Take this (no name, please)… See that rock in back there? That’s this (below, centre of image, again no name, please.): Now, look at the name it is unofficially known by (Sorry. […]
The Power of Names and Stories
Saying the Names Shanty Makes the CBC Poetry Prize Shortlist
The journey you have been walking with me on this blog is making its way further out into the world. What great news! CBC Books has announced its shortlist for the 2017 […]
Defying Gravity
Water can pool on near vertical surfaces. If it has a little help. Moss transforming a vertical surface into a series of horizontal ones Bella Vista Hills A lake doesn’t have to […]
A Tale of Gophers and Quail
Sure, it looks like winter. A bit of shelter for mammals and birds, a few seeds to keep them alive through hard times, and brrrrr. Na. These are the vitamin and steroid […]
The Mosquitoes of November
Don’t say you weren’t warned! Isn’t it nice to know that somewhere close to you it’s still summer?
Imagine the Technological Possibilities!
Imagine if you could regulate heat loss and roof melting simply by switching from a flat roof to a roof covered in river rock, or a lightweight approximation of it. The insulating […]
Predicting the Weather
The unrelieved heat and dryness of the summer has led to the outcome predicted by those of us who have lived in this valley for a couple generations of memory, or more. […]
Saying the Names Shanty & the CBC Poetry Prize
As some of you know, when I’m not exploring the poetry of the earth, I am working for the words as they arrange themselves in similar patterns, also called poetry. Today, I am […]
What the Body Knows in Cold and Light
What is pale and drawn out by light and cold is not dead. The life is within, or, rather, it is concentrated, or distilled. When you walk through the cold, every twig […]
Beautiful Round Stones Slowing Down Time
Water makes circles and spheres. Ancient glacial rivers made these. And they slow water down today. Note how the bare soil doesn’t. Amazing!.
Okanagan Okanogan 