Earth crystallizing around light, climbing a ladder to the sun. Look at it! Rhododendron Shoots, Campbell River That’s the spirit of this planet. This is not: Gopher Trap (Sprung) (Protecting a lawn from […]
Biscuit Root Makes History
I found a rich community of biscuit root growing on a scree slope. They’re hard to harvest there (which is, likely, why they’re still there), but they love it. Beautiful Biscuit Root […]
The Simplest Things
Grass is simple. It stands up, it falls down under the snow, and it stands up again. Wait. That’s not simple, is it. Na. But it is beautiful. It’s not the GDP […]
Wild and Domestic Bees
Grassland bee (note the pollen)…. Apostemon Bee on a Mariposa Lily (Bella Vista) Most people here don’t know these beauties exist, and by that I mean both the flower and the bee. […]
Welcome, Sun!
Yellow Cabbage White in the Forsythia My Father-in-Law Gave me 3 Years Ago Thanks, Corky!
In Praise of Saskatoon Blossoms
The hills are bright with saskatoons. Isn’t that fine! They have the scent of pear blossoms. If you haven’t smelled pear blossoms lately, well, they smell like fresh cream and wildflower […]
On the Hunt for Wild Asparagus
Hunting for wild asparagus. Down below the old canal. In the place between orchards and sagebrush. Time to pick asparagus for a woman whose husband used to drive her up there. […]
Worms at Work
For an invasive species, earthworms are pretty cool. “Earthworms make soil,” people say. Hmmm. “Humans make art,” people say. “People,” people say, “are going somewhere.” Ah, are those tire tracks in the […]
Speaking the Language of the Birds
Raven and the moon … An Old Story The reason that people could once read the language of the birds to tell the future is that if you are a place you […]
A Simple Moment Alone with the Earth
The old version: Spring is the season in which plants grow. They make use of a series of adaptations to regulate their growth to a period of year with the combination of […]
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