Red is traditionally the colour of life and power. It is associated with blood. For this, a belief in the power of redness is scoffed at in scientific circles, in which it […]
The World Tree Takes Two Forms on Solstice Night
Darkness is not to be feared. It can give us strength. In Akureyri, the Troll’s Cat honours the passing of the world through darkness into light as much as the Christmas tree […]
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 […]
Found On Road Dead: Farming in the Throwaway Culture
Here’s the view from Dogtown, a métis town being gentrified in the midst of the White Okanagan. The capitalization of investment, such a dominant myth in the colonial power here, Canada, leads […]
Garden Looking Good (Just in Time)!
Three months ago, I was digging a deep hole for the greenhouse foundation. Now look at it! We’re getting there, eh! Garden boxes built, garden terrace built, greenhouse ramp and floor built, […]
The Garden Comes Along in the Snow
Three weeks of work lead to a rush to get the garden built before the snow, eh. Here I am yesterday afternoon. The old garden beds are in the bags, waiting to […]
Rushing to Get the Spring’s Work Done Before Winter
It would be easier to plant grass. The last garden boxes lasted seven years. Time for a refit!
The Best Hours of the Year
I had an unusual start in life. When the sky got like this at this time of year (and even darker at solstice), I was out pruning fruit trees, like this apple […]
Gathering is “Instinctual”
When picking rose hips… … pick the ones that offer themselves to you. Those are the good ones. You’ll know which ones. The others are just mean. This is actually a syilx […]
Red Orach Goes Travelling
I sent my friend Paul some red orach … Planted by gold finches in August, harvested by them in May … seed to plant at Pleasant Camp on the Haines Highway, a […]
