In 1951, there was a move to brand British Columbia, that wandering northern chunk of Cascadia, as “Totem-Land.” Maybe it was a cunning move: to get everyone interested in Indigenous family trees […]
Totem-Land
The Evolution of a Dead Planet and What to Do Next
Start with a grassland, maintained in a state of ecological diversity by human care for 5,000 years… …and under human use for 12,000 years. A productive grassland. Then add cattle. Hungry cattle. […]
What Comes After the Fire?
Well, deer. Here’s what all that looked like a few days after the fire 9 1/2 years ago. The image below shows that fire retardant stopped the fire. Note the red chemical […]
Watering the Garden in Winter Makes Sense
Winter in the grassland is not a time of waiting. This is when the year is actively formed. To collect the water you will need in the spring, you need to start […]
Is it Time to Mow the Lawn?
No. Relax.
The Tree Whisperer and the Rose
A rose is a twig, a thorn, a leaf, a stem, a seed, seed fluff, bark, root, bud, wood and scent, and now, in early winter, the fruit. This is not, however, […]
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
The surface of water is pretty much flat. Beneath that, it rises and falls and flows according to temperature, pressure, inflow and outflow and other watery things like that. Above its surface […]
Surf’s Up in Vernon!
Really. Big breakers today. Sailboat getting into trouble in Canim Bay. Not that the surfers aren’t glad. Whoo ha! Here’s one showing us her technique! See that? It’s not that ducks swim. […]
Social Politics Among the Deer People
The big buck gets the does. Just off to the side, separated by only a dozen metres of grass, this little buck had two young females with him. Any stories about deer […]
The King of the Forest Meets the Wildfires Now
What’s a guy to eat? Not this dried out stuff. Hurt your gums, throat and gut to chaw on this cellulose. What a guy might want is something native to the place, […]
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