Sagebrush buttercup, the first of the grassland wildflowers is blooming in the US Okanogan, and up into Canada, on the south slopes, on sandy hills south of the big lakes. Note the […]
Sagebrush Buttercup in Its Natural Environment
Lichen and Bunchgrass in Harmony
It starts with a drop, of water you might say, but I think it’s a drop of life. Look how both bunchgrass and lichen on this glacial erratic repeat the patterns of […]
Things Are What They Are
This is the rain. This is the light. This is farming: All images from Okanagan Landing, British Columbia.
The Life of the Cosmos, or Reviewing Lee Smolen
Here’s something troubling. It comes from theoretical physicist Lee Smolen. Lee Smolen, Physicist Source He writes: …all talk of future, past, and present is relative to the moment of time of the […]
Evolution and Randomness
Ah, evolution. Great Blue Heron on His Barn Roof, Watching for Mice Below (Click.) Is evolution a random process? Is life itself random? Did life arise on earth randomly and then develop randomly? […]
Evolution in Action
Barn for sale. New owner. A good place to watch for mice in the field below. Keeps the feet warm, too. Great Blue Heron with Cold Feet (January) Maybe the space […]
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 […]
Watching the Creation of the Universe
If you want warmth in the late winter, it’s best to leave the ice of the valley floor, pretty as it is. Sunrise on Okanagan Lake Up high, it’s as warm as […]
Human Nature
What is nature? I’ve been asking people, and they’ve been looking at me strangely, and have said things like, well, you know, green stuff. Sometimes people answer like this, too: natural things. Or […]
Cryptozoology is Dead
Take a look. This is N’ha-a-itk. Maybe you’ve heard of this creature from the time when all people and the earth and the creatures were one, through the lens of a little colonial […]
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