Johann Gottlieb Fichte, inventor of the personal identity that, stolen by the romantics and rewired like Frankenstein you are making use of to browse through these words, said this: That’s how it […]
Abiding Love
The Irony of California Quail Wisdom
Beautiful quail, looking out at the world. What doe he see? Not the world!
Replanting the Old Growth Forests of the Okanagan
This is a reclaimed grassland, seeded to reinforce a pile of dirt pushed together to build a house on. All very environmentally sensitive and respectful. This is what it looks like when […]
Dragons at War in the Okanagan: A Report from the Front Lines
Dragon on the wing … … between a dragon to the northwest … … and a dragon to the southeast. Whoa.
In Praise of Great Basin Giant Rye Grass
It would be beautiful if we taught the children of the Okanagan and the Okanogan that in our country grass doesn’t compost and make food for worms. Actually, this is a story […]
Environmentally Friendly House Trends in the Okanagan: Your Choice
Single Family Detached House. Lots of room to play your own music. Multi-story Condominium. Best to keep the music down and enjoy the company. It’s your choice. ~ Top: Red Wing Blackbird, […]
Daughter of Fire
She lives in the sky. Daughter of the earth. Born of the wind. Flowering one. Weaver. Maker of needlepoint. With skeins of light, all atangle. Spirited one. Everchanging. At one with the […]
Hawk at Home
This is where red-tailed hawk lives, in the cloud and the wind and the rain. It is not our place.
Calliope Back at the Old Stand
Every day, all day, he keeps watch. We have a winery that calls its shtoof and burble Calliope, but forget that. The thing to remember about him (and his magenta neck ruff, […]
What Time is It?
It’s Beetle Time!
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