I have worked here since 2011 telling stories of the Earth as preparation for a history of the Intermontane Grasslands of Central Cascadia and the rainswept coast that keeps them windy and dry. Now I am presenting this history, step by step, as I have learned it, often from the land itself. The history of this region includes the Canadian colonial space “The Okanagan Valley”, which lies over the land I live in above Canim Bay. The story stretches deep into the American West, into the US Civil War, the War of 1812, and the Louisiana Purchase, as well into the history of the Columbia District of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In all, the story spans the Chilcotin and Columbia volcanic plateaus and the basins that surround them. In this vast watershed lie homelands as old as 13,200 years (Sequim) and 16,200 years (Salmon River.) That’s how far we are walking together here, who are all the land speaking.
Obviously, with a send-off like that, it’s going to be a great year.
Blessings to you and all of your friends, neighbours and loved ones!
Okanagan Okanogan 
And to you, Harold — and your neighbourly snowlady with her fetching chapeau!
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I wish yo all the best for the year to come!
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To You and your Family likewise, The Bestesten!
We had a Family onslaught. Enjoyed it very much. The last bunch leaving for airport, at 6 PM.
It was “Sweet”, but exhausting.
Cheers and Good Health! from “The Bears”
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Happy New Year to you too Harold. Hope we cross paths somewhere sometime!
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Happy New Year with many great thoughts and ideas written in intriguing posts to help Okanagan country remember its greatness! Tamara
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