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, […]
When the Lake Goes Walking
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. […]
Tricky Lake
The lake moves around. One kind of wisdom would say it is from changes in temperature and pressure. Sunrise, for instance. The sun sure does amplify the lake.. But is it the […]
Fishing for the Sun
Catching the sun might seem easy. It moves quickly, though. And has no clear source. Is it here? Is it there? Some choose to just wait. Others realize that it’s not about […]
The Power of Words in Environmental Perception and Change
Look how the light of dawn … … draws itself in at sunrise. And then reveals the story of water ,,, … and air. Are not water, air and light one single […]
How Rain Pushes You Away from Habit
Well, when it falls from the sky, it bends over all the bee-catching people, and covers all other trails. There where rain pools, seed falls. Porcupine grass bends willingly to this pressure. […]
But Who Guards the Eagles Guarding Their Nest?
Ah. A doe. Blessed be.
Plateau Living: Flat Out
On the plateau, where land, sky and water are flat, that is to say spread out from a line, like leaves, floating, one lives in the sky. One floats here. One barely […]
Flat Earth Theory in Practice
At sunrise, there is a mountain. The it gets tricky. The sky sort of, well, falls. Not all at once, but darkly. Some of it even goes up! In the end, the […]
The Bed of the Wind
The wind and the rain made a mysterious shape in the grass on the hill. We had quite a storm. It looks like the grass was pushed against itself, with wind-surge meeting […]
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