There are several ways to do write on rock. You can chisel into the rock with another rock: Petroglyph, Columbia Hills State Park You can write on the rock. She Who Watches, […]
Beyond Individual Identity
Too Many Horses
The Yakama people have been living with horses for hundreds of years. In all that time, horses living wild on their land have been a part of their wealth. When settler culture […]
First Time Walking
Born this morning, and moving up into the hills. The legs are hard to organize, though, as you can see. Salmon Creek Road, East of Ruby City, Washington
The Trail to Nowhere
It started as a trail to the promised land. Here at the Whitman Mission in Walla Walla, in Oregon Territory (now in the State of Washington), it has led to a hill of […]
Heart
Here’s the heart of the Columbia Plateau. It’s the heart of all the people. Palouse Falls, This Afternoon Let me put that another way. If you live on the plateau, this is […]
Blood of the Earth
I live in the country of the Columbia River, above the lake that spills into one of its tributaries, the Okanogan River. In this country, there are many rivers like the Okanagan, such […]
A Mission of Peace
In 1848 Father Charles Marie Pandosy was ordained on the Oregon Trail when news that the Whitman family had been massacred at Walla Walla, in the Columbia Plateau. Fear led to the […]
The Power of Rock
Life is a great force on this planet, but so is rock. Just look at this one!The interplay of this kind of steadiness and resistance within the web of life can be most […]
Masked Hunter
The bug from my shed has a name and a story. It’s a masked hunter. It picks up dust bunnies and carries them around. No lie. Read about it here. Thanks to all […]
Help! What Is This Insect??????
It’s flat, it’s hairy, it’s about a centimetre long. It’s not very fast. I saw one three years ago. It died. I wish this one would leave my tarp and go somewhere […]
Okanagan Okanogan 