The quarry’s a good place to get a drink on a hot day. I’m probably the first human they’ve seen. Worth a second look, I guess. For me, too.A welcome […]
Coyote Lets the Kids Out
Harold Rhenisch
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The Story of the Bee and the Cactus
Welcome to the green pistil of the brittle prickly pear cactus flower!They don’t bloom every year, but they sure have a green heart! And the sweat bee dives in head first. Perhaps […]
It is the Time for Prickly Things and Gold
What? Your calendar says “May”? What’s with that? Look again. It is the time for gold. Well, ore, at least. Well, leftovers from the mines up the hill. Oh, wait, there’s new […]
Robin Outsmarting a Hawk
I’ve seen this many times. The local red-tailed hawk rests on this dead sapling. One of the local robins rests nearby. The hawk takes off when I approach. So does the robin. […]
Oh, Beautiful Tongue!
Where the Heart is Home: A Celebration
I love this land. I guess you know that. I am this land. Other writers might talk about identity and ego and alter ego and personality, but I just want to take you […]
Just Spinning Around Here in Space
Good to remember the force that makes the hills. Moon Over the Yakima River Canyon, Umtanum Creek
Beautify The World for 2,000 People For $20
Orchard with flax in the ‘hood. Orchard without flax (3 kilometres down the road.) Currently, flax fibre goes for $10 for every 50 grams. Plus, once you’ve made a set of wedding […]
A Red Bee in the Okanagan
How cool is that! Or, rather, how hot. A first for me. It appeared to be looking for a nesting site.
Flower Sex
Well, the wild asters are blooming in the ruined grasslands, and the last of the wild bees are coming in, and, I tell you, this is not how humans do the deed.For […]
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