So, it rains, right. 35 centimetres of snow have already melted. Now the rain. Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain. And the sun. Melting stuff, even through the clouds of rain. So, […]
Fall Rain in the Grasslands
The Power of Names and Stories
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. […]
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 […]
How An Ecosystem Works: The Daisy Model
If you want to find beetles, give them a soft bed, the complementary shape to a beetle, and wait. They will come, because they made you that way.
Of Fur Coats and Google: Okanagan Style
Either this … … or Google’s algorhythmic reductions. Both are images of the human mind frozen in time.
People of the Wind
One after another,the grassland opens further. Something is ripening here. It’s easy to share space if you are thin, and working on rhythms of opening and closing that intersect at the point […]
Vincent’s Starry Night Updated for the Pacific Northwest
The original, 1889. The evolved version, 2017. The darkness is gone. ~ Thanks, mustard.
The Heart of the Okanagan: The Summer Book
It’s only two days until the Okanagan launch of The Summer Book on July 13, at the Vernon Public Library. We’ll gather with you at 7 pm. Sarah de Leeuw, Trevor Carolan […]
Who Was It Who Said Water Was Flat?
I mean, hey, look at Okanagan Lake with its tinkling shore of ice, eh. It’s a hill. Amazing.
The Canadian Invasion
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Okanagan Okanogan 