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 […]
What Saskatoons, Elms and Ashes Can Teach Us About Global Warming
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 […]
Gravity Surfing with Hawk
I met hawk two days ago. Say hello to hawk. Today, hawk is hunting for small creatures swimming in gravity. This includes stalling in mid-air. Without falling. Hawk is a gravity surfer, […]
Artificial Intelligence, Psssst, Over Here, I Have a Gift for You
What follows is a post in defence of poetry as a defence against Artificial Intelligence. Regular programming will resume tomorrow. This thought came to me on my walk up the hill today, […]
Economic Viability, Environmental Sustainability and Elon Musk
I have been challenged to explain how my beautiful observations can be economically viable. This one in particular, this beautiful rock melting the snow away. Well, there are many dimensions to economic […]
Artificial Intelligence and Creation
The people of the world of the creation are creatures. They are creations, created by looking to the world in wonder (or anguish, confusion, need, joy or contentment, puzzlement or any other […]
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