Water flows.Sometimes this flowing takes 100,000 years. Here’s the bed of a glacier from 12,000 years ago, under the deepest part of the continental ice. This was the divide. 2 miles of […]
Creation is Now
Yellow Jacket and Ant
Ah, Yellow Jacket and Ant had a fight long ago, and just would not stop, no matter how much the trickster Iceyeeye (Coyote) tried to get them to stop. So, in frustration he turned them […]
Spirit Eels in the Grassland
A few weeks back I went to Asotin, where the Moray eels used to come up from the sea to spawn. Chief Looking Glass’s camp was there, at the fishery. Here’s the […]
The Beautiful One Digs a Hole
Here she is. 100 degrees Fahrenheit, that’s what she likes. That’s hole digging weather. First you drag a few boulders out of the way (note the upper legs doing just […]
We Need More Sweet Loving!
And on a bed of alfalfa blossoms, yes. Blessed be.
Growing Food Without Water in the Hot Okanagan
Well, it’s dry, eh. And hot. Whew. This is 9:30 A.M. The afternoon was 38. (That’s 100 for you folks down south.) Forests are burning up. Smoke everywhere. All the upland water […]
Water Theft and Aboriginal Title in the Canadian West
This is a post about the proper technique for corralling (Indigenous) people by speaking sideways. But don’t take it from me. Have a look. That’s an orchard in Oliver, British Columbia. It was […]
Unsustainability in the American North West
It is the task of every culture to sustain itself, and it is the task of every culture to provide the tools to its people, that they can use to sustain themselves after the […]
O Canada
Today has been a day of flag-waving and celebrations of the country of Canada. This celebration is centred around this image: Canadian National Symbol A Tree That Doesn’t Grow in my Country, an […]
Nez Perce Mystery of LIght
Clouds sailing across the Palouse do this. Above Chief Timothy’s Camp That’s not a hill of coal. It’s not burnt. It’s just a way in which the sky and the land are […]
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