DEAR EDITOR

dear editor ARIZONA HIGHWAYS

Enough Fluff I've been reading Arizona Highways since grade school in Tucson. I've just turned 60 and find myself inspired and fascinated by your wonderful metaphors, adjectives, verbs and revelations of your soul. February 2007's "All Who Wander" column, "Love on the Edge," was easy: "... three jumping bean kids..." Thanks for turning Arizona Highways off the "fluff" road and back into a magazine I treasure each month.

Loved Love I must comment on the piece "Love on the Edge" ("All Who Wander," February '07) and the accompanying photograph. What an incredibly beautiful sight to behold, two people with love in their hearts and our beloved Grand Canyon as their backdrop. That bird flying by is the icing on the cake. The poetry of the piece itself is deeply moving. Thanks so much for all of it. Keep up the excellent work. I love it!

puzzled as to why you used a full-page illustration of a scene that resembles Monument Valley on the Navajo Indian Reservation in northeastern Arizona.

That Was a Great Letter I want to add my feelings to those expressed in Larry Weaver's letter, "Poetry-Ugh!" ("Dear Editor," February '07). I couldn't agree more with Mr. Weaver's thoughts on your writing style. In my opinion, it does not fit what Arizona Highways magazine is all about, including the style expectations of the readership. Western magazine-Western style. No flowery words or sentences required.

Don't Feed the Wildlife The magazine is great, but the mention of squirrel feeding in "All Who Wander" ("Love on the Edge," February '07) was disturbing. It is unlawful to feed, approach or harass the wildlife in any national park. The National Park Service puts notices to this effect in all their Grand Canyon visitor publications. Some people reading this article may conclude that feeding squirrels is okay since Arizona Highways makes it sound pretty benign.

Horn or Antler? In the February 2007 piece, "Do Fence Me In," Dexter Oliver states pronghorns "shed their strange, black-forked horns annually." Horns and antlers are different. That's why there are the two words. Horns-think of cows and buffalo-are not shed. Antlers-think elk and moose-are shed. The pronghorn sheds his antlers, not his horns. In actuality, the animal is misnamed-technically it is not an antelope it's a sheep. But that's a whole different story.

A Hooping Hunk In your most beautiful issue of February 2007, on page 32, I saw the hoop dancer Dallas Arcand. He is the hunkiest, most gorgeous-looking man I have ever seen! Oh darn, I am 82 years old.

Misplaced Scenery Your article about the Apache Wars and the battle in Bear Springs Canyon in the Whetstone Mountains of southeastern Arizona ("Blood Enemies," February '07) was very interesting. I was surprised and

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