We went downtown today. Here’s one of the main intersections above Lake Lenore. Settler culture calls this a rock that has fallen off a cliff, which it is, but if you are […]
Downtown Grand Coulee
Rural or Urban or …?
The other day, here, https://okanaganokanogan.com/2024/10/17/what-does-rural-british-columbia-need/, I rephrased the question “What does rural British Columbia need?” as an entirely different one: “What do the land and water need?” Beaver Bay, Big Bar Lake. […]
What Does Rural British Columbia Need?
Well, respect, really. Dr. Sarah-Patricia Breen from Selkirk College is clear on that. The respect to be allowed self-determination. The respect to not be seen as a place somehow inferior, or substandard, […]
Reading The Salmon Shanties in Vancouver on Tuesday
First, the work. New garden boxes built, in time to plant the garlic before winter. Schedules are set by the Earth. Then some wrestling with fish. They are slippery, and hard to […]
The Salmon Shanties Launch!
It’s here! The launch of The Salmon Shanties will be at Pamplemousse Jus Winery in Summerland, at 4 pm on September 19, as part of the Ryga Arts Festival. See you there […]
Earth and Sky
On the northern flank of Kobau Mountain, they flow into each other. Yesterday it was best to speak of them as one. Still are.
Because Bunchgrass
This morning at Blind Creek. Now, that’s grass.
A Hungry Day
A bad day for flying, too. Ponderosa Pines on Turtle Ridge So, maybe you can still catch a bite, right? In the fall rye? You know, the vegetable field, past and future […]
The Oregon Trail Redux: a Canadian Version
Yesterday, I introduced you to the tragedy of Narcissa Whitman. Her story, as my next post will how, remains relevant today, not the least because how she suffered as a woman in […]
60 Waillatpu 1: Marcus and Narcissa Whitman’s Big Mistake
Imagine if you could ride a horse out of your country and arrive in Heaven. Hillsideon the Kooskooskie River The land is written with stories, in stone, water and animals, across some […]
Okanagan Okanogan 