Ripeness is not “ready for eating,” no matter what the dictionaries say. Neither is it “mature.” Have a look. One definition is “sensuous and full”, as in “ripe lips,” and another “emitting […]
Ripeness
Harold Rhenisch
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All the Bees Looking for a Home Now
Here is a grassland missing its flowers. Cows ate them. While thousands of people have been going to work in the valley below, and back, and forth, only the deer and a […]
This Land Must Burn
In the panorama of the hill, there are flashes of colour, very specific, which signify human food and the season in which they will be found. Indigenous humans spread seeds from those […]
Raven Demonstrates How Fun It is To Fly
How fun? Every moment is fun.
Raven Goes Floating Today
Anti-Gravity at Work in a Grassland Near You
Turning the Tables on Human Pride
Humans are used to being observers. Looking at whatever we want, with impunity, as we are at the top of the food chain. So, it’s good to find out how the […]
Practical Ways to Re-Indigenize the Grasslands. Really.
Two days ago, I suggested that the former grassland hillsides of the Okanagan Valley (now large, private expanses of unproductive and water-wasting weeds), an area at least equal to the 100s of […]
Look Both Ways Before Crossing the Road
Or when claiming it for your own new home. Either way, be street smart and stick together. You’ll be ok.
Replacing Wild Harvest With Mountain Culture
100 Sustainable Paths for the Okanagan: 19 Currently, agriculture in the Okanagan Valley is industrial, in keeping with colonial models from 1858, when water was diverted through Nlaka’pamux villages in the Fraser […]
Where to Hide from the Cold
Worm your way into the heart of a calendula, that’s the ticket. Don’t be shy. Apparently, it’s now a thing.
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