Is this smoke bush wild? No. It was planted to give some red colour to a lot of green shrubs. Is the fact that it is growing a “wild” characteristic? Perhaps, but wouldn’t […]
What is Wild?
Okanagan Easter Meditation
This is what Easter looks like here. Do you see that? Yeah, no people. Canada is an urban country. It views its land as a resource, to be used to create more urban space. […]
Industrial Agriculture is Unethical
Earth, or machine. One increases diversity. One reduces it. Or is it so? When the Syilx managed these grasslands with fire and selective harvesting methods, they increased species diversity. The species-rich landscape that the […]
Water is Energy
Sand is energy, too. Stream Running onto Mackenzie Beach, Tofino Together, they are yet another energy.
Things Are What They Are
This is the rain. This is the light. This is farming: All images from Okanagan Landing, British Columbia.
Watching the Creation of the Universe
If you want warmth in the late winter, it’s best to leave the ice of the valley floor, pretty as it is. Sunrise on Okanagan Lake Up high, it’s as warm as […]
Lost Knowledge: Apples and Culture
I weep. At the beginning of the 1980s, I grafted the first Fuji apples in this country, as part of an attempt to free us from the trade rules of the Canadian […]
The Birth of Language on Mara Lake
Two fish stare from deep in the subconscious, in rocks that naturally wear into patterns humanly recognizable as faces. Mara Lake It’s a good place for some magic. Here’s a couple other […]
Living Water on the Chilcotin Plateau
Some landscapes are made by wind. Not these ones in the Chilcotin Basalt, inland from the glacially-carved volcanic arc of the Coast Mountains. Big Bar Eskers This is where the glaciers melted […]
Evolution and the Colour Blue
Take a look. The colour blue is the one first seen out of darkness. Look at it … The Rise Vineyard, Bella Vista Our fences can’t hold it, nor can they hold […]
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