Crazy! Welcome to the new Okanagan.
A Robin in His Garden
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
Climbing The Waterfall
On Friday, I talked about The Moods of Colour. In short, I argued that the different plants, lichens and rock in the image below were all different moods of light, different levels of […]
The Moods of Colour
Look at the colour of this water. Pretty nice stuff, for sure. Look at the colour of this water. Fun stuff, isn’t it. And this water. Why, it’s hardly there! And this…It’s coming to […]
Land Claims in the Okanagan
To say that a land and its people are one, as the first people of my land, the Syilx, say, is to say that the following image is an image of the […]
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