It is the time of the year when the sun ripens. Whether it is smooth sumac… … sedums storing sunlight during the day to eat it at night … … wild gooseberry […]
Bringing the Salmon Home to sx̌ʷəx̌ʷnitkʷ
Sustaining the Okanagan 19: Humans, Class and Environment
This is one of a series of posts about how to maintain a local landscape in the face of technological pressure. In this case, both the primary observation (all land and landscape […]
Loons Confusing Eagles
I’ve watched loons intimately for 25 years, and I just noticed a couple of splendid bits of camouflage for the first time. The light was right. First, the tail. Not only does […]
Beautiful Wasp at Home
Somebody loves snow buckwheat. Best not to plant lavender in its place, don’t you think?
Thinking of Putting Up a Bird House in Cascadia?
Don’t be so sure! I mean, when there are hungry sharp-shinned hawks around, a squirrel’s gotta do what a squirrel’s gotta do, eh.
Breathing Dragons Breathing
When lakes take to the air, they get curious … …and I am glad (which is the completion of curiosity, in this odd binary language we are trying to converse in.) It […]
Heidegger Dreamed of This
Unfortunately, he practiced phenomenological philosophy (PPP! whew!) instead.
Calliope Back at the Old Stand
Every day, all day, he keeps watch. We have a winery that calls its shtoof and burble Calliope, but forget that. The thing to remember about him (and his magenta neck ruff, […]
Simple New Cross Traffic Rules to Prevent Rush Hour Fatalities
Traffic coming the other way? Kind of dawwwwwwwdling in the middle of the lane?Not wearing contrasting clothing? Dogs and bicycles and people who hate people without legs coming soon? Here’s what to do […]
Mr. Nobel, You Have a Lot to Answer For
Human spring. Bella Vista Spring. Human spring. Bumblebee Spring. Human Spring. Coyote’s Front Yard Spring. Human Spring. Okanagan Lake Spring. Dynamite Spring. Deer Trail Spring. Grassland spring. Only one is called progress, […]
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