Winter cloud blows east off of the Pacific Ocean. When it strikes the Northwestern North American Coast it crests around the three thousand metre high peaks of the Coast Mountains … Photo: […]
Flying Fish in the Grasslands
What are Weeds For?
This: Russian Thistle is Preferred Above All If native species were replanted, there would be different birds. Simple. Clear.
Glaciation is Our Name
Did you think the glaciers were gone? Na! All they need is a single weed stalk and they can get a foothold again. On top of their old moraines. This, by the […]
An Unexpected Companion
Look who has been up in the ravine eating the bark off of choke cherry trees and now has places to go that entail a very slow walk across the face of […]
The World is Not What The Books Tell Us It Is
We need a new owner’s manual to the earth. For instance, vineyards are not about the sun. The darned vines spend as much time in the snow as they do with grapes […]
What it Means to Be Indigenous
It means: to be from a place. It doesn’t mean simply that you live there. It means that you and the place are one thing. For historical reasons, most Canadians and Americans […]
The Oceans We Live In
We are at sea. There is no solid ground. It’s time to stop thinking about soil. Here’s one ocean. It is an ocean of air. Orchard Machinery Riding the Waves The ground-up […]
Idle No More Versus the Nationalists
It’s time to take a deep breath, together. Everyone Breathe at Once! Bilbo’s Bog. Larch Hills Attempts to discredit the Idle No More movement seem to be ramping up. Here’s a particularly […]
Hunting the Winter Migration
Gulls came by … … and made a defensive ball… …once they’d met the locals (OK, he plunged straight through them) … … and scattered towards the west … … while the […]
A Recipe for Fondue
First, think slow cooking. Really slow cooking. Second, a word of friendly advice: to taste wine the alpine way, don’t use Icewine. No, no, no, no, no. Don’t leave the grapes on the […]
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