There is hardly a difference between Earth and sky. … is scarcely different from water cut by sky. Where the hillside is slowed by stones… … and snow buckwheat… Are these not […]
Breathing the Sun
Harold Rhenisch
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Surfing in the Sky
These days with layers of air sliding over each other … …are great ones for watching the clouds tell stories. Isn’t that a dog surfing, there?
The Big Agricultural Lie
If you ever needed proof that agricultural fences in the Okanagan, which are erected to keep out the deer, aren’t erected for that reason at all, this is it.
Trees and Memory
It’s a mystery. Trees grow straight up. Not towards the sun, though. That thing comes in at every crazy angle. I mean, why don’t trees grow towards that dawn instead? But no. […]
The Earth is Not the World … Yet
The day does not begin with land. It is only part of the day because it was there from before and its motion allows the day to open. And we say this, […]
Unsettling
It’s simple. Settler culture in North America is not about settlers, but about a culture created by settlement, which propagates itself and forces everyone to live by terms set by men in […]
When the Lake Goes Walking
Look at the lake receiving water from the sky. Up there, water begins as a vapour, becomes drops, which grow, become heavy and fall. And then they dissolve into each other again, […]
The Human Forest
A normal succession from cottonwoods (and no cedars)… … to cedars (and no cottonwoods)… … is not a normal progression. It started with fire, likely to clear agricultural land or a mining […]
Fooling Around With Tomatoes and Marigolds
So, I went away for weeks. And the marigolds I planted to keep the tomatoes safe from bugs went a little wild. OK, very wild! Look at that tomato below, making a […]
Apple Harvest, Gloriously
She’s a beautiful apple isn’t she, all knobbly like a green tomato, and with hail scars, to boot! Today was picking day! What a grand day. The box on the left are […]
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