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 […]
Mother Sculpin
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 […]
The Guests are Here
Catholic Church, Okanagan Indian Reserve Father Nobili spent two years on this site, from 1848-1850. There was no British Columbia then, and no Reserve. When the British came in 1859, he was soon forgotten. […]
Welcome to the Land of the Big Heads
It’s called the Okanagan Valley now, north of the 1846 border that divided this land into two. South of that line, it’s known as Okanogan County, Washington, USA — hardly a valley. Early […]
Grass and Poetry in Cascadia
The grass is a cultural being. So are cat tails and so is poetry. Talk about a rhyme scheme, eh! First, the grass. Not only does it have its own culture, but […]
Native Wetland Apples in Horizontal Light
The Pacific Crab loves rain, swamps and wet feet. She is the forest rain that has drawn wood and air to herself after flowing through them and picking up their energy on the […]
Only a German, Eh?
I’d like to show you some photos today, from a country that does not exist. This is the German colony that formed in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia after the First […]
When Trees are Weeds
This is an old growth forest full of weeds. The sage brush is the weed … … not the bunch grass. Sagebrush is an indigenous plant, but it comes in a bit thickly when […]
What We Need to Talk About, Darling
The land I live on was an island that crashed into a continent. It buckled and smashed and was pushed up into the air by the collision. The old seabeds of its […]
Oh, Canada, How About a New Flag for Everyone?
Here’s Canada’s tree, thriving in Germany. Acer Rubrum herself. Here she is, flappable. Here’s our maple leaves in the mountains of the West. This is the Rocky Mountain Maple. Acer Glabrun. Sometimes […]
Okanagan Okanogan 