Photography is a means of recording temporary effects of light. It began by a process in which light energy created structures of silver crystals on a glass plate. Now it is created by […]
Planet of Fire
This is no ordinary planet we live on. I think it’s best to walk outside and take a look … There are many flames, new and old, in this photograph of Middleton […]
How Universities are Causing Global Warming and What to Do About It
I would like to show you the little valley I live in. I think the future depends on what we see here. Vernon Creek Valley, Okanagan Landing. Okanagan Lake is to […]
Oh, Grass, My Beautiful One!
Grasses are the children of a warming earth, and this is their season. I’ve been talking of science lately, but a science based in poetry and in ancient earth knowledge, so I thought today, […]
Gaia and Gravity
These rowan berries are catching the light from the air.These spider webs are using a similar plant framework to catch other particles moving on the air. Flies, moths, and so on. You could […]
The Language of Science, Part 1
Look around. Earth in a bit of distress? Not quite looking up to her old self? Attention, Tractor Drivers! Snakes are Sacred, You Guys! (Poor little baby bull snake meets the Seasonal Foreign […]
Time Travel Among the Volcanoes
Oh, just a little bit of rock blasted away to make the road cut a couple miles north of Satus Pass, just before cresting the burns and coming down to the Columbia River […]
The Earth is Dying (And Not Because of Global Warming)
I went up the hill, and I found one sagebrush buttercup. Take a look, so you’ll be present in this scene. It’s important. It’s about the state of the earth and the state […]
The Urban Planning Paradox
Without planning, there is chaos. Goose and Gull Chaos Oh, wait, maybe it’s with planning that there’s chaos. Okanagan Paradise A park bench, a valley view, and the grassland hill behind. Might it be […]
Canada: Ideology Gone Bad
Ideology is an Invasive Weed (Part Two) In cold post-glacial lakes there are no weeds. The weeds grow in wetlands draining into the shore. In Canada’s version of the Okanagan Valley, it’s […]
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