brothers Comatose lament a problem emerging in their hometown of San Fran that is familiar to many Jacksonites—they worry the city’s housing crisis will drive out some of SF’s most creative residents.

Opening the show is an even gruffer, cigarette-packin’ vocalist that splits his time between full-tilt rock show frontman and acoustic solo performer. Rick Brantley’s new EP, LO-FI, leans into his pensive, thought-provoking side.

“I was on the road last year with Hiatt— just me and an acoustic guitar—and only my previous rock record to sell,” Brantley said.

“We had these songs that were never going to be on the full-band rock record we’re working on… more like singer-songwriter stuff. So we just decided to make a live-in-the-studio record of those tunes, with just us playing.”

John Hiatt with Rick Brantley, 7 p.m., Wednesday at the Center Theater. $55.

JHCenterForTheArts.org, 733-4900.

Brothers bring City Painted Gold Led by lead vocalists and brothers Ben Morrison (guitar) and Alex Morrison (banjo), rocking string band The Brothers Comatose return after playing Targhee Bluegrass Festival in 2013.

When it came time to write their third

record, City Painted Gold (debuts March 4), the now-seasoned road warriors returned to their home of 14 years in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco.

“We wrote this album living in San Francisco as it was changing from a weird, art-friendly mecca to a place that only superrich tech workers could afford,” explained Ben. “Things started changing—venues were closing down, and artist and musician friends moved away. What is San Francisco without its weirdos? That’s what the song ‘City Painted Gold’ is about, and that’s why it’s the name of this record.”

Shortly after completing the record, The Brothers Comatose themselves joined the ranks of the displaced. Eviction brought change, and change inspired creativity towards progressing the southwestern-tinged, rowdy stringband sound they now have developed.

San Francisco country duo The Easy Leaves will open the show. Alongside Rosanne Cash, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Loudon Wainwright III, and Justin Townes Earle, the band was featured in “The 78

Project”—a documentary recreating Alan Lomax’s journey to capture important American Folk music on its home porches.

The Brothers Comatose with The Easy Leaves, 10 p.m., Friday at the Knotty Pine in Victor. $10. 208-787-2866. PJH

WED: Earphunk (Town Square Tavern) John Hiatt with Rick Brantley (Center Theater) THUR: Chris Proctor (Dornan’s), Major Zephyr (Silver Dollar) FRI: The Brothers Comatose with The Easy Leaves (Knotty Pine), Camille Rae and District 26 (Mangy Moose) Screen Door Porch (Silver Dollar) SAT: The Deadlocks (Pink Garter Theatre), Canyon Kids (après; Under the Tram), Screen Door Porch (Silver Dollar) SUN: John Wayne’s World (Trap Bar), Stagecoach Band (Stagecoach Bar) MON: Tucker Smith (après: Mangy Moose) TUES: One Ton Pig (Silver Dollar)

Aaron Davis is a songwriting troubadour, multi-instrumentalist, founding member of Screen Door Porch and Boondocks, and host of Songwriter’s Alley.

Anonymous Art Show & Sale Friday, 5:30pm in the Theater Lobby Gallery at Center for the Arts This year marks the 8th anniversary of WhoDunnit? Come join us for food, drinks, and tons of bidding fun. With more than 200 canvases donated this year, there will be something for everyone. n Salsa Night 9:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307733-1500 n Disco Night 10:00pm, Stagecoach Bar, Free, 307-733-4407 n Groovement 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, 307-733-3886

FRIDAY MAR. 4

n Boot Camp 7:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n KHOL Winter 2016 Membership Drive 8:00am, KHOL, 307-733-5465 n Toddler Gym 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $0.00 - $2.50, 307-7399025 n Dick’s Ditch Classic Banked Slalom 8:30am, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 307-733-2292 n bootybarre® at Dancers’ Workshop 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Yoga 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Portrait Drawing Club 9:00am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $10.00, 307733-6379 n Ballet Workout at Dancers’ Workshop 9:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 10:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Toddler Gym 10:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $0.00 - $2.50, 307-7399025 n Open Hockey 10:15am, Snow King Sports & Event Center, $10.00, 307-2011633

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n Great Until Late 6:00pm, Local Businesses, Free, 307-201-2294 n Collograph 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $35.00 - $42.00, 307-733-6379 n Intermediate Photoshop 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $130.00, 307733-6379 n Silversmithing: Projects & Stone Setting 6:00pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $65.00 - $78.00, 307-733-6379 n ACT Prep Course 6:00pm, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307733-2164 n Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307-734-1535 n Open Gym - Adult Soccer 6:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307-739-0925 n Armchair Adventures 6:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $5.00, 307-739-9025 n Homemade Ice Cream 6:30pm, CWC-Jackson, $15.00, 307-733-7425 n JH Community Band Rehearsal 7:00pm, Center for the Arts Performing Arts Wing, Free, 307-200-9463 n The Fly Fishing Film Tour 2016 7:00pm, Center for the Arts, $15.00 - $20.00, 307-733-4900 n Irish Social Dance Workshop with Maureen Flanagan 7:00pm, Dancers’ Workshop, $20.00 - $75.00, 307-733-6398 n Major Zephyr 7:30pm, Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Chris Proctor 8:00pm, Dornans, $15.00, 307733-2415

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n Storytime 11:00am, Teton County Library Youth Auditorium, Free, 307733-2164 n Open Gym - Adult Basketball 12:00pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307-739-9025 n Public Skating 12:00pm, Snow King Sports & Events Center, $6.00 - $8.00, 307-201-1633 n Teton Toastmasters 12:00pm, Teton County Commissioners Chambers, Free n Cribbage 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Driggs, Free, 208-354-5522 n Freestyle Skating 3:00pm, Snow King Sports & Event Center, $10.00, 307-2011633 n Culture through Clay 3:30pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $150.00 $180.00, 307-733-6379 n Apres with Stack and the Attack 4:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Thursday Gates 4:00pm, Snow King Mountain, $49.00 - $59.00, 307-699-4227 n Yoga 4:15pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Metal Working Series - All Classes 4:15pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $125.00 $158.00, 307-733-6379 n Winter Wonderland: Ice Skating on Town Square 4:30pm, Town Square, Free n Jazzercise 5:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $10.00, 307-739-9025 n Total Fitness 5:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Around the World Family Literacy Event 5:30pm, Teton Literacy Center, Free, 307-733-9242

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Glorious Gallivant A leg burning skin from Teton Pass to No Name offers new perspectives and a saucy finish.

BY BREE BUCKLEY

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round here there is seemingly no shortage of people willing to scale great heights, tip-toe on the edge of their comfort zone, or throw themselves at death’s eye to feel the rush of adrenaline. And while I dream of becoming a ski mountaineer, my fear of injury or death compels me to bail on certain missions before I even begin.

This time it was skiing the Middle Teton.

Could I keep up with my naturally speedy, inexhaustible ski partners? Could I put my mind over matter and suck up a never ending knee injury on dicey terrain? Am I being a little too ambitious for my experience level?

Today, I decided, wasn’t the day to throw together a last minute ski undertaking on the Middle. So instead we went with plan B: A ski tour from Teton Pass to No Name Peak.

I’ve heard stories from my roommate, who became lost in foul weather and consumed by vertigo on the same traverse, so today’s clear blue skies were necessary for our entry into the mountains.

Mike Galvin, Carly Baker and Bree Buckley finish their climb out of Moose Creek.

As we drove up Teton Pass, the mountains seemed there just for us—an oil painting of muted pastel colors, luminous in the morning light. From the road the mountains looked reassuringly familiar, ridges cascading north to south as they always do, mirroring every emblematic photo of the Tetons.

But I kept in mind that the moment I began my ascent across the southern ridgeline of the Tetons, this masterpiece of peaks would morph into a foreign land.

My watch read 10 a.m. as we began our ascent up the Mount Glory bootpack. I laughed to myself as I noted that while the top of the hike generally marks the end of my energy output for the day, today it was only the beginning. My quads burned with fatigue as I hiked up the relentless grade of the slippery, sun affected staircase, but after an hour of monotonous movement, I adhered skins to the bottom of my splitboard and we embarked on our our northern trajectory towards Teton Village.

Ski touring offers an asylum from the sounds and chaos of a resort, while keeping your mind stimulated and blood circulating.

So here we were, three split boarders and one skier, moving across terrain that proved to be more mountainous, perplexing and exhausting than we judged from the road’s perspective. Repeated transitions slowed our pace and the unfamiliar Idaho backcountry required us to lean on our GPS. To avoid traversing across Rendezvous Peak, we made a collaborative decision to triangulate our path by skiing down to Moose Creek, then zig-zagging our way back up

towards the back side of No Name Peak.

While this decision required us to travel an additional 2,000 vertical feet at the end of a exhausting day, our unfamiliarity with Rendezvous Peak made it the safest option.

Thanks to rising temperatures coupled with recent snowfall, balls of snow coated the base of our skins. Our skis could no longer glide.

Frustration ensued among the pack. We became overwhelmed as we heaved pounds of snow up the mountain with every step. I looked at my watch again and realized we were now in a race against the setting sun.

My legs protested as I peeled off a few sweaty layers. I knew I had to focus on continuing forward. Step-by-step, I drove my knees to propel my body in a powerful acceleration.

My fears of skiing in the dark subsided as we crawled over the summit of No Name Peak and became reaquainted with the welcoming view of Jackson Hole. Back on familiar ground outside the boundaries of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, we geared up and made our descent down the over-skied, chopped-up face of No Name and ducked into the bottom of the Hobacks just before dark.

Sure, by changing my plans, I may have missed the transcendental alpenglow in Grand Teton National Park and a feeling of badassery. But I explored new terrain and still had time to meet the patchwork of PBR drinking, resort dwelling skiers and snowboarders for an après margarita. PJH

SATURDAY MAR. 5

n KHOL Winter 2016 Membership Drive 8:00am, KHOL, 307-733-5465 n Zumba at Dancers’ Workshop 9:00am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Beginning & Serious Face Painting 9:30am, Art Association of Jackson Hole, 307-733-6379 n Workshop demonstration by visiting ceramicist Tara Wilson 9:30am, Teton Arts Center, Free, 208-354-4278 n Dick’s Ditch Classic Banked Slalom 9:30am, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 307-733-2292 n Teton Valley Winter Farmer’s Market 10:00am, MD Nursery, Free, 208-354-8816 n Adult Oil Painting 10:00am, The Local Galleria, $25.00, 208-270-0883 n Parents’ Ski Saturdays 10:00am, Snow King Mountain, $49.00 - $59.00, 307-699-4227

n Free Tax Preparation: Drop-Off Service 10:30am, Teton County Library Computer Lab, Free, 307-7332164 n Tram Jam 11:00am, Base of the Bridger Gondola, Free n Stage Combat Workshop 11:00am, Off Square Theater Company, $40.00 - $75.00, 307-733-3021 n Winter Wonderland: Ice Skating on Town Square 12:00pm, Town Square, Free n Seussical Celebration 12:00pm, Teton County Library, Free, 307-733-2164 n Ranger-led Snowshoe Hike 1:30pm, Grand Teton National Park, Free, 307-739-3399 n Raptor Encounters 2:00pm, Teton Raptor Center, $10.00 - $12.00, 307-203-2551 n Nate Robinson Band 3:00pm, The Trap Bar & Grill, Free, 307-353-2300 n Thin Air Shakespeare Auditions 3:00pm, Black Box Theater, Free, 307-733-3021 n Music Under the Tram Canyon Kids 3:00pm, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Free, 307-733-2292 n Chanman Solo in the K BAR at the Teton Mountain Lodge and Spa 4:00pm, K BAR, Free, 307 413 1348 n Snowboard Saturday Adult Classes 5:00pm, Snow King Mountain, $49.00 - $59.00, 307-699-4227 n Great Until Late 6:00pm, Local Businesses, Free, 307-201-2294 n Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307-734-1535 n Open Gym - Adult Soccer 6:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307-739-0925 n Jackson Hole Moose Hockey 7:30pm, Snow King Sports & Event Center, $5.00 - $10.00, 307-201-1633 n Screen Door Porch 7:30pm, The Silver Dollar Bar, Free, 307-733-2190 n The Deadlocks Winter Ball 2016 - A Grateful Dead Experience in the Rockies 8:00pm, Pink Garter Theatre, $14.00, 307-733-1500 n Peter Chandler 8:00pm, Knotty Pine, Free, 208-787-2866

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STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS ON THE PLANET’S BEST OF JACKSON HOLE BASH!

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n Adult Shakespeare Workshop 6:00pm, Off Square Theater Company, $40.00 - $75.00, 307-733-3021 n Open Gym - Adult Soccer 6:30pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307-739-0925 n Tara Wilson: Show Opening Reception/Slide show talk 6:30pm, The City Gallery at Driggs City Center, Free, 208354-4278 n Pam Drews Phillips Plays Jazz 7:00pm, The Granary at Spring Creek Ranch, Free, 307-7338833 n Jackson Hole Moose Hockey 7:30pm, Snow King Sports & Event Center, $5.00 - $10.00, 307-201-1633 n Screen Door Porch 7:30pm, The Silver Dollar Bar, Free, 307-733-2190 n Laff Staff Improv Comedy 8:00pm, Center for the Arts, $12.00, 307-733-4900 n Camilla Rae and District 26 9:00pm, Mangy Moose, $5.00, 307-733-4913 n Rude Noodle 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-733-3886 n Brothers Comatose 10:00pm, Knotty Pine, $10.00, 208-787-2866

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n Free Tax Preparation: Drop-Off Service 10:30am, Teton County Library Computer Lab, Free, 307-7332164 n Yoga 12:00pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Public Skating 12:00pm, Snow King Sports & Events Center, $6.00 - $8.00, 307-201-1633 n Feathered Friday 12:00pm, Jackson Hole & Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center, Free, 307-201-5433 n Total Fitness 12:10pm, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307-739-9025 n Story Time 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library Driggs, Free, 208-3545522 n Lego Club 1:00pm, Valley of the Tetons Library Driggs, Free, 208-3545522 n Ranger-led Snowshoe Hike 1:30pm, Grand Teton National Park, Free, 307-739-3399 n Nate Robinson Band 3:00pm, The Trap Bar & Grill, Free, 307-353-2300 n Freestyle Skating 3:00pm, Snow King Sports & Event Center, $10.00, 307-2011633 n Pica’s Margarita Cup 3:30pm, Snow King Resort, 307-733-6433 n Clay and Sculpture 3:30pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole, $190.00, 307733-6379 n Wine Tasting 4:00pm, The Liquor Store & Wine Loft, Free, 307-733-4466 n Winter Wonderland: Ice Skating on Town Square 4:30pm, Town Square, Free n Nacho Night 5:00pm, Signal Mountain Lodge, Free, 307-739-1189 n Ladies Night Fridays 5:00pm, Snow King Mountain, $49.00 - $59.00, 307-699-4227 n Whodunnit?

5:30pm, Art Association of Jackson Hole: Theater Lobby, $10.00, 307-733-6379 n Friday Night Meditation 6:00pm, Zendler Chiropractic, Free, 307-699-8300 n Great Until Late 6:00pm, Local Businesses, Free, 307-201-2294 n Whiskey Experience 6:00pm, VOM FASS Jackson Hole, Free, 307-734-1535

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n BOGDOG 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-7333886

WELL, THAT HAPPENED

n KHOL Winter 2016 Membership Drive 8:00am, KHOL, 307-733-5465 n First Sundays 9:00am, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-743-5424 n Interdenominational Worship Service at Rendezvous Lodge 9:30am, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Free, 307-733-2292 n Dick’s Ditch Classic Banked Slalom 9:30am, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, 307733-2292 n Winter Wonderland: Ice Skating on Town Square 12:00pm, Town Square, Free n Ski with the Godfather--Bill Briggs 12:00pm, Snow King Mountain, $49.00 $59.00, 307-699-4227 n John Wayne’s World 3:00pm, The Trap Bar & Grill, Free, 307-3532300 n Open Gym - Adult Volleyball 4:00pm, Teton Recreation Center, $3.75, 307739-9025 n Apres with Major Zephyr 4:00pm, Mangy Moose, Free, 307-733-4913 n Mark Jenkins Returns to Jackson to Discuss His Epic Burmese Adventure 5:30pm, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Free, 307-733-3747 n Stagecoach Band 6:00pm, Stagecoach, Free, 307-733-4407 n Taize 6:00pm, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Free, 307-733-2603 n Great Until Late 6:00pm, Local Businesses, Free, 307-201-2294 n Square Dancing 6:30pm, Old Wilson Schoolhouse Community Center, $40.00 - $60.00, 307-413-9507 n Hospitality Night - Happy Hour 9:00pm, The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500 n Uncle Stackhouse 10:00pm, Town Square Tavern, Free, 307-7333886

MONDAY MAR. 7

n Boot Camp 7:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307739-9025 n Kettlebells 8:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $8.00, 307739-9025 n KHOL Winter 2016 Membership Drive 8:00am, KHOL, 307-733-5465 n Pilates Mat Classes at Dancers’ Workshop 8:30am, Dancers’ Workshop, $12.00 - $16.00, 307-733-6398 n Toddler Gym 8:30am, Teton Recreation Center, $0.00 - $2.50, 307-739-9025 n Jazzercise 9:00am, Teton Recreation Center, $10.00, 307739-9025

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ANDREW MUNZ

SUNDAY MAR. 6

Food Critic Masquerade Amsterdam, space cakes and pleasures of the Italian palate.

BY ANDREW MUNZ @AndrewMunz

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ne of my responsibilities at the Hildibrand Hotel in Iceland is bread baking. Despite having never made bread before in my life, I was tasked with inventing a signature loaf for the restaurant.

I tried out a couple recipes and then settled on a variation of Paul Hollywood’s (of “Great British Bake Off” fame) Rustic Loaf.

Most of my Eurotrip for the past two weeks involved me sitting in cafés trying to figure out how to perfect the recipe and get that damn dough to rise and bake evenly. I even bought a bread-baking cookbook in Germany and obsessed over the pages during my train rides. I knew I needed to sample some delicious baked goods at my next stop.

I was eager to finish off my vacation with two days in Amsterdam. I didn’t know a soul and, after so many nights of sleeping in bunk beds and/or living rooms, I decided that I would book my own hotel room for some restful alone time. I’m not the kind of traveler

Following his mind-expanding Amsterdam adventure, the author poses with his signature loaf. who looks up the Top 10 Best Things To See In [insert location] and tries to cram as much into my day as I can. I like to build up some courage and let the city or the country show me the way.

I checked into the Hotel CC, which was not too far away from the Amsterdam Centraal Station, and took a wayfaring meander in a random direction. The side streets can be pretty claustrophobic and if you don’t have your wits about you, you’re probably gonna get flattened by a careening motorist or (arguably more aggressive) cyclist.

However, because I was in Amsterdam, being alert or mindful meant very different things. I proceeded to the Green House Coffee Shop to partake in the Netherlands’ most popular herbal pastime. I did one of those awkward entrances where you walk in with purpose because you don’t want to look like an outsider, but quickly felt out of place in the thick fog of marijuana that lingered in the air. I decided to grab a coffee and a space cake. The waitress told me to be patient because it would take a while to... kick… in.

(Insert six hours of me sitting in my hotel room listening to Spotify and talking to myself, because I realized I had never “met” myself…)

When the sun set I realized I was starving.

Nothing sounded better than Italian food— not just pizza or pasta, mind you, but real Italian food. I quickly went on TripAdvisor and discovered Ristorante Vasso, a small traditional eatery with prices on par with the Rendezvous Bistro. I put on my jacket, pocketed my journal and made my way

through the cobblestoned spider web that is Amsterdam.

I was seated immediately and began writing down some thoughts in my journal.

When writers eat alone, they’re often obsessing over their current creative project. And when high writers eat alone, they write about every goddamn thing they think about.

As I was eating my octopus salad and balsamic steak, (I had no idea what anything on the menu meant so I just pointed and smiled and said grazie) I began writing down everything I loved about the meal, from the fresh herbs to the simplicity of the vegetables to the incredible texture and bake of their house loaf. When the restaurant owner brought me a free glass of wine and a dessert, I began thinking about my own bread in Iceland and how I could improve upon it.

Before he left, he took a glance at my journal and I suddenly realized why I was getting treated so well. They thought I was a food critic! Of course! An American, eating alone in a classy restaurant, writing in his journal, savoring every bite and probably smiling aimlessly. What else could he be doing here?

I paid my bill, tipped generously (do you tip in Amsterdam?) and made my way back to the hotel, satisfied that I would be able to perfect my loaf. And despite being completely embarrassed by my antics, I was thankful for the experience. I have not yet written a TripAdvisor review, but after free dessert, I’m pretty sure I’m required to. PJH

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‘ZOOTOPIA’

Beasts of One Notion ‘Zootopia’ depends entirely on its wellintentioned allegory about prejudice.

BY SCOTT RENSHAW @scottrenshaw

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poiler alert: “Zootopia” is about prejudice, and how prejudice is bad.

And I suppose there’s more than a touch of sarcasm in the inclusion of that spoiler alert, because that is always, even from the first few minutes, what “Zootopia” is about.

Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with that. Plenty of contemporary animated features have lacked thematic ambition, offering up some variation on the “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Rule” which essentially assures kids that “different-ness” is OK, and you need to be true to yourself, and so on and so forth. “Zootopia” digs deeper. That’s worth something.

It is, unfortunately, also the majority of what the film has going for it. The premise sets up a world of talking mammals who have civilized themselves and formed a society where they all interact in a relatively human way. Among them is Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin), a young rabbit who dreams of becoming a police officer, despite there never having been a rabbit police officer in Zootopia’s history. Yet she works hard enough to make it onto the force—only to find that she isn’t taken seriously by the water buffalo police chief (Idris Elba), and is immediately assigned meter-maid duty.

Goodwin’s voice performance does a lovely job of establishing the mix of determination and self-doubt that follows Judy into her work, while the screenplay by Jared Bush (“Big Hero 6”) and Phil Johnston (“Wreck-It Ralph”) effectively introduces background elements that impact her personality, like the anxiety of her own parents and a traumatic childhood encounter. As Judy gets her big break working on a missing persons—um, missing otter— case, she brings along street hustler fox Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) as a reluctant partner,

Judy, Nick and Flash in ‘Zootopia.’ allowing “Zootopia” to ride on the familiar rhythms of a “mismatched buddy cop” movie.

To the film’s credit, those are much more welcome rhythms than those of the “our world, but with different kinds of characters” set-up that characterizes so much feature animation. The film mostly bypasses cheap, obvious animal-pun gags based on familiar product names—although you do get the occasional Lemming Brothers bank, or Targoat—and builds the relationship between Judy and Nick with enough depth that their conflicts feel genuine, and earned.

What’s missing, however, is depth to its world-building. The concept establishes a central, integrated melting-pot “hub” of the animal-occupied city, surrounded by individual, artificially maintained habitat-based regions like tundra, savanna, rain forest and the like. Yet beyond that idea providing multiple visual environments for the filmmakers to create—and a couple of high-energy chase sequences—there’s no real sense for why those habitat “ghettos” are at all relevant to the story, as though that were a concept that felt too risky to explore in mass-market animation.

It’s even more confusing when it starts to feel that “Zootopia” is working against its own message to get easy laughs. One extended sequence is set at the animal equivalent of the DMV, which is staffed entirely by slow-moving sloths.

It’s a decent-enough idea, until you realize that it’s based on a stereotype: This kind of animal has one particular kind of character trait, and every one of them is the same. The same notion

pops up when Judy takes advantage of the fact that all wolves start howling when they hear one howl. For a movie built entirely around “don’t judge an animal by its species,” there’s also plenty of “a leopard can’t change its spots.”

That’s not to say that there isn’t also a welcome complexity to the way “Zootopia” approaches prejudice: as fuel for demagoguery; as something that’s not easy to avoid even if you’ve been a target of it yourself; as a cycle that encourages despair in those who get tired of fighting against assumptions. It’s a great starting point for introducing kids to the idea.

But its ideas also never sneak up on you emotionally the way, for example, “Inside Out” managed with its exploration of childhood’s end; it’s more like that vintage “Star Trek” episode about the aliens with halfwhite/half-black faces, allegory writ large and highlighted so there’s no confusion. The result is sporadically fun but clunky, well-intentioned but rarely powerful. Prejudice is bad.

It’s an important idea to convey, with plenty of better ways to convey it. PJH

ZOOTOPIA BB.5 Ginnifer Goodwin Jason Bateman Idris Elba Rated PG

TRY THESE Robin Hood (1973) Brian Bedford Phil Harris Rated G

Madagascar (2005) Ben Stiller Chris Rock Rated PG

Wreck-It Ralph (2012) John C. Reilly Sarah Silverman Rated PG

Inside Out (2015) Amy Poehler Phyllis Smith Rated PG

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BEER, WINE & SPIRITS

Sipping South Africa, Part 2 A tantalizing taste-tour of South African wines.

BY TED SCHEFFLER @critic1

A

s I wrote in my Feb. 25 column—which was an introduction to South African winemaking and history—I’ve been tasting my way through a wide selection of wines from that country. Believe me, it was my pleasure, especially given that many South African wines are so budget-friendly. A lot has changed since Dutch colonists began making South African wine in the 1650s.

Chenin Blanc, which is the most widely planted grape varietal in South Africa, was originally grown from vine cuttings via France. Wonderfully fresh and tasting of herbs, Mulderbosch Chenin Blanc Steen op Hout ($15)—“Steen” being the South African

term for Chenin Blanc—has white peach flavors with oh-so-subtle hints of oak. With its good minerality, this well-balanced wine pairs beautifully with grilled chicken.

Indaba Chenin Blanc ($11) would make for a fantastic porch sipper in the spring and summer. It’s an easy-drinking wine bursting with tropical citrus flavors and a slightly sweet, honeyed finish: a fun, not-too-serious interpretation of Chenin Blanc.

MAN Family Wines Chenin Blanc ($8.99) is a steal, and made solely with free-run juice (no pressing of the grapes) which is left on its lees for three to four months to give the wine body. MAN calls this their “sweet and sour” wine for its good balance of acidity and sweetness. That off-dry quality makes this Chenin Blanc a good partner for spicy curries.

Located on the slopes of the Helderberg Mountain in South Africa’s most well-known wine region of Stellenbosch, Ken Forrester Vineyards wines are renowned for their exceptional quality and value. Ken Forrester Old Vine Reserve Chenin Blanc ($14.99) has garnered boatloads of awards and accolades for its complexity and tricky balance of oaky vanilla and delicate fruit flavors. This Chenin Blanc would rock a crawfish/crab/lobster boil.

One of the best bottles of bubbly I’ve tasted in many moons is DeMorgenzon DMZ Cabernet Rosé ($12). Made from 100

IMBIBE percent Cabernet Sauvignon, this is pink bubbly with a lot of backbone, hailing from DeMorgenzon’s biodiverse and ecologically sensitive vineyards. It’s a remarkably elegant sparkling wine for the price, brimming with strawberry, pomegranate and watermelon notes, accompanied by splashes of spice.

Pinotage is South Africa’s only native wine varietal, a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault. Don’t confuse Pinotage with Pinot Noir; they’re not at all alike. A young Pinotage can be bright and easy on the palate, and that’s the case with Ken Forrester Petit Pinotage ($12). This is a well-restrained wine with smoky notes and concentrated cherry flavors—light enough to sip with barbecued meats.

Further proof that apartheid in South Africa is fading into the past, Seven Sisters winery is owned and operated by seven black sisters. They produce Seven Sisters Dawn Pinotage/ Shiraz ($12), a soft, rich red wine with spicy pepper flavors and smokiness that would be a slamdunk with steak au poivre.

Founded by Lithuanian immigrants in the early 20th century, Backsberg is a Jewish-owned

winery and one of only two South African wine producers making kosher wine. If you’re thinking Manischewitz, don’t. Backsberg Klein Babylons Toren ($25) is an intense, tannic blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and other Bordeaux varietals with dense black fruit flavors. The vintage I tasted was 2007, and it still seemed a tad young, indicating that this is a very age-worthy wine.

I wish I had the space to write in detail about the other quality South African wines I had the privilege of tasting, but I’ll just have to list them here: The Wolftrap ($10), Graham Beck Brut Rosé ($17), Grand Plaisir ($28), The Curator ($8), Limestone Hill Chardonnay ($20), MAN Shiraz ($9) and Chardonnay ($9) and Bellingham Bernard Series Chenin Blanc ($22).

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TRIO Owned and operated by Chefs with a passion for good food, Trio is located right off the Town square in downtown Jackson. Featuring a variety of cuisines in a relaxed atmosphere, Trio is famous for its wood-oven pizzas, specialty cocktails and waffle fries with bleu cheese fondue. Dinner nightly at 5:30 p.m. Reservations.

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ITALIAN CALICO A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965, the Calico continues to be one of the most popular restaurants in the Valley. The Calico offers the right combination of really good food, (much of which is grown in our own gardens in the summer), friendly staff; a reasonably priced menu and a large selection of wine. Our bar scene is eclectic with a welcoming vibe. Open nightly at 5 p.m. 2560 Moose Wilson Rd., (307) 733-2460.

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PINKY G’S The locals favorite! Voted Best Pizza in Jackson Hole 2012, 2013 and 2014. Seek out this hidden gem under the Pink Garter Theatre for NY pizza by the slice, salads, stromboli’s, calzones and many appetizers to choose from. Try the $7 ‘Triple S’ lunch special.Happy hours 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. Sun.- Thu. Text PINK to 71441 for discounts.

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PIZZERIA CALDERA Jackson Hole’s only dedicated stone-hearth oven pizzeria, serving Napolitana-style pies using the freshest ingredients in traditional and creative combinations. Five local micro-brews on tap, a great selection of red and white wines by the glass and bottle, and one of the best views of the Town Square from our upstairs deck. Daily lunch special includes slice, salad or soup, any two for $8. Happy hour: half off drinks by the glass from 4 - 6 daily. Dine in or carry out. Or order online at PizzeriaCaldera.com, or download our app for iOS or Android. Open from 11am - 9:30pm daily at 20 West Broadway. 307-201-1472.

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84 Early cinema sex symbol 85 Makes fuzzy, as one’s vision 87 Actress Gardner 88 Mogul mishap?

90 Tie the knot 91 Ended a flight 92 Map abbr.

93 Slip while washing dishes?

95 Footnote ref.

98 Dirty money 101 Reform Party candidate Perot 102 Narrow inlets 103 Orthodontic appliance 106 Sources of heavenly strains?

110 Halite extraction worker 112 Warning about an escaped horse?

116 Whatever number 117 Port SW of Buffalo, N.Y. 118 Reeded instrument 119 Henry VI’s “O, God forgive my sins, and pardon thee!”?

120 Stinging crawler 121 Crow’s-nest support

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device 80 Political pundit Marvin 81 Like some film geniuses 82 Hoopster Archibald 84 Jabba, for one 85 Chinese steamed bun 86 Prefix with call 89 __-Myers Squibb: Big Pharma firm 90 “For Hire” detective 91 Son of David 93 Mumbai mister 94 DOL division 95 Welles of “War of the Worlds” 96 Grand on stage 97 Biblical spy 98 Fine china 99 Biological incubators 100 Proofing mark 103 Ancient mariner’s story, e.g.

104 To be, to a Breton 105 Sneak attack 107 Self-named sitcom 108 Ones in a league of their own 109 Proofing mark 111 GI fare 113 Emmy recipient Arthur 114 Hosp. staffer 115 Put away

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10 When repeated, a Samoan port 20 Cookie man Wally 30 Gen. __ E. Lee 40 Site of the world’s longest railway 50 Sudden death cause 60 Some window extensions, for short 70 Hesitant sound 80 Apple for the teacher 90 Nogales nosh 10 Where there’s a quill?

11 Mubarak of Egypt 12 Ivy League sch.

13 Marne moms 14 Fox’s title 15 PC interconnection 16 Curio case

17 Plumbing fixture uncommon in North America 18 Iris locations 19 Redistricting eponym 24 1924 co-defendant 28 Dander 31 Bus stop spot 32 Embossed cookies 33 Berserk 35 One in a wallet 36 Flaky mineral 37 Related 38 “Worthy Fights” co-author Panetta 39 Whodunit why 40 Grafton’s “__ for Burglar” 41 Comply with 44 Emulate Paul Bunyan 45 4 x 4, briefly 46 Language of southern Africa 47 Thing to fight for 48 Jessica of “Barely Lethal” 49 Ago 51 Blood amounts 52 “Pearly Shells” singer 55 Up to now 57 Yoga position 58 “The Circus of __”: 1935 novel adapted into a 1964 Tony Randall film 60 “Ditto” 62 “What else __?”

64 Sticks by, as a stickup man 65 Court defense 66 Bedroom community 67 Soprano Lear 68 Capital on Interstate 40 69 Tree-hugging greenery 70 Out of control 75 In bed, maybe 76 Part of a foot 78 Sound engineer’s

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20 Mine, in Montreal 21 Old block seller 22 Spy 23 Turkey’s affectionate peck?

25 Source of a fond melody 26 Prefix with arthritis 27 Sharer of the prize 29 D, for a driver 30 Spy mission, for short 34 News anchor Burnett et al.

35 Ross on a commemorative 3-cent stamp 36 Beach brawl?

41 Service station offering 42 Blue-and-yellow megastore 43 Snap back 44 Lens cover for a low Earth orbiter?

50 Merged labor org.

51 Letter-shaped bike locks 52 Bit of information 53 Chicken-king link 54 Former U.N. chief 56 Three times due 57 Far from choice 58 Adds a soundtrack to 59 Command to a boxer 61 French postcard word 63 Rips into 65 “Those are stone fragments, all right”?

69 What the god Mars’ symbol represents 71 New, to Dante 72 Vote in favor 73 Leave out 74 Some dorm accommodations 77 Ernest J. Keebler, for one 79 Arcade coin 83 Story opening?

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Wabi-sabi 侘寂 Wisdom A Japanese teaching that holds global relevance.

What’s wabi-sabi?

Wabi-sabi is a wise and positive perspective for living life, which originated in Japanese culture and is now global. It is based on three simple realities of our lives: Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect. At first glance the list of these three might sound depressing. However, you should keep reading because wabi-sabi is a helpful, accepting and positive perspective on life, which can be applied to myriad things, from love relationships to food, nature to art, and your home to the world.

The bottom line is that wabi-sabi celebrates the beauty in all that is natural and authentic, flaws and all. It is about loving the wisdom and beauty of imperfection, or “flawed” beauty. The idea is that a crack in an old vase, or wrinkles on a person’s face, or shoes that are well worn, or a tooth that is chipped, or a tree that is weathered and bent over from the wind, or a dog with a limp, or an apple that is lopsided; these are all precisely what makes people, nature and objects more interesting, more unique and perhaps, paradoxically, more elegantly beautiful. At its core, wabi-sabi fosters embracing what’s not perfect and deeply honoring how things really are in life.

Wabi-sabi does not condone abuse or violence in any form.

It also is not a “ho-hum, laid back, never improve yourself” philosophy. It is the ability to revel in, and to cherish what is real.

colors and textures, leads to crushing pressures to look flawless, to over-sanitize, to be perfect, to fit in, and to own the latest gadget. We experience near paranoia about aging and often show disdain for anything old, broken, used, repaired, idiosyncratic or unattractive. Adding some wabi-sabi offers us a way to be kinder to ourselves and to others, and to experience more contentment about everything in our lives.

Wabi-sabi love Wabi-sabi love relationships are about loving the imperfections in yourself and in the other people in your life. It encourages us to focus on what’s right about each other, which always brings out more of the positive. It is a reminder that the idiosyncrasies of people whom we love and complain about—and even the things about them that drive us nuts— are part of what makes them dear and quintessentially who they are. We are likely to miss these quirks even when those people are gone.

It is worth mentioning that the wabi-sabi perspective on love does not include abuse, negative or criminal behavior, violence or addiction.

A wabi-sabi home No matter where you live, a wabi-sabi home is full of rustic character, charm, and things that are uniquely yours. It is clean but not immaculate or sterile. It tells the very precious story of who lives there, and the richness of life within its not-perfectly-symmetrical walls.

Take away It is so kind to allow humor and beauty in our imperfections, and to include them as reasons why we are lovable and loved. Wabi-sabi invites us to soften and shift our thinking from annoy to enjoy, and from anger to compassion. It is true that in life nothing is permanent, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect. It is also true that everyone is doing the best they can in every moment, given their givens. And, at the same time, we are also hardwired to grow and to evolve. PJH

Relief for Westerners It can be a welcome relief to incorporate some of the wabi-sabi perspective in our lives. Overlooking or dismissing the beauty of life in all its stages and phases, shapes and sizes,

Carol Mann is a longtime Jackson resident, radio personality, former Grand Targhee Resort owner, author, and clairvoyant.

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REDNECK PERSPECTIVE SATIRE

Two ‘Halfs’ Make a Whole He’s a little bit country; she’s a little bit liberal.

BY CLYDE THORNHILL

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here is competition between liberals and conservatives over who can create the greatest race-related controversy with the least amount of substantive fact. At first glance, it would seem liberals would win hands down! Liberals have an established tradition, and the arrogant verbosity to pursue the frivolous and generate confusion from clarity.

However, conservatives have been able to find the intellect to match, or even surpass liberals in their ability to expound on the trivial and seek justification through misunderstanding. These rigid minds fret over adding cream to their coffee—liberals worry they are not respecting blackness by adding cream; conservative worry they are embracing multicultural political correctness by blending white into black.

The controversy surrounding Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime performance is a perfect example of an irrational hunger for rage based on nothing, a controversy that would make anyone proud to be an American!

As those who follow news of the inconsequential know, Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime show is being called anti-police

by pundits and politicians. Until reading about the controversy, I was unaware that anyone watched halftime shows and, as I only listen to real music (country-western) I could not tell a Beyonce from a Justin Bieber. I downloaded her performance and then, because I couldn’t understand a word she was saying, downloaded the lyrics.

Wow! Remove the beat, add a steel guitar, keep the big butt and add a beer belly—it would be Hank Williams, Jr. Consider Beyonce’s lyrics: “My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana. You mix that negro with that Creole make a Texas bama…”

Now William’s lyrics: “Momma met my daddy down in Alabama. They tied the knot so here I am. Born on the bayou on the Texas Line. Loved Louisiana and raised on jambalaya.”

Beyonce: “I’m so reckless when I rock my Givenchy dress. I’m so possessive so I rock his Roc necklaces.”

Williams: “Money to burn and the girls were pretty. It didn’t take me long to learn that I was born to boogie.”

Beyonce: “Earned all this money but they never take the country out me.”

Williams: “I still got my hat and I still wear my jeans.”

If Beyonce’s song is anti-police because she’s proud of her racial heritage, of her

“Politicians like race rage because it consolidates voter groups.”

rowdy ways and southern country roots, then Nashville will have to recall half the songs ever written!

Some claim racial anger divides our nation and plants seeds of distrust and fear among us, weakening America in the face of our adversaries. Such critics ignore the fact that race rage helps the economy by selling pundits’ newspaper columns as well as TV and radio shows. Politicians like race rage because it consolidates voter groups, can make for catchy sound bites, and provide an image of tolerance or toughness depending on the demographic of a targeted electorate.

Best of all, when most people in the world exist in a place where American style freedom, opportunity, and justice are not even abstract concepts, it gives Americans, who have so much to be grateful for, something to be angry about. PJH

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) Actress Blythe Baird writes about the problem that arises when her dog sees her eating a peanut butter and chocolate chip bagel. Her beloved pet begs for a piece and becomes miserable when it’s not forthcoming. Baird is merely demonstrating her love, of course, because she knows that eating chocolate can make canines ill. I suspect that life is bestowing a comparable blessing on you. You may feel mad and sad about being deprived of something you want. But the likely truth is that you will be lucky not to get it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) “I do not literally paint that table, but rather the emotion it produces upon me,” French artist Henri Matisse told an interviewer. “But what if you don’t always have emotion?” she asked him. This is how Matisse replied: “Then I do not paint. This morning, when I came to work, I had no emotion. So I took a horseback ride. When I returned, I felt like painting, and had all the emotion I wanted.” This is excellent advice for you to keep in mind, Taurus. Even more than usual, it’s crucial that you imbue every important thing you do with pure, strong emotions. If they’re not immediately available, go in quest of them.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Some night soon, I predict you’ll dream of being an enlightened sovereign who presides over an ecologically sustainable paradise. You’re a visionary leader who is committed to peace and high culture, so you’ve never gone to war. You share your wealth with the people in your kingdom. You revere scientists and shamans alike, providing them with what they need to do their good work for the enhancement of the realm. Have fun imagining further details of this dream, Gemini, or else make up your own.

Now is an excellent time to visualize a fairy tale version of yourself at the height of your powers, living your dreams and sharing your gifts.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) It’s not always necessary to have an expansive view of where you have been and where you are going, but it’s crucial right now. So I suggest that you take an inventory of the big picture. For guidance, study this advice from philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “What have you truly loved? What has uplifted your soul; what has dominated and delighted it at the same time? Assemble these revered objects in a row before you and they may reveal a law by their nature and their order: the fundamental law of your very self.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) “There isn’t enough of anything as long as we live,” wrote Raymond Carver. “But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance, prevails.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Virgo, you’ll soon be gliding through one of these intervals. Now and then you may even experience the strange sensation of being completely satisfied with the quality and amount of sweetness that arrives. To ensure optimal results, be as free from greed as you can possibly be.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) “The other day, lying in bed,” writes poet Rodger Kamenetz, “I felt my heart beating for the first time in a long while. I realized how little I live in my body, how much in my mind.” He speaks for the majority of us. We spend much of our lives entranced by the relentless jabber that unfolds between our ears. But I want to let you know, Scorpio, that the moment is ripe to rebel against this tendency in yourself. In the coming weeks, you will have a natural talent for celebrating your body. You’ll be able to commune deeply with its sensations, to learn more about how it works, and to exult in the pleasure it gives you and the wisdom it provides.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) In his “Dream Song 67,” poet John Berryman confesses, “I am obliged to perform in complete darkness operations of great delicacy on myself.” I hope you will consider embarking on similar heroics, Sagittarius. It’s not an especially favorable time to overhaul your environment or try to get people to change in accordance with your wishes.

But it’s a perfect moment to spruce up your inner world— to tinker with and refine it so that everything in there works with more grace. And unlike Berryman, you won’t have to proceed in darkness. The light might not be bright, but there’ll be enough of a glow to see what you’re doing.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Here’s the dictionary’s definition of the word “indelible”: “having the quality of being difficult to remove, wash away, blot out or efface; incapable of being canceled, lost or forgotten.” The word is often used in reference to unpleasant matters: stains on clothes, biases that distort the truth, superstitions held with unshakable conviction or painful memories of romantic break-ups. I am happy to let you know that you now have more power than usual to dissolve seemingly indelible stuff like that. Here’s a trick that might help you: Find a new teacher or teaching that uplifts you with indelible epiphanies.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) According to poet Tony Hoagland, most of us rarely “manage to finish a thought or a feeling; we usually get lazy or distracted and quit halfway through.” Why? Hoagland theorizes that we “don’t have the time to complete the process, and we dislike the difficulty and discomfort of the task.” There’s a cost for this negligence: “We walk around full of half-finished experiences.” That’s why Hoagland became a poet. He says that “poems model the possibility of feeling all the way through an emotional process” and “thinking all the way through a thought.” The coming weeks will be a favorable time to get more in the habit of finishing your own feelings and thoughts, Aquarius.

It will also be more important than usual that you do so!

(Hoagland’s comments appeared in Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Unless you work at night and sleep by day, you experience the morning on a regular basis. You may have a love-hate relationship with it, because on the one hand you don’t like to leave your comfortable bed so early, and on the other hand you enjoy anticipating the interesting events ahead of you. But aside from your personal associations with the morning, this time of day has always been a potent symbol of awakenings and beginnings. Throughout history, poets have invoked it to signify purity and promise. In myth and legend, it often represents the chance to see things afresh, to be free of the past’s burdens, to love life unconditionally.

Dream interpreters might suggest that a dream of morning indicates a renewed capacity to trust oneself. All of these meanings are especially apropos for you right now, Pisces.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) “For a wound to heal, you have to clean it out,” says author Yasmin Mogahed. “Again, and again, and again. And this cleaning process stings. The cleaning of a wound hurts,

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Sportswear manufacturer Adidas is looking for ways to repurpose trash that humans dump in the oceans. One of its creations is a type of shoe made from illegal deep-sea nets that have been confiscated from poachers. I invite you to get inspired by Adidas’ work. From an astrological perspective, now is a good time to expand and refine your personal approach to recycling. Brainstorm about how you could convert waste and refuse into useful, beautiful resources—not just literally, but also metaphorically. For example, is there a ruined or used-up dream that could be transformed into raw material for a shiny new dream?

yes. Healing takes so much work. So much persistence.

And so much patience.” According to my analysis, Libra, you should be attending to this tough but glorious task.

Although the work might be hard, it won’t be anywhere near as hard as it usually is. And you are likely to make more progress than you would be able to at other times.

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One big smile with four legs and a tail just lookin’ for love!

They call me Munchkin, but I think of myself as more of a Mochaccino or a tall Iced White Carmel Latte.

Bonjour mon cheri.

Je m’appelle Pierre!

Voulez vous cuddliez avec moi ce soir?

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