Land and water are land-and-water: one substance. Salish Sea, the Islands and the Coast Mountains Talk about this weave doesn’t have to start with words. Below is a conversation that places human […]
Land is Water and Water is Land
Land and Water are One (Again)
Northern Cascadia has vast amounts of land and water, yet both are too expensive for the people who live there. That’s one way of putting things. Another is that land and water […]
Roads to Nowhere
Here’s a pretty typical Cascadian road. It goes across the high prairie north of the Columbia River, but not to the prairie. It goes through it. On its way to somewhere else. […]
We Can Do Better
The other day, I showed how little economy was actually generated by the Okanagan’s forests. 95% or so, in fact. Check it out, if you missed it. https://okanaganokanogan.com/2025/11/06/there-has-got-to-be-a-better-way/ This post continues the […]
Succession Planning & Racism in British Columbia’s Forests
In my previous post, I showed you a forest zoned for commercial use. It is in trouble. Here’s one zoned for protection. It is in trouble, too. You will begin to understand […]
There Has Got to Be a Better Way
Here’s a second growth larch, fir, pine, cedar and spruce forest in the North Okanagan Valley. It has regrown largely with larch. Here is a cut from 4 years back. Seed trees […]
How to Get to Cascadia
Having trouble finding Cascadia, now that the US-Canadian Border is becoming fraught? Well… That’s right. You can get there. But maybe not the direct way. By plugging in? Well, you might get […]
Cascadia: A Braided Land 2
Poetry, Poetics and Scholars of Place in the Heart of Cascadia Sunday March 2, 2025 Room: Art 366 Arts Building, UBC Okanagan Campus, Kelowna The Two Cayuse Sisters, Wallula Presenters March 2: […]
Cascadia: A Braided Land
Poetry, Poetics and Scholars of Place in the Heart of Cascadia Saturday March 1 & Sunday March 2, 2025 Room: Art 366 Arts Building, UBC Okanagan Campus, Kelowna Asotin Presenters: For Day […]
The Salmon Shanties, reviewed.
It’s great to have readers! I set out to follow my river home and to sing the journey as a map. The Nkwentkwitkw, below Rattlesnake Ridge, photo by Harold Rhenisch I had […]
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