At first, there was capital investment to create a fruit growing industry in British Columbia that could supply England and such colonies as Hong Kong and Australia with a homesick-for-England product: apples […]
The Sun Rises on a New Farming Year
Earth and Moon
The view from Earth. At this time of year, getting back to basics is best.
Land is Water and Water is Land
Land and water are land-and-water: one substance. Salish Sea, the Islands and the Coast Mountains Talk about this weave doesn’t have to start with words. Below is a conversation that places human […]
Land and Water are One (Again)
Northern Cascadia has vast amounts of land and water, yet both are too expensive for the people who live there. That’s one way of putting things. Another is that land and water […]
Roads to Nowhere
Here’s a pretty typical Cascadian road. It goes across the high prairie north of the Columbia River, but not to the prairie. It goes through it. On its way to somewhere else. […]
Succession Planning & Racism in British Columbia’s Forests
In my previous post, I showed you a forest zoned for commercial use. It is in trouble. Here’s one zoned for protection. It is in trouble, too. You will begin to understand […]
The Sməlqmix Apricot is Back!
She took last year to heal from the cold, but look at her now! Calling her friends far and wide, too! (They come, of course.)
How to Get to Cascadia
Having trouble finding Cascadia, now that the US-Canadian Border is becoming fraught? Well… That’s right. You can get there. But maybe not the direct way. By plugging in? Well, you might get […]
News Written in Stone
I stopped by the canyon to read the news today. I’d say it was good.
One of my Shanties is on the CBC Poetry Prize Long List
Song for the Earth and the Water Makes the CBC Poetry Prize Long List! Posted on November 7, 2024 One of the closing poems from my manuscript “We are George Ryga,” proletarian songs […]
Okanagan Okanogan 