What is place? The question is absurd. The Okanagan Okanogan … …is the here between these two arrows, more or less. Does ‘place’ belong to settlers? If so, to which settlers? To […]
Where is Where?
Trees Making Art
Trees making art? Yes, yesterday, at the Bishop Bird Sanctuary on the shore of Kalamalka Lake. The event was a poetry reading. This was the opening (and closing) act. Our artist was […]
Wild Life on the Hanford Reach
Here is a basic guide to life in the Hanford Reach, the last free-flowing (note: not wild, just free flowing) stretch of the American stretch of the Columbia River. First, the security […]
The Science Fiction Universe
A river isn’t exactly water. Sometimes it’s this: Some of the 2004 Process Tubes on the Front Face of B Reactor in Hanford An excellent way to turn a river into […]
Big Game Hunting
Ah, the wild cherry trees that sprout up like weeds on the edge of the crop lands. Here’s a red-tailed hawk showing what those things are for. Red Tailed Hawk in His […]
Another Preying Mantis
I went up onto Turtle mountain today, to explore an ancient stone eagle. And who did I find? Preying Mantis, Turtle Mountain Sculptural Assemblage She’s half the size of […]
The Goddess Herself
Go up the hill and who do I meet? The Goddess herself. Blessed Be
Just the Right Number of Trees
In the grasslands, one is enough. One Ponderosa Pine Perfect It gives ants a world, lightning a chance to grab onto something (lightning likes that), deer a dry bed, and birds a […]
Returning from the Fire
The fire burns through, turning the land to dust and ash, and then, a month later, at the end of summer, it’s spring. Bunchgrass Coming Back All I can say is, it […]
Raven Glee
Went up to the fire, and who did I find? Raven Checking Me Out We talked. The thing about ravens is that we can’t see them. Only the spot where they are […]
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