Imagine looking up at the hill and seeing the spirit that has been there for 12,000 years for the first time. 450,000 people live in the Okanagan/Okanogan Valley. For all of us, […]
The Spirit of the Okanagan
Coyote Discovers Junk Food While Dining on a Budget
Not just a character out of the time before time … …who tamed the monsters of the earth and brought salmon to the people … … anymore…now he’s a “smart shopper,” too!
Ancestors in Love
There’s lots of spirit still in the world. Ancestral Pole, Victoria, B.C., with a pair of bald eagles keeping close.
The First Principle of Creation
Let me show you something beautiful. Call it bunchgrass if you like. The form of these is a balance between all the forces acting upon them. Their spacing, for example, is a […]
Celtic, Greek and Earth-Based Creativity
Back in the old days that are still alive with us now … The Celtic Alps, over Lac Neuchâtel … people came from the East with the treasure of life … The […]
Indigenous Creativity in the Pacific Northwest
Some cultures are so ancient that they watched the glaciers come and go 10,000 years ago. So it is with the Syilx culture of today’s Colville Confederated Tribes. Once the ice melted […]
Why It’s Important to Talk About Creativity
Over the past month I’ve exploring human identities and creativity and their impact on the environment. I do this because I have brothers and sisters, not just humans (but humans, too, including you), […]
At Home in the Earth Community
Like the grass on the Big Bar Esker below, I don’t live in the straight beams of light. I live at the continuity of points of intersection with them, which bend in […]
Mother Sculpin
Let us praise the little rock fish, the Columbia Sculpin, cottus hubsi… … and let us praise the snow that reveals her on the shore of Okanagan Lake, that 135 kilometre long story […]
Forget That Jigsaw Puzzle
Follow game trails instead. Lots of fun! Sacred, too. To find an ancient village site, just follow the stories of the land. You’ll soon be home. Painted Hills at a Secwepemc village […]
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