Back before 1920, watercolour painters used to paint landscapes to portray previously unnoticed colours they had seen in nature. That was the age in which the dominant European agricultural images of the […]
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Cool Water Tech
These bunchgrass individuals are growing on almost bare stone, high on a slope three hundred metres above the valley floor and little troubled by weeds. This is the cloud zone that has […]
Coyote Hunting
I ran into an old friend today, high on the hill. First sign, here: Coyote and His Family at 4000 Feet To him, the valley is a river of light. He goes […]
What is a Museum For?
Perhaps a museum is for preserving valuable cultural artifacts of more than personal significance and which might otherwise not be available for purposes of public renewal. Things like this: Pumphouse on the […]
Ice Wine and a Riesling Fit for Kings
Ice wine and Riesling are both cold climate wines. For a riesling, let’s look at Cedar Creek, in Okanagan Mission. For ice wine, let’s go to the far north, in Vernon. If anything […]
Leisure Economy or Value Added Economy?
In the Okanagan, the economy is largely built around real estate development, which is built around people playing on water. Well, sort of: The Leisure Economy in November A summer culture waiting […]
What Season is This, Anyway?
Spring, of course! Take a look. Mid-November, and Spring Has Sprung in the North Okanagan A day before, these new weeds were sitting under three inches of snow. The snow will be […]
Knowledge Economies
What is an economy? A form of management. The terms comes from ancient Greece. It concerns the management of an estate. What is an agricultural economy? Management of agricultural resources. Like this, […]
Financial Matters
Up in the British Columbian Okanagan, we have just come through a civic election. Throughout the valley, the call was heard for responsible civic management, financial audits, and streamlining local governmental regulations […]
Moving Borders
According to the old European story of Demeter and her daughter Persephone, this is the time of the year when the maiden earth descends to spend half a year with her husband […]
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