Deep in the Interior rainforest along Kootenay Lake grows an ancient yew. She is a beautiful one as the snow melts around her, that’s for sure. Yews are incredibly slow growing, but, […]
Ancient Yew Among the Cedars
Harold Rhenisch
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Artificial Intelligence and You, Part 1
Last week, I spoke in favour of enhancing human intelligence by extending it in consort with the earth and her processes… This Could Be You Wait, it is already! …rather than the […]
The Dry Dry Earth of Home
It would be nice to think of water soaking into the soil, and all that ground below us being recharged with rain and draining down to the lake and cycling around. The […]
Responsive Design Change on the Fly
Air and lift create out of the body of raven a nearly flat plane. Raven, Unfolded Earth, however, demands a rounder form, using feathers and legs to form a balancing pivot. […]
Deep Thinking, Out Thought, Human Intelligence and the Earth
In his book, Deep Thinking, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31934455-deep-thinking?from_search=true, the former Chess Grandmaster Gary Kasparov (defeated by IBM’s “Deep Blue”), argues that the combination of even low quality human intelligence, adequate computers and excellent human-machine integration strategy […]
Big Sage At the Centre of the Universe
Big sage does her thing in the winter. It would be wrong, though, to call her a survivor.She makes stuff happen here. She provides shelter for flies in mid-January. The flare out […]
Gravity Surfing with Hawk
I met hawk two days ago. Say hello to hawk. Today, hawk is hunting for small creatures swimming in gravity. This includes stalling in mid-air. Without falling. Hawk is a gravity surfer, […]
Indigenous Land Use and the Agricultural Land Reserve
It’s actually the law of the land: indigenous rights precede all others. No matter that the rule has scarcely been applied since 1858, it’s still the law of the land, and it […]
Artificial Intelligence, Psssst, Over Here, I Have a Gift for You
What follows is a post in defence of poetry as a defence against Artificial Intelligence. Regular programming will resume tomorrow. This thought came to me on my walk up the hill today, […]
Economic Viability, Environmental Sustainability and Elon Musk
I have been challenged to explain how my beautiful observations can be economically viable. This one in particular, this beautiful rock melting the snow away. Well, there are many dimensions to economic […]
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