Two days ago, I spoke about the great lie that lies behind contemporary economics. It involves a fruit marketing company, originally designed to erase lies but now in the thick of them, […]
Making the Future Now
Ring-Necked Pheasant
Good news! The ring-necked pheasant up on the hill has two hens. Here he is. The hens are going to fly up in front of me a couple minutes later. Ring-Necked Pheasant […]
Death and Life in the Springtime
There are two ways of dealing with pests that are eating your crops. The first is human. It involves death. Before humans singled it out, there was only life. Death is the […]
True Green and False Economy
What passes for environmentally sound practices today are deep reflections of an economic system, but they’re not green, and they’re not going to ensure either the survival of the earth or of […]
Rebuilding Vineyard Culture Rock by Rock
The world is opening after the months of lying hidden inside buds and roots. Here in the Okanagan, this is what the grapes are looking like this week… However, there are […]
It is So Good to be Home
I now have two homes on this earth. Just look at them both in this spring full of light. First, my home in the middle of the North Atlantic … Spring […]
Home
You can travel halfway around the world to find yourself at home, and just as you leave you find old friends, who have travelled halfway around the world to be home. […]
Realism, Folktale or Magic Realism
It’s your choice. They’re all fantasies. So, which will the future of the Okanagan be? I know these aren’t pictures from the West beyond the West, but the distance might make things […]
A British Columbian Gardener in Iceland? Must Be!
Oh-oh, looks like Canadian folk culture garden design has hit Iceland. That can only mean trouble, with a capital Rouble. Take a look here on Noatun in Reykjavik… See That? An […]
The Sun Rises in Reykjavik
This is Reykjavik. I’ve left the farm, but Tra la la, down through the heart I go. The Heart’s Way Apartment staircase in Reykjavik … and peek out through the heart’s window […]
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