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Environmental Politics, Think, Transportation
My Other Car is a Bicycle
Cleaning polluted urban air is no easy task. But as smog levels from Athens to Beijing to Salt Lake City increasingly pose a threat to residents’ health, some cities are taking dra …
Creativity, Live
The Wedding Venue
Nontraditional wedding and reception sites offer their own special charm and often cost less than traditional full-service venues. However, be sure to factor in time, effort and ad …
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The Power of Ritual
A skilled and sensitive officiant can do more than simply guide your wedding ceremony. He or she can guide you through the process of creating a ritual that is meaningful and memor …
Folk Culture: Snowmen
A long, storied tradition.—by Clare Boerigter We’ve all grown accustomed to it over the years: the sudden appearance of snow people in front lawns, some with the quiet dignity of t …
Urban Nature: Birds in Winter
As 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 m …
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"Smile, observe and learn so you can plan your own version of these rites of passage. Learn from the past just don’t get a PhD in it."--Dennis Hinkamp on the good and bad nostalgic tendencies.
Slightly Off Center: September 2018 | Catalyst Magazine
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Nostalgia at the shallow end Nostalgia is a public pool filled with warm memories at the shallow end, but in the deep end there be monsters disguised as beguiling Sirens. You may enter smiling but drown there if you are not careful. Take your ex-spouse, ex-dog or ex any-no-longer-living human being....