Rock falls are earth. They power complex communities. Beautifully. They speak of gravity and sun and air, and bring them to life. Soil is what water leaves. Dirt is tillage. It is time […]
The Difference Between Earth, Soil and Dirt
There Are Only 2 Human Habitats and 1 is Not Human
The colours of sunsets deepen as winter approaches. Here we’re looking west across the north arm of Okanagan Lake. Here’s an unusual view. Here’s that same sunset, five minutes earlier. Notice that all […]
The Black Cherries of Winter
It is the time of year when colour leaves the valley. The red choke cherries of summer are black. The skies are grey. The sun we knew in summer is gone. This […]
The Lonely Vigil of the Plastic Owl
2 weeks ago, the plastic owl was at her stand. It was mid-afternoon. She was still there yesterday at dusk, poor plastic thing. When I was a boy, owls used to hunt around […]
The Ripest of Roses
Nootka roses are pink when they bloom and red when they ripen.The leaves ripen into orange and yellow. The canes ripen to purple. Even the yellow which we, as humans, see at this time of […]
Sacred Woods
Rowans have more than blood and wisdom. Speech Second Sight Longing When blood, wisdom, and gravity are one, then you will find her. ~ All images from Turtle Mountain. All rowans the […]
Grass and Poetry in Cascadia
The grass is a cultural being. So are cat tails and so is poetry. Talk about a rhyme scheme, eh! First, the grass. Not only does it have its own culture, but […]
The Beauty of Spring in November
In November, in Cascadia, it is springtime, whether you are in the wetlands on an island in the ocean … Oyster Bay, Vancouver Island … or far inland, in the grasslands, where […]
Worshiping the Dead
In an earth that looks like this… … humans build large cellular structures, which they then inhabitat, to turn them into wombs, that they can leave every day to teach their children […]
Native Wetland Apples in Horizontal Light
The Pacific Crab loves rain, swamps and wet feet. She is the forest rain that has drawn wood and air to herself after flowing through them and picking up their energy on the […]
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