Sacred trees are everywhere at this time of year! Here’s another one: Magpie Nest in a Choke Cherry Tree This one you can get inside for a view up into the sky […]
Seeing in the Dark with Magpies
Move Over Partridges and Pear Trees!
To make Christmas music, a dehorned weeping willow and a pair of starlings will do … TrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeerrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllLLllllllLLLllllllleeeellllllllllll!!!!
The Joy of Asparagus
Today, a story of joy, for Christmas Eve. Today, asparagus. The asparagus that gets sliced off underground in Northern Europe and eaten with yellow potatoes, salt ham and hollandaise sauce (or with […]
That Old Christmas Moon
Long before the world tree holding the stars … Straw Star from Dresden … as well as the planets … Blown Glass Ball from the Ruhr Valley …on its branches, there […]
Some Clarity on Randomness
Randomness is one of the basic principles of contemporary culture. It underlies contemporary models of the universe from the very large (everything in space and time) to the very small (subatomic effects). […]
Red and Not Dead
Are sumac drupes cast into snow by birds random? No. Are rowan berries random? No. Are yellow dock seeds cast onto the snow by wind random? Are the scales of the bark […]
Water and Light, Part 2
This post is for anyone who loves to look at water or who enjoys being made out of the stuff, for Sigrun in Norway, who gets to live right beside it in […]
Water and Air
In water, things achieve a true essence… That’s because on the earth, the sun meets water. It creates trees, and those other trees, that are like looking at myself in a language […]
Put That Android Phone Down Right Now!
This is cool. Here’s a conscious moment at the mouth of Lower BX Creek… Willows Being Willows. Water Being Water. And here’s what the subconscious mind sees… The Sky is Water Do […]
Lake Shells (Not Sea Shells)
In salt water, there’s salt and beautiful purple mussels. That’s a fine and wonderful thing. In fresh water, though, such as Okanagan Lake here in the foggy mountains of winter, there are […]
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