Choke cherries, beloved of the sky. And in my kitchen! Lots of choke cherries! What a lovely meditation they are for the fingers. And the eye, too… And the mind. As […]
A Joyful Day for the Spirit of the Land
Drunk in the Garden
Harold goes away to Palouse Falls and to the painted turtles of Conconully, and it is mighty fine, but summer is two weeks early this year, right, which means that when he […]
Unusual Shore Birds?
Not at all. Forest birds need to drink, too. American Goldfinches, Conconully It’s like using the Pacific Ocean as a highball glass!
The Ethics of Science, Art and Light
Here’s some mullein blooming against a backdrop of grasses gone to seed. The seeds represent four months of light transformed into starches and stored in the seeds of the grass, which show up […]
Putting Questions in Place
Well over two hundred years ago, unified traditions of Western thought were recreated as philosophy (including science and mathematics), art (including literature, music, theatre and dance), and religion (including spirituality of all […]
Slow Food: Robin Waiting for Dinner
This robin’s first brood were two such big louts that I think they burst their nest. Certainly, they fell to the ground, where she fed them for a week until they were […]
I Need an Inventor: 21 New Technologies to Stop Global Warming
It’s obvious: I need a technical staff. Not, perhaps, this guy … This is what Scientific American circa January 1890 says about him: “The accompanying fancy sketch from the N.W. Mechanic presents […]
25 Herbs and Spices for the Okanagan Kitchen
As the task lies before us of building a sustainable local food culture, let’s make that food taste as good as we can. Herbs and spices are high value crops that can […]
New Technology: Solar Powered Water Pumping
So much technology remodels natural processes. Current water use regimes pour water on the surface of the soil and watch it sink in. Natural processes also bring water to the surface. The […]
10 More New Agricultural Locations for the Okanagan
Because land in the Okanagan Valley is vastly overpriced, due to its demand by Alberta oilmen for planting an American idea of French vineyards (a pure example of colonialism, if I’ve ever […]
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