Here’s a map of Oregon from 1846. The line that divides it in half is the proposed border along the 49th parallel, that became law twelve years later and separated British and […]
Northern Oregon and the Cold War
The Ethics of Living on the Earth
Canada administrates half of my land as a nation state. The United States administrates the other half. Within Canada, the region called British Columbia administrates half of my land in terms of […]
Holding Light in Your Hand
You can hold the sun in your hand. Really. Just pick a leaf in the fall. Once photosynthesis has shut down, the photons of the sun stay there for a short time, […]
The Beauty of Fog
The Okanagan Valley markets summer. Summer is an ancient European idea that has a lot of currency in Canada, where there’s a lot of winter, and very little in Guatemala, where there’s […]
Celebrating the Apricot
Today, a moment of joy. Remember the apricots of a year ago? Tilton Apricots, Lower Keremeos, Similkameen Valley The great preserving cot of the West. And remember the ones of this August, […]
Haig-Brown and the Energy of the Universe
What if these yellow asparagus ferns in the fall were not wild? What if there were no wilderness? That’s no far-fetched, really. In Nu-chal-nuth culture, on the long beaches and rocky islets […]
The Green Green Grapes of Home
Last week, I was speaking about the potential of the various languages within English for creating a new language for science. I think there’s something I should have explained, so let me […]
Fooling Around With the Seasons or Plant Sex 101
It’s October 20th… that’s Autumn, right? Best to ask the sumacs. They know. Here are the males, in their finery of feathers. And the females just down the road. Not just plumage, […]
We do Not Have a Food Problem
We do not have a food problem. My Magic Tomato and Her New Icelandic Friends We don’t even have a production problem. Black Krim Tomatoes Mmmmm. We don’t even have a farming problem. U-Pick […]
Praying Mantis and Her Mysterious Companion
Look who I found in the asters! Praying Mantis, Okanagan Falls These are colour markings I haven’t seen before. Pretty stunning, eh. The Brown Body, the Yellow Head, the Green Eyes, What […]
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