Every day, all day, he keeps watch. We have a winery that calls its shtoof and burble Calliope, but forget that. The thing to remember about him (and his magenta neck ruff, […]
What Time is It?
It’s Beetle Time!
Young Dragon in the Okanagan
If he’s breathing fire, it’s sure green. Here’s a closer look. Very cool!
Battling SCS, the Petroleum-Induced Cancer, in the Okanagan
You know that corn on the cob that tastes so good? No, this is not corn. This a farm here in Vernon that grew sweet corn for a few years and now grows […]
So, You Don’t Like Plastic Bags, Right?
Let me show you the problem with that. Here’s the hill. Nice, huh. Voles till it. Gophers. Weasels from time to time. Coyotes. Yes, Coyotes. Rototillers of the West! Nothing to complain […]
The Earth Will Be Saved By Leaking Waterpipes
They call it a mud puddle, but, shucks, the frogs were croaking up that way a few weeks back. Wear a long shirt after dusk. The little floating logs are mosquitoes. No wings […]
Ancestral Memory and Poetry
People write poetry for many reasons. Any that is written is not poetry, though, but an incantation that allows for poetry, a force within the universe, to appear. People cannot be taught […]
Stories R Us
Story-telling, eh. Ain’t that the art form. Just 500 metres away, telling the following scene as a narrative, though … … is, literally, to tell it as a narrative, although it is nothing of […]
Unity
The sun comes down to earth… … grows bright …. … fades … …and then the sky … … comes down to earth… … and begins immediately… … to climb back up. […]
Perhaps Calling it a Grassland is a Bad Idea
I mean, look. Bella Vista Hills
Okanagan Okanogan 