We have been on a journey together for three-and-a-half years. In that time, I finished up this blog as a book (twice!), but then I was reading up on a lynching in Conconully, Washington […]
To Win Her Heart, First Catch the Sun…
…on your shoulders. While singing. ~ (Redwing blackbird claiming a new wetland running along a neglected walking trail high above Okanagan Lake.)
How to Find a Story on the Columbia Plateau
Note the grove of firs in the background here, between the Sinlahekin and Okanogan valleys (well, stories) of Washington. If you walk one way, they are the bristly children a toad is carrying […]
How to Find an Old Village Site on the Columbia Plateau
Look for the ancestors from the Dreamtime. You’ll have to forget everything you know. And remember everything you are. You’ll have to find your minds in the rock. And move there.Then you […]
Persian Music for the Coldest Night
Last night, the frost stayed away on this spring-two-weeks-too soon. The apricots are waiting for bees that are too cold to fly. Thanks, everyone, for your prayers. Tonight, though, is April 1, and […]
Frost is Coming Tonight
In this early spring, please say a prayer for all the apricot trees alone in the cold tonight. Thank you.