On Friday (click), I mentioned that the future is here. Now. Not tomorrow. Not on the second Tuesday after the signing of the Keystone Pipeline Accord. Right now. Look up. There it […]
The Future Economy is Here
Making the Future Now
Two days ago, I spoke about the great lie that lies behind contemporary economics. It involves a fruit marketing company, originally designed to erase lies but now in the thick of them, […]
Death and Life in the Springtime
There are two ways of dealing with pests that are eating your crops. The first is human. It involves death. Before humans singled it out, there was only life. Death is the […]
True Green and False Economy
What passes for environmentally sound practices today are deep reflections of an economic system, but they’re not green, and they’re not going to ensure either the survival of the earth or of […]
Rebuilding Vineyard Culture Rock by Rock
The world is opening after the months of lying hidden inside buds and roots. Here in the Okanagan, this is what the grapes are looking like this week… However, there are […]
The Solar Horses of Iceland
You see, it goes like this. There are human people and there are other people, and some of those are horses, except it’s not clear which ones, the human people or the […]
Iceland and Canada: the Rust Belt
Some say Canada’s Chilcotin, some say Iceland’s Sudurdalur, but the effect of farming in a non-manufacturing country is the same: your profits are spent on rust, and you never get ahead, because […]
A Lesson from Iceland
When the vikings came to Iceland in the 10th Century, the place was rich with birch, willow and mountain ash forests. Eventually they burnt them all — to stay warm, to cook […]
What Horses Hate to See
Travellers hate to see it, too. Mývatn, Iceland Fences aren’t for keeping horses in.
Writing and Farming Are One
Some thoughts on “writing” today, including my other love, “farming”, and another one, “art.” A smorgasbord, really! First a note: There are few writers left in the world (but many keyboarders), I […]
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