Grasses are the children of a warming earth, and this is their season. I’ve been talking of science lately, but a science based in poetry and in ancient earth knowledge, so I thought today, […]
Oh, Grass, My Beautiful One!
Asparagus in Glory: Science and Language Part III
The other day I was discussing how the language of science influences the world that scientific exploration and method allows us to see. Behind that is the observation that if the language […]
Ethnobotanical Knowledge: The Language of Science Part 2
Remember? Yesterday I pointed out that each of the plants below, although far apart in botanical class-action, share the power of redness, which arises at different points on each plant, stem, leaf and […]
Geese are Smart
Geese are geniuses at being geese. We couldn’t do anything like it. We suck at being geese, but we are capable of recognizing goose goosiness when we see it. Yet we put them […]
Vineyards in Germany and Canada Compared
Here’s the wall of a vineyard road in Germany (Schlossberg, Rüdesheim am Rhein) Vineyard Stair, a Self-watering garden zone. The wall collects water and delivers it to a reservoir. Here, the […]
Corn is Fun
The starlings love corn. Humans walk along the ridge line and trample ancient mosses, before coming down and eating corn. Turtle Mountain Whee!
Okanagan Okanogan: The View From Here
Friends, it’s a happy day. Today, just over 35 months since I began with an image of the grassland (6 hits that day), and a gut feeling that a blog might prove a useful writing […]
Julia’s Sunflower Has a Visitor
Julia Aleynikova is a young poet from the north east Ural mountains, who gave me six sunflower to plant while she went to Minsk for the summer. Her poem “Lady Fallen to Earth” […]
It’s a Harvest Celebration!
I’m loving the sun.
Garage Sex, Okanagan Style
The marriage bed. Go away for 3 weeks and the neighbours move in, with each other on their mind. Madam came first. Yeah, she didn’t pose very well, but there was all […]
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