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.
Okanagan Okanogan 
Amazingly beautiful.
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Gorgeous!
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Worth stopping the car for and fumbling around for the camera in the dark while moving your Dad’s stuff out of his house in preparation for the scattering of his ashes, that’s for sure!
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I’m sorry for your loss.
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Thanks. We set him to sea with my mother beautifully today. His house is empty. It feels like a strong new world at last.
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I’m late getting here. Heron is beautiful; she/he is my totem. I’m glad you were able to send your dad to the sea and turn a leaf.
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The heron is a steady and beautiful bird, who also takes the right amount of time, or more! Yes, it was very good, this leafing through the sea. Thanks.
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