… is an apricot blossom. Look at the invisible sun cupped within those petals! Too bad it was opium traders who brought them to England from China and sold them as “fruit” […]
The Sun by Any Other Name…
Of Apricots and Organic Time
She’s a lovely one, Apricot. She lures me. I have a body that is eager to be lured. The blossoms are so pretty and smell so sweet. Finding fruit, and caring for it, is […]
What Wasp Knows
It’s not just about the flowers. Buds hold their secrets, too. Love your local apricot today!
These Drops Will Not Fall
Here in the depressurized zone east of the Coast Mountains, they will soon be absorbed back into the air. They have only alighted for a moment on these cottonwoods, like birds.
It’s That Day (You Know the One)
You remember arrow leafed balsam root, of course. First Flower Day! Soon there will be millions.
Water is the Speech of the Earth
It is commonly said that water reflects light. It’s a great observation. However, water also gives light a place to reveal itself. That is an older observation, but no less lucid. During […]
Placenta of The Earth
Every red osier dogwood is a placenta. It streams with blood into the sky … … or it catches the sky, and brings it to you. Traditionally in this country it was […]
Moving Season in the Okanagan
Road shoulders are for living. Watch where you park that Ford!
Starlings Bring the Night
Someone has to. Daly Mountain, Similkameen Valley
Cascadian Dawn
Even in the Okanagan Valley, it dawns water, not light. Rattlesnake Island and Squally Point, looking south. That’s what these deep troughs are for.
Okanagan Okanogan 