Where: Alternator Centre for the Arts Time: 6-8 p.m. Date: Tuesday. This Tuesday. December 5. I hope you can come and take part in a discussion about the visual culture of the […]
25% of Fruitgrowing Agricultural Productive Capacity in the Okanagan is Wasted
Here’s an industrial apple plantation after harvest. The trees are in long rain rows to facilitate mechanized farming, using multi-ton tractors and spraying equipment (combined weight of about 5 tonnes). After harvest, […]
A Sky Map of the City of Coldstream
Downtown Coldstream, on the valley bottom north of Kalamalka Lake, is the hole in the centre of this map of clouds. The ribbed clouds below it are the eastern edge of its […]
Okanagan Woman and Magic
Strange, the things that come in the mail all on their own. There I was reading over coffee, looking over a manuscript about this valley, and thinking about the mail. So I […]
The Power of Names and Stories
Take this (no name, please)… See that rock in back there? That’s this (below, centre of image, again no name, please.): Now, look at the name it is unofficially known by (Sorry. […]
Imagine the Technological Possibilities!
Imagine if you could regulate heat loss and roof melting simply by switching from a flat roof to a roof covered in river rock, or a lightweight approximation of it. The insulating […]
Watercourse to Nowhere
The top of this new watercourse is two metres higher than the stream it is meant to drain. And, yeah, the trees in the dumpster aren’t too happy about it all, either, […]
Blend In! (Not.)
Drought makes it easier for birds. They need the help. Sucks for stink bugs and lilacs-planted-in-the-wrong-place, though.
One for the Porcupine
So, you think you’re going to build a trail system across the porcupine’s trail to an orchard’s compost pile, eh, and water some trees along it to protect the people on the […]
Okanagan Settlement Then and Now
Okanagan settlement, circa 1900. Nice. Belgian Rubber Money goes a long way. Okanagan settlement, circa 2010. Just as romantic. Global Petro Dollars go a long way! It is a pretty process only […]
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