Meat your maker
Most days I do want to save most of the planet and most of the people residing on said orb, but there are so many choices. I’ve already made the biggest contribution to the planet’s health by simply...
View ArticleCatalyst says goodbye
to several longtime friends who have enriched our pages in various ways through past decades I like to read biography and autobiography. That, paired with a good dose of ADHD, makes me an avid reader...
View ArticlePleasures out of place
I’m experiencing mixed joy this week, but there is some twisted irony in knowing that the person who stole my credit card number used it to buy a home security system. I’m not complaining too much....
View ArticleWelcome to the first-ever totally digital edition of CATALYST.
Frankly, it’s an idea we’ve been pondering. Nothing like reality to help one make decisions. You can click on ads and they will take you to that organization’s website. Links in stories are also...
View ArticleAnd We, Online, Rejoice with You
“I don’t feel so good,” hits differently when heard aloud during a global pandemic. When my boyfriend approached me with his hand on his forehead during day 13 of our 14-day window of caution since...
View ArticleA conversation with Money
And now a word from your bookkeeper. I had my first breakdown on Wednesday afternoon, March 25. I was sitting at my desk and this overwhelming sadness hit me as I read a simple email from one of my...
View ArticleFirst and Last responders
One family’s experience working the pandemic. Watching my 21-year-old getting ready to go off to work at an area hospital emergency department as the pandemic reached Utah, I was struck by the...
View ArticleWhat’s new: Stories … and babies
Welcome to our fifth exclusively online edition. We’re excited to see readership numbers going up each month—you are finding us! Please help spread the word. This month Amy Brunvand brings us all the...
View ArticleSan Francisco and the Summer of Covid 19: Part One Getting there is...
I missed the Summer of Love in San Francisco in 1967, stuck instead in Provo working my first full-time job at my dad’s office. Three years later I got there, on my way to Vietnam. My parents showed me...
View ArticleMy summer of screech owls: the things we see when there’s time to sit still
The owls came to me this summer. I think it’s because of Covid—whether they have always come and I only noticed them because I’ve been home so much or because, as some friends of a more mystical bent...
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