In summer, this elm casts cool darkness. Now, with the energy of wind and cold, it casts a shadow of light and heat. It’s not just elms! The cottonwoods below do very […]
Light Shadows
Indian Reserves and White Reserves
This thing came in the mail. For those of you who are not Canadian, this is what colonial life looks like. Note that everything here is an image of something to purchase, […]
Night of the Dead
For tonight, when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thinner than breath, I offer you my blessing as you speak to your loved ones on the […]
Indian Reserves and Language
Let’s be humble for a moment. There is a global culture today, and it is not humble. It looks out through human actors, apprehends the image below through their complex biological organs […]
Not Just a Coyote Trail Under the Vineyard Fence!
Everyone likes grapes, or those who like them. That’s a ring-necked pheasant going uphill, and a … bobcat? going the other way. If you look carefully, you can see some smaller bird […]
Spigold: the apple you want to eat
I picked this single branch of spigolds today. Look at them shining! This is the kind of apple for picking from the tree and then sharing with whoever comes by, with a […]
The Joy of Property Ownership
Prep work for making a house desirable to a prospective (but as-yet-unfound) new owner. Vernon Does that work for you? If so, welcome to one possible future.
The Waves of Cascadia
Here we are on the surface of the Yellowstone Plume, the newest part of my country, Cascadia. These are the Mammoth Hot Springs. It’s hot there, and exquisite. And stunning. It’s all […]
Ripeness
Ripeness is not “ready for eating,” no matter what the dictionaries say. Neither is it “mature.” Have a look. One definition is “sensuous and full”, as in “ripe lips,” and another “emitting […]
All the Bees Looking for a Home Now
Here is a grassland missing its flowers. Cows ate them. While thousands of people have been going to work in the valley below, and back, and forth, only the deer and a […]
Okanagan Okanogan 