We need a new owner’s manual to the earth. For instance, vineyards are not about the sun. The darned vines spend as much time in the snow as they do with grapes […]
The World is Not What The Books Tell Us It Is
What it Means to Be Indigenous
It means: to be from a place. It doesn’t mean simply that you live there. It means that you and the place are one thing. For historical reasons, most Canadians and Americans […]
The Oceans We Live In
We are at sea. There is no solid ground. It’s time to stop thinking about soil. Here’s one ocean. It is an ocean of air. Orchard Machinery Riding the Waves The ground-up […]
Idle No More Versus the Nationalists
It’s time to take a deep breath, together. Everyone Breathe at Once! Bilbo’s Bog. Larch Hills Attempts to discredit the Idle No More movement seem to be ramping up. Here’s a particularly […]
Hunting the Winter Migration
Gulls came by … … and made a defensive ball… …once they’d met the locals (OK, he plunged straight through them) … … and scattered towards the west … … while the […]
The Dance of Life
Let’s celebrate this new year as only earth’s children can. First, the dance floor. Our lead dancer makes her entrance … Ta da! A choreography manual helps… Source. And now, onto stage […]
Wisdom Maps
The universe is mapped out in the bark of Ponderosa pines. I spent many afternoons in my childhood trying to read them, but haven’t figured it out yet. It’s a pleasing way […]
Chief Joseph’s Bell
Let us remember in these cold months, that the earth is alive… Young Salmon, Hanford Reach, Columbia River … that multiple generations and species share flows of energy, not space or land […]
Idle No More
The Idle No More movement has my full support. Incredibly enough, the Prime Minister of Canada and his Indian Affairs Minister, both tasked with the care of the Queen’s subjects and her […]
Gate and Path
We have passed through the impassable gate… Farm Gate, Orchard Hill … and walked the sacred earth, Mare, Reykjanesviti Lighthouse, Iceland …to rest… Sheepdog at Work, Laugur, Iceland … and hold the […]
Okanagan Okanogan 