CATALYST Magazine December 2013

DECEMBER 2013 VOLUME 32 NUMBER 12

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ON THE COVER Still Life with Yellow Pears

Artist’s statement: An open letter to my city

in the fine arts. We have galleries committed to good painting and sculpture; we are, in fact, home to the oldest commercial art gallery in the west! We have earnest and progressive ince I can remember, winter has always dance companies, excellent theater, cinema meant a condensation of life. The city and music. Some of the best artists I know are cocoons itself into a celebratory bundle of here or from here. We are known, nationally, winters past and those to come, as they must. for our painters. I’m Tradition and snow, snow as proud to be one of them tradition…and light. and to have been trained There is the cold light of in a program at the stars we rarely navigate by (if University of Utah which we still know how), the difoffered traditional enough fused ghostly light of the snowtraining that one couldn’t covered city, the annual and help but learn the basics glorious lights on Temple and was made to pracSquare, the light of a favorite tice them and prove bar, restaurant or coffee shop competence. offering shelter, familiarity and No matter where life elixir. There is always light in takes me, I will be gratethis city at wintertime and it ful to have learned my keeps the valley from what trade here and been supindifferent and sacred nature ported enough by good would make of us if we could patrons to put in long not prepare. years of fulltime practice.

But we can prepare and we I feel prepared, creativedo. We are perhaps the most ly, for anything. prepared city in the country.

Celebrate the winter And, as some interpret statisphoto by Eric Overton and be open to wonder tics, we are also the most creand light. The snow is ative of the cities our size in the US. One coming (hopefully in abundance), and you live upside of conservatism, from my perspective, in the most creative mid-sized city in America! is that it roots one in tradition. We have lots of —Brad Overton, artist that. We have a population in Salt Lake which (represented by Phillips Gallery) values creative practice and accomplishment

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Artist’s statement: An open letter to my city.

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DON’T GET ME STARTED JOHN R. DEJONG

Exploring the concept that people can think-in-movement instead of being all-in-their-heads.

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Miscarriage of democracy: The Swallow affair.

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ENVIRONEWS AMY BRUNVAND Sugar house streetcar grand opening; Mormons and environmental stewardship; Becker joins national climate task force; SLC sustainability board; BLM plans need a do over; Not-so-swell leases withdrawn; refinery expansion=bad air.

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HOW TO UNDERSTAND NON-MORMONS DENNIS HINKAMP

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FOLK CULTURE: SNOWMEN CLARE BOERIGTER

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e’re not talking about a single incifeds should turn large swaths of public dent of miscarried democracy here, lands to the tender mercies of the Utah but a whole wrecked train.

Bureau of Oil, Gas & Mining. In a just world, It starts with an elected official, Utah Utah would immediately return any land it Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, hand-pickgets from the feds over to beleaguered ing John Swallow as his successor. That remnants of Utah’s Indian tribes. But I don’t sounds like a kingdom, not a democracy. think that’s what they have in mind.

Swallow, appointed by Shurtleff as chief The upshot is that the 2012 election for deputy, shook down the bushes Utah Attorney General is invalid. around the attorney general’s It should not be the role of the office for campaign funds to Republican party or the governor get a leg up on his Republican to nominate an attorney general. competitors for the upcoming A special election should be held attorney general slot. Which immediately. The citizens of Utah bushes he beat tells us somedeserve fair elections. thing about his “interests.”

The most appalling Of the $142,100 in thing about the Swallow A special election should affair is not what a dirt“contributions” Swallow actually reported, be held immediately. bag John Swallow is, $20,000 came in what nor how a dirtbag of his was surely believed to be “protection caliber got nominated, much less elected, money” from the payday loan “industry,” to the state’s highest law enforcement all of it from out of state. Swallow was position, but why it took the Lt. Governor’s found by the Lt. Governor’s office to have Office so long to figure out the funny bean “forgotten” to report tens of thousands of counting on his campaign contribution dollars of campaign income, most of it reports. By not vetting Swallow’s camfrom the same “out-of-state” payday loan paign contribution reports in a timely manindustry. ner and disqualifying Swallow as soon as Another $7,350 of his “legitimate” camhis lies were unmasked, the Lt. Governor’s paign contributions came from other out-of office contributed materially to this miscar-state individuals. But the coup de main riage of democracy. was his $49,000 loan to himself. No one It shouldn’t take a lawsuit from a specan say John Swallow wasn’t John cial interest group to insure that election Swallow’s biggest fan. laws are followed.

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CONNECTIONS

What love looks like

BY CHARLOTTE BELL

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s I sat in meditation one morning in mid-November, a stray thought popped into my head. I momentarily wondered what I would do if I went outside to feed my four beautiful feral cats and found that one of them was sick, injured or worse. Would I go to work anyway? How would I deal with it? I dutifully dismissed the thought and returned to my breath.

After I got up from my sitting practice, I went to feed the ferals. I first noticed that the bed one of them usually camps out in was displaced. Then I saw tufts of hair in the

yard. Three cats came to breakfast. Then I saw the fourth.

I’ll spare the details, but she had met a violent end, probably trying to get away from a dog or raccoon. I remembered the thought that had entered my mind during meditation. It didn’t seem so random anymore.

This cat was the mother of the other three. In 2000, she chose to have a litter in my backyard, four gorgeous female kittens, all completely different. I called her Big Mama, to distinguish her from the petite mama kitty that had a litter in my yard in 1994. My yard seems to be popular among pregnant feral cats.

While I was able to catch her kittens to have them spayed when the time came, Big Mama was much more cautious, more street smart. I had to study her—I felt a little like a wildlife biologist—to figure out how to lure her into my trap. By the time I caught her, she’d had two more kittens, males this time, and was in heat yet again.

Three of the six kittens remain. Attrition is high in outdoor cats. Still, the survivors are 12 and 13 years old, quite respectable for feral cats. I’m not sure how old Big Mama was, but I noticed her hearing had deteriorated and her gait had stiffened and slowed over the past year.

I’ve always known that I could face this kind of tragedy any day.

When one of the ferals misses a meal, I worry. I go looking for them, hoping to find them healthy—maybe curled up comfortably in a sunny corner of my yard—but knowing I might find them otherwise.

Most people might say that, well, they’re just feral cats, at least they weren’t my “pets.” It’s true that they don’t sit in my lap or sleep with me, although one of them, Lucy, loves to be petted and brushed—as long as I’m sitting on my back steps. The others don’t want to be touched.

Perhaps some people would not consider a hands-off relationship to be a real connection. I beg to differ.

When I go out to feed the ferals, Lucy runs up to the steps to be petted. Righty (the lone male) sits two feet away and purrs loudly. Robbie rolls around on her back with her eyes glued to mine. And Big Mama came close and blinked at me. In the past year she’d become rather brazen, letting me get very close and sometimes letting me

touch her head for a very quick moment. Each cat has his/her own way of expressing connection.

This is what they have taught me: Connection does not have to look a certain way. Each being that comes into our lives shares a unique bond with us. With some, we show outward affection or share a sense of humor; with some, we engage in deep conversation or spin out on cynicism; with some, we enjoy silence. We may hike, bike or ski with some; with others, we share a quiet cup of tea. The ways of connecting are infinite.

It’s easy to get caught in an idea of what love looks like—usually grand gestures of physical or verbal affection.

When that is what we expect or feel entitled to, we can’t see or appreciate the small kindnesses we are being offered countless times every day. When we think love or friendship should look a certain way, we can’t feel gratitude for what is actually here in this moment.

These beautiful feral cats have taught me that love and appreciation are universal, and they do not fit into the narrow confines of my own definitions.

I feel the loss of Big Mama in a different way

When we think love or friendship should look a certain way, we can’t feel gratitude for what is actually here in this than moment.

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one of my indoor cats, but I feel it no less deeply. It pains me to know that her passing was traumatic and probably agonizing. But I remain grateful to her for what she and her kittens have taught me about love and appreciation. And her sudden and shocking demise reminds me to appreciate every moment with every being I connect with today and every day, no matter what those moments look like. u Charlotte Bell is a yoga teacher, author and musician who lives in Salt Lake City.

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Mormons and environmental stewardship Sometimes it’s tempting to blame the Mormon Church for the anti-environmental attitudes of Utah Republicans. So it’s a welcome surprise to read a statement on the official Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church website that supports environmental stewardship as an LDS spiritual value. The statement reads: “The state of the human soul and the environment are interconnected, with each affecting and influencing the other....Approaches to the environment must be prudent, realistic, balanced and consistent with the needs of the earth and of current and future generations, rather than pursuing the immediate vindication of personal desires or avowed rights.�

The website offers tips for energy conservation and recycling as well as statements about environmental stewardship from a Mormon spiritual perspective.

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Becker joins national climate task force Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker has been appointed to serve on President Obama’s State, Local and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. The task force will advise the

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Administration on how the federal government can respond to the needs of communities nationwide that are dealing with the impacts of climate change. Mayor Becker can offer his first-hand experience implementing programs such as Salt Lake City Green to inform the task force’s recommendations.

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SLC Sustainability Dashboard Salt Lake City has launched a new “Sustainable City Dashboard� that offers information about city planning for issues such as energy, recycling, open space, water and urban forestry. The website tracks Salt Lake City’s progress toward the goals outlined in Mayor Ralph Becker’s Livability Agenda and the Sustainable Salt Lake Plan 2015.

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BLM plans need a do over Environmentalists won a major legal victory in November when the United States District Court struck down significant parts of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Richfield Field Office. During the Bush Administration the BLM was pressured to re-write management plans for Utah in order to prioritize fossil fuel development and off-road vehicle recreation (and minimize conservation and nonmotorized recreation).

After a legal challenge from a coalition of environmental groups, a judge found that BLM failed to minimize the destructive impacts of ORV use on streams,

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native plants, wildlife, soils and irreplaceable cultural sites and artifacts, as required by law.

In a particularly damning example, the judge found that the BLM failed to designate the Henry Mountains as an Area of Critical Environmental Concern due to “the national BLM office’s concern that the counties were not ‘on board’ with that designation.� The judge noted that despite BLM characterization of areas in French Spring Canyon, Buck Canyon and Pasture Canyon as “dry washes,� guidebook author Steve Allen (who has traveled the area extensively on foot) has evidence of reliable perennial springs. (I have been to French Spring Canyon myself. Steve Allen is right, it does have a nice spring with cottonwood trees.)

The Richfield RMP is one of six Bushera BLM Resource Management plans, and because they were all written hastily and under political pressure, they probably all have similar legal problems.

Conservation groups challenging the BLM’s 2008 land use plans in Utah include the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Sierra Club, Grand Canyon Trust, National Parks Conservation Association, Wilderness Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, Utah Rivers Council, Great Old Broads for Wilderness, National Trust for Historic Preservation and Rocky Mountain Wild.

Not-so-swell leases withdrawn Due to public outcry Utah BLM has withdrawn nearly 100,000 acres in the San Rafael Swell from an oil and gas lease auction that was the most controversial since the one Tim DeChristopher monkeywrenched in December 2008. The lease sale included canyons with rock art treasures, Wilderness Study Areas and parts of the Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry.

When activists pointed out that BLM’s own planning documents forbid oil and gas development in the dinosaur quarry, BLM responded that such complaints are

evidence that its public-comment process works.

That didn’t stop Utah Senators Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch from screaming. The two senators issued a joint statement saying that “this last-minute bait and switch only reinforces the widespread belief that, under this Administration, BLM is becoming a vehicle for policies created by radical environmentalists,� and they speculated that withdrawing inappropriate leases prior to sale might “drive investment away from the families and communities that live near lands managed by the federal government.�

In fact, a report from Headwaters Economics says that oil and gas drilling is at an all-time high in the western U.S. The report also points out that in response to markets, “Drilling activity can shift quickly between geographies and resource types,� which explains why energy-producing areas can be so hard hit by boom-bust cycles of energy development.

Refinery Expansion = Bad Air As if air quality on the Wasatch Front weren’t already bad enough, the State of Utah issued a permit to expand oil refineries in Davis County. Industry spokesmen say the refinery is needed to process increased production of “waxy crude� from the Uintah Basin (where federal regulations have apparently not discouraged oil and gas production no matter what Mike Lee thinks).

Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment (UPHE) issued a statement opposing the refinery expansion saying, “Utah has never turned down an expansion permit by any of our biggest polluters. And now Governor Herbert has granted Holly Refinery their expansion [doubling its capacity to 60,000 barrels a day], this at a time when Utah's air quality has been the worst in the country.� UPHE is currently raising money for a lawsuit to stop the refinery expansion.

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Snowmen A long, storied tradition W

e’ve all grown accustomed to it over the years: the sudden appearance of snow people in front lawns, some with the quiet dignity of the children’s classic The Snowman, others with the deranged look of a Calvin and Hobbes’ creation.

In Anchorage, citizens witness the yearly return of Billy Powers’ controversial Snowzilla, still built annually despite the cease and desist order issued against it in 2008. A similar towering figure was erected five years ago in Bethel, Maine, where residents constructed the world’s largest snow person, snow woman Olympia, who stood 122 feet tall, weighed a whopping 13,000,000 pounds and used 16 skis for eyelashes.

Best snow for building No matter what sort of snowman you’re looking forward to building this winter, the type of snow you use is key. Snow approaching the melting point—moist and compact —will serve much better than fluffy powder or dense crust. Typically, a warm afternoon following a sizeable snowfall makes for the best snowman con-

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ditions, as snow will be plentiful and packable.

Begin with a snowball. Roll the ball until you’ve attained the desired size and shape; end with three spheres of varying size, which you can then stack. This is the tradition in North

America and Europe. In Japan and East Asia, the snow figures, called yuki daruma, are made up of just two.

Snow people are customarily decorated with carrots for noses, and coal, charcoal or stones serving as eyes, and sticks for arms. The colossal Olympia’s arms are two 30-foot spruce trees. In Japan, where— according to Bob Eckstein, author of The History of Snowmen—snowmen

actually outnumber the population of northern Japanese towns for part of the season, snow people are decorated with candles.

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History of the snow race

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If you feel a sense of accomplishment after finishing your snowman this year, then good, you’ve earned it: You are now part of the long and storied snowman tradition. No one knows when the first of the snow people appeared, but the earliest known artistic rendering appears in the medieval Book of Hours, around 1380. And although you might feel some sympathy, as winter passes, for your melting snow person, never fear. As Eckstein discovered, at the beginning of every April in Zurich, the Swiss (those supposed bastions of armed neutrality) celebrate the passing of winter by using explosives to blow up an innocent snowman, assuring a speedy and spectacular end to the season’s chilly symbol. u

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3. You may never understand drinking alcohol. To us, it just makes life seem more interesting and at times more tolerable. We will never condone overuse when driving, working, operating heavy equipment or even texting while under the influence. Think of our drinking as state tax base security. Thank you for your tolerance in this arena.

4. We thank you for Sundays. We love Sundays here.

If you ever change your worship patterns, we may leave faster than Syrian refugees. We love having the trails, theaters, ski slopes and Buffalo Hot Wings all to ourselves on Sundays.

5. We left someplace worse to come here. We may complain about Happy Valley but the truth is most of us non-Mormons came from hideous places in the Midwest and southern US where religion is often more oppressive and there isn’t even any scenery to compensate. We complain, but we don’t really want to exit. To quote one of my favorite administrators, “It’s like a constant mutiny on a ship that nobody wants to leave.” We grumble but never crumble.

6. We are more alike than different. I have shared locker room space with many of you; I know this to be true. u Dennis Hinkamp does not pretend to speak for all non-Mormons, just the honest ones.

How CAN Santa deliver billions of presents to the whole world in just one night? With a state-of-the-art, high-tech operation! So how could this incredible operation have MISSED one child?!? To Santa’s young son, Arthur, it threatens to end the magic of Christmas.

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How to understand non-Mormons ’m generally not a negative person. Okay, it’s not good to start off a column with a lie. I most certainly am a negative person, but I'm making an effort to see through the seasonal hype and get in tune with nonmaterial gifts.

That’s why after 33 years in Utah, for the first time I am going to share the secret scrolls of non-Mormonia; I’m going to tell you how to get along with us non-Mormons so that we can live the peace accord that Palestine and Israel can only dream of. Follow me.

Here’s how to live with and understand non-Mormons: 1. We like coffee; a lot of coffee. We like coffee shops, coffee cups, coffee tables and even coffee-colored dogs. We like it on a boat, across a moat, with roast goat, when we float and, you must note, you won’t be smote if you try it.

Though the chemical composition of caffeine in Diet Coke may not differ from steaming, hot, yummy coffee, in our eyes Diet Coke is akin to smoking bubble gum cigarettes. If you are having an event ranging from a tax seminar to a garage sale that you hope will attract your gentile brethren, all you have to do to get us there is to offer free coffee. Decaf, by the way, is the work of the devil.

2. We’re pretty good at potlucks, but we concede victory; you win. We are creative when it comes to kale, quinoa, tubule and other exotics but not so much when it comes to comfort food. You have perfected the meat, potatoes, cheese and dessert combos that make even a funeral a delightful culinary

Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, together with five men, crossed the Pacific ocean in a balsa wood raft in 1947 to prove that South Americans already back in preColumbian times could have crossed the sea and settle on Polynesian islands.

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Photo credit: Steve Conlin Timothy Smith, owner of Ogden's Own Distillery (makers of Five Wives Vodka and Underground Herbal).

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hen I was young, Thanksgiving meant sparkling apple cider. It was the only time of year that I got to sit side by side with my parents and raise a toast with all the other adults, holding up a bubbling golden glass of sweet juice. It was so exciting. I had my very own special beverage, one that only came out during that time of year.

The winter holidays are filled with these special beverages—hot toddy, eggnog, cider spiced with rum, wassail, hot buttered rum. The long nights encourage us to rest at home and indulge ourselves. These special drinks define the season.

Even in Utah, a state not exactly known for liberal drinking habits, the tradition of raising a glass is becoming an increasingly local tradition thanks to the state’s awardwinning new distilleries, home-grown vineyards and wineries, and avante garde cocktail bars and mixologists. This season, when you get ready to pop that cork or muddle that drink, use this list to make sure that what you’re enjoying is as Utah as possible.

SPIRITS When Mark Twain came through Utah, he found the whiskey worth writing home about. In his 1871 novel Roughing It, he described Utah’s local distilled refreshment, a close cousin to whiskey, as “made of fire and brimstone.”

When the LDS Church changed its tune and outlawed alcohol in 1870, it took almost 140 years for the distillery trade to return to these Rocky Mountains. Now two great distilleries call Utah home, Ogden’s Own Distillery in Ogden and High West in Park City.

Ogden’s Own Distillery Onetime botany student Timothy Smith started Ogden’s Own with an herbal liqueur he called Underground, flavored with 33 herbs and spices including angostura, anise, cardamom, gentian, yarrow, wormwood and mate. However, the 80proof beverage is mercifully devoid of the cloying sweetness common to most liqueurs, so the taste of the herbs come through clean and strong. Tim calls it an “herbal

spirit.” Underground took home the double gold award at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2010.

A year later, Ogden’s Own created Five Wives Vodka, a 50/50 blend of corn and

line-up of whiskeys at a fancy cocktail lounge in the hip town of Portland, Oregon. I asked the mixologist what he thought of High West and he sang high praises. Most whiskey connoisseurs in

In the winter, we like to drink Underground in hot water as an anytime toddy, with the hour dictating the intensity. Easy, cozy, tasty. wheat with hints of cinnamon and vanilla.

Two new offerings take cues from the original and run in different directions: the very vanilla Five Wives Heavenly and the Five Wives Sinful, which, in keeping with the company’s herbal roots, delivers robust natural flavors.

In the winter, we like to drink Underground in hot water as an anytime toddy, with the hour dictating the intensity. Easy, cozy, tasty.

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WINE The little town of Toquerville in southern Utah has the distinction of being the historic center of winemaking in the early days of Zion. Armed with orders from Brigham Young and a wine press and distillery from California, John Conrad Naegle set up shop in the pioneer town, making it the headquarters for a widespread Mormon winemaking business.

Today, though Utah’s best vineyards are still rooted in that dry southern soil, equally exciting wineries are popping up from Layton to Cedar City.

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Castle Creek Winery Located 14 miles from Moab, Castle Creek Winery makes some of Utah’s most popular wines. Owner and head vinter Will Fryer buys almost exclusively Utah grown grapes – from Spanish Valley, Fruita and Palisade – and turns them into excellent bottles of Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Merlot and others. Castle Creek’s top seller is a red blend called Outlaw Red, a silver medal winner at the tasters’ guild international competition. Thanks to the unique flavors imparted by Utah’s dry desert soil and clear mountain water these wines, available at most Utah State wine stores, are an easy favorite.

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Listed in the Lonely Planet guide as a must-see stop, Spanish Valley is the smaller cousin to nearby Castle Creek. Situated on only five acres in red rock country, it’s owned and operated by the Dezelsky family. Their wines include Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Riesling, Gewürztraminer, and cherry wine. u MOAB-UTAH.COM/SPANISHVALLEYWINERY Katherine Pioli is a CATALYST staff writer.

In 2011, Michael and Elva Knight and David Olson moved their 11-year-old wine operation from California to South Salt Lake. While the grapes are still grown in California, the production of their Rhonestyle wines happens here. Kiler Grove puts out a tempting variety of wines, including: Grenache, Malbec, Mourvedre, Petite Sirah, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Trebbiano, Zinfandel and blends. Bottles run $14-24.

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hile 16th century Christian Germans are usually credited with first hauling evergreenery indoors and decorating or celebrating it for spiritual purposes, the practice goes back many thousands of years. The ancient Egyptians, the Vikings of Scandinavia, the Early Romans and the Druids of Northern Europe and Britain all celebrated solstice-related events by honoring a living symbol of eternal life, the tree that stays green when everything else dies.

Do you follow this tradition? If so, you probably know that bringing a fresh-cut tree into your house is like welcoming a benevolent guest: It takes up space, has a presence, and requires some attention which it rewards by sharing a sense of the mystery that comes from having lived its entire life outdoors.

You have to figure out how to get it home from wherever you acquired it. Your fresh tree drinks a lot of water—around a quart each day, for starters. You know that dropped needles are inevitable. There’s the sad goodbye, too, as you eventually haul it to the curb.

If you’d like to get started in the live tree tradition—or maybe improve on the one you already keep—read this.

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Live trees Into the wild: Each year, the Forest Service sells permits for Christmas tree cutting on national forest land. It’s a fullday event with plenty of rules—hey, it’s the government—so make sure you’re doing it right before you go. Also keep in mind that real trees, the ones that nature grows, come in quite the variety of shapes and colors. Don’t presume the ordinary.

Pro: This can be a fun family tradition. It also helps thin trees in monitored areas and is less expensive than purchasing a tree from a lot.

Con: Organization and patience are required, along with a good sense of direction. You’ll drive a bit; there’s more of a carbon footprint. You’ll want a sharp saw.

Tip: The closest places to Salt Lake that sell tree-cutting permits are in Evanston,

Keep it real The yuletide tree and its alternatives

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support our local growers. Some tree farms provide saws.

Con: Same as for federal lands, only the adventure is more domesticated. It will also cost more than the Forest Service trees.

Tip: You’ll find numerous cut-your-own farms around northern Utah. Farms in Davis, Utah, Morgan and Weber Counties have Scotch pine, balsam fir, white spruce, Austrian pine and more. Call before you go to confirm hours, prices and whether you need to bring your own saw. Here’s a complete list of cut-your-own farms: WWW.PICKYOUROWNCHRISTMASTREE.ORG/UTXMA STREES.PHP

Living (potted) conifer: This is where you buy a nursery tree in a pot with the intention of planting it in the ground after the holidays. This year, we’re not even going there. Most potted trees never make it into the ground, or if they do, they die from improper care or grow large in teh wrong spot. Consider this a fad somewhat similar to Easter chicks. Not A Good Idea for anyone but the most anal and exemplary.

Alternatives Wyoming and Spanish Fork. The Evanston Ranger District Office will sell permits during regular business hours. Only one permit ($10) is allowed per household. Info: 307789-3194.

The Spanish Fork Ranger District will sell permits until December 24 at the district office. One tree permit ($10) per adult will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis until 400 tags are sold. Only pinyon pine or juniper trees 20 feet tall or shorter may be cut, and only within the Vernon area located in Tooele County on the Spanish Fork Ranger District. Info: 801-798-3571.

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Pro: Easy.

Con: If your tree was trucked in on the back of a trailer from far away, it can be hard to tell exactly how fresh it is and how many needles will be left on by the time Santa comes. Sometimes trees are sprayed with a food-grade dye to disguise dryness; avoid if you want to keep your tree for more than a week or so.

Tip: Fresh needles and branches are pliant. The needles and bough should bend easily without breaking or falling off. You can also perform the drop test. Lift the tree up a few inches and drop on the trunk end. It's natural for there to be some brown needles on the inner branches.

Off to the tree farm: A good comproThe asphalt field: Trees are also available for purchase from bigbox store parking lots, nurseries and other places around town.

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Pro: Locally grown and purchased trees

Wreaths and boughs: These will dry out more quickly than a tree, but are easier to transport and less messy. But they weren’t cut yesterday. To rehydrate, soak in a bath tub for eight to 24 hours and drip dry before decorating. (Note: The scent does last for months; when the wreath or bough becomes brittle, you can crush the needles off the branches and keep the needles in a bowl for many more months of aromatic pleasure.)

Essence of the tree: Stimulate the sense of smell, et voila, you’ve got a Christmas tree—at least in your mind.

There’s pinyon pine incense and essential oils. Rosemary plants are abundant this time of year, with their piney aroma. Golden Braid Books carries an extensive line of evergreen scented candles. u Lacey Kniep is CATALYST’s calendar editor. Katherine Pioli is a Catalyst staff writer.

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s winter begins its icy approach, we human residents of Salt Lake start layering our clothes and fiddling with the thermostat. But what about the valley’s avian population? Like many animals, birds are forced to exert extra energy to survive during the cold months. Here are some tips from experts at the Tracy Aviary and Backyard Birds on how you can help.

Providing a variety of feed will give birds the energy they need in the winter while attracting a diverse population to your yard. Suet, favored by woodpeckers, black oil sunflower seeds, favored by kinglets, and nyjer seeds, favored by goldfinches, are some of the best at supplying birds with necessary nutrients.

Avoid less nutritious “filler” mixes, which contain large amounts of milo, wheat and

cat’s collar, placing feeders away from bushes (which act as cover for cats) and attaching seed-catching trays to feeders (keeping birds off the ground) can give birds a fighting chance.

About 50% of the birds in the valley are permanent residents, such as the blackcapped chickadee, house finch and downy woodpecker. The other half are just flying through. Salt Lake is a big stopover for migrants on the Pacific and Central flyways. Keep your eyes open for waterfowl on their way to the Great Salt Lake—and if you’re feeling adventurous, head on over to the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area for a look at migrating bald eagles, great blue herons and tundra swans. And expect to see these visitors next year, too. Both migrants and locals,

Both migrants and locals develop feeding patterns and will return to areas they associate with food. “other grains.” Birds are also happy to feast on your leftovers—anything from mashed eggshells for calcium to mealy apples and peanuts.

Open water sources, nesting boxes and dense brush, says Tracy Aviary’s Lindsay Hooker, are other important factors for wild birds. Cedar waxwings, robins and northern flickers—not commonly feeder birds—are especially attracted to bushes, trees and vines that hold onto their fruits and berries, such as hawthorn bushes, crabapples and Virginia creeper. According to Rob Blackhurst of Backyard Birds, water is especially key for birds at this time of year; if you have a pond, consider running the pump throughout the winter to keep the water open. If you have a birdbath, consider a de-icer. Birds need water to clean their feathers, and cleaner feathers make for better insulation against the cold.

If you provide these elements yearround for birds and other wildlife, you might want to get your backyard certified by the National Wildlife Federation.

Roaming felines can be a big problem for wild birds. Bird people (and cat vets) say it’s best to keep cats indoors, but at the very least, attaching a bell to your

especially quail, develop feeding patterns and will return to areas they associate with food. This means keep feeding them!

The Great Salt Lake Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC) This is the “longest running citizen science project in the world” according to the organization’s website. This year’s 114th count runs December 14 through January 5, 2014. CBC teams will cover particular areas in a 15-mile radius, recording the bird species and the number of birds they observe. According to the Tracy Aviary’s Conservation Scientist Carolina Roa, “The CBC is a great opportunity to be out, get to know local birds and help collect information about wintering birds to continue building trends on their abundance and distribution, which can determine conservation measures.” All birding levels are welcome. u Clare Boerigter fights wildfires in the summer and attends Grinnell College, where she is a senior majoring in Spanish, in the winter. Right now she is an intern at CATALYST magazine.

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Thoughts on Peter Tinker’s

OUTSIDE OF THE BOX ment for the reality of its decline.

Reviewer David Runciman from The Guardian calls the book “mindaltering,” and he is not exaggerating.

In spite of Pinker’s clear, warm, and engaging writing style, it is a difficult book to read—it is challenging to come face to face with just how bad things used to be. The first six chapters, over 500 pages, are dedicated to demonstrating with excruciating thoroughness exactly how demon-ridden our behavior has historically been. I am a quick

history documentary after history documentary, and I have come out of this experience with an unparalleled gratitude to be living in the present day and age. I look around me and I see a swelling throng of people who are caring, compassionate, and self-aware, and who largely reject the option of violence.

I see people who endured parental beatings when they were children, now raising their own kids without spanking—taking the time to understand the child’s mind and guiding

Your future relies on your present state of mind— if we are to use our agency to improve our lot, we are going to need to engage some optimism.

BY ALICE TOLER

hen I started writing “Outside of the Box” for CATALYST a few years ago, I had a particular goal in mind: The world seemed like it was wearing a fright-mask, and I wanted to get a look behind it to see what was really going on.

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Read this book.

It is an astounding achievement.

We have an awful lot of media trying to keep us scared and angry.

What are the actual facts of the matter? Is the human race really as badly off as all that? Are we really going to hell in a handbasket—or even a stolen Walmart shopping cart?

Since then, I’ve read everything I could get my hands on that might give me some insight into the human condition. I’ve absorbed dozens of articles from diverse websites, from PUBMED and the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN and the ECONOMIST to CRACKED and IO9.COM. I’ve looked at human physiology,

neurology, psychology, nutrition, culture and socioeconomic trends. I have read stacks of books, and spent hours watching scores of history, science and art documentaries on YOUTUBE and NETFLIX. I have rummaged through the bowels of the Internet on REDDIT.COM, reading about what matters to people, and watching how they cope with the challenges of their lives.

Within this colossal morass of media, one single book stands out: Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. Read this book. It is an astounding achievement.

reader, and it took me months to work my way through the accounts of torture, genocide, infanticide and casual murder over thousands of years of recorded history. It’s strong stuff, and it takes a while to digest.

When I use these words, “torture, genocide, infanticide, murder,” I’m wrapping a nice comfortable abstraction around the concepts. Pinker strips away abstraction, providing multiple examples to go along with his claims, and graphs of data to back it all up. I had heard about “breaking on the wheel” before, but I never understood what it actually entailed until I read Better Angels.

In spite of Pinker’s clear, warm, and engaging writing style, this is a difficult book to read. But, like a bitter medicine, the payoff is immense.

It’s awful stuff, and I’ll never look at Monty Python and the Holy Grail quite the same way ever again.

But like a bitter medicine, the payoff is immense.

Are you anxious about the future?

Between chapters, I watched history documentary after history documentary. I have come out of this experience with an unparalleled gratitude to be living in the present day and age.

Published in 2011, it runs to 700 pages excluding notes and references.

It is a meticulous exploration of the human propensity for violence, and a well-crafted and exhaustive argu-

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them gently but firmly towards adulthood without teaching them that it’s okay to hit in anger. I see women bringing their voices together in rejection of rape culture, and I see men supporting their women. I see people reaching out beyond the barriers of race and class.

The headlines tell us only the bad news. Take a second for yourself and for your sanity, and dig a little deeper. There are real reasons for optimism.

This is not to say that humanity is a sure thing. I’d give us a B+ for our progress to our present state as an intelligent, technology-using

Do you believe the talking heads when they tell you that humans are inherently evil, stupid, and destined to commit species-wide suicide?

The very idea that people are somehow devolving has become laughable in the light of Pinker’s leviathan of a work. Between reading chapters of it, I spent most of my time watching

species, but there is still plenty of room for us to precipitate more mass tragedy and trauma upon our own heads in the future. Pinker acknowledges this, many times, in Better Angels. But your future relies in such a huge way on your present state of mind—if we are to use our agency to improve our lot still further, we are going to need to engage some optimism and some little bit of faith that things will work out in the end.

If you’re like me, and you used to lie awake at night clutched in existential crisis, go out and buy this book. If you know anyone else who lies awake at night in existential crisis, perhaps think of buying this book for them, along with the collected works of Terry Pratchett as comedy relief when things get too heavy. u Alice Toler is an artist living in Salt Lake City.

SHALL WE DANCE? O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, How can we know the dancer from the dance?

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For instance, researchers in Japan found what every dance fan knows: that people can identify the intended emotional content of dance from the quality of motion. The study published in The Journal of Nonverbal Behavior (12/2013) found that “frequency and velocity of upward extension” is perceived as “joy” while “anger” is represented by “forceful movements but not turning or jumping.” It seems that people really do literally jump for joy and get stomping mad.

Radical enactivism: the concept that people can think-in-movement instead of being all-in-their-heads.

and other discoveries about dancing

BY AMY BRUNVAND

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cience has a way of discovering the obvious, but that’s exactly the reason that I occasionally like to look up the latest scientific research about dancing. The artistry of dance can seem like the exact opposite of science, but precisely because dancing seems like something that Star Trek’s Mr. Spock would find illogical, studying dance can be a way to examine how the human mind works.

An article from Acta Psychologica (12/2012) lists the many ways dancing can inform the science of being human by revealing insights about motor control, timing and synchronization, sequence learning and memory, visual and motor imagery, and audience perception of motion and esthetics.

The concept that people can think-in-movement instead of being all-in-their-heads even has a scientific name: “radical enactivism.” (Maybe I’ll start putting “radical enactivist” on my business cards). A recent article in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Science (9/2013) explores improvisational dance as a particular case where “thinking is not expressed by movement, but simply is movement”—where there is essentially a non-separation of thinking and doing.

If movement is considered to be a way of thinking, then the movement specialists who know the most about it are dancers.

Michelle Merritt, the author of this paper, is herself a trained dancer who has experienced the difference between having to think about movement and performing a thought. She explains that if you are trying to perform a dance according to a blueprint, there is always doubt that you might do it wrong. The magic happens when “… all the movements you have spent so many years learning to perfect just happen, while your thoughts, rather than focusing on this arm, that foot, or this posture, are about the overall story your body is telling, what your partner is doing, perhaps even how the audience is reacting.”

Of course, any dancer could have told you that’s how it is, and so could plenty of poets. It’s true that some dances (like hula, or ballet pantomime) include gestures that have a specific meaning, but in improvisational dancing there is no symbolism encoded in the gestures, and yet the dance still means something to the dancer and still communicates something to people who are watching.

Scientists find that fascinating.

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A study in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (9/2013) also examined audience reaction to dance and found that “physically learning particular movements leads to greater enjoyment while observing them.” No big surprise here: It’s more fun to watch other people dance if you know a few steps yourself.

But it is a bit surprising that scientists recognize the desire people feel to embody the movement when they watch others dance and they are interested in understanding the “embodied resonance” people feel when they interact with art of any kind.

As long as we are talking about dance and cognition, you might want to know the best strategy to learn a dance routine in order to gain the confidence to let your dance “just happen.” A study in Psychological Science (9/2013) suggests “marking” (which is to say, substituting gestures and reduced movements for the dance you actually plan to do).

That’s the way professional dancers practice, but the researchers point out, “Although dancers, teachers, and choreographers intuitively know that marking during some portions of the rehearsal process is beneficial, the accepted explanation is that it saves energy. Our results suggest that dancers have in fact evolved a strategy that benefits them cognitively by relieving cognitive load and supporting more efficient encoding and consolidation.”

It can seem funny that scientists have to work so hard to understand what people mean by dancing, but then again, Bill Nye the Science Guy was pretty awful on Dancing with the Stars. Maybe he just needed to do a little more research on radical enactivism and thinking-in-movement. u Amy Brunvand is a librarian at the University of Utah and a dance enthusiast.

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AIR QUALITY SERIES: PART III

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Federal, state, and city governments are tasked with improving our air quality. Will they save the day?

BY MARJORIE MCCLOY

y some counts, Utah air quality hit a new low in 2013, with months of inversion-trapped air fouling our lungs, major expansions in the works for Holly Refinery and Kennecott’s Bingham Mine, and a legislature that convened with only a single clean air proposal in its docket.

But despite the apparent gloom, things are actually humming away in an auspicious manner. Legislators received hundreds of calls for action from their constituents last winter; thanks to everyone who called, the upcoming session will see clean air proposals from both parties, and in both Houses.

In October, Governor Herbert announced the creation of a Clean Air Action Team; the 38-member team includes stakeholders from across the spectrum, and will serve as a think tank for the rules-andregulations-only Division of Air Quality. Herbert and other Utah officials also actively supported the federal government’s proposal for Tier 3 restrictions on motor vehicle emissions. Given that the dominant response in Utah is a knee-jerk denial of anything initiated by the feds, the fact that Herbert backed Tier 3 is huge.

In a bit of a Pyrrhic victory, the World Health Organization lent its

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gravitas to the quest for cleaner air when it concluded that exposure to outdoor air pollution causes lung cancer (WHO also noted an association with an increased risk of bladder cancer). This means air pollution is now categorized similarly to tobacco smoke, UV radiation and plutonium. And who can ignore WHO? You’ll see air quality covered more frequently by Utah’s news media these days, too. Why? Because there are events, ideas, and regulations to cover! PM2.5 and ozone levels are now reported daily on several radio stations, and both the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News post daily air quality and action alerts. In short, awareness of dirty air and its health effects has permeated the public consciousness in a way that it rarely, if ever, has before. Air quality is now part of the conversation.

The inescapable conclusion is that the state is allowing Utah’s big industry to significantly increase its emissions while looking elsewhere for cuts.

Take a SIP Perhaps the most important air quality action in 2013 is the culmination of several years of work. Way back in December 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that Utah was exceeding levels for 24-hour PM2.5 that the EPA considers acceptable (see November CATALYST for details). It gave Utah 10 years—until December 2019—to bring PM2.5 levels below the threshold. In September, the Division of Air Quality (DAQ) delivered a State Implementation Plan (SIP), designed to help Utah toe the line by the 2019 deadline. Public and expert comment periods end December 2; the finalized proposal will be submitted to the EPA for evaluation shortly.

More important, though, is the inescapable conclusion that the SIP is allowing Utah’s big industry to significantly increase its emissions while looking for cuts elsewhere.

In fact, the biggest reduction in emissions comes not from anything that Utah has done, but rather from federal Tier 2 gasoline and car standards that were phased in between 2004 and 2010, as well as low-sulfur diesel rules for on- and off-road vehicles. Because Tier 2 and lowsulfur diesel standards have now

We need to understand that heavy industry contributes much less to the Wasatch Front’s air pollution than other sectors, particularly transportation.

However, growth in the industrial sector is so large that the net effect is an increase in pollutants. actually taken effect, they are the primary drivers for the huge reductions in Utah’s transportation emissions projected for the current decade.

The DAQ deserves credit for reducing emissions from buildings and businesses (“area sources,” in SIP parlance). Regulations passed this year significantly limit emissions from commercial bakeries, beauty salons, chain-driven char broilers, printing and publishing, painting and degreasing, and the use and sale of wood stoves and wood boilers among other sources.

But although those reductions are

important, they are almost entirely canceled out by heavy industry (“point sources”), which will emit 12% more key pollutants in 2019, according to the SIP. That translates to 1,854 more tons of pollutants entering our airshed this decade.

We all need to understand—and acknowledge—that heavy industry contributes much less to the Wasatch Front’s air pollution than other sectors, particularly transportation, and that improved technology will further cut emissions from heavy industry in this decade.

However, growth in the industrial sector is so large—think of the recently approved major expansion of Holly Refinery—that the net effect is an increase in pollutants.

Heavy industry eats away at the pollution reductions the feds and the DAQ worked so hard to create.

Additionally, expansions such as Holly’s are accounted for in the SIP by projecting the additional emissions the refinery’s combustion process will produce. But what about the scores of trucks that will be needed to transport crude to the refinery? It is unclear if the SIP takes

into account the considerable emissions that a fleet of trucks produces.

Furthermore, industry emissions controls that SIP does put in place for the current decade are not scheduled to be phased in until 2017-2019—right up against the SIP’s deadline. What are the chances that all mandated controls will be operating properly and on time?

There is no wiggle room in the SIP. Its projections attempt to bring Utah into attainment at 35 ug/m3 (micrograms per cubic meter)—the upper limit considered acceptable by the EPA. If the SIP’s projections are off by even 1%, the proposal will fail.

The EPA has 12 to 18 months to review the DAQ’s proposal, at which point they can accept it as-is or send it back for more cuts. Should the EPA not be satisfied, or should 2019 roll around and our airshed is still found wanting, the agency can swoop in and take over the process, finding its own ways to cut emissions.

Or it can withhold federal funding for roads and other projects until we get our act together.

Kennecott: Up in the air?

Although the SIP assumes a large expansion by Kennecott, a couple of factors may stand in the company’s way. This fall, a 2011 lawsuit filed against Utah Kennecott Copper by several environmental groups was heard in US District Court. The suit claims the mining giant violated the federal Clean Air Act when it failed to get EPA approval for a projected near doubling of earthmoving operations at its Bingham Canyon Mine.

Kennecott argues that state approval, received in a two-step process in 1999 and 2011, was all that it needed. Both permit changes passed a review by state regulators, a public-input process, and a DAQ vote.

Plaintiffs, including WildEarth Guardians, Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment, Utah Moms for Clean Air and the Sierra Club, admit they should have spoken up during the public comment periods.

But they counter that since the DAQ approval, Wasatch Front pollution has increased to the point that further expansion is now untenable.

US District Judge Robert Shelby took the case under advisement— stay tuned.

But perhaps nature has already taken care of what advocacy groups are trying to accomplish. In April, Kennecott was visited by a huge landslide, rendering nearly half of its Bingham Canyon operations inoperable for who knows how long.

Is it just coincidence that, despite the Salt Lake Valley suffering through one of the hottest summers in recorded history, the Valley’s summer ozone level, which rises when high temps combine with pollutants, was one of its lowest ever? Or could the vast reduction in emissions effected by the partial shutdown have just a teeny bit to do with this? Keep your eye out for the studies that will surely be forthcoming on this topic.

Clean Air Action Team (CAAT) Thanks to last winter’s citizen uprisings, Governor Herbert is anxious to appear concerned about Utah’s air quality. On October 15, he

Although improved technology is helping heavy industry as a sector to decrease emissions despite expansion, Kennecott is the biggest exception; the industry giant is projected to significantly increase emissions by 2019.

Even industries that are decreasing emissions through technology could do more, both by reining in expansions and by putting the best available technology in place.

According to SIP data, emissions increases will come from 15 facilities: Industry: 1.

Kennecott Mine Concentrator 2.

Kennecott Smelter & Refinery 3.

Proctor & Gamble Paper Products 4.

Nucor Steel 5.

Hexcel Corporation 6.

Kennecott NC-UPP-Lab-Tailings 7.

Bountiful City Power 8.

Wasatch Integrated IE 9.

Hill Air Force Base Main 10.

Vulcraft 11.

Great SL Minerals-Production Plant 12.

Geneva Rock Point of Mountain 13.

ATK Thiokol Promontory 14.

Chemical Lime Company 15.

Olympia Sales Co.

Tons of increase 1,458 829 719 670 347 205 124 91 73 62 62 37 23 16 11

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announced the creation of an independent, 38-member Clean Air Action Team (CAAT), whose purpose is to recommend remedies for the state's air problems for implementation by government, businesses, and you and me.

The CAAT has no regulatory authority, however—it needs the DAQ to create rules around its recommendations, and a sympathetic legislature to fund them.

It is also unclear whether a 38member task force can be cohesive enough to agree on ideas. But the membership looks promising. Cochaired by Dr. Michelle Hofmann, a board member of Breathe Utah, and Lonnie Bullard, principal at Jacobsen Construction, the team includes three mayors; five legislators (including Representative Edward Redd, R-Logan, a physician); a mix of state agency officials; and representatives from the health care community, industry, advocacy, research institutions, and local businesses.

Envision Utah, who is in charge of making sure everyone plays nicely, has announced the following goals: • Gather and share sound data on Utah's air quality; •

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CAAT meetings, to commence in summer 2014, will be open to the public. Leave comments or suggestions and sign up for updates at ENVISIONUTAH.ORG/ ISSUES/AIR-QUALITY.

Utah Legislature 2014 After last year’s dismal legislative session, this year’s legislature, slated for January 27-March 13, is poised for action. Already in the pipeline are bills designed to promote electric vehicles; expand funding for public transit; strike the clause that says Utah’s environmental quality laws can’t be stronger than the EPAs; build a fund for exchanges/ buy-back programs for inefficient, small-motor devices such as leaf and snow blowers; and create a sustainability coordinator for state agencies—this person would assure that best practices and ideas are shared across agencies.

Many legislators have already expressed a desire to stand up for clean air. Follow these folks and make sure to thank them for the work they do on our behalf, whether or not you are in their district. (Not sure who your representative is? Find out at LE.UTAH.GOV/GIS/ FINDDISTRICT.JSP .) Keep your eye on Patrice Arent (D, district 36), Rebecca ChavezHouck (D, district 24), Edward Redd (R, district 4), Jim Nielson (D, district 19), Becky Edwards (R, district 20), and Joel Briscoe (D, district 25), among others.

It’s great to see that clean air is now truly part of the conversation; you could even say we are flirting with the critical mass needed to make sustaining changes. It’s up to us to keep the conversation going.

The silver lining of the 2013 inversion is that it hammered home bad air in no uncertain terms. The incontrovertible fact is that Salt Lake City is in a valley, a valley filled with industry and cars. The time to tackle clean air issues is all the time. u

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Snow motion may forever change the way you view snowsports

BY KATHERINE PIOLI

Carston Oliver Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska

Other films, if you like Valhalla: Solitaire, Sweetgrass Productions, 2011 Solitaire takes the themes of America’s great Westerns—loneliness, danger, adventure—and transports them to the slopes of Chile, Argentina and Peru where skiers like JP Auclair, Erica Laidlaw and Kyle Miller set out into the backcountry for some legendary riding.

The Art of Flight, Brain Farm, 2011 Propelled by ever more extreme riding and a pounding soundtrack, The Art of Flight creatively and beautifully documents snowboarder Travis Rice and his friends as they perform daring mountain stunts all over the world.

All.I.Can., Sherpas Cinema, 2011 Called an “exploratory essay,” All.I.Can. is a artful plea to act against climate change. Winner of multiple best film and cinematography awards, All.I.Can. shows some of the world’s best skiers—like Kye Petersen, JP Auclair and Cody Barnhill—performing on some of the biggest mountains on the planet.

Steep, DocGroup, 2008 This documentary chronicles big mountains skiing starting with its inception in the mountains of Chamonix, France in the ’70s. The movie, filmed in Alaska, Wyoming, Canada, France and Ireland, interviews legends including Bill Briggs, who completed the first descent of Grand Teton.

he ski film industry, in the last few years, has been reinventing itself.

Gone are the days of 60-minute videos filled with nothing more than gnarly descents, boring bro bra interviews and standard, unimaginative camera work.

Valhalla, the latest Sweetgrass production by director Nick Waggoner, with its narrative arc, perfectly framed shots and experimental cinematography, certainly does not stand alone in this age of big, better, prettier ski movies. It does, however, expand expectations of what a ski film can be. Yes, it’s about watching some of winter’s greatest athletes—Cody Barnhill, Sierra Quitiquit, Pep Fujas and Eric Hjorleifson are just a few of those featured—but it’s also a film that tells a story.

In Norse mythology, Valhalla is the giant, golden-roofed hall in the afterlife for fallen warriors. It is a place of honor and glory ruled over by the god Odin. Each day, the warrior spirits rise up to do what they loved in life: battling each other to the death; until the next day when they resurrect and start all over again.

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Like the Norse warriors who dreamed of endless battles, the most hard-core of skiers dream of a paradise where powder shots and cliff jumps play on into eternity. The thought of a

day without it is like contemplating hell. Or that’s what Valhalla’s narrator, the movie’s fictional hero Conrad, played by Cody Barnhill, seems to be saying when he gazes out over a red desert and contemplates a world without snow.

In contrast to that red hell, we are shown the face of a child, his cheeks

brushed with snow. His blue eyes stare up in wonderment and joy. He does not know that this storm will end. He lives in the moment, unafraid of change.

Where has that innocent joy gone? croons the gentle voice of our narrator and hero.

Joy, Conrad decides, is a destination.

And so he travels north to the land of snow. When his car breaks down on an icy, isolated mountain road, undaunted, he straps on his skis and enters the forest. There, through the trees, he finds Valhalla.

Beautiful young women and handsome bearded men wrapped in wool and puffy coats lounge in hammocks strung between snowy pines. They laze in tents and play guitar, warming their naked feet at the edge of a hot iron stove. Conrad tells us this is a place for outcasts, those so in love with snow they cannot function in normal society.

But they are as happy in exile as Vikings are in death, content to forever live out their obsession.

And so the skiing begins, and it is as beautiful as the people in Valhalla.

Filmed in the endless powder of British Columbia and Alaska, the backcountry skiers and snowboarders—there are both in this film—cut down chutes, hurdle into airborne summersaults, track down spines and cascade off steps of snow. Intermingled with a psychedelic light show, a playfully naked ski scene and a thin plot line, it has just enough awesome snow-play to keep it in the ski film genre.

But, in the end, spring comes. Our hero hitches north for one last hurrah.

Caught in a snow storm, Conrad worries about the end of the season. Melancholia seeps into his voice. Yet, as he launches into one final semi-coherent poetic soliloquy, it seems that Conrad has changed and is embracing the coming melt.

“I saw now that freedom had never left life…Every step from beginning to end was just a new chance to see it again through a changing set of eyes, a beautiful legacy of what it can mean to live free. As the storm broke, I saw that change was the beauty in the heart of all things. But, first, there was three feet of fresh.”

Proving once again that there is no cure for snow fever, the film lingers on some final hucks off wintery cliffs

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In the grand finale, the skiers throw it down one last time, grinding over moss-grown logs, landing jumps off fern-covered hills and floating

Intermingled with a psychedelic light show, a playfully naked ski scene and a thin plot line, it has just enough awesome snow-play to keep it in the ski film genre. angelically between redwoods.

From the slow-motion skiing to the landscape sweeps of jagged stone mountains to the dreamy shots of honey light filtering through the skiers’ camp, each frame is pure pleasure. Released this past fall, Valhalla is already receiving awards: Jury’s Choice and Best Story Telling at the International Freeski Film Festival; “Best of Festival” at Winter Wildlands; and it’s an official selection for the Banff Film Festival.

For those wanting no more than line after line of skiing, the film will disappoint. The jaded may see little more than one guy’s acid trip. But for just about everyone else, the film, with its sick skiing, ’60s soundtrack and artful touch, comes close to a religious experience. u Katherine Pioli is a CATALYST staff writer.

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22 December 2013 CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET Art, Health, Spirit, Natural World, Music, Events/Festivals, Meetings, Exhibits, Education/Workshops.

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Dec. 5: Guest Writer Series (U of U and SLC Arts Council): Poets Brigit Pegeen Kelly and Esther Lee. 7p. Ladies Literary Club, 850 E. So. Temple. Free.

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Throughout Dec.: Half-price admission to Red Butte Garden (regular price: $10/ adult). 300 Wakara Way. Free admission.

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Dec. 4 & 11: 1000-Word Keepsakes: Tin Box Stories. Learn how to write a 1,000 word story to put away in a keepsake box.

6-8p. SLCC Community Writing Center, 210 E 400 S, suite #8. $30. SLCC.EDU/CWC Dec. 4: Tour of Spiritual and Religious Art of Utah Exhibition at 6p. Interfaith panel discussion. 7p. Springville Museum of Art, 126 E 400 S. Free. SMOFA.ORG Dec. 4: Why Should We Care About the Dead Sea Scrolls? Marc Brettler, lecturer.

7p. Third floor event center, Leonardo Museum, 209 E 500 S. Free. THELEONARDO.ORG Dec. 5: Fred Montague’s Gala Holiday Art Exhibit and Sale. 5-8p.

Carlucci’s Bakery and Café, 314 W 300 S. Pen-andink drawings, limited edition letterpress prints, woodcuts, and handcrafted books feature wildlife and nature themes. We think his handlettered book Gardening: An Ecological Approach is the only garden book you’ll ever need.

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Dec. 4: SLC Green Drinks at Sage’s Café’s new location. Guest speaker Dustin Haggett of Impact Hub Salt Lake City. 6pm.

Sage’s Café, 234 W 900. $5-$10 (suggested donation) GREENDRINKS.ORG Dec. 5: Jung Society: Alchemy Matters. Robert Bosnak, a Jungian analyst, will guide participants into “a world where matter is alive, and where everything dreams of becoming gold.” 7p-9p. City Library Auditorium, 210 E 400 S. Free.

WWW.JUNGUTAH.COM Dec. 5: Sage’s Café reopens; new location. 900 S 234 W. WWW.SAGESCAFE.COM Dec. 5: Lecture: The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. 7p.

Jodi Magness, lecturer. Third floor event center, Leonardo Museum, 209 E 500 S. Free. THELEONARDO.ORG

Dec. 7: Crone’s Hollow Holiday Bazaar: Local artisan vendors; insightful oracles; massage; noon-6p, with a visit from the Holly King, 3-5p. 2470 S. Main St. Dec. 8: Pull Yourself Together: Subtle Anatomy of the Whole Body. Led by Marlena Lambert. 2p-5p. 223 S 700 E, Ste. 4. MINDFULYOGACOLLECTIVE.COM

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Dec. 3: Money for Nothing. This documentary about the Federal Reserve unveils America's central bank and its impact on the US's economy and society. 7p. Main City Library, 210 E 400 S. Free.

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Dec. 5 & Jan. 2: Leo Libations. Taste a variety of sparkling wines from around the world. 7p. The Leonardo, 209 E 500 S. $45.

THELEONARDO.ORG. Dec. 6: Spy Hop: Fifteen (opening).

Exhibit on what it means to be a teen today: the world of today’s youth culture from across the Salt Lake Valley. Artists discussion at 6:30p. Reception: 7-9p. Exhibit: through Jan. 4. Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple. Free.

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Dec. 7 & 8: Red Butte Garden’s 13th Annual Holiday Open House. 9a-5p. Wander the garden. Handmade gifts for sale. Gift store discounts. Complimentary cider and hot chocolate. Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way. Free admission. REDBUTTEGARDEN.ORG Dec. 6-8: 2013 Utah Winter Faire. An indoor Renaissance Festival with food, Fairy Court, a Steampunk Santa and more. Fri-Sat 10a-8p. Sun 10a-5p. Utah State Fairpark, 155 N 1000 W. $10. UTAHWINTERFAIRE.COM

Dec. 6-Feb. 22: Stephanie Leitch: Untitled Apogee. Opening reception. 6-9p.

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 20 S West Temple. Free. UTAHMOCA.ORG Dec. 6: Scientist in the Spotlight: The Art of the Storm with Trey Alvey. 2-4p.

Natural History Museum of Utah, 301 Wakara Way. Museum admission.

NHMU.UTAH.EDU Dec. 6: Finch Lane Gallery’s 31st Craft Exhibit & Sale Reception. Jewelry, ceramics, journals, clothing, glass, ornaments, retablos, more. 60 local artists. 6-9pm.

Dec. 7: Raptors are the Better Moustrap: Meet some of Hawkwatch International’s live birds. 9a. Feed the birds…and more, 197 S 500 W. Free.

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Libby Gardner Hall on the University of Utah Campus Dec 10: People of a Feather. A film exploring the relationship between the Inuit people on the Belcher Island in Hudson Ba and the elder duck. 7p. City Library Auditorium, 210 E 400 S. Free. NHMU.UTA.EDU Dec. 7: Winter Market. Local produce, meat, dairy, specialty foods, more. 10am2pm. Rio Grande Depot, 300 So. Rio Grande St.(400 W.) SLCFARMERSMARKET.ORG

Dec. 11: What Makes Me Tic? Documentary film screening that highlights Utah residents living with Tourette’s syndrome. 7-8:30p. Tower Theatre, 876 E 900 S. Free. SALTLAKEFILMSOCIETY.ORG

Dec. 7: Utah Museum of Fine Arts Holiday Market. One day only, 11a-5p. 410 Center Campus Dr. Free. UMFA.UTAH.EDU

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Barks with Grammy award winning cellist, David Darling Brought to you by Two Arrows Zen and Jung Society of Utah

Sustaining Donor: $100 (reception and preferred seating) Supporting Donor: $35 (preferred seating) Contributing Donor: $20 (regular seating) As long as I am alive, this, this is who I am and what I do.

By this, I mean this day I cannot say, this love.

— Rumi

Dec. 7 & 14: Write a Poem, Make a Gift! Haiku with Art. 1-3p. SLCC Community Writing Center, 210 E 400 S, suite #8. $30.

Register: 801.957-2192. SLCC.EDU/CWC Dec. 7: Vivaldi by Candlelight. Benefit for Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy. 8p.

First Presbyterian Church, 12 C St. $45.

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Dec. 8: Wasatch Community Symphony Orchestra holiday concert. 7-8:30p. All Saints Episcopal Church, 1710 Foothill Dr. Free. WASATCHSYMPHONY.COM

Dec. 7: Anyen Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Yoga of Breath, at Golden Braid. 7p. 151 S 500 E. Free.

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poetry of the 13th century Persian mystic Rumi

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Dec. 7: Holiday Open House at Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter. 11a. 1258 Center Dr., Park City. Free. SWANERECOCENTER.ORG

Dec. 10: Human Rights Day Celebration.

Join the Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission & the Mayor’s Office of Diversity and Human Rights in a night of silent auction and the presentation of the 2013 Human Rights Award. 6p. University of Utah College of Social Work, 395 South 1500 East, #111. $20/$15 in advance, $8 students. All proceeds to the Human Rights Education Project. WWW.SLCGOV.COM/ODHr

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Dec. 12: Family Activity Night @ the Leo. 4p and 7p. Lab@Leo, Leonardo Museum, 209 E 500 S. General admission fee. THELEONARDO.ORG Dec. 12: Band of Heathens with The Weekenders. 8p-12a. State Room, 638 S State St. $15. WWW.THESTATEROOM.COM Dec. 12-14: Play: Crow and Weasel. A fable of self-discovery, humanity’s relationship to the land, and the very nature of friendship itself performed by the University Youth Theatre. Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E President’s Circle. $5-$10.

KINGSBURYHALL.UTAH.EDU Dec. 12-14: Dance: Momentum.

Highlights the talents of outstanding former dancers from Ririe-Woodbury, many of whom are now well-regarded educators and artists throughout the country. 7:30-10p (Sat 3-5:30p as well). Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W 300 S. $35.

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Winter Camps! Visit theleonardo.org/camps for more information.

Starting December 27th for 1st-5th graders. From $55 per day. 9am 4pm. Leo Members SAVE! Space is limited, call today!

Leo Libations Wine Pairing First Thursday of every month | 7:00 pm $45.00 per person, includes Museum Admission $15.00 per person (without wine), includes Museum Admission Must be 21 years old to attend the event

DEAD SEA SCROLLS PROGRAMS theleonardo.org/dss-programs December Theme: Sacred Rites and Celebrations – Past and Present Sunday, Dec. 1 Book club, 3pm Wednesday, Dec. 4 Lecture, 7pm Third Floor Event Center.

“Why Should We Care About the Dead Sea Scrolls?” - Marc Brettler

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Lecture, 7pm Third Floor Event Center.

“The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls.” - Jodi Magness

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DEC. 13-14: Holiday Swing. Virtuoso trumpeter Byron Stripling (Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry) joins Utah Symphony, conducted by Jerry Steichen. 8p. Abravanel Hall, 123 W South Temple. $18-up. UTAHSYMPHONY.ORG. Dec. 13: Enko Pop-Up Restaurant. A pop-up restaurant featuring bowls of artisanal ramen noodles plus appetizers and dessert by chefs Brandon Edward Price, Chaz Costello and Benjamin Bombard. 6p. Fiana Bistro, 36 South Wasatch Dr. HTTP://BIT.LY/ENKOSLC Dec. 13: Aaron Samuels Poetry Workshop. Currently ranked 3rd place internationally, Aaron Samuels is packing all of his awesomeness and traveling to Salt Lake City to bless us with his verse and flows. 8p. $10. Griff’s Roost, Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East.

Dec. 13-June 15: The Savage Poem around Me: Alfred Lambourne’s Paintings of the Great Salt Lake. Tues& ThurFri 10a-5p. Wed& Sat-Sun 11a-5p. Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Center Campus Dr. $5-$7 children & students free.

UMOFA .UTAH.EDU Dec. 14: South Valley Yoga Festival. Celebrate the yoga community while raising money for Philippines typhoon and for communities in need of yoga. 8a-5p. Indian Cultural Center, 1142 West South Jordan Pkwy, So. Jordan. $15.

WWW.YOGAFORPEOPLE.ORG Dec. 14: Christmas Bird Count.

9-10a. Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way. $6-$10.

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Dec. 16: Jerry Joseph Duo. 8p-12a. State Room, 638 S State St. $10. WWW.THESTATEROOM.COM Dec. 28: Micky & The Motorcars with Tony Holiday Band. 9p-12a. State Room, 638 S State St. $18.

WWW.THESTATEROOM.COM Jan. 1: 3rd Annual Japathon: Start off the New Year trying to chant 300,000 names of God, or 350 rounds on rosaries. Arati at 12p & 6p. Krishna Temple, 311 W 8500 S. Free. UTAHKRISHNAS.ORG

Dec. 19: The Baby Formula. 7-8:30p.

Brewvies Cinema Pub, 677 S 200 W. Free. BREWVIES.COM Dec. 19-21: ReduxNut-Cracker. Hiphop/pop arrangement of Tchaikovsky score. 7:30-9p (Sat 23:30p as well). Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E President’s Circle. $20-$40. KINGSBURYHALL.UTAH.EDU Dec. 21: First day of winter. Celebrate the longest, night of the year. Light a candle. Set an intention. Watch the sunrise and set.

Dec. 21: Winter Market. Local produce, meat, dairy, specialty foods, more. 10am-2pm. Rio Grande Depot, 300 So. Rio Grande St.(400 W.) SLCFARMERSMARKET.ORG

Jan.2: Thirst Fursday Historic Pub Crawl. 6p. $20 ($15 members). Registration required at: UTAHHERITAGEFOUNDATION.COM Jan. 4: RDT Community School open house: Dance all day—African, ballet, hip hop, jazz, modern, flamenco, prime movement, SOMA. 9a-2p. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. 300 S. $10. RDTUTAH.ORG Jan. 4 & 5: Excellence: The Power of Lost Coin Zen Training. Workshop led by Daniel Doen Silberberg, Sensei.

8a-5:30p & 8a-3p. ECCU-Wasatch Retreat and Conference Center, 75 S 200 E. $265. WWW.LOSTCOINZEN.COM

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Jan. 5: Preserving Ancient Texts. Discussion with Randy Silverman, U of U preservation librarian. 3pm.

Salt Bistro @ the Leonardo. Free. 209 E 500 S. Free.

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A LOOK AT THE LAW marked. Sometimes colors, sounds or fragrances are also eligible for protection.

Trademark tips What Batman, Feldenkrais and Planned Parenthood have in common

BY BARRY SCHOLL

he Coca-Cola contour bottle is a trademark.

So is the iconic Batman logo. Likewise, Geico’s talking gecko and the Tarzan yell. The Feldenkrais and Planned Parenthood names and the slogan “Built Ford Tough” are trademarks, too. A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design. It might help to think of a trademark as a brand that designates the origin of a product or service and distinguishes that mark from competitors. Here’s what these things have in common, and why small business owners and creative types might care.

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What’s eligible for trademark?

Trademark registration can be granted on distinctive names, logos and slogans. A character, catchphrase or business name can all be tradeEditor’s note: In the 1990s, fresh out of college, Barry Scholl was a writer and editor here at CATALYST. He eventually left us and became a lawyer, cofounded the Entrada Institute (a nonprofit supporting artists, writers and scholars whose work focus on the Colorado Plateau) and in 1997 opened Robber’s Roost Bookstore in Torrey, Utah. We’re thrilled to have him back for this series of legal topics, ranging from intellectural property and elder law to estate planning and reviewing contracts, because he will make these important but often tedious topics digestible. In a creative, proactive life, legal issues occasionally emerge.

Knowing some basic ins and outs can promote a modicum of comfort and ease.

What is the difference between a registered and unregistered trademark?

You might have seen the ® and ™ symbols and wondered about the difference between the two. Put simply, the ® symbol designates a trademark ® that has been registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), while the ™ symbol indicates either a common law trademark that is unregistered or a mark that is pending.

So how do I register my trademark?

To register a trademark, you file an application, which costs $275-325. You’ll also need to conduct a detailed search for prior-existing marks, and identify the “goods and services” category or categories in which you want to register your mark. If this sounds daunting, consult an experienced intellectual property attorney before filing the application.

Why might I want to turn a ™ into a ® ?

Suppose I’ve been using my registered trademark, Float Rage®, to market a line of fighting kites for the past 10 years. Now another user has come along and begun marketing its kites under the same name and is even attempting to register that mark. Can I stop them from doing so? And, to ask a slightly different question, can I prevent another party from using the Float Rage trademark for an entirely different class of goods or services, for example, frozen root beer concoctions?

The answers are yes and no. Your prior use of the mark will prevent a later user from using the same or a confusingly similar mark for a class of offerings that is either identical or similar to your offering. However, your use of the mark for kites generally does not prevent a later user from legitimately using the same mark or a similar mark for something unrelated (for example, a root beer float).

But if we change the facts of the hypothetical so that my trademark, Float Rage™, is unregistered, that changes the outcome. If I can show prior use, my use does confer certain rights, even if another party registers the mark. However, those rights are limited to the territorial scope of

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my prior use. So if I was the first to use the mark anywhere, and the territory where I have used the mark is in all of Utah, then I retain the right to use my unregistered mark anywhere in Utah, even if someone later registers the same or a similar mark with the USPTO. All of which should help to illustrate why registering your mark is so important.

What rights do I gain if I register my mark?

Registering your mark in the USPTO provides several benefits, including: • Public notice of your claim of ownership of the trademark • The right to use the ® symbol in your trademark • The right to use the mark nationally on or in connection with the goods or services listed in the registration • Significantly stronger protection than common law marks (i.e., unregistered marks), which, among other things, allows you to bring an action in federal court in the event a third party infringes on your mark.

What else can I register?

Suppose I have designed a new Float Rage™ fighting kite with hollow braces that emit a screeching sound like a raptor when the kite is in the air. Can I register the sound?

If the sound is distinctive and designates origin, the answer is yes. The NBC three-tone chime is a registered trademark. So is the MGM Lion’s roar and Homer Simpson’s “d’oh” catch phrase. So in theory there’s no reason the screech emitted by your kite cannot be registered.

Other things that can be registered include colors (like the distinctive pink shade of Owens Corning fiberglass insulation) and certain fragrances that serve as source identifiers, such as the scent of plumeria for sewing thread. u A former CATALYST associate editor, Barry Scholl is an attorney with Kruse Landa Maycock & Ricks, LLC, in Salt Lake City. The contents of this column are not legal advice. Consult with an attorney prior to embarking on any legal matter.

The USPTO site provides good basic information on trademarks and registration, including a video tutorial: WWW.USPTO.GOV/TRADEMARKS

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COMINGS & GOINGS

What’s new around town

BY KATHERINE PIOLI AND CLARE BOERIGTER

Wasatch Community Gardens seek interns for Spring 2014 The Wasatch Community Gardens, a group which provides continued support to 12 of Salt Lake County’s 31 community gardens, is looking for nine enthusiastic interns to fill a range of positions: event planning & fundraising, community education, Green City Garden growers development, Parks for Produce garden development, community gardens network, development & fundraising, plant sale, tool library and an urban farming apprentice. Application deadlines vary.

Contact Jenny Bloom, JENNY@WASATCHGARDENS.ORG; WASATCHGARDENS.ORG/VOLUNTEER/INTERNSHIP

Entrada Institute accepting applications for new Artist-in-residence The Entrada Institute, an educational organization which celebrates the beauty of the Colorado Plateau, is accepting applications for their 2014 Artist-in-residence; they encour-

age artists, writers, humanities scholars, and earth and social scientists to apply. The winner will receive $2,000 to write and/or create artwork that prompts dialogue about the natural wonders and historical and cultural heritage of the Colorado Plateau.

fourth Tuesday, hosted at businesses around town.

These gatherings offer people a chance to learn about sustainable and green initiatives around the city while networking, socializing and enjoying adult beverages.

Find them on Facebook.

Applications are due by Jan. 3, 2014. Contact Kirsten Allen, KIRSTEN.J.ALLEN@GMAIL.COM, WWW.ENTRADAINSTITUTE.ORG/ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE/

Local eggs back on the menu…for now

“Rumi” returns In an encore performance, cellist David Darling and translator Coleman Barks, who performed last year at the Libby Gardner Hall on the campus of the University of Utah, will return to the hall next February with another evening of poetry and music. Accompanied by Darling’s music, Barks will read translations of work by the 13th century Persian mystic Rumi as well as writing from the poet’s spiritual instructor, Shams Tabrizi.

Tickets cost $20-100 and are already on sale. To reserve, go to: RUMISLC.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM.

Farewell to Green Drinks organizer Kirsten Gellella CATALYST wishes all the best to Green Drinks co-organizer Kirsten Gellella as she prepares to leave Salt Lake for another chapter of life. Co-organizer Mary Rogers will still be running the monthly meetings. Stay tuned, she may be looking for someone to fill her former cohort’s shoes.

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Craft project for the beer maker

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ondering what to get that special someone for Christmas this year—without resorting to a good suck on the ever-expanding, engorged teat of American consumerism? Also: are you broke?

My wife and I were facing just such a conundrum, and our solution not only saved us from a soul-sucking trip to the land of Chinese plastics, it also played on another of our (admittedly lackadaisical) pursuits: homebrewing.

We came across the idea of the wooden beer tote in one of those crap magazines that come unsolicited in the mail. Really cute idea: A couple of pieces of pine, a dowel and a few nails and you’ve got a charming, rustic way to bring along a six-pack of your Fat Tire clone to a party.

But $29? Pshaw! We could make that for $5! Not only that, we could mass-produce them fairly easily, too. The perfect DIY xmas gift project!

I did a little Googling, and found someone had already whipped up some plans for these bad boys (THENEWHOBBYIST.COM, TINYURL.COM/ WOODBEERTOTE for direct link to post).

This dude was making them for his wedding, but hey, a good idea is a good idea. Adele and I ran down to the hardware store and grabbed a bunch of pine planks and got to work.

The prototype turned out really well, I think. If you’re into this idea, hit up CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET for the online version of this story: I’ve posted a PDF with instructions and diagrams. My plans are very similar to the ones found on THENEWHOBBYIST.COM, but I’ve made some modifications. For example, I found I didn’t like how the side walls sat on top of the base—the tote would look better and be sturdier if the base fit between the side walls. I’ve modified the overall design accordingly.

The easiest (and least expensive) way to make these totes is to buy 1x6 pine planks. (They’re really ¾-inches thick by 5½ inches wide.)

The trickiest part is going to be cutting the slots halfway up the dividers (so they interlock). The best way to do this is with a router, but we used a ¼-inch dado on the table saw. We used a compound miter saw to make most of the other cuts, including the diagonals on the side walls, but this could be done as well with a steady hand and either a circular saw or a jigsaw.

We finished it off with a wall-mounted bottle opener from World Market—you can find a dozen different styles on Amazon (this one is $4: TINYURL.COM/BOTTLEOPENERFORTOTE).

Remember to wear safety glasses! (And drink your beer after completing your tote, not before!) u

There’s been some good news this month for local farmer Julie Clifford of Clifford Family Farms. She can sell her eggs again, but the pass is only temporary.

Within the next four months, Julie will likely have to start following new Utah health and safety guidelines for small chicken farmers and undergo regular inspections all based on federal standards. The extra work might create some additional costs, but for now Julie and her loyal customers are happy she’s still in business.

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More electric charging stations?

It’s been three years since Salt Lake City installed six electric vehicle charging stations around town. With the success of those stations, the State might be getting ready to increase the number of charging stations throughout Utah.

Who will be building and providing those stations is still up for debate. But a measure recently proposed by Rep. Patrice Arent of Millcreek, which will be brought before the state legislature this upcoming session, would allow just about any business or city to provide a charging station and recoup their costs. Stay tuned during this coming 2014 legislative session to see what happens with the proposal.

New classes coming in January to Inner Light Center Inner Light Center, a spiritual, metaphysical and mystical community, will offer classes in Qabalah, Shamanic Journey, Sacred Journaling and basic Metaphysics in January. A “school for the soul,” you can join this heartbased community every Sunday at 10am.

801.462.1800. 4408 South 500 East.

Holiday food drive at Dancing Cranes Donate non-perishable food items to Dancing Cranes Imports during December and save 10% on your same-day purchase.

The store will deliver donations to the Utah Food Bank.

Open Mon-Sat 10a-7p, Sun 10a-5p. 673 E. Simpson Ave. 801.486.1129. DANCINGCRANESIMPORTS.COM

Rising Sun Coffee holds holiday food drive, too!

This month, you can bring in two or more non-perishable food items to be donated to the Utah Food Bank and get any 12oz. beverage free from Rising Sun Coffee. Drinks range from vegan beverages to hot chocolate to glutenfree, lactose-free and dairy-free treats.

Open Mon-Fri 5:30a-6p, Sat 7a-5p. 266 W. 2100 South.

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Dave’s Health has moved Dave’s Health & Nutrition has finally settled into its new location six blocks south of its former home, providing homeopathics, supplements, consultations, classes and more. A grand opening event will be held in January.

This month, bring in Dave’s CATALYST ad for a whopping 25% off on beauty products at both stores.

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An Artist’s Kitchen REVIEWED BY HEATHER MAY

“Pretty much everything in our lives revolves around growing, preparing and eating food with friends and family and the entertainment that either precedes or follows meals.” he cookbook Kenvin: An Artist’s Kitchen is as much an instruction manual on how to cook, say, a boned leg of lamb with basilinfused peanut sauce, as it is a guide on how to live the good life— one filled with the simple pleasures of gathering with friends to eat a platter of cooked vegetables picked from your backyard, then joining in song or storytelling, and washing it down with wine that you may or may not have made yourself.

It was written and illustrated with more than 100 original, vibrant paintings by the late Kenvin Lyman, a cook, organic farmer, singer/songwriter,

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and internationally known illustrator (he designed posters for Led Zeppelin and worked on ad campaigns for Coca-Cola). He filled his book with more than 130 recipes based almost wholly on what grows in Utah and mostly what he grew in his garden and cooked in his Queen Anne cottage kitchen in Salt Lake City’s Avenues.

Lyman died before the book was published, by Gibbs Smith in June, from a fall at his home in 2011. But his life and rural wisdom are alive on the page.

The most enjoyable parts of the book aren’t always the recipes—stuffed and buttered garden snails anyone? (actually, he first

wrote about that in CATALYST, many years ago) — but the stories from his childhood or of a meal made with friends.

He grew up on a ranch at Spring Lake, where his family raised cattle, sheep and horses, grew their own vegetables along with wheat, milled their own flour, and poured their own concrete. He reminisces about making stock from local wild porcini, eating desserts of seasonal peaches topped with homemade ice cream, relishing mutton stew, hot biscuits and summer salad from the garden after threshing wheat, of finding watercress growing in the wetlands by his farm, “waiting to be picked, crushed into sour cream butter and spread on warm slices of homemade whole wheat bread.”

But it isn’t all earnestness: He offers a recipe for Rocky Mountain oysters and illustrates it with a fullsize painting of a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. The calf testicles are supposed to be an aphrodisiac, he writes, “but only seem to work when accompanied by several cans of beer.”

The chapter on breads is called “An Enchanted Table.” It’s an essay about the Mormon pine table he inherited when he bought his 1892 Avenues home. It’s where he enjoyed countless meals and it stands in the kitchen where he learned to cook—something he considered as much an art as the poems, posters and light shows he also created at that table.

“Pretty much everything in our lives revolves around growing, preparing and eating food with friends and family and the entertainment that either precedes or follows meals,” he writes.

It’s a table you wish you could join. u Heather May is a longtime Salt Lake City journalist and food writer.

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CHEF PROFILE

Himalayan Kitchen Handmade traditional food from fresh, natural ingredients

BY JANE LAIRD

recently spearheaded the original concept of the local Lumi Bistro, was instrumental in creating the look and feel of Himalayan Kitchen’s 2009 remodel which incorporates bright dharma colors, traditional Himalayan woodcarvings and folk art (some from a Nepalese women’s collective). THer Apa Sherpa wall, honoring the world-famous mountaineer who now lives in Utah, is an element that the local climbing and trekking community especially enjoy.

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he remedy for one of those recent cold, dark and drizzly Saturdays was easy enough: to bask in the warming comfort food and spicy coziness of the Himalayan Kitchen restaurant in downtown Salt Lake.

Surrounded by the glowing Nepalese decor of red Surya Bastakoti and yellow, friendly faces of an attentive owner and staff, and convivial tables of groups and families, we savored such dishes as aromatic lamb korma, homemade saag paneer, and free-range bison momos with a timur pepper-tinged sesame sauce (timur is the secret ingredient, so don’t tell anyone).

Add to that hot Nepali tea and handmade naan; cold beer and fine wine by the glass; and desserts of gulab jamun, mango pudding and Indian cuisine-spiced truffles. Hard-to-find Himalayan coffee, imported by Himalayan Kitchen and roasted locally, topped off what became a splendidly satisfying Saturday night.

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attributed to owner Surya Bastakoti, who opened Himalayan Kitchen in 2005 and continues to give the restaurant and guests gracious personal attention. A mildmannered adventurer, he spent many years traveling the world and running his own Mount Everest trekking and expedition company before establishing a restaurant featuring Nepalese homestyle cooking in the mountains of Utah.

Bastakoti explains that Nepal is a beautiful mountain country with a unique culture and food. Nepalese dishes, such as the popular stuffed dumplings called momos, blend with Tibetan and Chinese influences from the north and Indian influences from the south. “People in Nepal eat very healthy food,” he says. Most Tibetans grow gardens and keep livestock. His father, Prasad, grew enough vegetables and fruit on his farm to feed their family of nine. Prasad was also a bee keeper, or

“bee charmer,” who milked the water buffalo everyday and lived to 96 years old.

“We picked the vegetables in the morning, then washed, chopped and Carmen Fournier cooked them. My mom was so picky that she refused to pick vegetables the day before we ate them; they would be too old,” Bastakoti recalls. “I miss her cooking. She taught me to cook when I was 10 or 11 years old.”

The chefs come from small Nepalese villages and have been cooking since childhood, too.

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imalayan Kitchen offers table service, take-out, daily lunch buffet, private parties, banquets, catering and special events. Holiday parties are welcome.

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Gluten-free and vegan friendly menu.

Reservations by phone. Beer & wine.

Authentic Himalayan fare may rustic at first glance. But the intricate and complex flavors of its dishes are hard won through hard work, including knowledgeable and sometimes lengthy preparation. Breads, soups, yogurt, paneer and sauces are made from scratch. The exotic whole spices are hand-ground. They avoid prepackaged, overly processed or canned ingredients for the extensive menu of Indian, Nepali and Tibetan dishes. Bastakoti says he continually sources ingredients that are local, organic and fresh, including Morgan Valley lamb and free-range bison and goats.

Heritage and family help guide Fournier and Bastakoti’s philosophy. Bastakoti’s son, Santosh, is one of the staff. A cherished photo of Surya’s father, Prasad, hangs among numerous awards. “The best food in Nepal is in people’s homes,” he says. What you can expect at Himalayan Kitchen is that same quality. Village cozy meets downtown.

Adventure meets home. u Jane Laird is a foodie with a camera. Her discerning palate and eye bring us Chef Profile regularly.

360 South State Street, SLC. 801-3282077. WWW.HIMALAYANKITCHEN.COM Mon-Thu 11:30am-10pm; Fri-Sat 11:30am10:30 pm; Sun 5pm-10pm Free 10-minute parking on Exchange Place for take-out. Free validated parking in two lots: 324 South State and 175 E 400 S. Valet parking on Exchange Place during winter.

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ABODE AUTOMOTIVE Clark’s Green Auto Garage 1/14 801.485-2858. 506 E. 1700 So. Clark’s auto is a local family-owned full service automotive repair facility. We are committed to doing our part to minimize the environmental impact of automotive service and repair, and to incorporating sustainability principles throughout our operation. SLC-certified E2 business. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/CLARKSAUTO Schneider Auto Karosserie 2/14 801.484.9400. Fax 801-484-6623. Utah’s first green body shop. 28 years of making customers happy! We are a friendly, full-service collision repair shop in Salt Lake City. Your satisfaction is our goal. We’ll work with your insurance company to ensure proper repairs and give you a lifetime warranty. WWW.SCHNEIDERAUTO.NET DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION Residential Design FB 801-322-5122. Ann Larson.

FURNITURE, ACCESSORIES Elemente 11/13 353 W Pierpont Ave., 801-355-7400. M-F 12-6, Sat. 12-5, Gallery Stroll every 3rd Friday 3-9. We feature second-hand furniture, art and accessories to evoke passion and embellish any room or mood with comfort and style. Browse, sit a spell, or sell your furniture with us. Layaway is available. A haven for the discriminating shopper since 1988.

GREEN PRODUCTS Underfoot Floors 6/13 801-467-6636. 1900 S. 300 W., SLC We offer innovative & earth friendly floors including bamboo, cork, marmoleum, hardwoods, natural fiber carpets as well as sand and finishing hardwood. Free in home estimates. Please visit our showroom. WWW.UNDERFOOTFLOORS.NET, KE@UNDERFOOTFLOORS.COM. GREEN SERVICES Five-Step Carpet Care FB 801.656.5259, PC: 435.640.2483.

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HOUSING Looking for partners for new intentional learning community (801) 865-5190 or P.O. Box 520616 SLC UT 84152. Together, we’ll purchase land or residential housing (or both!) and work towards food self-sufficiency, explore progressive & socially conscious topics, as well as history, literature, visual arts, music, philosophy, and science, and take action through lobbying, scientific tinkering, publishing and seminars. (See www.ic.org or contact Brent for more info.)

Wasatch Commons Cohousing 3/14 Vicky 801-908-0388. 1411 S. Utah St. (1605 W.) An environmentally sensitive community promoting neighborliness, consensus & diversity. Balancing privacy needs with community living. Homes for sale. Tours available upon request. FACEBOOK.COM/WASATCHCOMMONSCOHOUSING PETCARE/VETERINARIANS Animal Communicator. 651-492-1079 Effectively relating to your animal through muscle testing. Walter at HIGHMOUNTAINHEALER.COM Happy Paws Pet Sitting Plus 9/13 Professional Pet Sitting and Dog Walking..

Alternative to boarding providing daily visits to your pet at their home. Established 2004.

Bonded and Insured. 801 205-0368 Rick 801 205-4491 Libbie. HAPPYPAWSPETSITTINGPLUS.COM

Dancing Cats Feline Center. 801-467-0799.

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DINING Blue Star Juice and Coffee 2795 S. Canyon Rim (2300 E.) and 435 S. 400 W. SLC. 466-4280. Blue Star serves a wide variety of fresh vegetable and fruit juices. Create your own combination or choose from house favorites! Full espresso bar and large selection of breakfast sandwiches are also available.

Drive-thru available at both locations. Wifi.

Café Solstice Cafe Solstice inside Dancing Cranes Imports offers a variety of loose teas, speciality coffee

drinks and herbal smoothies in a relaxing atmosphere. Lunch features veggie wraps, sandwiches, salads, soups and more. Our dressings, spreads, salsa, hummus and baked goods are all made in house with love! Enjoy a refreshing Violet Mocha or Mango & Basil smoothie with your delicious homemade lunch.

SOLCAFE999@GMAIL.COM. Coffee Garden 254 S. Main, inside the former Sam Weller’s Books and 900 E. 900 S. 355-4425. High-end espresso, delectable pastries & desserts. Great places to people watch. M-Thur 6a-11p; Fri 6a12p, Sat 7a-12p, Sun 7a-11p. Wifi.

Cafe SuperNatural Organic, locally grown, gluten-free, fresh cooked to order, raw foods, fresh juices and smothies, superfood shakes, great food to go or dine-in.

Discounts for Prana Yoga participants. Located in Prana Yoga. Free convenient parking in Trolley Square’s 600 East parking garage. Mon-Sat 10a-9p: Sun 10-3p. Wifi.

Dodo 1355 East 2100 So. 801.486-BIRD (2473) Sugar House Park. Serving Salt Lake for over 30 years.

Homemade soups, in-house smoked turkey, artichoke pie, fresh salads, pastas, seafood & steak entrees. Ramon’s 12 daily fresh-baked desserts.

Beer, wine & liquor available. Open daily for lunch, dinner, weekend brunch.

Finca 1291 So. 900 East. 801.487.0699. Tapas, asador, cocktails. From the creators of Pago.

FINCASLC.COM Himalayan Kitchen 360 S. State St. 801-328-2077. Nepali, Indian and Tibetan cuisine. Spicy curries, savory grilled meats, vegetarian specialities and our famous award-winning naan bread, accompanied by a thoughtul beer and wine list. Service with namaste and a smile await you! Banquet room available for private events. M-Sat 11:30 am10p; Sun 5p-10p. WWW.HIMALAYANKITCHEN.COM Omar’s Rawtopia 2148 S.Highland Dr. 801-486-0332. Raw, organic, vegan & scrumptious. From Chocolate Goji Berry smoothies to Vegan Hummus Pizza, every dish is made with highest quality ingredients and prepared with love. Nutrient dense and

delectable are Rawtopia’s theme words. We are an oasis of gourmet health, creating peace through food. M-Th 12-8p, F-Sat. 12-9p.

Pago 878 S. 900 E. 801-532-0777. Featuring seasonal cuisine from local producers & 20 artisan wines by the glass, complemented by an intimate eco-chic setting. Best Lunch—SL Mag, Best Brunch—City Weekly, Best Wine List— City Weekly & SL Mag, Best New American— Best of State. Tue-Sun 11a-3p, 5p-close.

PAGOSLC.COM. Takashi 18 West Market St. 801-519-9595. Award-winning chef Takashi Gibo invites you to savor an incredible Japanese dining experience with Salt Lake’s best sushi, sashimi, small plates (Japanese tapas), and hot dishes from his tantalizing menu. Extensive selection of premium sakes, wines, Japanese and domestic beers, and signature cocktails. Mon-Fri from 11:30a.; Sat. from 5:30p.

HEALTH & BODYWORK ACUPUNCTURE Keith Stevens Acupuncture 1/14 Dr. Keith Stevens, OMD, 1174 E. 2760 S, Ste. 16. 801.467-2277, 209.617-7379 (cell).

Specializing in chronic pain treatment, stressrelated insomnia, fatigue, headaches, sports medicine, traumatic injury and post-operative recovery. Board-certified for hep-c treatment.

National Acupuncture Detox Association (NADA)-certified for treatment of addiction.

Women’s health, menopausal syndromes.

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SLC Qi Community Acupuncture 12/13 R. Dean Woolstenhulme, L.Ac 177 E 900 S. Ste 101D, 801-521-3337. Acupuncture you can afford. Quality acupuncture on low sliding scale rates ($15-$40) makes health care affordable and effective. Relax in comfy reclining chairs in a healing community setting.

Acupuncture is good for allergies, back pain and more. Downtown SLC. WWW.SLCQI.COM

To list your business or service email: CRD@CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET Prices: 6 months ( $210), 12 months ( $360).

Listings must be prepaid in full and are non-refundable. Word Limit: 45. Deadline for changes/reservations: 15th of preceeding month.

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Vedic Harmony 3/14 801-942-5876. Learn how Ayurveda can help you harmonize your lifestyle and well being.

Primordial Sound meditation,Perfect Health & Wellness counseling. Georgia Clark, Certified Deepak Chopra Center Vedic Master, has trained in the US with Dr. Chopra, Dr. V.D. Lad, Jai Dev Singh, David Crow & in India with Dr. A.P. Deshpande. TARAJAGA@EARTHLINK.NET CHIROPRACTIC Salt Lake Chiropractic4/144 801.907.1894. Dr. Suzanne Cronin. 1088 S 11th E, SLC. Have you heard that Salt Lake Chiropractic is the least invasive way to increase your quality of life? Our gentle, efficient, and affordable care can reduce pain and improve your body’s functionality. Call to schedule an appointment. WWW.CHIROSALTLAKE.COM. CRANIOSACRAL Sheryl Seliger, LCSW 6/14 801-556-8760. 1446 S. 900 E. Powerful healing through dialogue & gentle-touch energy work.

Adults: Deep relaxation, stress reduction & spiritual renewal, chronic pain & illness, head & spinal injuries, anxiety, PTSD, relationship skills, life strategies. Infants and children: colic, feeding & sleep issues, bonding, birth trauma.

Birth preparation & prenatal CST. SELIGERS@GMAIL.COM FELDENKRAIS Open Hand Bodywork. Dan Schmidt, GCFP, LMT. 244 W. 700 S. 801.694.4086 WWW.OPENHANDSLC.COM. FB Carl Rabke LMT, GCFP FOG 801-671-4533. Somatic education and bodywork.

Erin Geesaman Rabke Somatic Educator.

801-898-0478. WWW.BODYHAPPY.COM MASSAGE Graham Phillips Davis3/14 801-889-3944. Muse Massage; strong, warm, gentle hands. LGBT-friendly. Get back in tune with powerful structural alignment therapy.

Integration of the divine masculine-feminine within, using craniosacral therapy. Feel better today!

Healing Mountain Massage School FB 801-355-6300. 363 S. 500 East, Ste. 210 (enter off of 500 East). HEALINGMOUNTAINSPA.COM MD PHYSICIANS Web of Life Wellness Center FB Todd Mangum, MD. 801-531-8340. 508 E. So. Temple, #102. Dr. Mangum is a family practice physician who uses acupuncture, massage, herbs & nutrition to treat a wide range of conditions including chronic fatigue, HIV infection, allergies, digestive disturbances and fibromyalgia. He also designs programs to maintain health & wellness. WWW.WEBOFLIFEWC.COM NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS Cameron Wellness Center 3/14 801-486-4226. Dr Todd Cameron, Naturopathic Physician. 1945 S. 1100 E. #202. Remember when doctors cared? Once, a doctor cared. He had that little black bag, a big heart, an encouraging smile. Once, a doctor actually taught about prevention. Remember “an apple a day”?

Dr. Cameron is a family practitioner. He takes care of you. He cares. WWW.DRTODDCAMERON.COM

Eastside Natural Health Clinic 9/14 Uli Knorr, ND 801.474.3684; 2188 S. Highland Dr. #207. Dr. Knorr will create a Natural Medicine plan for you to optimize your health and live more vibrantly. He likes to educate his patients and offers comprehensive medical testing options. He focuses on hormonal balancing, including thyroid, adrenal, women’s hormones, blood

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sugar regulation, gastrointestinal disorders and food allergies. EASTSIDENATURALHEALTH.COM 2/14 Full Circle Care; Leslie Peterson, ND 801.746.3555. 150 S. 600 E. #6B. Integrative and naturopathic medical clinic offering a unique approach to your health care needs.

Specializing in thyroid, adrenal and hormonal imbalances; food allergies and gluten testing; digestive health; nutritional IV therapy. Men, women and children welcome!

WWW.FULLCIRCLECARE.COM 2/14 PHYSICAL THERAPY Precision Physical Therapy 9/14 801-557-6733. Jane Glaser-Gormally, MS, PT. 3098 S Highland Dr. Ste. 371. (Also Park City and Heber.) Specializing in holistic integrated manual therapy (IMT). Safe, gentle, effective techniques for pain and tissue dysfunction.

This unique form of therapy identifies sources of pain and assists the body with self-corrective mechanisms to alleviate pain and restore mobility and function. UofU provider. WWW.PRECISIONPHYSICALTHERAPYUT.COM REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Planned Parenthood of Utah 6/14 1-800-230-PLAN, 801-532-1586. Planned Parenthood provides affordable and confidential healthcare for men, women and teens. Services include birth control, emergency contraception (EC/PlanB/ morning after pill), testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infection including HIV, vaccines including the HPV vaccine, pregnancy testing and referrals, condoms, education programs and more. PPAU.ORG ROLFING/STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION Paul Wirth, Certified Rolfer™, LMT 801-638-0021. 3194 S. 1100 E. Move with ease, not pain. Working with the structural limitations in your body to help you feel stronger and more relaxed. MOSAICBODYWORK.COM 1/14 Carl Rabke LMT, GCFP FOG 801-671-4533. Somatic education and bodywork. WWW.BODYHAPPY.COM VISION CARE Wasatch Vision Clinic FB 801-328-2020. 849 E. 400 S. in Salt Lake across from the 9th East TRAX stop. Comprehensive eye care, eye disease, LASIK, contacts and glasses since 1984. We accept most insurance.

WASATCHVISION.COM WEIGHT LOSS Master Lu’s Health Center 4/14 801.463.1101. 3220 S. State. Do you struggle with weight loss? We can help you lose weight with Master Lu’s Chinese herbal weight loss formula and acupuncture. Chinese medicine is effective for weight loss and managing your weight. Come and see us today at Master Lu’s Health Center. WWW.LUHEALTHCENTER.COM

MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTING Chart Bookkeeping8/14 801.718-1235. M’Lisa Patterson. Qualified and dependable small- to medium-sized business bookkeeping services. QuickBooks expert. My office or yours.

MPATTERSON@CHARTBOOKKEEPING.COM LEGAL ASSISTANCE Schumann Law. 801.631.7811, ESTATEPLANNINGFORUTAH.COM. FB

MUSICIANS FOR HIRE Idlewild 10/13 801-268-4789, WWW.IDLEWILDRECORDINGS.COM. David and Carol Sharp. Duo up to six-piece ensemble. Celtic, European, World and Old Time American music. A variety of instruments.

Storytelling and dance caller. CDs and downloads, traditional and original. IDLEWILD@IDLEWILDRECORDINGS.COM PHOTOGRAPHY Ceej Photography 5/14 801-455-3722. Salt Lake. My artist’s background makes Ceej Photography unique.

Portraits, pets, graduation, engagement, special events/occasions, artwork. Extensive post-processing skills. Digital SLR camera lessons available. CJLESTERART.COM POETRY Rumi Poetry 6/14 Good poetry enriches our culture and nourishes our soul. Rumi Poetry Club (founded in 2007) celebrates spiritual poetry of Rumi and other masters as a form of meditation. Free meetings first Tuesday (7 pm) of month at AndersonFoothill Library 1135 S 2100 E. WWW.RUMIPOETRYCLUB.COM PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Healing Mountain Massage School FB 801-355-6300. 363 S. South 500 East, Ste. 210 (enter off of 500 E.). Morning, evening, & weekend programs. Graduate in as little as 7 months.

8 students in a class. Mentor with seasoned professionals. Practice in a live day spa. ABHES accredited. Financial aid: loans/grants available to those who qualify. WWW.HEALINGMOUNTAIN.ORG WEALTH MANAGEMENT Harrington Wealth Services 801.673.1294; 801.871.0840 office. Robert Harrington, Wealth Advisor. Client-centered wealth management, retirement planning, IRA rollovers, ROTH IRA’s, 401(k) plans & investing, life insurance. Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC8899 S. 700 E. Ste. 225, Sandy, UT 84070. ROBERT.HARRINGTON@ LPL.COM; WWW.HARRINGTONWEALTHSERVICES.COM

MOVEMENT, MEDITATION DANCE RDT Community School.

801-534-1000. 138 W. Broadway. FB MARTIAL ARTS Red Lotus School of Movement 8/14 740 S 300 W, SLC, UT, 84101. 801-355-6375.

Established in 1994 by Sifu Jerry Gardner and Jean LaSarre Gardner. Traditional-style training in the classical martial arts of T’ai Chi, Wing Chun Kung-Fu, and T’ai Chi Chih (qi gong exercises). Children’s classes in Wing Chun KungFu. Located downstairs from Urgyen Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple. WWW.REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM, REDLOTUS@REDLOTUS.CNC.NET MEDITATION INSTRUCTION Center for Mind Body Relaxation CFMBR offers classes in science-based meditation and relaxation methods for well-being and stress relief. Individuals interested in classes can register online at: WWW.HEALINGWITHSPACES.COM/CLASSES.HTML YOGA INSTRUCTORS Mindful Yoga: Charlotte Bell FB 801-355-2617. E-RYT-500 & Iyengar certified.

Cultivate strength, vitality, serenity, wisdom and grace. Combining clear, well-informed in-

struction with ample quiet time, these classes encourage each student to discover his/her own yoga. Classes include meditation, pranayama (breath awareness) and yoga nidra (yogic sleep) as well as physical practice of asana. Public & private classes, workshops in a supportive, noncompetitive environment since 1986.

WWW.CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM YOGA STUDIOS Avenues Yoga 12/13 68 K Street, SLC. 801-872-YOGA (9642).

Avenues Yoga is a friendly, down-to-earth place where all are welcome. We offer classes for all body types and ability levels, from Yoga Nidra and Restorative, to Power, Flow, and Core. Free Intro to Yoga every Saturday at 11:45am.

Introductory Special $39 one month unlimited.

WWW.AVENUESYOGA.COM Mountain Yoga—Sandy 801.501.YOGA [9642]. 9343 S 1300 E. Offering hot yoga classes to the Salt Lake Valley for the past 10 years. We now also offer Vinyasa, Restorative, Pre/Post-Natal, Kids Yoga and Mat/Barre Pilates Classes in our NEW studio room. Whether you like it hot and intense, calm and restorative, or somewhere in-between, Mountain Yoga Sandy has a class for you. WWW.MOUNTAINYOGASANDY.COM 3/14

Centered City Yoga 9/13 801-521-YOGA (9642). 926 E. 900 S. Centered City Yoga is often likened to that famous TV “hangout” where everybody knows your name, sans Norm (and the beer, of course). We offer more than 100 classes a week, 1,000 hourteacher trainings, monthly retreats and workshops to keep Salt Lake City CENTERED and SANE. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM THE SHOP Yoga Studio 10/13 435-649-9339. Featuring Anusara Yoga.

Inspired fun and opening in one of the most amazing studios in the country. Classes, Privates, and Therapeutics with certified and inspired Anusara instructors. Drop-ins welcome. 1167 Woodside Ave., P.O Box 681237, Park City, UT 84068. WWW.PARKCITYYOGA.COMB

PSYCHIC ARTS & INTUITIVE SCIENCES ANGEL READINGS Lisa Rasmussen, ATP®, CHT 11/14 951-234-4422. Angel Therapy Practitioner® certified by Doreen Virtue, Ph D. Offering intuitive counseling and clinical hypnotherapy to assist you in clearing fears and life challenges with guidance from your angels, guides and loved ones. Over 20 years experience.

LISARAS4422@GMAIL.COM ASTROLOGY Transformational Astrology FB Ralfee Finn. 800-915-5584. Catalyst’s astrology columnist for 10 years! Visit her website at WWW.AQUARIUMAGE.COM or e-mail her at RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM

Vedic Harmony—Jyotish Astrology 942-5876. TARAJAGA@EARTHLINK.NET ENERGY HEALING Kristen Dalzen, LMT 2/14 801.467.3306. 1569 So. 1100 East. IGNITE YOUR DIVINE SPARK! Traditional Usui Reiki Master Teacher practicing in Salt Lake since

Mindful Yoga Collective 1996. Offering a dynamic array of healing services and classes designed to create a balanced, expansive and vivacious life. WWW.TURIYAS.COM Isis Botanicals 2/14 480-772-6577. Salt Lake City, UT Products/services to nurture your body, calm your mind, soothe your soul. 30+ years’ experience.

Wellness through scent, movement, energy.

Holistic practice integrates Reiki, Aromatherapy/essential oils, Shamanic Pathworking, yoga, chakra cleansing/balancing, Egyptian Cartouche readings. Custom blend a scent unique to you.

IYATA@ISISBOTANICALS.COM, WWW.ISISBOTANICALS.COM Shari Philpott-Marsh12/13 Energy Medicine / Shamanic Healer 801-599-8222. Overwhelmed? Stuck? Pushed and pulled by forces that interfere with your peace of mind? Shamanic healing cuts to the root of the problem. I intuitively unwind the core issues, recalibrate your energy body, and bring you to a place of strength and clarity. Core emotional clearing; mental reprogramming; soul retrieval; past life reconciliation; spirit guide activation; elimination of dark forces / interdimensional interference. I also love mentoring healers. WWW.RADIANCEYOGA.ORG PSYCHIC/TAROT READINGS Crone’s Hollow 8/13 2470 S. Main St. 801.906.0470. Have life questions? We offer intuitive and personal psychic consultations: Tarot, Pendulum, Crystal Ball and other oracles. $22 for 20 minutes. Afternoon and evening appointments. Walk-ins welcome.

We also make custom conjure/spell candles!

WWW.CRONESHOLLOW.COMFB Jennafer Martin 94/14 801-810-4392. Intuitive readings for animals and humans, delivered with warmth to give you clarity from a non-judgmental point of view.

Connect to spirit guides or loved ones who have passed, gain insights into your pet’s behavior, and more. WWW.ZOESOULSPA.COM

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

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Mondays through12/7 7:15 to 8:30 pm charlottebellyoga.com 801-355-2617

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Excellence: The Power of Lost Coin Zen Training What does it take to achieve excellence?

A lot.

It takes whole-hearted and whole-body effort.

And this can be learned.

Register for this Salt Lake City workshop led by Daniel Doen Silberberg, Sensei, the founder of Lost Coin Zen. Saturday, January 4, 2014 – 8 a.m. to 5:30 Sunday, January 5, 2014 – 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information visit www.LostCoinZen.com

Nicholas Stark 7/14 801-394-6287; 801-721-2779 cell. Shamanic Intuitive Readings and Energy Work . Ogden Canyon.

Suzanne Wagner. 707-354-1019.

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PSYCHOTHERAPY & PERSONAL GROWTH THERAPY/COUNSELING ABC-Advanced Behavioral Counseling 801-268-1199. 997 E. 3900 South/rear, We are a treatment agency for mental health, relationships, anxiety, depression, addictions, substance abuse, grief/loss, divorce, domestic violence, for adults and children. Individual and men’s, women’s and mixed groups, some insurances accepted, Several counselors available.

Sliding fee scale available. WWW.ABCSLC.COM Marianne Felt, MT-BC, CMHC 9/14 801-524-0560, EXT. 3. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C. Licensed professional counselor, board certified music therapist, certified Gestalt therapist, Red

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Jan Magdalen, LCSW 3/14 801-582-2705, 2071 Ashton Circle, SLC. Offering a transpersonal approach to the experiences and challenges of our life cycles, including: individuation-identity, sexuality and sexual orientation, partnership, work, parenting, divorce, aging, illness, death and other loss, meaning and spiritual awareness.

Individuals, couples and groups. Clinical consultation and supervision.

Marilynne Moffitt, PhD FB 801-266-4551. 825 E. 4800 S. Murray 84107.

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

Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 8/13 801-631-8426. Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302. Steve is a seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. He sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy, meditation and soul work with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem behavior. Steve specializes in creative treatment of bipolar disorders.

STEVE@KARMASHRINK.COM. Blog: WWW.KARMASHRINK .COM Diane St John, Personal and Life Coaching I help people make those changes that are difficult to make and see themselves the way they want to be seen. I have over 30 years of experience working with body, mind, health and relationship issues. My background includes SE Trauma Resolution, Perceptual shifting with EVOX, Voice Dialogue and Continuum Movement. 801-935-4787.

WWW.PATHSOFCONNECTION.COM. 3/14 Don St John, Ph.D. Body-Centered Psychotherapy 6/14 801 935-4787 Sugar House. As you learn to be fully with yourself—here and now—and simultaneously allow me to be fully with you, you discover and develop your presence and strength, you honor and care for your vulnerability, recognize and appreciate your lovability, and tolerate and enjoy real intimacy.

The Talking Trail 801-541-7769. The Talking Trail™ combines compassion and creativity with the physical benefits of walking. Utilizing mindfulness and

positive psychology, you will increase awareness and serenity while working with nature.

Traditional office visits are also available; downtown and Cottonwood areas.

SHAMANIC PRACTICE Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW, Shamanic Practitioner 3/14 801-531-8051. Shamanic Counseling.

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

Naomi Silverstone, DSW, LCSW FB 801-209-1095. 508 E. So. Temple, #102.

Psychotherapy and shamanic practice. Holistic practice integrates traditional and nontraditional approaches to health, healing, and balance or “ayni.� Access new perceptual lenses as you reanimate your relationship with nature.

Shamanic practice in the Inka tradition.

RETAIL line goes here GROCERIES, SPECIALTY FOODS, KITCHEN SUPPLIES Beer Nut. 1200 S State St, 801.531.8182, BEERNUT.COM. FB Cali’s Natural Foods. 389 W 1700 S, 801.483.2254, CALISNATURALFOODS.COM. FB FB GIFTS & TREASURES Blue Boutique. WWW.BLUEBOUTIQUE.COM FB Dancing Cranes. 673 E Simpson Ave, 801.486.1129, DANCINGCRANESIMPORTS.COM FB Golden Braid Books. 801-322-1162. 151 S 500 E, GOLDENBRAIDBOOKS.COM FB Healing Mountain Crystal Co.FB363 S. 500 E. #210, SLC. 800-811-0468, HEALINGMOUNTAIN.ORG. Lotus. 801.333.3777. Everything from Angels to Zen. 12896 Pony Express Rd. #200, Draper, WWW.ILOVELOTUS.COM FB Turiya's Gifts8/14 1569 So. 1100 E. 801.531.7823. M-F 11-7, Sat 11-6, Sun 12-5. Turiya's is a metaphysical gift and crystal store. We have an exquisite array of crystals and minerals, jewelry, drums, sage and sweet grass, angels, fairies, greeting cards and meditation tools. Come in and let us help you

create your sanctuary. WWW.TURIYAS.COM RESALE/FURNITURE, ACCESSORIES Elemente 11/13 353 W Pierpont Avenue, 801-355-7400. M-F 126, Sat. 12-5, See “Abode.�

RESALE/OUTDOOR GEAR & CLOTHING fun & frolic consignment shop8/14 801-487-6393 2066 S. 2100 E. Consigns everything for travel /outdoor recreational experiences.

Fun seekers can buy and consign high-quality, gently used outdoor gear and clothing, making fun time less expensive. Call to consign your items. FACEBOOK @ FUN & FROLIC CONSIGNMENT SHOP; in the 21st & 21st business district.

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Inner Light Center Spiritual Community 10/14 801.462.1800. 4408 S. 500 E., SLC. An interspiritual sanctuary that goes beyond religion into mystical realms. Access inner wisdom, deepen divine connection, enjoy an accepting, friendly community. Events & classes. Sunday Celebration: 10 a.m.; WWW.INNERLIGHTCENTER.NET

Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple 8/14 801-328-4629. 740 S. 300 W. Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa offers an open environment for the study, contemplation, and practice of Tibetan Buddhist teachings. The community is welcome to our Sunday service (puja), group practices, meditation classes and introductory courses.

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December 2013 A tarot reading for CATALYST readers

by Suzanne Wagner Osho Zen Tarot: The Burden, Totality, Experiencing Medicine Cards: Frog, Buffalo Mayan Oracle: Cauac, Cib, Akbal Ancient Egyptian Tarot: Four of Disks, Ten of Disks, Nine of Wands Aleister Crowley Deck: Princess of Swords, Dominion, Worry Healing Earth Tarot: Ace of Crystals, Eight of Rainbows, Two of Rainbows, Grandmother of Wands Words of Truth: Integration, Dullness, Conflict, Female

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n many levels, 2013 has been an enormous year for expansion and change. As we transition from the 13 (2013) to the 14 (2014), we leave the powerful Death card (the 13th trump card in the tarot) and move to the Art card (the 14th trump card in the tarot).

2013 was about letting go of outworn parts of ourselves and allowing a metamorphosis to take place. 2014 is about making decisions based on accurate calculations and creating structures that allow for growth.

In December we begin to feel the shift. The Art card is about alchemically transforming the denser or lead parts into gold. There needs to be a merging of past and present. You do not know what the future is going to look like. Right now, just pause and appreciate all that has transpired this past year.

Something magical is happening but you have to slow down and become fully present to see it.

If you add all the numbers of 2013 together, you get a 6, which is called a Hermit pattern. 2013 was a year to dive deep within, to re-evaluate everything in your life from the ground floor up.

Adding 2014 together, you get a 7. This will be a year to create strategies that allow you to become your highest self; your insecure parts need not limit or define your existence.

In many systems, the energy of the number 7 is a powerful force to understand the great mysteries. The number 7 is designed to make you aware of the patterns in nature and in life. It is by understanding the subtle details of nature that you can begin to understand God itself. By understanding natural laws you can learn to shift those subtle energy patterns and begin to alter your experience and your reality.

Now there are no more excuses.

Things are a mess.

Let’s get busy.

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Under the strong influence of 2013, your old self has died. Now it is time to admit that pattern has run its course and allow the goodness in your soul to become the guiding light for your life. As we come to the end of the year, the cards indicate you are noticing your shortcomings and failures. Take a look at that judgment and step it to a higher level of understanding. Perhaps the things you judge yourself for were not destined for you to win.

Perhaps they were designed to reveal your true character and find hidden strengths and personal moral values.

Stop fighting with the past. Allow the history and the story to finally rest. Some things in life are designed to be a trap with no clear solution or easy way through. It is important to not worry about all the opportunities that you passed by. Look at your life without regret. Through those trials you learned that there are always cycles. Also, do not dwell in past glories. Make new magical moments.

December is about finding peace within, claiming the special moments that have been surrounding you, and feeling the safety that is offered during this month of family gatherings. You might not be where you want, which is good because you’re not done yet. Infinite possibilities are right there. You just need to adjust your internal radio dial to a new channel. It will be fuzzy at first but shortly you will become more and more aware of how your conscious thoughts are co-creating your external reality.

Magic is part of life. Ignore the signs or deny it and your lack of attention will catch you offguard. Accept the magic of life and learn to become aware of the signs and signals and you will find the flow that is organic to you and those around you. You are the master of your own domain and creation. Unconscious thoughts undermine and create disturbances in your reality. Become a conscious creator.

Then join with others who also are choosing to work in alignment with your vibration.

Think of it like this: It takes no time at all to tear down or tear apart a room. But putting that room back together takes much more time and effort. You find things that you did not know were there. You choose to reorganize that room to balance the energy more efficiently. You discover you need to do deep cleaning that you did not see until you moved all those things.

You want to make the room more in alignment with your energetic flow that is happening right now.

Endless possibilities open up when you break things down. When things are set, they are also static and rigid.

They might be comfortable but it is through our discomfort that we find new and better ways of doing things.

In December, you will feel as if someone has torn apart your reality. You can get angry and sulk or you can see this as an opportunity to make this room what you have envisioned but were too lazy to take the time and energy to do. Now there are no more excuses. Things are a mess.

Let’s get busy. The days are short, the air is cold, and projects can be fun. Your likes and dislikes have shifted and who you were, is not who you are now. This is great news! So before the family arrives for the holidays, let’s restructure a few things and allow that new flow to be seen and appreciated by those who love you the most.

At very least, you will have a great story to share and something new to talk about. Have a wonderful holiday. u Suzanne Wagner is the author of numerous books and CDs on the tarot. She now lives in California, but visits Utah for classes and readings frequently. SUZWAGNER.COM.

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