Most trees in the Okanogan and the Okanagan are scrub growth that grew up after the land that was the people was ethnically cleansed to create wilderness. The pines below, victims of last […]
Of Racism, Nature and Ethnic Cleansing
Abiding Love
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, inventor of the personal identity that, stolen by the romantics and rewired like Frankenstein you are making use of to browse through these words, said this: That’s how it […]
Replanting the Old Growth Forests of the Okanagan
This is a reclaimed grassland, seeded to reinforce a pile of dirt pushed together to build a house on. All very environmentally sensitive and respectful. This is what it looks like when […]
In Praise of Great Basin Giant Rye Grass
It would be beautiful if we taught the children of the Okanagan and the Okanogan that in our country grass doesn’t compost and make food for worms. Actually, this is a story […]
Environmentally Friendly House Trends in the Okanagan: Your Choice
Single Family Detached House. Lots of room to play your own music. Multi-story Condominium. Best to keep the music down and enjoy the company. It’s your choice. ~ Top: Red Wing Blackbird, […]
Daughter of Fire
She lives in the sky. Daughter of the earth. Born of the wind. Flowering one. Weaver. Maker of needlepoint. With skeins of light, all atangle. Spirited one. Everchanging. At one with the […]
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, […]
Battling SCS, the Petroleum-Induced Cancer, in the Okanagan
You know that corn on the cob that tastes so good? No, this is not corn. This a farm here in Vernon that grew sweet corn for a few years and now grows […]
So, You Don’t Like Plastic Bags, Right?
Let me show you the problem with that. Here’s the hill. Nice, huh. Voles till it. Gophers. Weasels from time to time. Coyotes. Yes, Coyotes. Rototillers of the West! Nothing to complain […]
The Earth Will Be Saved By Leaking Waterpipes
They call it a mud puddle, but, shucks, the frogs were croaking up that way a few weeks back. Wear a long shirt after dusk. The little floating logs are mosquitoes. No wings […]
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