When we see a head, the head sees us. Together we are a moment of seeing. Perhaps you are used to using the word “rock” for a head like this? Perhaps “boulder”? […]
The Old Year and the New Year Open As One in the Grass
Look at Our Sisters Waiting for the Sun
Look at the sun far below, waiting for their water! Look at them all, waiting for the wind!
Cold and Warm Climate Adaptations
Here in the winter of settler culture, the cold people, aka lichens, are in bloom. This is their time of glory, when the sun is warm in the thin surface layer above […]
The World is Born Anew
Water shapes air, but air shapes water. Wasps shape paper, but paper shapes wasps. Together, they make the moon. It’s not the same if you break the spell. Tread lightly. […]
Sunearth and Earthsun
The sun sinks into itself at the same time it is expanding outward. Formed in the same cosmic whirlpool, the Earth does the same. The sinking is easy to see, and the […]
The Gifts of Winter
The Thule reed teaches in the winter, not in the spring or summer. At that time, it is not fully opened yet. It is the knot below that it is opening […]
Keeping Water
In the November sun, the mullein’s hairs soften its outline in the light. They hold the plant’s water and keep it from the sun. They keep it. In the December fog, the […]
Global Warming: A Gift from Alberta for Your Christmas Tree
I found this bit of fun in the bush behind our house at 150 Mile House in 2005. Perfect for getting you going in the Christmas season, eh!
The Energy Shifters
The trees… Botanical Garden, Akureyri … give way. They recognize each other. The snow… 1:30 p.m. in Laugaland, Iceland … gives way to houses. 2 p.m. near Grund They recognize each […]
Taking a Second Look: It is Not Erosion
This is how we change the world. We change the world. Mullein Changing the World on Some Crushed Gravel Leftover from Road-Building This is going on across the slope of a gravel […]
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