Is this a footprint of a rock, or one of the sun? Either way, the sun’s heat on this stone has melted snow away in the shape of a globe, which is […]
And We Thought the Chicken and the Egg Were a Puzzle
Spring Begins for the Saskatoons
Sure, there’s snow, and some Saskatoon buds are closed tightly… … but others are not. The one below is on the same bush, but out in the sun, and hormonally a little […]
Whole Worlds Hidden from the Settler Gaze
Under the snow, it’s spring. Under stone, it’s the same. Where the sun intensifies and molten water collects, it’s spring. This is when the rock is mined for nutrients that feed the […]
Breathing the Sun
There is hardly a difference between Earth and sky. … is scarcely different from water cut by sky. Where the hillside is slowed by stones… … and snow buckwheat… Are these not […]
Surfing in the Sky
These days with layers of air sliding over each other … …are great ones for watching the clouds tell stories. Isn’t that a dog surfing, there?
Trees and Memory
It’s a mystery. Trees grow straight up. Not towards the sun, though. That thing comes in at every crazy angle. I mean, why don’t trees grow towards that dawn instead? But no. […]
The Earth is Not the World … Yet
The day does not begin with land. It is only part of the day because it was there from before and its motion allows the day to open. And we say this, […]
Unsettling
It’s simple. Settler culture in North America is not about settlers, but about a culture created by settlement, which propagates itself and forces everyone to live by terms set by men in […]
When the Lake Goes Walking
Look at the lake receiving water from the sky. Up there, water begins as a vapour, becomes drops, which grow, become heavy and fall. And then they dissolve into each other again, […]
Living in the Mountains for Real
Let us compare rocks. Here’s a dry basalt flow at Chasm. The river that cut through it is gone. Painted Chasm Here’s a rock halfway across the mountains, above the Fraser Fault. […]
