To get the real work done, first honour the ancestors. Thanks for listening.
Bringing Ezra Home
We are Marmot!
Do rocks collect saskatoons because they are focal points of life in the story of the land? Or because they collect heat and rain? It’s a question that goes to […]
Elves in “Canada” and Iceland
Elves are all over the place in Iceland, like this one in the elf village at Skutustaðir. Well, elves are human-shaped, really, but they can vanish into stone and reappear from it, and […]
A Robin in His Garden
Crazy! Welcome to the new Okanagan.
The Future of Okanagan Okanogan
We have been on a journey together for three-and-a-half years. In that time, I finished up this blog as a book (twice!), but then I was reading up on a lynching in Conconully, Washington […]
Frost is Coming Tonight
In this early spring, please say a prayer for all the apricot trees alone in the cold tonight. Thank you.
Why Do Some Fire Hydrants Play Cowboys and Mexicans?
Russian thistle was one of the first weeds from the Russian steppes to destroy the grasslands of the North American West. It became one of the dominant characters in Country & Western music, […]
This is Not Our Planet
Imagine if this pussy willow… … was your world … …and not just yours … … but a world of many creatures … … namely a wasp… … and a different wasp […]
Cascadia Redefined
Cascadia, the great ecoregion of the northeast Pacific Coast, is a term to describe something that deserves better. The short and skinny on it is that on the north eastern shores of the Pacific […]
Garlic Time!
Get your pots out! Gallagher Lake, Okanagan Valley, March 8, 2015
Okanagan Okanogan 