In my country, human consciousness is created when human animals engage in the weaving of the earth together with its spiritual stories. They are often recorded in the land, waiting to be […]
Hawk Above Coyote Bluff: Becoming the Land Walking
Walking and the Sixth Sense
As you walk through the Commonage in the North Okanagan Valley, the spirits of the land rise and fall and shift around you in waves, sometimes high in the sky … sometimes […]
Spirit Cliff Above Kalamalka Lake
The time before the time of human life is stone and memory. Lynx and Frog are having a chat that goes on forever. The ponderosa women listen in. Their spirit collects at […]
Of Cashews and Creativity
This is a cashew. Staghorn Sumac This is a cashew. Really. Source. This is a cashew: Poison Ivy There are many other cashews in the world. Mangos … … and pistachios … … for […]
The Spirit of the Okanagan
Imagine looking up at the hill and seeing the spirit that has been there for 12,000 years for the first time. 450,000 people live in the Okanagan/Okanogan Valley. For all of us, […]
High Altitude Flight Without Fossil Fuels
Ring-necked pheasant shows us how. Here’s a closeup that shows his technique. Your turn!
Stepping Stones through the Posthuman Swamp
Living in the early 21st Century is sure wild, isn’t it. Welcoming Figure, Aquamarin Hair Salon, Jena, Germany Think of it. You go in this building to get your hair done, which […]
A Lesson in Humility from Magpie
One of the greatest things about the world is that when you watch it … …it watches back. You really have to love that in a planet.
The Northern Camino: The Path Through the Body to the Light
I’ve been thinking about Khezr, who found me lost on the road to the Northern Orient. In Sufic tradition, he’s one of the afrad, who receives (and gives) illumination directly from God, […]
Coyote Discovers Junk Food While Dining on a Budget
Not just a character out of the time before time … …who tamed the monsters of the earth and brought salmon to the people … … anymore…now he’s a “smart shopper,” too!
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