A few weeks back I went to Asotin, where the Moray eels used to come up from the sea to spawn. Chief Looking Glass’s camp was there, at the fishery. Here’s the […]
Spirit Eels in the Grassland
Environmental Consciousness is Not Optional
Goethe, the poet, pointed out that all plants express one single energy, that opens through the life cycle of each plant as well as through the diversity of all plants. In his […]
The Beautiful One Digs a Hole
Here she is. 100 degrees Fahrenheit, that’s what she likes. That’s hole digging weather. First you drag a few boulders out of the way (note the upper legs doing just […]
The Heat Brings Out the Beautiful Ones
We Need More Sweet Loving!
And on a bed of alfalfa blossoms, yes. Blessed be.
Water Theft and Aboriginal Title in the Canadian West
This is a post about the proper technique for corralling (Indigenous) people by speaking sideways. But don’t take it from me. Have a look. That’s an orchard in Oliver, British Columbia. It was […]
Turtle Catches the Sun
Backhand! Gardom Lake, Secwepemc Illahie
Nez Perce Mystery of LIght
Clouds sailing across the Palouse do this. Above Chief Timothy’s Camp That’s not a hill of coal. It’s not burnt. It’s just a way in which the sky and the land are […]
Matisse and the Nez Perce
Reading the sky, I’ve just realized, is not a matter of translating the dramatic movements of clouds and light into words or ideas, but reacting to them in the manner of responding […]
Stag Day
The does are all off birthing, which leaves the stags to avoid the choke cherry breaks and hang out together in the sun. The other 3 are off the image to the […]
Okanagan Okanogan 