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.
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I followed you a while back and have been very interested in your point of view – and your beautiful photos. I moved to the Seattle area from NYC a few years ago and am loving getting to know the land here. Your sense of that land – a bit different in your area but part of the bigger northwest picture that I embrace – is what draws me in. Lovely light and colors above – you too are the rain, drawing the water in and releasing it here.
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Thank you for the lovely note! Welcome to this great, living land.
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Wet berries and cool background. Love it.
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