There’s not just one way to do it, either! Loads of noisy fun, but when you finally get in synch, so very fine. The cold’s a drag, though. You have to […]
Wouldn’t It Be Great to Be a Canada Goose?
Artificial Intelligence 3: What is Intelligence
In order to properly understand even what we’re talking about when we talk about artificial intelligence, we need to know, in the first place, what the terms mean. If we don’t, we […]
Artificial Intelligence in the Wetlands
I was talking about Artificial Intelligence last week: here. I will be expanding on my key points this week, but first one more foundational note. AI must have an environment if it […]
Gravity and Wind
So, this is cool. Snow falls, and that’s gravity. It stores the gravity as mass, and crushes the poor old mustard to the ground, the poor dear, sob, but, ta da! The […]
What Saskatoons, Elms and Ashes Can Teach Us About Global Warming
The buds of saskatoons opened on February 1 this year. We can expect the cold to keep them in this expectant state for many weeks yet. Look at the tiny blossoms touching the […]
A Short Grammar of Body, Mind and Earth in the Winter Woods
Distance is light, but darkness warms and invites. More specifically, the middle distance, deep within the complexity of nerves, within the body itself, comforts and invites with shelter. And not just shelter, […]
Artificial Intelligence and You: Part 2
So, artificial intelligence, eh. On Monday, I introduced some thoughts about it, here: https://okanaganokanogan.com/2018/01/29/artificial-intel…e-and-you-part-1/ Today, an exploration of the language surrounding artificial intelligence. If it sounds like a language game, and as […]
Ancient Yew Among the Cedars
Deep in the Interior rainforest along Kootenay Lake grows an ancient yew. She is a beautiful one as the snow melts around her, that’s for sure. Yews are incredibly slow growing, but, […]
Responsive Design Change on the Fly
Air and lift create out of the body of raven a nearly flat plane. Raven, Unfolded Earth, however, demands a rounder form, using feathers and legs to form a balancing pivot. […]
Big Sage At the Centre of the Universe
Big sage does her thing in the winter. It would be wrong, though, to call her a survivor.She makes stuff happen here. She provides shelter for flies in mid-January. The flare out […]
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